Cursa vs edX
Cursa
cursa.app
edX
edx.orgSide by side
| Figure | Cursa | edX |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $12.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 9 |
| Spec score · Online Course Marketplaces | 8.3 (#30) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Course certificates | Yes | Yes |
| Course formats | mixed | mixed |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Mobile apps | both | both |
| Subscription access | No | Yes |
| What it does | Cursa offers free online courses for learning across subjects and languages. | edX is a mission-driven online course provider offering courses, programs, and other educational content from edX, member institutions, 2U, partners, and other institutions. |
| Who it serves | Cursa describes its purpose as providing accessible learning resources globally, regardless of a learner’s financial status. | edX describes its learners as people pursuing education or ongoing professional development through university-backed courses, certificates, and microcredentials. |
Plans
edX
- Audit trackFree
- Verified trackPrice not published
- Starter$349 a year
- Campus PlanPriced on request
- Essentials$150 a year
- Teams$396 a year
- Professional Certificate Programs$500, paid once
- Executive Education Programs$2,500, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
edX
edX is an online course provider offering courses, certificates, executive education, microcredentials and degrees from edX, member institutions, 2U and other organizations. Learners can audit courses for free, but the audit track limits content, omits graded assignments and certificates, and ends access to materials when the course ends. Verified individual courses start at around $50 and include graded work, a certificate and continued access to lectures, readings and lessons. Multi-course professional certificate programs start at around $500; executive education programs can cost at least $2,500. Courses combine video and text, discussions, and different problems and assessments; many are self-paced, and individual courses generally take two to six weeks. Android and iOS apps support enrollment, most assignments, discussions and offline video downloads, but not timed or proctored exams. Institutional and business offerings include LMS integrations, SSO, grade pass-back, analytics dashboards and administrative tools. edX reports a network of 100 million learners and more than 250 content partners.