🆚 D2L Brightspace vs. Moodle

Type

Learning management system
Learning management system

About

D2L Brightspace is a cloud-based learning management system used by schools and organizations to deliver online and blended learning experiences.

It offers course creation and management, personalized learning paths and adaptive release, assessment and quiz tools, competency-based education features, analytics dashboards for tracking learner progress and engagement, and mobile accessibility with apps for both learners and instructors.

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Moodle is an open-source learning management system that enables educators and organizations to deliver online and blended courses with customizable tools for teaching, learning, and assessment.

It offers built-in collaborative features such as forums, wikis, quizzes and gradebooks, provides extensive plugin extensibility with over 2,000 add-ons, and supports more than 120 languages and mobile learning through the Moodle App.

Headquarters

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
West Perth, Australia

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
$5+/user/month
Free version ✔️ Self-hosted, open source
MoodleCloud
Starter
(50 users)
$130/year
Mini
(100 users)
$220/year
Small
(400 users)
$400/year
Medium
(500 users)
$910/year
Standard
(750 users)
$1,710/year

Categories

LMS › Rank #12
LMS › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Moodle LMS is 5 times more popular than D2L Brightspace.
Total websites

Market share

LMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Moodle is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Germany, while D2L Brightspace is more popular in Canada, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
United States
Spain
Canada
Germany
Brazil
Argentina
United Kingdom
Italy
Russia
Mexico

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Moodle is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and public information, while D2L Brightspace is more commonly used on education and reference, marketing and merchandising, and health sites.
Education/Reference
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services
Content Server
Sports
Public Information
Government/Military

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,237
#11,437
#12,907
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Name
Rank
#2,438
#19,910
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See also

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