Open edX · Updated November 5, 2026
Managed Open edX hosting by Cubite
Cubite runs self-hosted Open edX for organisations without a platform team. Plans start at $1,260 a month for up to 1,000 concurrent learners (load-tested), and every tier includes SSO (SAML/OIDC) implementation, SCORM and xAPI, branding, learner analytics, daily backups and a quarterly restore rehearsal. LTI works both ways: LTI 1.1 and 1.3 tools inside your courses; your courses inside Canvas, Blackboard or Brightspace over LTI 1.1 (LTI 1.3 as scoped work).
Founder Amir Tadrisi has worked on Open edX since 2013.
Release data last reviewed 2026-10-27. Ulmo recently dropped out of support.
Plans
Monthly pricing with no setup fee and no separate implementation charge; Scale bills cloud infrastructure through at cost.
| Plan | Monthly price | Concurrent learners | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeanRecommended | $1,260/mo | Up to 1,000 concurrent learners | Proven at 1,000 concurrent users in load testing. Dedicated application and data nodes. UAT and production kept at parity. |
| Resilient | $1,850/mo | Up to 2,000 concurrent learners | Two application nodes behind a load balancer. Patch or rebuild one node while the other serves. Zero-downtime content and platform deploys. |
| Scale | from $3,400/mo | Elastic, scales on demand | Pod-level self-healing and horizontal scaling. Cloud infrastructure billed through at cost. Built to your customer's platform standards. |
Every tier includes
What is in scope
Named-release upgrades
Open edX cuts a named release roughly twice a year and drops support for older ones as it goes. We plan and execute the upgrade path, including the Tutor major-version jumps and the Python and Django moves that come with them.
Security patching
Advisories tracked against the exact release and patch tag you run, so you patch what affects you rather than upgrading blind.
Platform engineering
XBlocks, MFE customisation, theming, LTI, and the integrations that make the platform match how your organisation actually teaches.
SSO and provisioning
SAML and OIDC against your IdP, with group-driven enrolment so course access follows your directory rather than manual admin.
Migration onto or off Open edX
From LearnDash, Moodle or a legacy platform, or off Open edX when it is the wrong fit. We will tell you which before you commit.
Operations
Monitoring, backups with verified restores, and an upgrade calendar you can show an auditor.
Who does the work
Engagements are led by Amir Tadrisi, who has worked on Open edX since 2013 - including four years at Appsembler, where he handled platform engineering and support for enterprise and university deployments including The Open University. That is his track record rather than a client list of ours, and we would rather say so plainly than imply otherwise.
Public, checkable work: commits in Aquent Gymnasium's Open edX theme repository, an openedx.org blog byline and community-meetup listing, and the open-source Tutor and Moodle plugins on github.com/amirtds.
Running a formal evaluation or RFP
We respond to RFPs and can work as a subcontractor or white-label delivery partner to an incumbent supplier, which is often the cleanest structure when you already have a vendor relationship in place.
Published tiers cover most deployments; for RFPs we scope support tiers and response times into the contract.
Send us the requirements document and we will come back with a scoped response rather than a brochure.
Managed Open edX, answered with numbers
How much does managed Open edX cost at Cubite?
Cubite's managed Open edX costs $1,260 a month (Lean, up to 1,000 concurrent learners), $1,850 a month (Resilient, up to 2,000) or from $3,400 a month (Scale, on Kubernetes, with cloud billed at cost), with no setup fee on any tier.
Do you charge per learner?
Cubite prices managed Open edX by capacity tier, not per learner: $1,260 a month covers up to 1,000 concurrent learners.
Is cloud hosting included?
Yes on Lean ($1,260 a month) and Resilient ($1,850 a month) when Cubite hosts the platform; Scale (from $3,400 a month) bills cloud infrastructure through at cost. In your own cloud account the Lean and Resilient tier price is the same and your provider bills you directly, and Scale is at cost either way.
How many learners can it handle?
Cubite's Lean tier is load-tested to 1,000 concurrent learners, Resilient covers up to 2,000, and Scale adds capacity on demand on Kubernetes.
Is SSO included?
SSO (SAML and OIDC) implementation is included in every Cubite managed Open edX tier, from $1,260 a month.
Are named-release upgrades included?
Named-release upgrades are included in every managed Open edX tier (Lean $1,260 a month, Resilient $1,850 a month, Scale from $3,400 a month), each rehearsed on a UAT environment before production. Carrying your plugins, theme and build-time patches through each release is part of it; bringing an inherited instance up from an unsupported release is a fixed quote agreed before the managed term starts.
Which release will we run?
A new managed Open edX platform from Cubite, on every tier from $1,260 a month, starts on the current named release (Verawood on Tutor 22, as of October 2026); a platform Cubite takes over starts on the release it already runs, and bringing it current is scoped before the managed term starts.
Can you run it in our own cloud account?
Yes: Cubite can deploy and operate managed Open edX in your own cloud account. On Lean ($1,260 a month) and Resilient ($1,850 a month) the tier price is the same and your cloud provider bills you for the infrastructure directly, in place of the cloud resources those tiers otherwise include; on Scale (from $3,400 a month) cloud infrastructure is billed at cost either way, by Cubite as a pass-through or by your provider directly. Cubite specifies and provisions the sizing.
What do we keep if we leave?
The platform underneath is open source: Open edX, deployed with Tutor. For a managed Open edX platform Cubite deploys, the Tutor configuration, plugins, themes and infrastructure code are kept in your own GitHub organization from the first deploy, the container images are built from that code, and courses can be exported as OLX at any time. If you leave, you take a working system and a full export of courses and learner data, and you can hire anyone to run it. Custom deliverables built under a statement of work become yours on full payment, as the project agreement specifies (Terms of Service, section 10). Cubite's pipeline tooling stays Cubite's, licensed while you are a customer. Exit terms stated 2026-10-19.
How does Cubite compare with Edly, Raccoon Gang and OpenCraft?
Cubite publishes its prices (from $1,260 a month) and a load-tested capacity figure, and keeps dated comparisons with Edly and Raccoon Gang on its compare pages, plus a dated directory of Open edX service providers with published prices where they exist, OpenCraft included.
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Start with what you are running now
Tell us your named release and how you deploy it. If you are on one of the 21 unsupported releases, the upgrade path is the first conversation.