# NextThought Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 NextThought Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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NextThought

## What is NextThought?

A light (not limited) LMS Get everything you need without the feature bloat youve come to expect from an LMS. Create courses, facilitate instructor-to-peer and peer-to-peer engagement, create and grade assessments, track and report on progress, and make data-driven improvements to your courses. Expert Content Development Shorten your path to launch by leveraging our in-house pros and network of subject matter experts. We design engaging courses in line with the latest in learning science,

## What is NextThought used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 12 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

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Neutral

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Negative

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Starting price

$119

Per Feature, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### NextThought

4.8 (12)

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Starting Price

$119

Per Feature, Per Month

Starting Price

$149

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.8 (12)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (581)

Value For Money

4.9 (10)

Value For Money

4.6 (508)

Customer Service

5.0 (12)

Customer Service

4.5 (532)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Course Management

4.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create, organize, and assign courses to users

Course Tracking

4.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track which progress and course materials have been completed by each user

Academic/Education

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Software specialized for schools (K-12 & Post-Secondary)

Asynchronous Learning

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Supports flexible learning at different times (i.e., learners can access course materials at their own pace)

Blended Learning

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Supports learning paths that combine in-person classes with online/virtual courses

Built-in Course Authoring

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Tools that allow users to create and publish courses and course material/content

NextThought 39 features

Software specialized for schools (K-12 & Post-Secondary)

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Supports flexible learning at different times (i.e., learners can access course materials at their own pace)

Supports learning paths that combine in-person classes with online/virtual courses

Tools that allow users to create and publish courses and course material/content

Create and distribute custom certificates for achievements or assessments.

Enables management and tracking the certification/licensing requirements of learners, employees, or stakeholders

Digitally share pre-made materials and self-created content with others

Software specialized for corporate use

Developing custom training courses for educating employees or for teachers to create courses for their students

Create, organize, and assign courses to users

Track which progress and course materials have been completed by each user

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Has a built-in eCommerce system or integrates with third-party systems to manage online sale of products

Software specialized for companies that sell courses/content

Tools to improve and measure employee satisfaction and involvement

Online portal where employees can access and track their own information

Games or game-like elements to track progress and reward accomplishments

Track student's scores and grades on course materials

Students can access materials and communicate with instructors via their online student profile

Organize and track educational activities

Designing course materials to be completed in a sequential order for personalized learning purposes

Distribute training content in bite-size pieces that can be consumed in short periods of time

Access for students to complete learning materials on mobile platforms

Two-way actions and communication between multiple users in real time

Process of familiarizing new clients, stakeholders or employees with the company, a new location, or a service

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Adherence to the standards outlined in the SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) framework

Assembling information about a topic of interest and building content paths without assistance from third parties

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Track employee skills, competencies, training & qualifications

Create tools to promote social interaction and learning between students/trainees and instructors/trainers

Real-time, interactive learning experiences where participants engage in learning activities simultaneously

Create tools to measure student retention of learning material and lessons

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Connect with meeting participants remotely over video

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Features

4.5 (12)

4.5

Based on 12 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.9 (10)

Free Trial

Basic

$119.00

Per Feature,Per Month

Value for money

4.9 (10)

4.9

Based on 10 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

5.0 (12)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

5.0 (12)

5.0

Based on 12 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Based on 12 reviews

Filter by rating

5(9)

4(3)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

LL

Lynne L.

Improvement Consultant

Health, Wellness and Fitness

### "NextThought LMS Is our Choice for a Statewide LMS"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 7, 2021

The support during the evaluation and now that we have started rolling it out has been stellar. Quick responses to any questions.

Pros

Everything about this system was easy during the evaluation period. Easy to build courses, easy to take them, easy to track results. We needed an LMS that allowed for unlimited users as we are promoting a CDC healthcare initiative to every healthcare worker in Maryland. Many of these learners will return in the future for additional training. NextThought offered everything we needed at a very reasonable price.

Cons

I have yet to encounter any functionality problems.

Reasons for choosing NextThought

NextThought and Coassemble both offered unlimited users. Accord and Canvas would have required monthly adjustments on invoices based on users. NextThought is a small US business and we did not encounter any problems during the evaluation. Their customer service from sales to support remains amazing.

Review source

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JS

Jill S.

HR & Risk Management Director

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Good solution for a medium sized business"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 23, 2021

Really seems more like a partner than a vendor

Pros

Features and cost and that we were connected quickly

Cons

Took me a bit to understand how to build a course but the support was so inviting and non-judgemental so I got it done.

Reasons for choosing NextThought

Had what we needed, would allow for growth and affordable

Review source

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BH

Ben H.

Co-founder

Education Management

### "A Great Partner"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 20, 2020

Excellent

Pros

The collaboration component is easy and fosters spontaneous conversation and teamwork and increases information sharing throughout the organization

Cons

The reporting features could be better but there has been much improvement and the responsiveness to request more functionality has been great

Review source

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JV

Jennifer V.

