--- title: "Compare | RootWright" description: "Pick the platform you use today, add your yearly course sales, and see what it costs you each year. Then put RootWright LMS next to it, feature by feature." canonical: "https://rootwrightlms.com/compare/" last_modified: "2026-10-19T13:23:37+00:00" --- # How RootWright compares, with a source for every cell. Every competitor cell below comes from that vendor’s own site, docs or WordPress.org listing, checked on 18 October 2026. Where a vendor doesn’t say, we write “not stated” rather than guess. How we checked - **Checked 18 October 2026** on each vendor’s site, docs and WordPress.org page. - **“Not stated”** means the vendor’s pages don’t mention it. It doesn’t prove they lack it. - **Prices change.** Confirm on the vendor’s page before you buy. Spot a mistake? Write to [hello@rootwrightlms.com] and we’ll fix it within a week. Why people switch ## Fourteen reasons to switch, before the details. Each one is in the build today, tagged Free or Pro. The table below then compares the rest, line by line. Free Pro ### Learners remember, not just finish Most LMS plugins measure clicks. RootWright measures memory, and brings each lesson back right before the learner would forget it. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-1) Free Pro ### Several prices for one course, in the free plugin Other free LMS plugins give a course one price. RootWright’s free plugin gives it as many as you need. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-14) Free Pro ### Lessons that make people think Learning-science practice is built into the lesson itself, so learners don’t just read along. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-2) Free Pro ### A learning path for each learner Learners move through skills, not just a list of lessons, and get a plan that fits their own deadline. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-3) Free Pro ### Sell your way Keep the store you already use, or sell with no store plugin at all. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-7) Pro ### AI that builds the course with you Go from a brief to a full draft course while you watch it being written, with your house style and your budget in charge. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-5) Pro ### Exams built for certification courses Real exam controls plus practice tests that adapt to each learner. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-4) Pro ### Your AI agent can work in your LMS Connect Claude Desktop or any MCP agent straight to your courses. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-6) Free ### Fast on ordinary hosting Built to stay quick on a small server with no Redis. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-8) Free ### Control and privacy you can explain Every permission has a reason you can see, and every byte of learner data can be exported or erased. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-9) Free Pro ### Certificates people can trust Credentials that can be verified, and designs that never change after they are issued. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-10) Free Pro ### Reach learners where they already are Learning nudges that arrive in the inbox and chat apps learners already use. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-11) Free ### Found by Google and by AI Courses are ready for search engines and AI assistants without extra setup. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-12) Free ### Looks right on any block theme No page builder needed. [How it works](https://rootwrightlms.com/features/#usp-13) **RootWright LMS compared with five WordPress LMS plugins** | What you’d check | RootWright | Tutor LMS | LearnDash | LifterLMS | Masteriyo | LearnPress | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free plugin on WordPress.org | Passed review; listing [soon] | Yes · 100,000+ installs | No | Yes · 10,000+ installs | Yes · 6,000+ installs | Yes · 70,000+ installs | | Cheapest paid planAs listed on the vendor’s pricing page | [Announced at launch] | Individual: $199 / year | Pro: $399 / year (sites per licence not stated) | Earth Bundle: $199 / year sale, $398 regular | Basic: $99 / year sale, $199 regular | Pro Bundle: $299 one-time, 12 months of updates | | Payments without a cart plugin | Pro: Stripe and PayPal, with sales tax and EU VAT | Native eCommerce (tier not clear) | Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, 2Checkout | Manual in core; Stripe add-on $149/yr | Stripe and PayPal, free | PayPal in core; Stripe add-on $39 | | Several prices on one courseOne-time, subscription and payment plan, in the free plugin | Yes, in the free plugin | Not in the free plugin | No free plugin | Not in the free plugin | Not in the free plugin | Not in the free plugin | | Drip