What is the best alternative to Canvas?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to Canvas are LifterLMS, Graphy / Spayee, WP Courseware, LearnDash, Moodle. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to Canvas are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 15 other learning management systems used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. Canvas itself is used by 691 websites.

Which LMS has the most websites?

LifterLMS leads this category with 2,793 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

Canvas Alternatives & Competitors

Last updated July 1, 2026 · refreshes automatically as new data lands.

Looking for an alternative to Canvas? Site Stats Database tracks 15 other learning management systems; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. Canvas itself is used by 691 websites. Back to Canvas.

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Canvas Alternatives & Competitors

The top Canvas alternatives in depth

LifterLMS

Graphy / Spayee

WP Courseware

LearnDash

Moodle

Populi

Teachable

ThimPress LearnPress

Thinkific

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