Training Manager

Computer Software

### "NextThought Review"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 14, 2020

Overall our experience with NextThought was great! The team was phenomenal - Always kind and helpful. We went through three project managers during our implementation: \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] All three of them were on top of things and readily available to help us with whatever questions we came up with. Our project included some very specific integrations with our own software, and the NextThought programming team was easy to work with. I think our learners have really enjoyed using the platform, and we are pleased with the final product!

Pros

My favorite part of this software is how simple it is to use. We were able to get our online courses created quickly. It's easy to re-enter courses and edit them if needed. We were also able to integrate NextThought into our own software and make a seamless login transition for our current users. The NextThought team was really great to work with throughout the entire process, and we are happy with the end result!

Cons

The only con is that we are not able to choose the order in which our courses display for our learners. I understand that this is something that the NextThought team is working on developing, so we are hoping this will be a possibility in the future.

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JS

Justin S.

Electronic Products Manager

Public Safety

### "Cutting Edge Technology Powered by Great People"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 21, 2020

We conceptualized a new product not found in our industry. NextThought helped us making our concept a reality through a custom adaptation of their existing platform. While their platform was instrumental in our success, the relationship we developed during the process was even more vital. NextThought went above and beyond to ensure our launch was a success. We hope our relationship continues well into the future.

Pros

The platform is user-friendly, modern, and is backed by a world-class support team.

Cons

We would like additional user access controls and permissions.

Review source

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PS

Patrick S.

President/Founder

Sports

### "Nothing but good things to say about NextThought"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 8, 2020

My experience with NextThought has been tremendous. The software is great. The customer service is even better.

Pros

I love being able to communicate with other learners/teachers from directly within the app. It allows learners to ask questions about the lesson as they are going through the lesson.

Cons

I don't have any complaints about the software.

Review source

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LJ

Lindsey J.

Associate Director

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Great Platform with Reasonable Cost"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 29, 2020

NextThought allowed us the ability to shift quickly to a virtual event with the staff skill set we currently have without breaking the budget. They were quick to respond, willing to adapt and listened to our feedback. Great experience!

Pros

Our small team was able to build out and implement our virtual conference quickly and easily from the administrator side. The learner experience was seamless for the most part with NextThought receiving very high ratings in the post-conference survey. The scalability of the platform is brilliant giving us the ability to build one simple course or a multi-day virtual conference with 80+ sessions. Learners are able to track progress and download certificates within the platform which is critical for our audience.

Cons

The discussion feature on videos is not a real time chat therefore losing engagement and we can't track CEUs for individual sessions when using the platform as a multi-session conference module. Surveys were a little tricky. We look forward to the full Zoom integration, but we will utilize the LTI in the meantime.

Alternatives considered

[Freestone](https://www.capterra.com/p/186681/Freestone/)

[Brightspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/122854/Brightspace/)

[Cvent Event Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/26318/Cvent-Event-Management/)

Reasons for choosing NextThought

cost, user interface, scalability, CEU tracking, certificates

Review source

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CL

Carolyn L.

Associate Director

E-Learning

### "E-learning made fun and functional!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 19, 2020

They have a great help guide that included most of what I had questions about, but their team has also been fast and supportive as we launched our online learning during a pandemic. We are grateful that their platform was easy to use as it made it that much more possible for us to pivot and continue connecting with our students and barely skip a beat.

Pros

We love how easy it is to get content on there! We can use Youtube or Vimeo just by adding the link and everything populates itself. It's also a colorful and customizable site which makes it appealing for our students (11-17). The platform also has built-in analytics which is very useful for us to see what students are gravitating to versus not, which helps us continue to shape our lessons to be the best that they can be. We've seen students just intuitively start using the site and we rarely get questions on how to use the platform.

Cons

I wish I could embed pictures directly to assignments, but knowing the NextThought team, they're probably already working on this!

Review source

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HS

Heidi S.

Chief Learning Officer

Human Resources

### "Looking for best quality for investment in an LMS?"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 19, 2020

Working with Next Thought's team has been truly wonderful. They listen, and help us figure out the optimal ways to accomplish what we need or want to within the LMS. Sometimes what we desire is "outside of the box," and they collaboratively partner with us to help us provide the learner experience we are after.

Pros

The fact that Next Thought very easily allows us to integrate learning assets from a variety of sources has been terrific. We can grow our catalog of courses pretty rapidly as we bring them in to this environment. It is very straightforward and easy to use.

Cons

A missing feature is the ability for learners to keep a repository of documents they develop or work on associated w courses in the LMS. This would allow learners to continually access and work on a project (doc or slides) over the duration of a course - and choose when to have a course facilitator review and provide feedback.

Reasons for choosing NextThought

I chose Next Thought over others due to its simple functionality (it wasn't trying to be everything...just a solid LMS). The price point also made it a great system for our organization to use an LMS for the first time. I know we can continue to grow using Next Thought as the underlying framework for our learning experiences we develop and provide.

Review source

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CM

chris m.

Sr. Instructional Designer

Human Resources

### "Feedback"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 15, 2020

Fantastic platform, great experience with course intake, creation, etc. Wonderful support team.

Pros

Ease of use and support staff, very open to dev updates

Cons

Need more customized features. More use of the space when inside of the course (see the boarders)

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