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LearnDash pricing
LearnDash does not have a free version. LearnDash paid version starts at US$329.00/one-time.
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LearnDash Reviews
Feature rating

- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I chose LearnDash for flexibility
I've been very pleased with LearnDash. It's well-designed, well-documented, and well-supported. It scales well and I look forward to continuing to work with it well into the future.
Pros
I had been using a hosted LMS, but grew frustrated with the artificial limitations imposed on me by its design. I made the decision to switch to LearnDash for the flexibility, so that I would be able to manage and present my courses in whatever way I deemed appropriate for my customers, and so that I would have full control of my content. (The hosted LMS would not let me keep my own backups!) I also wanted to have full control of the user experience.
Cons
There really aren't any cons, as long as you understand this is a large application with many options. The learning curve is substantial, but absolutely worth the time and effort required to master it.
Reasons for Choosing LearnDash
See my previous comments.Switched From
TalentLMSReasons for Switching to LearnDash
See above.- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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LMS Management for Online E-Learning Course Catalog
Overall, LearnDash has made managing a large catalog of content (50 + courses) very easy. I can quickly add courses, and the quality looks great. The features I get with video lessons, feel like custom developement and something I paid ALOT of money for, but they are included for free.
Pros
Learndash is incredible easy to get up and running. I loved how easy it is to create courses, add lessons and quickly get a catalog of content up and running. I was transferring courses from pages and posts that I had manually created, and moving to LearnDash allows me to move and work so much faster, plus it's alot easier for students to navigate.
All of my content is videobased and their video progression features and integrations with Vimeo are amazing. The ability to remember your location in a video so that when you come back to it, it's there waiting for you-is a feature that feels like it should cost, much, much more.
Cons
Initially I had purchased LearnDash and asked for my money back, because I felt like it was too focused on being a solution for higher ed. I didn't need certificates, or quizzes, or homework uploads, just the ability for students to watch video lessons. But.. after digging in the second time, I realized I don't have to use all of those things. While there are alot of features, I don't have to use those.
Reasons for Switching to LearnDash
I wanted to stay on an open platform and own my content. LearnDash allowed me to quickly transfer my existing posts and pages into their platform and continue owning my content and processing payments through Stripe.- Industry: Design
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Woocommerce and Product Feature not compatible.
Unfortunately you must make an early decision if you wish to use the features of Learndash or create a profitable product.
While LearnDash goes to great lengths to showcase their features. Once you attempt to use these outside of their limited sales pathway many will no longer be available to you. Using the features and scalable processes of woocommerce will remove many features that make Learndash at first glimpse and during superficial reviews attractive.
Any experienced UX designers will understand that this is a huge issue. Any user will be disappointed if they can purchase a product not available to them. In many countries selling a customer a product not available to them is illegal and will expose you to legal issues.
Very limiting for those wishing to make their product available or sale.
Purchase with care. Not as seamless presented throughout the presales marketing.
Pros
Suitable for small, internal, and experimental projects. Lacks the sophistication to create a large, scalable, and sellable products.
Cons
Unfortunately while it is possible to sell courses through woocommerce, doing so will remove the listed features of the learndash product.
Most businesses will end up selling through woocommerce to unlock automations and the power of wordpress (ie adding customers to mailchimp, adding the sale to accounting software, directing a customer post sales path etc).
Unfortunately once you make a product available for sale through woocommerce many of the listed product features fail. Most notably the course prerequisite feature. Users can purchase any course available in woocommerce regardless of any restriction or settings made in Learndash.
Response from LearnDash
We are really sorry that our product didn't meet the specific needs of your unique use-case. We hope that you have found a solution that works for you.
We wanted to address a couple points from this review since it contains misleading information that might confuse others:
- Course prerequisites still work when selling with WooCommerce. Content cannot be viewed until all of the determined conditions are first met.
-Using WooCommerce to sell courses doesn't expose a business to legal issues. If it is preferred that a product in Woo not be displayed until a prerequisite is completed first then this is indeed possible using LearnDash features.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The best Learning management system plugin for WordPress
Pros
When it Comes to WordPress lms plugin, Learndash is the best. The interface is very easy to understand both for authors and students, it is having many features compared to other plugins thus saving Space and money you dont need to buy and install extra plugins and it integrates well with third party plugins or Platforms
Cons
Eventhough Learndash is an excellent plugin, their customer support is not hundred percent active. At Times i have to open a ticket and wait several days before having a solution
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Awesome Tool
Pros
Complete package, well designed and easy to use for a complicated need.
Cons
Initial integration was time-consuming, wished it has better features or a tie-in plugin for user management since WordPress user management is poor. Learn press had compatibility issues with WP User Manager (learn dash restoration process was broken with using wp user manager wouldn't create user password on registration) which left me having to do a lot more work to build a user management process