Similarly, Weiss offers an eight-page breakdown of LMS pricing that’s a must-read for any organization on a budget. Most vendors give quotes in terms of per person per month, allowing them to quote a number that looks far lower than what you will pay. A quote of $5 per person may not seem too bad, but that’s $60 per year. If you have 1,000 learners, that $5 quote price just turned into $60,000.
Weiss provides insight on the most common pricing structures in the e-learning industry: bundled pricing, range/band pricing, and monthly active users (MAU). Notably, he calls out tricks that some vendors might use to deceive prospective customers. For instance, paying based on your total monthly active users sounds enticing until you realize that most vendors still charge for their “full active projection” of users under that model.