Mahara vs Mykademy

Mahara is a free ePortfolio system for learning communities. Students and staff can collect evidence, reflect on experiences, and relate work to competencies or registration requirements. Listed uses include study, professional development, work-integrated learning, assessment, presentation, and employability. Portfolios can be shared with an individual, group, or the public, with access limited by a time frame or assessment task. Users can comment, give feedback, build portfolios together in groups, and take part in group forums. Portfolios can be submitted to learning management systems through LTI for marking. Mahara is open source, under conditions that include providing source code with copies and using the same license for derivative works. It can be hosted on a Linux server; the manual also describes Docker setup for development and testing, and advises securing that environment before live use. The manual describes LTI 1.3 Advantage as experimental and tested only with Brightspace. The project links to community forums, a manual, a wiki, an issue tracker, and extended security support; Catalyst is named as maintainer.

Mykademy is an online course delivery platform for tutors, trainers, training institutes, and organizations creating learning programs. Its course builder supports video, audio, PDFs, documents, text, SCORM, HTML, quizzes, assignments, and live classes. Assessments include mock tests, question pools, and online exams, while learner access can be set to free navigation, sequential progression, or academy-defined rules. The virtual classroom offers breakout rooms, screen and file sharing, and private and public chat. Customers can create a white-labeled academy website on a custom domain, with branded Android and iOS apps. Sellers can reach unlimited learners and use coupons, discounts, notifications, payment gateways, and enrollment and payment reports. Listed connections include webhooks, an API, Zapier, Microsoft 365, and Teams. The maker says uploaded videos are encrypted and supports PCI Level 1 compliant payment providers. It offers a 14-day free trial without requiring payment details at sign-up; there is no free plan. Pricing starts at $79/mo, and the transaction fee is $0. Additional storage overuse is charged at $0.50 per GB.