Sakai

A community-developed, open-source learning management system for universities and other education providers, with course delivery, assessment, collaboration and extensible tools.

By Apereo Foundation / Sakai community · sakailms.org · Last checked 8 November 2026

At a glance

Markets: Higher education
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Pricing model: Open source sakailms.org · Verified
Entry price: Sakai core software: free (open-source); hosting and support quoted by service providers. No single SaaS price: deployment and support are provided by institutions or third-party service providers. sakailms.org · Verified
Free version: Yes sakailms.org · Verified
Free trial: Research ongoing
Deployment: Self-hosted
Cloud
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Standards: LTI 1.1
LTI 1.3
SCORM 1.2
SCORM 2004
xAPI
Caliper
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Accessibility: Research ongoing
Security certifications: Research ongoing
Data residency: Research ongoing
AI models: Research ongoing
Trains AI on customer data: Research ongoing
Availability: Worldwide
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What it does

Key features

Lessons and course resources
Assignments
Tests and quizzes
Gradebook
Rubrics
Discussions
Groups
Role-based administration
Community tools

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Used for

Course delivery
Online and blended learning
Assessment
Collaborative learning
Institution-wide teaching environments

Integrations

LTI integrations
Extensive APIs
Community-contributed tools

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 1 · Vendor disclosed
Security: Research ongoing
Data residency: Research ongoing
AI: Research ongoing

The company

Company: Apereo Foundation / Sakai community apereo.org
Headquarters: Beaverton, Oregon, USA (registered mailing address) apereo.org · Vendor-supplied
Founded: 2012 apereo.org · Vendor-supplied
Size: Nonprofit foundation; employee headcount not publicly reported apereo.org · Vendor-supplied
Funding: Nonprofit/community-funded; detailed funding not publicly consolidated apereo.org · Vendor-supplied
Ownership: Sakai is an open-source project of the Apereo Foundation, a nonprofit sakailms.org · Vendor-supplied