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Open-Source solutions like Moodle or Sakai, and proprietary commercial systems like Blackboard are probably several of the other systems that you’re considering. Blackboard has got a great learning management system, but it’s missing many of Eduvo’s core community features and it’s much more expensive. Time to deployment is also significantly lower for Eduvo because there is no training required. Eduvo users can learn how to use our system in minutes. Eduvo is simple and intuitive and gets the job done!


Open-source solutions make sense when the end user has the capacity to fix problems and make improvements, but when an end user can't program - it just doesn't make sense. If you're a trained mechanic, you can fix your own car and tune its engine, but if you're not a mechanic like 90% of the population, you don't want the hassle of messing with your engine. Open-source solutions are fine for schools with extensive IT staff that can troubleshoot systems.

While the software is “free”, the hosting, support, and extra man-hours are definitely not. When you have a problem, where do you go for help? The total cost of ownership for open-source systems is lower than Blackboard, but it’s still much more expensive than Eduvo, so why take the extra risk?