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Moodle vs Rise comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Moodle
Ranking in Learning Management Systems (LMS)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rise
Ranking in Learning Management Systems (LMS)
25th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) category, the mindshare of Moodle is 4.2%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rise is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Learning Management Systems (LMS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Moodle4.2%
Rise1.2%
Other94.6%
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
 

Featured Reviews

Agnes Mindila - PeerSpot reviewer
Director School of Computing and Information Technology at JKUAT
Offers customized features that allow us to see whether students visited the platform and watched the provided videos
An improvement would be to have it support physically challenged students, who we think should be able to participate in some of our courses. If the learning management system could support blind students or students with learning disabilities, it would expand the reach of education by providing tools that support challenged learners. In future releases, I'd like to see more features that support challenged students, as I just mentioned above. This is because of the university's goal to make education accessible to all groups without discrimination. If we can have more tools that support students who are challenged, that would be very good. If AI could help, that would be nice. We want to support learners who are remote and provide learning to disadvantaged learners or certain groups of people. AI would come in very handy if Moodle had such capabilities.
SD
Instructional Designer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
An easy-to-use and responsive solution that can be used for creating e-learnings and micro-learnings
Rise should offer more interactive features because they are limited. Articulate is trying to keep the solution as responsive as possible. If I want any advanced interactivity, I have to create something within Rise's sister product, Storyline, and then import it into Rise, which can be difficult at times. The solution should include more variety in the integration of the elements such as text and video and text and image. The solution should include more options for creating tables, charts, and graphs.The solution should include more variety in the integration of the elements such as text and video and text and image. The solution should include more options for creating tables, charts, and graphs.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"A really nice thing about Moodle is that it is very robust and flexible, and one of the big advantages of Moodle is that it is open source. It also has a lot of free documentation."
"Cost-effective and intuitive."
"The most valuable features of Moodle are the ability to create assignments, divide them into teams, and the course delivery. In Cornerstone, I need to reach out to the team, and it is not as simple, a little more involved. Additionally, the solutions is easy to manage."
"The solution is stable."
"The fact that it's modular means you can easily expand with thousands of plugins that you can freely download from Moodle headquarters, and adding or removing functionality is easy."
"This is a scalable solution. We have had 30,000 students using the solution. During COVID, we were able to accommodate a 500% increase in traffic."
"The most valuable feature of Moodle is the exam question shuffle. Students in the classroom will all have different question list numbers. For example, one student's question one will be another student's question ten."
"Moodle has a vast array of features which are really useful for the work our company does. Moodle hosts the courses through online systems and also offers quizzes and badges which our customers frequently use."
"The ease of layout is the most valuable feature of Rise."
 

Cons

"Moodle's weakest point is the user interface."
"Sometimes, the gradebook can get broken if an incorrect formula is entered during creation."
"For a first time user, especially someone who is non-technical, Moodle is difficult for them to understand and they often need assistance."
"If you just install it as it is, the user experience will be a disaster if you don't understand what to do."
"Moodle Mobile is a really good area for improvement. All of 4.0 hasn't been released yet, and Moodle Mobile is not yet available for all different devices."
"For a first time user, especially someone who is non-technical, Moodle is difficult for them to understand and they often need assistance."
"Everything is very text heavy. There are no videos or moving images."
"The solution should have more student-centric details in the modules."
"Rise should offer more interactive features because they are limited."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Moodle is a free online learning platform, but it also offers a paid version of it."
"It is open source, and it has a lot of free documentation. It can be by far the least expensive option, but it depends on how one decides to use it. It can be free if you download it and host it on-prem, and you don't count your time as being worth anything. So, it can be almost free, or it can be very expensive just depending on if you get a package with a provider and if it is a huge solution."
"Moodle have a very robust licensing system that is user friendly. It's not very expensive."
"Moodle is free. It should probably stay free. There isn't really any support for Moodle unless you pay an astronomical amount, which is weird."
"Moodle is an open-source solution that is free of cost."
"Moodle offer a 14 day free trial and then requires payment."
"This particular organization is a relatively small academic institution. It is a single campus, not very big, with 4,500 to 5,000 total students. It is not a big faculty. There are no hard sciences other than undergraduate-level hard sciences. So, Moodle is functional, and it is relatively simple because it is open-source software. It has sub advantages, and it is inexpensive. Small schools with small enrollment numbers just can't afford the more expensive ones."
"It varies depending on the partner you're going with. It depends on whether they are a certified partner or not. It also varies depending on the demand. Usually, with Moodle and other LMSs, there is concurrent licensing. It's hard to figure out the best way to do it at the company that is selling the LMS. Moodle is usually one of the most cost-effective LMSs you can get."
"For an enterprise looking for a very quick and durable learning solution for their company, the solution's price is very, very reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
University
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
9%
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Company Size

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Small Business
By reviewers
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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Moodle?
The customization of the interface could be improved. Although we can load and change themes, it still always looks like Moodle. We have not found a way to significantly alter its appearance.
What is your primary use case for Moodle?
We use Moodle to manage our students' information, the classes, and the course catalog, which are mainly related to education. It serves as a learning management system for teaching in class.
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