Learning teams reconsider Degreed for its separate product line and quote-only buying, for the effort of rolling out a platform that also tracks learning in other tools, or because they want a vendor of a different size or location. Alternatives range from course-centred LMS-style platforms to skills suites, so decide whether you need discovery, authoring or administration first.
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderShort answer: The first three alternatives to Degreed in our learning experience platform ranking are Looop, Valamis and Fuse. Places 1 to 3 go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands in a category, wherever the category has them; the established names follow from place 4 in their ranked order. Choose Looop if you want learning pushed into daily channels for a small workforce. The 10 entries that follow are all ranked in Best Learning Experience Platforms in 2026; each one explains what sets it apart from Degreed.
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Degreed's pricing menu lists Maestro, Learning (LXP), Open Library, Skills+, Academies and Professional Services. The pricing page we tried to read returned no content to our checks, and our category record lists quotes per organisation, so total cost depends on which products you combine.
Degreed pitches skills-first learning from onboarding to reskilling, across industries from financial services to manufacturing. That reach suits large employers, but a small team may spend more effort configuring and promoting the platform than delivering the courses it needs.
Open Library supplies curated pathways and Skills+ supplies skill data, each sold as its own product. Teams that already own content or run skills in an HR system may pay for overlap, so list what you would actually switch on.
| Alternative | Headquarters | Free option | Pricing model | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looop | United Kingdom | No free tier | On request | you want learning pushed into daily channels for a small workforce | #4 |
| Valamis | Finland | No free tier | On request | you want a European vendor with a learning record store included | #2 |
| Fuse | United Kingdom | No free tier | On request | search across scattered resources matters more than formal courses | #1 |
| Totara | United Kingdom | No free tier | On request | you have a partner or developers and want to shape the platform | #3 |
| 360Learning | France | No free tier | Published | your own experts should author the courses with a visible entry price | #6 |
| Sana Learn | Sweden | No free tier | On request | you want AI-native learning and accept a Workday link | #9 |
| Absorb LMS | Canada | No free tier | On request | you train customers or partners as well as employees | #8 |
| Continu | United States | No free tier | On request | you want pricing tied to how many people are active each month | #5 |
| Docebo | Canada | No free tier | On request | you want to choose how users are counted and add modules as needed | #10 |
| Skillsoft Percipio | United States | No free tier | On request | a large content library and an EU data centre option come first | #11 |
United Kingdom · On request
Looop Online Limited, a London company now trading as Looop by 360Learning, sends learning as campaigns by inbox, app, SMS or team chat. Plans are banded at 50, 250 and 500 users, with a trial after a live demo. It skips AI authoring and gamification, so it suits sceptical, delivery-focused teams.
Switch from Degreed if you want learning pushed into daily channels for a small workforce.
Why Looop is #4 among 11 learning experience platform products →
Finland · On request
Finnish since 2003, Valamis sells Foundation, Standard and Enterprise packages quoted per learner. The learning record store and mobile app count as included in the packages we read. Skills mapped to roles and HR connectors begin at Standard, so the entry package covers less than the headline pages imply.
Switch from Degreed if you want a European vendor with a learning record store included.
Valamis comes 2 of 11 when learning experience platform products are ranked here →
United Kingdom · On request
Fuse Universal, based in Kent, combines an LMS, the Lyra AI coach and a creative agency. Emphasis is on finding things: enterprise search across the learning estate, AI Answers drawn from your own resources and Course+ for authoring. No price list is shown, and Lyra has a separate product page.
Switch from Degreed if search across scattered resources matters more than formal courses.
Fuse comes 1 of 11 when learning experience platform products are ranked here →
United Kingdom · On request
Totara lists London as headquarters with offices in Wellington and San Francisco and says its roots are in New Zealand. Learn, Perform and Mobile are delivered mostly through certified partners, and the code can be customised. That freedom leaves a partner or developer responsible for maintaining the changes, and no prices appear.
Switch from Degreed if you have a partner or developers and want to shape the platform.
Totara holds rank 3 among 11 entries in our learning experience platform guide →
France · Published
In 360Learning, subject experts write courses together, with AI-assisted authoring, a SCORM player and skills-based learning. The Team plan is the only published price, per user per month, up to 100 users and with a free trial. Business and Enterprise are custom quotes. The French company also stands behind Looop.
Switch from Degreed if your own experts should author the courses with a visible entry price.
