⚡ Learning Management Systems in South Africa

Learning management systems (LMS) are software that help create, distribute, and manage the delivery of educational courses or learning programs.

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

According to our research, learning management systems are used on 0.5% of websites from South Africa.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top LMS in South Africa in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is LearnDash with an impressive share of 39.4%, followed by LearnPress with 19.1% and Tutor LMS with 10.6%.

LearnDash 39.4%
LearnPress 19.1%
Tutor LMS 10.6%
MemberPress 8.5%
Moodle 6.4%
LifterLMS 5.3%
Sensei LMS 4.3%
WPLMS 4.3%
TalentLMS 2.1%
Canvas LMS 1.1%
MasterStudy LMS 1.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top LMS that are more popular in South Africa than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. LearnPress ^(-2)
3. Tutor LMS ^(-2)
5. Moodle ^(-1)
6. LifterLMS ^(-3)
8. WPLMS ^(-5)
9. TalentLMS ^(-5)

✨ Best LMS

Below is a more detailed list of 11 LMS used on sites from South Africa, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	LearnDash Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress LMS plugin used to create, deliver, and sell online courses directly from a WordPress site. Free$199+/year	39.4%
2	LearnPress Westminster, California, United States A WordPress LMS plugin that lets site owners create, manage, and sell online courses with lessons, quizzes, and student progress tracking directly within WordPress. Free$299	19.1%
3	Tutor LMS Dhaka, Bangladesh A full-featured WordPress LMS plugin that allows you to create unlimited courses, quizzes, interactive lessons and generate reports. Free$199+/year	10.6%
4	MemberPress Cedar City, Utah, United States A commercial WordPress plugin for paywalls, memberships, subscriptions, and learning management that lets site owners control access and monetize content on their WordPress sites. $199.50+/year	8.5%
5	Moodle West Perth, Australia 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. FreeOpen source$130+/year	6.4%
6	LifterLMS Portland, Maine, United States An LMS (Learning Management System) for creating and selling courses online, available as a free WordPress plugin with commercial add-ons. Free$149.50+/year	5.3%
7	Sensei LMS San Francisco, California, United States A learning management plugin by Automattic that offers easy course editor, certificate creator, export/import, and WooCommerce integration. FreeOpen source$5+/month	4.3%
8	WPLMS New Delhi, India A commercial LMS for WordPress. $75	4.3%
9	TalentLMS San Francisco, California, United States A commercial cloud LMS software solution. $119+/month	2.1%
10	Canvas LMS Salt Lake City, Utah, United States A cloud-based open source learning management system designed to help educational institutions deliver and manage online, hybrid, or in-person courses with tools for course authoring, grading, analytics, and mobile access. FreeOpen source$25+/user/month	1.1%
11	MasterStudy LMS Dubai, United Arab Emirates A WordPress plugin that allows users to create, develop, and scale online courses with a simple drag-and-drop course builder. FreeOpen source$99+/year	1.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 LMS in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 18,106 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 19 LMS across the web.
Of these, 11 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on April 10, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.