content | Pro | Pro | Core | Yes (tier not stated) | Yes (pages disagree on tier) | Add-on, $39 | | Spaced repetition reviewsScheduled review of past material | Free · FSRS-6 | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | | Quiz question types | 11: 6 free, 5 Pro | 13; interactive types Pro | 8 | 4 core + 8 in a paid add-on | 9 (3 free, 6 Pro) | 4 core | | Encrypted video with a moving watermark | Pro: moving watermark; encrypted playback planned | Copy and hotlink protection; no HLS or watermark stated | Not stated | Not stated | Content and video protection; no HLS or watermark stated | Not stated | | Certificates with verification | Free, with QR and a verify page | Pro, with ID and QR | Yes; verification not stated | Free; share link, opt-in | Free, with QR | Add-on; verification $39 | | Import from another LMS | In progress [confirm] | Free tool: LearnDash, LearnPress, LifterLMS | Add-on in Pro and Elite | No built-in importer | Free: five LMS plugins | Free add-on: Tutor, LearnDash, MasterStudy | | Platform fee on your sales | 0% | 0% [confirm exact wording on the pricing page] | Not stated | Not stated | 0% | Not stated | | Refund window | [14] days | 30 days | 30 days (annual plans) | 30 days | 14 days | Conditions; no day count | Install counts from WordPress.org. Trademarks belong to their owners. RootWright isn’t affiliated with any vendor listed. Fair is fair ## Where others are ahead of us, right now. - **A track record.** Tutor LMS has 100,000+ active installs; LearnPress 70,000+. We have a beta. - **Importers today.** Tutor LMS, Masteriyo and LearnPress ship free migration tools now. Ours are in progress. - **More question types.** Tutor LMS lists 13. We have 11. - **Reviews.** We have none yet. That’s what the beta is for. Built differently ## What we do differently. - **Several prices on one course, free.** One-time, subscription and payment plans in the free plugin; none of the five offer that in theirs. - **One table per job:** 35 in the free plugin, 54 with Pro, each indexed for the queries an LMS runs, and listed in our docs. - **A student app outside wp-admin** that doesn’t depend on your theme. - **Spaced recall.** None of the five mentions scheduled reviews. - **An AI that builds the course with you,** and a built-in MCP server so your own AI agent can work in your LMS. - **Sales tax and EU VAT in checkout:** rates by country and state, inclusive prices, VAT IDs checked and reverse charged. Sources ### Pages we checked on 18 October 2026 - **Tutor LMS:** [wordpress.org/plugins/tutor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tutor/) · [tutorlms.com/pricing](https://tutorlms.com/pricing/) · [tutorlms.com/free-vs-pro](https://tutorlms.com/free-vs-pro/) · [tutorlms.com/ecommerce](https://tutorlms.com/ecommerce/) · [tutorlms.com/refund-policy](https://tutorlms.com/refund-policy/) - **LearnDash:** [www.liquidweb.com/software/learndash](https://www.liquidweb.com/software/learndash/) · [docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/payments](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/payments/) · [docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/drip-feeding](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/drip-feeding/) · [learndash.helpscoutdocs.com/article/56-quiz-questions](https://learndash.helpscoutdocs.com/article/56-quiz-questions) · [docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/migrate-learndash](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/learndash/migrate-learndash/) · [www.liquidweb.com/policies/learndash-refund-2](https://www.liquidweb.com/policies/learndash-refund-2/) - **LifterLMS:** [wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/) · [lifterlms.com/pricing](https://lifterlms.com/pricing/) · [lifterlms.com/product/stripe-extension](https://lifterlms.com/product/stripe-extension/) · [lifterlms.com/docs/lifterlms-quizzes-overview](https://lifterlms.com/docs/lifterlms-quizzes-overview/) · [lifterlms.com/docs/enable-sharing-certificates](https://lifterlms.com/docs/enable-sharing-certificates/) - **Masteriyo:** [wordpress.org/plugins/learning-management-system](https://wordpress.org/plugins/learning-management-system/) · [masteriyo.com/pricing](https://masteriyo.com/pricing/) · [masteriyo.com/features/quiz-builder](https://masteriyo.com/features/quiz-builder/) · [masteriyo.com](https://masteriyo.com/) - **LearnPress:** [wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/) · [learnpresslms.com/pricing-plan](https://learnpresslms.com/pricing-plan/) · [learnpresslms.com/docs/learnpress/admin-guide/quiz](https://learnpresslms.com/docs/learnpress/admin-guide/quiz/) · [thimpress.com/thimpress-refund-rules](https://thimpress.com/thimpress-refund-rules/) ## Judge it on your own site. 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