Overview
Blackboard Learn is an established LMS widely used by universities and educational institutions.
Key Features
✓Course management✓Assessments✓Gradebook✓Analytics✓Collaboration✓Mobile learning✓Integrations
Pricing
Blackboard Learn uses institutional/custom pricing. The total cost depends on institution size, users, modules, implementation and support.
Organizations comparing Blackboard can also evaluate Moodle and MyPass for alternative deployment and pricing models.
From our research · checked 25 October 2026
- Publishes a price
- No
- 100 users, per month
- Not computable: no dollar figure on the vendor's site; the pricing page says “Book a Demo”.
- AI features shipped
- 5 of 12: Course generation, Quiz generation, Learner assistant, Roleplay & coaching, Admin assistant. Vendor's AI page
- AI pricing
- Paid add-on · Product page: 'These AI capabilities are included as standard'. Release notes: 'AVA is a premium solution. AVA features are included in your...
Source: our LMS Pricing Index and AI in the LMS index, both read from the vendor's own website and re-checked quarterly.
Pros & Cons
＋ Pros
✓Mature platform
✓Higher education
✓Analytics
✓Integrations
－ Cons
✕Complex
✕Institutional orientation
✕Custom pricing
Conclusion
Blackboard is a mature academic LMS. Organizations looking for a broader deployment model should also evaluate Moodle and MyPass LMS.