LearnUpon vs TalentLMS (2026): which should you pick?

Pick LearnUpon if

• Fits if you train 100 or more employees, partners or customers
• Works for teams that use Salesforce or HubSpot

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a listed price, as none is published
• Not for you if you have fewer than 100 users, which the vendor says is not a fit
• Not for you if you need on-premise or HIPAA-regulated data, per the vendor
• Watch out: white labelling, group branding and eCommerce are tied to Enterprise

Pick TalentLMS if

• Fits if you train 5 people or fewer and can stay on the free plan
• Works for teams that need branches and reporting

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are one person or a handful on a paid plan, as the floor is $119 a month
• Tight if you stay free, as it stops at 5 users and 100 MB per file
• Watch out: users above the plan limit are charged extra
• Watch out: the 1,000+ ready-made courses are priced separately, and self-serve pricing stops at 1,000 users

LearnUpon

• No prices are published; an account executive recommends a package after a demo.
• The vendor says it is not a fit for fewer than 100 users, on-premise needs or HIPAA-regulated data.
• The vendor says K-12 and higher-education student audiences are not ideal for it.
• White labelling, group branding and eCommerce are tied to the Enterprise plan.

TalentLMS

• Paid prices rise by the number of unique users who log in each month, and users above the plan limit are charged extra.
• TalentLibrary's 1,000+ ready-made courses are priced separately from the platform plans.
• Free-plan uploads are capped at 100 MB per file, against 600 MB per file on paid plans.
• Self-serve pricing stops at 1,000 users; larger portals go through a sales quote.

LearnUpon

Three audience packages

LearnUpon for Employees starts at 100 users, for Customer Education at 300 users and for Associations at 150 users.

SCORM and xAPI

Supports SCORM and xAPI content, with learning journeys, certification and re-certification, assignments and exams.

AI features

The comparison table lists an AI assistant called Ask Lia, AI-powered assessments and a reporting MCP connection.

Integrations

HRIS, HubSpot, Salesforce, webinar and Zapier integrations, plus two-way API access and webhooks, vary by package.

Branding and commerce

Custom branding is listed, and group branding, white labelling and eCommerce are tied to the Enterprise plan for customer education.

Support included

Every plan comes with an implementation consultant, customer success and 24/7 technical support.

TalentLMS

Courses and learning paths

Unlimited courses on paid plans, with learning paths that chain courses into a sequence and automations that assign courses and manage users.

Branches

Separate training portals for different teams or audiences: 1 branch on Core, 3 on Grow and unlimited on Enterprise.

AI course tools

TalentCraft creates course content with AI credits, and the plans list AI test creation, captions, thumbnails and translation into over 40 languages.

Reporting and analytics

Custom reports with mass actions on users, plus dashboards with customizable widgets and exportable training insights.

SSO, API and LTI

Single sign-on over SAML 2.0, LDAP and OpenID Connect, an API, and LTI 1.3 support on paid plans.

Course library

TalentLibrary adds a collection of over 1,000 ready-made courses as a paid extra on top of the platform plans.

LearnUpon

Pricing could not be confirmed. See learnupon.com.

TalentLMS

• Free$0

  Up to 5 users with no time limit, 100 MB per uploaded file, and no card needed to start.

• Core$119

  per month for up to 40 users, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)

  Unlimited courses, 1 branch, SSO, API and custom domain. $219 a month at 41 to 70 users on monthly billing.

• Grow$229

  per month for up to 70 users, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)

  3 branches, 5 learning paths and 10,000 AI credits a month. Price rises with users: $389 monthly at 71 to 100.

• Pro$449

  per month for up to 100 users, billed annually ($579 billed monthly)

  Up to 100 users on one price, then rising with users; the flexible option adds $6 per additional user.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited branches for organizations starting at 1,000 users. Quoted through sales.

LearnUpon

No public discounts listed.

TalentLMS

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page states a 20% saving for paying yearly instead of monthly; for example, Core is $119 a month billed yearly against $149 billed monthly.