ILIAS

What ILIAS does

ILIAS is a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Ravenna, Italy, that provides open-source e-learning software for online training, according to its firmographic record. The company operates the domain ilias.it and self-identifies within the learning management system (LMS) category, distributing its platform under an open-source license — a model that typically monetizes via adjacent services such as hosting, support, customization, and training rather than per-seat licensing of the core software.

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What can be stated with confidence: ILIAS is an Italy-based, private, for-profit vendor of open-source e-learning software targeted at organizations conducting online training. Beyond that functional positioning, the company description must remain conservative until product, customer, or financial data is supplied.

Name

ILIAS

Website

https://ilias.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ILIAS is a privately held, Italy-based (Ravenna) for-profit vendor of open-source e-learning software used for online training by organizations seeking self-hosted or community-supported learning management capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Management System

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

LMS Integrations, Interoperability & Identity (LTI/SCORM/xAPI, SSO, APIs) (EDAFAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Assessment Interoperability, Integrations & Standards (QTI/LTI/OneRoster) (EDAFADAK)

Keywords

• E-learning software
• Open source LMS
• Online training platform
• Learning management system
• Course management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Ravenna

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

ILIAS provides e-learning open source software for online training. The company offers a learning management platform designed to support the delivery, tracking, and administration of online training programs. As an open-source LMS provider, ILIAS typically enables organizations to host, manage, and deliver digital courses and training content to learners via the web.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ILIAS e-learning platform Open source learning management software for delivering and managing online training programs, intended for organizations seeking a self-hosted LMS solution.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Blackboard: Blackboard is an established LMS incumbent serving higher education and K–12 worldwide; it competes with ILIAS for academic contracts while offering a much broader portfolio of education technology products and services.
• SAP Litmos: SAP Litmos is a commercial LMS positioned within SAP's broader HR and learning ecosystem; it competes with ILIAS for corporate training buyers but is delivered as a closed SaaS platform rather than an open-source product.
• TalentLMS: TalentLMS is a commercial cloud LMS targeting SMB and corporate training buyers; it competes with ILIAS in the same LMS category but with a SaaS-only, paid-license business model rather than open-source distribution.
• Canvas by Instructure: Canvas is one of the most widely adopted commercial LMS platforms in higher education and K–12 globally; it competes with ILIAS for the same institutional buyers but as part of Instructure's broader education technology portfolio.
• Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone is an established enterprise talent and learning management suite; it competes with ILIAS in the corporate LMS/training category while serving much larger enterprise customers with an integrated talent suite.
• Docebo: Docebo is a commercial AI-driven learning platform serving enterprise and mid-market customers; it overlaps with ILIAS in the corporate LMS category while operating at a significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Sakai: Sakai is an open-source LMS originally developed for higher education; it overlaps with ILIAS in academic, research, and government training use cases under a similar open-source, community-driven model.
• Open edX: Open edX is an open-source learning platform stewarded by a non-profit and a commercial entity (edX/Auxilo), directly competing with ILIAS in academic, MOOC, and corporate training deployments with similar open-source distribution.
• Chamilo: Chamilo is an open-source e-learning platform with strong roots in European and Latin American academic markets; it competes directly with ILIAS for budget-constrained schools, universities, and training organizations.
• Moodle: Moodle is the leading open-source LMS globally and the most direct competitor to ILIAS, serving the same academic, corporate, and public-sector buyers with a comparable open-source, standards-supported platform.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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