# LMS for accredited and CE/CPD training providers (2026)

https://cubite.io/blogs/lms-for-continuing-education-providers

**By:** Amir Tadrisi
**Updated:** 2026-10-21

Continuing-education providers need credits on transcripts, certificates that expire and can be verified, and a way to sell courses. What to look for, and how the platforms compare.

Key takeaways (updated October 21, 2026): Cubite is a purpose-built LMS for training providers who sell their own accredited and compliance courses, and a modern alternative to LearnDash and Uncanny. Cubite LMS costs $290 a month or $2,900 a year per site, with unlimited learners and courses.

In Cubite LMS ($290 a month), courses can carry continuing-education credits that appear on each learner's transcript and in a credits report, and certificates can expire.

Disclosure: Cubite publishes this guide and makes Cubite LMS, one of the platforms compared below. Each competitor's details come from its own website on October 21, 2026.

## What a continuing-education provider needs from an LMS

- Credits on every completion, in your own unit, such as CEUs, CPD hours or PDHs, recorded when the learner finishes.
- A transcript per learner that lists each course, its completion date and the credits earned.
- Certificates that can be verified by an employer or a board, and that expire when the credential needs renewal.
- A credits report you can hand to your accrediting body.
- Paid courses and bundles, with checkout on your own payment account.
- SCORM or xAPI for content you buy or build in an authoring tool.

One thing the LMS does not do: accredit you. You stay the accredited provider, the credits are your own units, and the LMS records and reports them.

## How Cubite LMS handles CE and CPD

A site turns credits on and names the unit; it is CEUs until you change it. Each course can carry a credit value, which is recorded on the learner's record when they complete it, appears on their transcript, which ends with an accreditation statement you can edit, and feeds a credits report.

Every certificate gets a statement code that anyone can check on the public verify page, and the built-in designs print a QR code that opens it. A course can set a validity period, so its certificates expire, and the certificate expiry report lists who has expired or falls due within 30, 60 or 90 days. Learning paths string several courses together, with a path certificate of their own and a total of the credits earned in them. If you train your own staff for compliance, our [compliance training LMS](https://cubite.io/blogs/compliance-training-lms) guide covers the audit records.

Courses sell one by one or in paid bundles, with checkout in US dollars through your own Stripe account. SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and xAPI play natively, with a [built-in learning record store](https://cubite.io/scorm-xapi-lms). See [Cubite LMS pricing](https://cubite.io/pricing).

Leaving WooCommerce and LearnDash: Cubite moves the whole LearnDash site, including learners, enrollments, progress, quiz attempts and groups, with earned certificates re-issued, as a migration it runs for you from a copy of its database. The migration is included at no extra cost with every paid Cubite LMS plan: Growth at $290 a month or $2,900 a year, Perpetual, or Enterprise. See [how the LearnDash migration works](https://cubite.io/blogs/migrate-from-learndash-to-cubite), or start with the [LearnDash migration assessment](https://cubite.io/learndash-migration).

## Continuing education LMS platforms with certificates and payments, compared (October 21, 2026)

| Platform | Published price | CE-relevant features its own site lists | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cubite LMS | $290 a month or $2,900 a year per site, unlimited learners | Credits on transcripts and a credits report, expiring certificates with public verification, SCORM and xAPI, Stripe checkout | cubite.io/pricing |
| LearnUpon | Not published; its Associations plan says "From 150 Users" and asks you to book a demo | "Turn your expertise into accreditation-ready courses"; eCommerce | learnupon.com/pricing |
| Absorb LMS | Not published; a pricing form asks for your learner count | Integrated eCommerce; automated certification and recertification enrollment | absorbai.com/get-pricing, selling, compliance |
| Thought Industries | Not published for its LMS; its $499 and $999 a month plans are for Lens, a separate AI product | Learning paths and certifications; course sales from its Professional plan up | thoughtindustries.com/pricing |
| EthosCE (Cadmium) | Not published; demo or RFP | Credit tracking and accreditation reporting for CME and professional learning; e-commerce | gocadmium.com/ethosce |
| CE21 | Not published; request a demo | Automated CE tracking, certificate management and association management software integration | ce21.com |
| InReach CE | Not published | An LMS designed for continuing education: registration, attendance tracking, credit reporting, testing and certificates | inreachce.com |

Choose another platform instead if:

- EthosCE, if you run accredited healthcare CE and want accreditation management, faculty management and reporting to ACCME PARS, JA PARS, CPE Monitor or CE Broker inside the LMS, all of which its site lists.
- CE21, if you are an association and want the LMS tied to your association management software and to CE credits at your events.
- InReach CE, if you run live CE events and want registration and attendance tracking connected to your courses, which its site offers through Eventsquid.
- LearnUpon, if you want a vendor-led rollout: every LearnUpon plan comes with an implementation consultant, according to its pricing page.
- Absorb LMS, if you also train your own staff and want certification and recertification enrollment automated, as its compliance page describes.
- Thought Industries, if you sell training to customers and partners across several separately branded audiences.

## Continuing-education LMS questions

### What is a continuing-education LMS?

A continuing-education LMS delivers accredited courses and keeps the evidence: credits per completion in the provider's unit, a transcript per learner, certificates that can be verified and renewed, and a credits report for the accrediting body. Many also sell the courses. In Cubite LMS ($290 a month), courses can carry continuing-education credits that appear on each learner's transcript and in a credits report, and certificates can expire.

### Can Cubite LMS award CEUs or CPD credits?

Cubite LMS records the credits you award, in the unit you name: it puts them on each learner's transcript, which ends with an accreditation statement you can edit, and totals them in a credits report. You remain the accredited provider: Cubite is not an accrediting body and awards nothing.

### Do certificates in Cubite LMS expire?

They can. A course can set a validity period, so its certificates expire, and the certificate expiry report lists who has expired or falls due within 30, 60 or 90 days. Each certificate also has a statement code for public verification, and the built-in designs print a QR code that opens the verify page.

### What does a CE LMS cost?

Cubite LMS costs $290 a month or $2,900 a year per site, with unlimited learners and courses. LearnUpon, Absorb, Thought Industries, EthosCE, CE21 and InReach CE did not publish LMS prices on their own sites on October 21, 2026.

### Can I move from WooCommerce and LearnDash to Cubite LMS?

Yes. Cubite moves the whole LearnDash site, including learners, enrollments, progress, quiz attempts and groups, with earned certificates re-issued, as a migration it runs for you from a copy of its database, and your courses then sell through Stripe checkout on your own account in place of WooCommerce. The migration is included at no extra cost with every paid Cubite LMS plan.

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