Why 360Learning is #6 among 11 learning experience platform products →
Sweden · On request
A Swedish company, Sana Labs AB offers Sana Learn as one AI-native product covering LMS, LXP, authoring and a virtual classroom. Prices are per user per month in volume bands on three-year contracts plus a one-off implementation fee. Its home page says the company has joined Workday, which matters to buyers avoiding HR suites.
Switch from Degreed if you want AI-native learning and accept a Workday link.
Read our review of Sana Learn (position 9 of 11 on the learning experience platform list) →
Canada · On request
Absorb Software Inc. gives Calgary, Alberta as its main office and now runs its site on absorbai.com. The pricing form asks for learner counts in eight bands from 1-50 to 25,000 and above, then passes the request to sales. It is marketed as an LMS for internal and external audiences.
Switch from Degreed if you train customers or partners as well as employees.
#8 out of 11 learning experience platform products: read the Absorb LMS review →
United States · On request
Continu Inc. is incorporated in Delaware with its principal office in New York. Growth, Professional and Enterprise are priced by monthly active users, under 1,000, up to 5,000 and above. Continu AI, external user profiles, e-commerce and video coaching start at Professional, so adding customers later means moving up a tier.
Switch from Degreed if you want pricing tied to how many people are active each month.
More on Continu: ranked 5 of 11 in learning experience platform →
Canada · On request
Docebo states a founding in Macherio, Italy in 2005 and names Docebo Inc. in Toronto first among its entities. Customers count monthly active, yearly active or registered users, AI features use usage-charged credits, and Skills Intelligence from 365Talents is quoted separately. Totals depend on the modules chosen.
Switch from Degreed if you want to choose how users are counted and add modules as needed.
Our learning experience platform guide puts Docebo at 10 of 11; read why →
United States · On request
Skillsoft Corp. lists Nashua, New Hampshire as its postal address, and Percipio is its platform for skills, content and coaching. Its sign-in page offers clients an EU data centre choice. CAISY AI simulations and an AI Coach are promoted, with prices only through sales.
Switch from Degreed if a large content library and an EU data centre option come first.
Full verdict on Skillsoft Percipio, which sits at number 11 of 11 for learning experience platform →
360Learning: The Team plan shows a monthly per-user price, stops at 100 users and comes with a free trial.
Valamis: Foundation, Standard and Enterprise are quoted per learner, with the learning record store and mobile app in the packages.
Looop: Campaigns go out by inbox, app, SMS or team chat, with plans banded at 50, 250 and 500 users.
Absorb LMS: It is marketed for internal and external audiences, with pricing asked by learner band.
Totara: Customisable code and certified partners give freedom, and maintaining the changes becomes the partner's job.
Degreed stays a reasonable choice when you need one place that records learning from many sources, including Slack, Teams and other tools, and when skills data and curated pathways matter to a large workforce. If your real need is simply running courses and tracking completion, compare a lighter platform first.
Years of completions, skill ratings and pathway progress sit inside Degreed. Ask for an export before you give notice, and decide which history is needed for compliance and which can start fresh in the new platform.
Learning logged from Slack, Teams or other sources depends on integrations that you will rebuild. List each connection and test it with a pilot group so people do not lose the habit of recording learning.
Its menu shows Learning, Skills+, Academies and Open Library as separate products, and our category record lists quotes per organisation through sales. The pricing page returned no readable content to our checks, so confirm with Degreed.
360Learning prints a monthly per-user price for its Team plan, up to 100 users, and offers a free trial. Sana lists per-user monthly bands, and Continu shows its tiers by monthly active users, though amounts are not posted.
Valamis is Finnish, Fuse and Totara are UK-based, Looop is London-based, 360Learning is French, Sana is Swedish and Docebo states an Italian founding. Skillsoft offers an EU data centre choice for clients.
Absorb is marketed for internal and external audiences, and Continu offers external user profiles from its Professional tier. Check each vendor's terms for how external learners are counted.
Looop delivers learning as campaigns by inbox, app, SMS or team chat. It leaves out gamification and AI authoring by design.
Ask every vendor for a figure at the same learner count and a list of what is included, such as mobile app, records store, AI credits and implementation. Docebo, Valamis and Sana each count or bundle these differently.
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Written, edited and fact-checked by Sebastiaan Smits. Last reviewed 10 November 2026. How we review.
