Litmos Review
Litmos is a learning platform for employee, customer, partner and frontline training, sold by SAP to Francisco Partners in 2022.
- Company size
- Mid-market companies, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Tiered plans
Best for
- Compliance and HR teams that need automatic renewals and escalation for overdue training
- Organizations that sell or certify training for customers and partners
- Salesforce users who want learning inside Salesforce (AppExchange)
Not ideal for
- Small teams looking for a low-cost or month-to-month plan
- Buyers who need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence on the public site (not published on the pages we read)
How we evaluated Litmos
This review rests on 16 facts checked against Litmos’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
Litmos fits compliance-heavy organizations that want renewals, reminders and manager escalation handled by the system: certifications get expiration windows, and Litmos re-enrolls learners, reminds them and their managers and tracks completion. It imports SCORM, xAPI and AICC content, assigns courses by role, location, department or risk class and connects to Workday, ADP, BambooHR and Salesforce. Plans are annual: Foundation starts at $8,000 a year and Platinum at $15,000; premium content libraries are add-ons.
Strengths
Automated compliance renewals
Certifications get expiration windows; reminders, re-enrollment and completion tracking run automatically, with escalation for overdue completions.
Evidence: Recertification tracking: Yes
Published starting prices
Foundation starts at $8,000 and Platinum at $15,000 a year, before a quote.
Content standards
Every plan imports SCORM, xAPI, AICC, media and documents.
Evidence: SCORM and xAPI support: Yes
HR and identity integrations
Litmos integrates with Workday, ADP and BambooHR and supports Okta and Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on.
Evidence: Notable integrations: Workday, ADP, BambooHR, Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Okta, LinkedIn Learning
Weaknesses
Content libraries cost extra
Litmos Premium and partner content libraries are add-ons on every plan.
Evidence: Extra costs: Litmos Premium Content Libraries and partner content libraries are add-ons on every plan, Additional tenants (separate environments) are an add-on, Business intelligence data access is an add-on
Annual minimum spend
The lowest plan starts at $8,000 a year, with the final price on request.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Tiered plans
Price transparency
Partly published
Contract term
Annual
Quick answers
- How much does Litmos cost?
- Foundation starts at $8,000 a year and Platinum at $15,000 a year; Platinum AI is priced by sales.
- Is Litmos still owned by SAP?
- No. SAP sold Litmos to the private equity firm Francisco Partners; the sale was agreed in August 2022 and completed later that year.Based on Ownership: Private equity-backed
- Does Litmos support SCORM?
- Yes. Litmos imports SCORM, xAPI and AICC packages and includes a native SCORM authoring tool.Based on SCORM and xAPI support: Yes
- Does Litmos automate compliance training renewals?
- Yes. You set expiration windows for certifications, and Litmos handles reminders, re-enrollment and completion tracking, escalating overdue training to managers.Based on Recertification tracking: Yes
Coverage of core corporate LMS capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Corporate LMS, checked against Litmos’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
11 verified of 11 core capabilities
Corporate LMS
- Course catalog
- Assignment and enrollment rules
- SCORM and xAPI support
- Completion tracking and records
- Reminders and escalation
- Recertification tracking
- Reporting and export
- Authoring and content library
- Instructor-led sessions
- HRIS integration and user sync
- Accessibility and mobile
Specifications
Product
- Modules
- LMS, Content authoring, Content libraries, Litmos AI, Data services, Services and managed administration
- Mobile apps
- Yes
- AI features
- AI content authoring, AI assistant, AI video assessments with role-play scoring, AI-assisted natural language report queries
Integrations
- Open API
- Yes
- Webhooks
- Yes
- Single sign-on
- SAML, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID
Litmos integrations
Native integrations
Litmos integration coverage
The 9 apps that corporate LMS products document most often, and whether Litmos documents each.
7 of the 9 most-connected apps documented by Litmos; median of the 8 products compared: 5
- BambooHR · documented by 7 of 8
- Zoom · documented by 7 of 8
- Microsoft Teams · documented by 6 of 8
- Salesforce · documented by 6 of 8
- Slack · documented by 4 of 8
- Workday · documented by 4 of 8
- ADP Workforce Now · documented by 3 of 8
- Okta · documented by 3 of 8
- ADP · documented by 2 of 8
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 8 live corporate LMS products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #5 of 7 scoredCorporate LMS
- #6 of 6 scoredCorporate LMS for Enterprises
- #4 of 7 scoredCorporate LMS for Mid-Sized Companies
Litmos alternatives
About Litmos
- Founded
- 2007
- Ownership
- Private equity-backed
- Parent company
- Francisco Partners
Official profiles
Litmos: frequently asked questions
Does Litmos integrate with Workday?
Yes. Litmos lists Workday, ADP and BambooHR among its HRIS integrations, syncing employee data and organizational structures.
When was Litmos founded?
Litmos has been an LMS since 2007 and now serves 4,000+ organizations.
What is Litmos used for?
Litmos, on the market since 2007, is a corporate LMS product built for mid-market companies and enterprises. Its modules include LMS, Content authoring, Content libraries, Litmos AI, and 2 more.
Is Litmos legit?
Litmos is sold by the company of the same name, which was founded in 2007 and is backed by private equity.
What are the best alternatives to Litmos?
In our corporate LMS ranking, the highest-scored products other than Litmos are 360Learning, TalentLMS, and iSpring LMS. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Litmos alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of Litmos?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: automated compliance renewals, published starting prices, and content standards. It is less suited to small teams looking for a low-cost or month-to-month plan and buyers who need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 evidence on the public site (not published on the pages we read).
Does Litmos have an API?
Yes. Litmos offers an open API to customers, with webhooks for event updates.
Does Litmos have a mobile app?
Yes. Litmos confirms a mobile app for employees and admins.
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