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LMS pricing
 Pricing for custom LMS development that doesn’t grow with every user

At Academy Smart, we offer three engagements with one thing in common: you own the platform with no per-seat fees. Choose the option that sounds like where you are

Pay once or monthly. Either way, you own it

Every SaaS LMS charges you for as long as you stay. Academy Smart charges once. Pay upfront or split into monthly payments, and the platform is yours.

Starter LMS

For companies that need an LMS launched fast, without building from scratch

$800 per month
or $17K one-time
Book a Starter LMS demo Book a Starter LMS demo
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Production-ready LMS deployed on your infrastructure
  • Multi-tenant architecture, white-label branding
  • SCORM, xAPI, AICC support out of the box
  • Learning path builder, role-based access, bulk CSV onboarding
  • Pay in full or monthly
  • Optional support retainer after launch

CPD Dashboard

For regulated organizations and associations that need to prove CPD at audit

$800 per month
or $6K one-time
Book a CPD demo Book a CPD demo
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Ready-made CPD platform, deployed on your infrastructure
  • Native LearnUpon and Docebo sync
  • Unlimited users
  • Role, department, and region-based CPD rules
  • Audit-ready exports and real-time progress views
  • External activity logging with certificate uploads

Custom LMS

For training providers whose SaaS LMS has stopped scaling with them

$85K-$120K fixed payment
paid over 6-7 months, based on the estimate
Book a scoping call Book a scoping call
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Fixed-price full platform build, deployed on your infrastructure
  • Custom integrations: CRM, HR, SSO, payments
  • Multi-tenant architecture built for 10K+ concurrent users
  • Free migration up to 100 hours from your existing LMS
  • Dedicated project manager and LMS architect
  • Optional support retainer after launch

Starter LMS

For companies that need an LMS launched fast, without building from scratch

$800 per month
or $17K one-time
Book a Starter LMS demo Book a Starter LMS demo
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Production-ready LMS deployed on your infrastructure
  • Multi-tenant architecture, white-label branding
  • SCORM, xAPI, AICC support out of the box
  • Learning path builder, role-based access, bulk CSV onboarding
  • Pay in full or monthly
  • Optional support retainer after launch

CPD Dashboard

For regulated organizations and associations that need to prove CPD at audit

$800 per month
or $6K one-time
Book a CPD demo Book a CPD demo
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Ready-made CPD platform, deployed on your infrastructure
  • Native LearnUpon and Docebo sync
  • Unlimited users
  • Role, department, and region-based CPD rules
  • Audit-ready exports and real-time progress views
  • External activity logging with certificate uploads

Custom LMS

For training providers whose SaaS LMS has stopped scaling with them

$85K-$120K fixed payment
paid over 6-7 months, based on the estimate
Book a scoping call Book a scoping call
WHAT YOU GET:
  • Fixed-price full platform build, deployed on your infrastructure
  • Custom integrations: CRM, HR, SSO, payments
  • Multi-tenant architecture built for 10K+ concurrent users
  • Free migration up to 100 hours from your existing LMS
  • Dedicated project manager and LMS architect
  • Optional support retainer after launch

Ongoing support cost for your LMS

Every engagement above includes launch, documentation, and handover. What happens after launch is your call. Pick the tier that matches how hands-on you want to be.

Self-serve
$0 per month

Free for 12 months post-launch

Your team runs the platform. Documentation, admin access, and knowledge transfer included. Default for teams with in-house engineers who want ownership from day one.

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Essential 
$700 per month

For teams that want a technical safety net without managing the platform themselves. Bug fixes, platform updates, monitoring, and small feature additions.

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Business
$1,700 per month

For regulated organizations that need a named engineer, response SLAs, and compliance documentation ready for audit.

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Mission-critical 
$4,500 per month

For platforms running 10K+ concurrent users where an hour of downtime costs revenue. 24/7 coverage, 99.9% uptime SLA, on-call incident response.

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Concierge
from $9,000 per month

For teams that want Academy Smart to run the platform end-to-end. Full operational ownership: monitoring, updates, admin support, feature roadmap, quarterly reviews.

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Not sure which one fits? Here's how to tell

If one of the situations below sounds like your Monday morning, that's your engagement.

Pick Starter LMS if:

  • You're selling training to multiple clients and losing margin to per-seat fees
  • You've decided 12–18 months is too long to wait for a platform
  • You want a branded environment that looks like yours, not your vendor's
  • You've looked at Moodle and decided the maintenance cost isn't worth it

Pick CPD Dashboard if:

  • Audit season means 40% of your month goes to reconciliation
  • Your CPD record lives across multiple sources
  • You're on LearnUpon or Docebo but need compliance 
  • You need to enforce different CPD rules by role, department, or region

Pick Custom LMS if:

  • You need integrations your SaaS vendor won't build
  • You've hit a customization wall on LearnUpon, Docebo, or Thinkific 
  • You're planning for 10K+ concurrent users
  • You've asked for the same feature three times, and it's still not on the roadmap

Pick Starter LMS if:

  • You're selling training to multiple clients and losing margin to per-seat fees
  • You've decided 12–18 months is too long to wait for a platform
  • You want a branded environment that looks like yours, not your vendor's
  • You've looked at Moodle and decided the maintenance cost isn't worth it

Pick CPD Dashboard if:

  • Audit season means 40% of your month goes to reconciliation
  • Your CPD record lives across multiple sources
  • You're on LearnUpon or Docebo but need compliance 
  • You need to enforce different CPD rules by role, department, or region

Pick Custom LMS if:

  • You need integrations your SaaS vendor won't build
  • You've hit a customization wall on LearnUpon, Docebo, or Thinkific 
  • You're planning for 10K+ concurrent users
  • You've asked for the same feature three times, and it's still not on the roadmap

Our clients’ results speak for themselves

Here are companies who've already lived our engagements and obtained such results.

Security Awareness Company Builds a Custom LMS in 3 Months and Cuts Costs by 68%

Security Awareness Company Builds a Custom LMS in 3 Months and Cuts Costs by 68%

Results

68% cheaper than the SaaS alternative over 3 years
86 companies actively using the platform
27 languages supported

William Fry Adds CPD Compliance Tracking to LearnUpon, Delivered in 2 Months

William Fry Adds CPD Compliance Tracking to LearnUpon, Delivered in 2 Months

Results

600+ solicitors on one audit-ready record
2 months to full rollout
CPD Visibility Gap closed

38,000+ Users Engaged: EI Assessment Platform Boosts Retention with an AI Learning Portal

38,000+ Users Engaged: EI Assessment Platform Boosts Retention with an AI Learning Portal

Results

38,000+ users on the platform
25 EQ competencies individually tracked
OpenAI integration live

We've been shipping LMS longer than many SaaS have existed

Most development agencies learn LMS on your budget. Academy Smart doesn’t because we’ve been building LMS platforms since 2009.

15 years

Of LMS-only engineering

19 countries

Certified

4.9

on Clutch across 50+ LMS projects

ISO 27001

Enterprise-level security

Trusted LMS Integration Partner

Academy Smart is a professional integration partner for the world’s leading LMSs.

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