Moodle - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 14, 2022

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Moodle vs. Alternatives in 2024

Every business has different needs. Therefore, every eLearning providing organization has different requirements to support its platform. Hence, it is essential to compare and analyze various alternatives. The three major competitors of Moodle are Canvas, Google Classroom, and Blackboard.

• Functionality: Canvas is a cloud-based eLearning platform for small, medium, and large-sized organizations. The features offered by Canvas include conferencing & collaboration, content tools, group work, assessment tools, activity dashboard & tracking, attendance tracking & management, built-in course authoring, alerts/notification, calendar integration & management, certification & licensing, and compliance management. Canvas is also available as a mobile app. Unlike Moodle, Canvas is not an open-source tool. Google Classroom is a cloud-based eLearning platform developed by Google Inc.
  
  The features offered by Google Classroom include assessment & assignment management, Google Form Surveys, Google Drive integration, customizable grading system, announcement section, live classes, YouTube video integration, export scores, automatic notifications, personalized learning, and audit logs. The feature that gives Google Classroom an edge over Moodle is a student-to-student comparison where tutors can compare student work to previous students work.
  
  Blackboard is a learning management system to help tutors and educators manage their learning. Blackboard is a cloud-based eLearning system with group management, social learning, SafeAssign, Calendar, Retention Centre, Dynamic Content, grading enhancements, retention center, dynamic content, blackboard drive, and content editor.
• Customer Base: The organizations like Apple Inc., Protector & Gamble, and Emory University are some of the major customers of Canvas. Whereas the customer base of Google Drive is schools and small institutes searching for a cost-effective solution. Around 15 million primary and secondary schools in the USA use Google Classroom. The customer base of Blackboard is the California government. However, the customer base of Moodle includes the London School of Business & Finance and Lorven Technologies. Whereas the total user base is around 78 million.
• Support: Moodle and its alternatives all offer complete support via online tutorials, documentation, blogs & articles, and email & phone support. Therefore, users do not need to worry regarding any assistance they need.