# TalentLMS review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Cloud LMS for employee, partner and customer training Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Courses & Communities - **Made by:** Epignosis - **Website:** https://www.talentlms.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are one person or a handful on a paid plan, as the floor is $119 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $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. | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited branches for organizations starting at 1,000 users. Quoted through sales. | Read from https://www.talentlms.com/prices on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TalentLMS before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.talentlms.com/prices ## 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. ## Good for - Small and mid-size companies training staff in one portal - Teams that train partners or customers in separate branches - Trying an LMS with up to 5 users at no cost ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: D.** Core 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free plan runs with no time limit for up to 5 users, with uploads capped at 100 MB per file. - **Features: B.** Courses, learning paths, branches, AI tools, reporting, SSO, API and LTI. The listing shows no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** A web app where you build the courses and set up users, with no store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with HubSpot named, plus SSO, API and LTI. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/courses-communities ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Online courses and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, HubSpot among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with HubSpot **Tags:** Online courses, AI features, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Docebo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/docebo): AI-powered learning platform for employees, customers and partners. 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