Sensei LMS vs Tutor LMS
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| Feature | Sensei LMS v4.26.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.5/5 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 | 9,000+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | September 29, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Sensei LMS · Sensei Pro ($) | Tutor LMS · Tutor LMS Pro ($) |
| Pros | Courses, lessons and quizzes registered as their own content types; Learner progress and quiz results stored in plugin tables; Video embeds from YouTube and Vimeo | Courses, lessons and quizzes without code; Instructor earnings and withdrawal requests; Reviews, Q and A and student dashboards |
| Cons | Selling courses and groups needs the separate Sensei Pro plugin; Paid courses rely on WooCommerce | 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 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Course post type, Lesson and quiz post types, Learner progress reports from plugin tables, Quiz submissions, answers and grades stored in tables, YouTube and Vimeo video embeds, Sensei widgets, Sell-course prompt that points to Sensei Pro, Groups feature upsell to Sensei Pro, Usage tracking that asks first | 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 ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| MailPoet | — | |
| Marketing | Mailchimp | — |
| Social | Vimeo | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | WPML, Divi | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | player.vimeo.com, vimeo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, senseilms.us19.list-manage.com | api.wordpress.org, tutor-lms.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com |
| Blocks | 44 | 3 |
| Shortcodes | — | 8 |
| Custom tables | 4 | 17 |