Tutor LMS review (2026): is the free plan enough?
WordPress course plugin with a free core and paid Pro licenses
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Tutor LMS report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for selling courses from a WordPress site
Tutor LMS is a WordPress plugin for building and selling courses, with a free core and paid licenses from $199 a year for 1 site. It runs only on a self-hosted WordPress site, and advanced quizzes, subscriptions and the AI generator need a paid license.
Who Tutor LMS is for
- Fits if you already run WordPress and want to sell courses on it
- Makes sense if you want a free core before paying for anything
Who Tutor LMS is not for
- Skip it if you do not run WordPress: it works only on a self-hosted WordPress site
- Not for you if you want advanced quizzes, assignments or subscriptions free, as they need a paid license
- Watch out: AI Studio needs your own OpenAI API key, billed separately
- Tight if you want one price: annual licenses cover updates for one year, with lifetime at $499 to $1,999
- Watch out: hosting and updates are your job
Why Tutor LMS gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$199 a year for 1 site is about $16.60 a month, inside this category's cheapest quarter ($20), and a $499 lifetime price is under two years of its $37 middle.
- BFree plan and trialThe free core has unlimited courses, learners and instructors, a basic quiz builder and native video, which one person can run a course on.
- BFeaturesLessons, quizzes, assignments, checkout, memberships, many payment gateways and live classes cover the job, with the advanced parts on Pro.
- DEase of useNo rating on record. It only runs inside a self-hosted WordPress site, so hosting and updates are your job.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but it connects to WooCommerce, Zoom, Google Meet, Paid Memberships Pro, FluentCRM, BuddyPress, Elementor and OpenAI.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tutor LMS's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Tutor LMS's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 83 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 79 of 98) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $16.58 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 12 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 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. Tutor LMS’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 79 of 98, level with 14
- BFree plan and trialAbove 71 of 98, level with 26
- BFeaturesAbove 56 of 98, level with 42
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 98, level with 22
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 25 of 98, level with 72
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 Tutor LMS, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Tutor LMS you could make: online courses and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 83 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade. It costs $199 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, WooCommerce, Zoom and Google Meet among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: live sessions. No app builder makes those.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Tutor LMS’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 Tutor LMS?
Tutor LMS is a WordPress plugin for building and selling online courses on your own site. The core plugin is free; paid licenses add Pro features such as advanced quizzes, assignments, subscriptions and an AI course generator that needs your own OpenAI key. It runs only inside WordPress.
Worth knowing
- It only runs inside a self-hosted WordPress site, so hosting and updates are your job.
- Advanced quizzes, assignments, subscriptions and AI Studio need a paid license.
- AI Studio needs your own OpenAI API key, billed separately by OpenAI.
- Annual licenses cover updates and support for one year; the lifetime option costs $499 to $1,999 once.
Key features
- Course builder
- Build courses from lessons, quizzes and assignments, with video from YouTube, Vimeo or uploaded files, and drip content on Pro.
- Quizzes and assignments
- The free core has a basic quiz builder; Pro adds more question types, quiz reports, assignments with deadlines and automated grading.
- Selling and memberships
- Sell courses through built-in checkout or WooCommerce, with coupons, bundles, course subscriptions and site-wide memberships on Pro.
- Payment gateways
- The pricing page lists PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.net, Paddle, Mollie, Klarna, Razorpay, Paystack, Alipay and manual payment.
- AI Studio
- Generates course outlines, lessons and descriptions from prompts. Included in paid plans, and it requires your own OpenAI API key.
- Live classes and integrations
- Connects to Zoom, Google Meet and Jitsi Meet for live sessions, plus video hosts, CRMs and community plugins listed on its integrations page.
Tutor LMS pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tutor LMS has a free plan, and paid plans start at $199 per year for 1 site.
- Starts at
- $199 per year for 1 site
- Free plan
- The Tutor LMS core is free: unlimited courses, learners and instructors, a basic quiz builder and native video support.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Core plugin with unlimited courses, learners and instructors, and a basic quiz builder. |
| Individual | $199per year for 1 site | All Pro add-ons and features, Pro themes, AI Studio and priority support; updates for 1 year. One-time lifetime price is $499. |
| Business | $399per year for up to 10 sites | Same features as Individual on up to 10 sites. The one-time lifetime price is $999. |
| Agency | $799per year for unlimited sites | Same features on unlimited sites for annual billing. The one-time lifetime price is $1,999 for up to 50 sites. |
Read from tutorlms.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tutor LMS before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Lifetime licenseLifetime license, paid once
The pricing page's Lifetime tab sells each plan for a single payment: $499 (1 site), $999 (up to 10 sites) and $1,999 (up to 50 sites), with lifetime updates.
Stated on tutorlms.com
Works with
- WooCommerce
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Paid Memberships Pro
- FluentCRM
- BuddyPress
- Elementor
- OpenAI
Tutor LMS alternatives
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Common questions
Does Tutor LMS have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tutor LMS is listed for Web.
Does Tutor LMS have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tutor LMS is listed for Web.
Is Tutor LMS open source?
Tutor LMS is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.