Compare Brightspace and Moodle - Feb 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Brightspace or Moodle?

Brightspace is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Moodle, and Moodle is rated higher (91/100) than Brightspace (79/100). Brightspace offers users more features (7) than Moodle (5).

Looking for the right Cloud LMS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

D2L Corporation Vs. Moodle

D2L Corporation: D2L was founded in 1999 by John Baker. At the time, his engineering class was being challenged to look at the world in a new way. Instead of coming up with answers, they were asked to come up with questions—questions that nobody had really even asked. John realized that despite all the changes technology was facilitating in the world, the Univer...

Moodle: Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments. You can download the software onto your own web server or ask one of our knowledgable Moodle Partners to assist you. Moodle is built by the Moodle project which ...

Who is more expensive? Brightspace or Moodle?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Cloud LMS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Brightspace and Moodle.

Brightspace price starts at $15,000 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Brightspace is rated 10, which is much higher than the average cost of Cloud LMS software. Moodle price starts at $110 per year , When comparing Moodle to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Cloud LMS software cost.

Bottom line: Brightspace is more expensive than Moodle.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Brightspace Vs. Moodle based on some of the most important and required Cloud LMS features.

Brightspace: LMS, Communications, Blended Learning, Course Authoring, eLearning, Performance Assessment, Training.

Moodle: Mobile Access, LMS, Blended Learning, eLearning, Business Process.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.