Moodle LMS
An open-source learning management system that institutions can self-host, obtain as a managed MoodleCloud service, or deploy through a Moodle Certified Partner. It supports course delivery, activities, assessment, communication and extensibility through plugins.
At a glance
- Markets
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- Higher education
- Schools
- VET
- Corporate
- Government
- Non-profit
- Pricing model
- Open source moodlecloud.com · Verified
- Entry price
- Moodle LMS software: free (self-hosted; infrastructure/support extra). MoodleCloud Starter: from $170/year for 50 users; currency/local tax should be confirmed at checkout. MoodleCloud plans are paid subscriptions with user/storage limits; the vendor site may localise currency by region. Hosting by certified Moodle Partners and Moodle Workplace are separately quoted. moodlecloud.com · Verified
- Free version
- Yes moodlecloud.com · Verified
- Free trial
- Yes moodlecloud.com · Verified
- Deployment
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- Self-hosted
- Cloud
- Standards
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- LTI 1.3
- LTI Advantage
- SCORM 1.2
- AICC
- Open Badges 2
- Accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AA (Moodle LMS release-specific accreditation/VPAT published). Moodle reports independent accessibility accreditation for specified Moodle LMS releases and publishes VPAT-based conformance information. Verify the version used by the deployment. moodledev.io · Verified
- Security certifications
- Research ongoing
- Data residency
- Research ongoing
- AI models
- Research ongoing
- Trains AI on customer data
- Research ongoing
- Availability
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- Worldwide
What it does
Key features
- Course and activity authoring
- Assignments and quizzes
- Gradebook
- Competency frameworks
- Certificates
- Communication tools
- Mobile app
- Plugin ecosystem
- Configurable themes and roles
Used for
- Course and program delivery
- Blended learning
- Online assessment
- Competency-based learning
- Learner communication
- Institutional learning environments
Integrations
- Plugin ecosystem
- LTI tools
- REST/web services
Evidence and assurance
How well each answer a procurement team will ask about is evidenced, on our four Evidence & Assurance levels: vendor disclosed, vendor confirmed, independently corroborated, independently assured.
- Accessibility
- Level 4 · Independently assured
- Security
- Research ongoing
- Data residency
- Level 1 · Vendor disclosed
The company
- Company
- Moodle Pty Ltd moodle.com
- Headquarters
- Perth, Western Australia moodle.com · Vendor-supplied
- Founded
- 2001 moodle.com · Vendor-supplied
- Size
- Approximately 382 employees (third-party workforce estimate, March 2026) reveliolabs.com · Estimated
- Funding
- Privately held; supported by Moodle Partners, MoodleCloud revenue and donations; no public funding total docs.moodle.org · Vendor-supplied
- Ownership
- Privately held Australian company; open-source project supported by Moodle HQ and partner network docs.moodle.org · Vendor-supplied