OpenLearning vs Stepik
OpenLearning
openlearning.comStepik
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| Figure | OpenLearning | Stepik |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $514.17/mo | 2,900 RUB/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Online Course Marketplaces | 8.7 (#11) | 9.3 (#4) |
| Spec score · MOOC Platforms | 8.3 (#20) | 8.7 (#11) |
| Audience | OpenLearning presents the platform for education providers, higher education, training organisations, and enterprise learning and development teams. | Stepik says authors can run contests, training and professional development programs, and courses for employees or customers. |
| Course authoring | The platform provides drag-and-drop widgets for adding text, video, audio, files, images, and external learning resources to courses. | Registered users can create public courses for free using videos, texts, and automatically checked assignments. |
| Course formats | mixed | Stepik supports public MOOCs, private small online courses and paid courses. |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | The company information page lists a legal address in Saint Petersburg at 2 Kantemirovskaya Street, office 202. |
| Integrations | The platform lists SSO, LTI, course and learner management APIs, and xAPI integrations. | Courses can be embedded with an iframe, connected through OAuth 2, or integrated with external learning platforms through LTI 1.1. |
| Mobile apps | both | Stepik says learners can study on its website or in its mobile app. |
| Product | OpenLearning describes itself as an AI-powered learning management system and course marketplace for educators and institutions. | Stepik is an educational platform and online-course builder with automatic assignment checking. |
| Support | Listed support channels include a global help community, email, live chat, and hotline support. | Stepik says its team can help authors create courses and provide help after launch and publication, including promotion. |
Plans
OpenLearning
- Organisational plans$6,170 a year
- Organisational plan$6,170 a year
- Custom planPriced on request
Stepik
- BasicFree
- Free open coursesFree
- Pro2,900 RUB a month
- Enterprise500,000 RUB a year
- Paid coursesPriced on request
In their own words
OpenLearning
OpenLearning has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Stepik
Stepik is an educational platform and online-course builder with automatic assignment checking. Registered users can create public courses for free using videos, text, and automatically checked assignments. Authors can also run contests, training, professional development, or courses for employees and customers. Courses may be free or paid; paid courses include expanded functionality and built-in payment processing, with Stepik taking a commission and charging no plan or subscription fee. Courses can be embedded with an iframe, connected through OAuth 2, or integrated with learning platforms using LTI 1.1. Named LTI-compatible platforms include Moodle, Open edX, Coursera, Blackboard LMS, Canvas, and Sakai. Stepik says its site works through an API, and learners can study on its website or mobile app. Offline learning and completion certificates are listed. Free public course creation costs nothing. Stepik says its Enterprise plan has been unavailable to new subscribers since May 2023; that plan previously limited private courses to 1,000 learners each.