Compare LAMS and Brightspace - Feb 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - LAMS or Brightspace?

Brightspace is more expensive to implement (TCO) than LAMS, and LAMS is rated higher (92/100) than Brightspace (79/100). Brightspace offers users more features (7) than LAMS (0).

Looking for the right 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:

LAMS Foundation Vs. D2L Corporation

LAMS Foundation: The LAMS Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that manages research and development into LAMS and the concepts of Learning Design. The Foundation is based at Macquarie University, Australia as part of the Macquarie E-learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE), under the leadership of Professor James Dalziel (Director of MELCOE and inventor of L...

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...

Who is more expensive? LAMS or Brightspace?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of 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 LAMS and Brightspace.

LAMS price starts at $9,995 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 LAMS is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of LMS software. Brightspace price starts at $15,000 per year , When comparing Brightspace to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average LMS software cost.

Bottom line: Brightspace is more expensive than LAMS.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

LAMS: We are still working to collect the list of features for LAMS.

Brightspace: LMS, Communications, Blended Learning, Course Authoring, eLearning.

Target customer size

LAMS LMS software is used by a diverse range of customers, including K-12 and higher education institutions, corporate training departments, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.