LearnDash Licensing & Management vs Tutor LMS
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| Feature | LearnDash Licensing & Management v1.3.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details | Tutor LMS v4.1.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | LearnDash Licensing & Management · LearnDash LMS ($) | Tutor LMS · Tutor LMS Pro ($) |
| Pros | Official LearnDash plugin for licences and updates; Licence key check from one settings screen; Lists the LearnDash family's projects | Courses, lessons and quizzes without code; Instructor earnings and withdrawal requests; Reviews, Q and A and student dashboards |
| Cons | Needs a LearnDash licence key to be useful; Contacts LearnDash licensing servers; Shows remote banners fetched from LearnDash | Some integrations and add-ons need the paid Pro version; Payment setup needs PayPal or WooCommerce configuration; Large plugin with many database tables |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Verifies a LearnDash licence key, Lists LearnDash family projects and their downloads, Remote banners fetched from LearnDash | Course and lesson content types, Quiz builder with questions and attempts, Instructor earnings and withdrawal requests, Course reviews and ratings, Course question and answer, Course list widget, Gutenberg blocks for cart and registration, Add-ons manager for enabling extra modules, Get Pro upgrade pages ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Other | LearnDash licensing service ($), LearnDash remote banners | — |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, nodejs.org | api.wordpress.org, tutor-lms.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com |
| Blocks | — | 3 |
| Shortcodes | — | 8 |
| Custom tables | — | 17 |