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Blackboard competitors & alternatives
The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to Blackboard among education technology companies — ranked by similarity to what Blackboard actually does, not by market-cap band.
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About Blackboard
Blackboard, previously Anthology Inc., and before that, Blackboard, is an American educational technology company with corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Blackboard is known for Blackboard Learn, a learning management system. Blackboard Inc. merged with Anthology in late 2021.
Blackboard at a glance
Blackboard is an education technology company headquartered in United States, founded in 1997. Xcout tracks 1 named person at Blackboard, including Jo Packer (VP of Design).
Blackboard leadership
- Jo PackerVP of Design
Recent Blackboard news
- Product launchBlackboard Launches New Gradebook on August 7
Top 12 Blackboard competitors
Ranked by semantic similarity — how close each company is to Blackboard by what it does, using Xcout's live company graph. Click any company for its full profile, or its competitor set.
Edtech
Anthology Inc. provides products and services for transformational teaching and learning. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States.
Higher Education Technology
PV Campus II, L.L.C., operating as part of Anthology and Blackboard, provides software products and services for higher education institutions, focusing on learning management systems, student information systems, institutional effectiveness, and student success solutions.
Edtech
Instructure, Inc. is an education technology company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company develops and supports digital learning management systems, notably the Canvas LMS, designed to improve student success across K–12, higher education, and corporate markets.
Edtech
D2L (Desire2Learn) is a Canada-based global software company founded in 1999, headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario. It is a learning innovation company committed to transforming education, designing its software for educators and content creators, and initially focused on the higher education market.
Edtech
Absorb Software provides an AI-powered learning management system (LMS) designed for corporate training, employee onboarding, compliance, and customer education. The platform offers tools for course authoring, personalized upskilling, reporting, and integrations to support both internal and external organizational learning needs.
Edtech
Packback, Inc. is a privately owned education technology company based out of Chicago, Illinois. The company operates an online platform providing educational products, including inquiry-driven discussion portals and writing lab software for students and educators.
Edtech (Learning Management System)
Moodle is an open-source learning platform that provides a customizable and trusted eLearning solution, empowering educators globally. The Moodle Project is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, an Australian company financially supported by a network of Moodle Partner service providers.
Educational Technology
Echo360 provides a video-based learning platform for higher education institutions to manage and deliver instructional content.
Edtech
Squarecap Inc. provides learning-management software applications designed for schools and universities to enhance in-person and remote classroom engagement.
Similar education technology company
Digication provides an e-portfolio and learning assessment platform designed to help higher education institutions track student outcomes and facilitate reflective learning.
Similar education technology company
BigBlueButton develops open-source virtual classroom software designed for online learning and education. The platform provides tools tailored for teachers and learners, including multi-user whiteboards, breakout rooms, polling, screen sharing, and live analytics, and integrates with major learning management systems.
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