TalentLMS review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Cloud LMS for employee, partner and customer training
Black Friday: is there a TalentLMS sale?
TalentLMS report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for small-team employee training
TalentLMS is a hosted LMS with a free plan for up to 5 users and paid plans from $119 a month for 40 users. A single person on a paid plan pays that floor, and extra users and its course library cost more.
Who TalentLMS is for
- Fits if you train 5 people or fewer and can stay on the free plan
- Works for teams that need branches and reporting
Who TalentLMS is not for
- 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
Why TalentLMS gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyCore is $119 a month for up to 40 users billed yearly ($149 monthly). One person pays that floor, well above the category's middle of $37 and near its dearest tenth at $135.
- BFree plan and trialThe free plan runs with no time limit for up to 5 users, with uploads capped at 100 MB per file.
- BFeaturesCourses, learning paths, branches, AI tools, reporting, SSO, API and LTI. The listing shows no gap in the core job.
- CEase of useA web app where you build the courses and set up users, with no store rating on record.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with HubSpot named, plus SSO, API and LTI.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Epignosis's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
Make TalentLMS? Put this grade on your site
Paste this where you want the badge. It links here and follows the grade if it changes. About badges
<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/talentlms#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/talentlms.svg" alt="TalentLMS: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where TalentLMS stands among course and community platforms
TalentLMS's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 45 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 98) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $119 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 57 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 19 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. TalentLMS’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 98, level with 16
- BFree plan and trialAbove 71 of 98, level with 26
- BFeaturesAbove 56 of 98, level with 42
- CEase of useAbove 23 of 98, level with 72
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 98, level with 24
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 78 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep TalentLMS, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of TalentLMS you could make: online courses and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $1,428 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, HubSpot among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. TalentLMS’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is TalentLMS?
TalentLMS is a cloud learning management system for training employees, partners and customers. It covers course creation, learning paths, reporting, branded portals and AI-assisted course tools. Paid plans are priced by the number of active users who log in each month, and there is a free plan for up to 5 users.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
TalentLMS pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, TalentLMS has a free plan, and paid plans start at $119 per month for up to 40 users, billed annually ($149 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $119 per month for up to 40 users, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Free plan with no time limit for up to 5 users; uploads are limited to 100 MB per file.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 5 users with no time limit, 100 MB per uploaded file, and no card needed to start. |
| Core | $119per 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 | $229per 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 | $449per 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. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited branches for organizations starting at 1,000 users. Quoted through sales. |
Read from talentlms.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TalentLMS before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 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.
Stated on talentlms.com
Works with
TalentLMS alternatives
- TalentLMS vs iSpring Learn
Free trial · from $6.91/mo
- TalentLMS vs Moodle
Free plan
Common questions
Does TalentLMS have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TalentLMS is listed for Web.
Does TalentLMS have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. TalentLMS is listed for Web.
Is TalentLMS open source?
TalentLMS is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does TalentLMS have an API?
Yes. TalentLMS offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.