# TalentLMS — Learning Management (LMS)

TalentLMS by Epignosis UK Ltd holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-11-02. Provenance: UK / wider Europe; sovereignty: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: Epignosis UK Ltd (https://www.talentlms.com)
- Category: [Learning Management (LMS)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): UK / wider Europe
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/talentlms
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/talentlms/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/talentlms/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-06 · evaluated 2026-11-02 · oldest source captured 2026-11-01

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Epignosis UK Ltd
- Headquarters: Incorporated in United States [S10]
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S7]

## The panel's verdict

TalentLMS, a cloud learning platform from Epignosis UK Ltd, is strongest on courses and content at 7-8 — SCORM 1.2, xAPI and cmi5 import, LTI 1.3, learning paths, AI authoring, 40+ language translation, WCAG 2.1 — and on integration and portability at 6-7, with SAML, OpenID Connect and LDAP sign-on, a REST API, HR connectors and export of users, progress and courses. Onboarding and academies sits at 6; reporting and codetermination at 5-6. The weakest score is sovereignty at 4: the subprocessor list places hosting on AWS in N. Virginia, USA, with US subprocessors for AI generation, support and integrations, and we found no public information on an EU hosting option. Compliance training at 5-6 turns on gaps: manager escalation, course versioning per learner and named regulatory regimes. Pricing transparency at 5-6 credits published tiers (Core $119/month, Grow $229/month, Pro $449/month, billed yearly) and a free account, no credit card required, but Enterprise starts at 1000 users via contact sales and add-ons are unpriced. The flagged splits show none; no criterion spans more than a point, so judges differ on level, not direction.

**Speaks for it:**
- Native support for SCORM 1.2, xAPI and cmi5 plus LTI 1.3, with courses exportable as SCORM so your content survives the contract
- Single sign-on via SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect and LDAP with named identity providers, a documented REST API with a Postman collection, and export of users and progress in CSV and XLS
- Automated assignment by role, location or hire date with automatic reminders, recurring compliance schedules with certificates, and an exportable timeline of every user action
- New hires enrolled automatically from BambooHR, ADP Workforce Now, Sage People or TalentHR, with branches carrying tailored content, white-labelling and course sales via PayPal, Stripe, Shopify or WooCommerce
- Three tiers publicly priced — Core at $119/month for 1-40 users, Grow at $229/month for 1-70, Pro at $449/month for 1-100, billed yearly — plus a free account with no credit card required

**Held against it:**
- Cloud hosting and storage sit on AWS in N. Virginia, USA, with named US subprocessors for AI generation, support and an integration platform that receives names, emails, custom fields and completion records; we found no public information on an EU hosting option
- We found no public information on course versioning with the completed version stored per learner, on escalation of overdue training to managers, or on any named regulatory regime such as occupational safety instruction
- Total training time per learner and a timeline of every user action are recorded, and we found no public information on switching off time or score tracking, on aggregated or pseudonymised reporting, or on works council material
- Enterprise pricing is only via contact sales and starts at 1000 users, and add-ons such as TalentLibrary and the flexible user limit carry no published price
- We found no public information on SCIM provisioning, webhooks, a sandbox or a self-hosted edition; a customer testimonial describes a purely cloud-based platform

**Best for:**
- You need a cloud LMS with native SCORM 1.2, xAPI and cmi5 import and SCORM export, so your training content moves with you
- You train employees, partners and customers in separate branded portals and sell courses through PayPal, Stripe, Shopify or WooCommerce
- You sync learners from BambooHR, ADP Workforce Now, Sage People or TalentHR and want new hires enrolled automatically
- You want published pricing for up to 100 users (Core, Grow and Pro, billed yearly) and can start on a free account with no credit card

**Avoid if:**
- You need learner records hosted in the EU — the captured pages place hosting on AWS in N. Virginia, USA, with US subprocessors in the AI and support chain
- You need a computable annual cost above 100 users — published tiers stop at Pro (1-100 users) and Enterprise starts at 1000 users via contact sales
- Your works agreement must govern performance monitoring before rollout — the pages record total training time per learner and a timeline of every user action

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Onboarding Lead | The Compliance Officer | The Customer Education Lead | The Works Council Member | The IT & HR Systems Admin | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Courses, learning paths & content standards | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Compliance training, recertification & audit trail | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Onboarding, extended enterprise & academies | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Reporting, learner data & works council | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Integrations, administration & portability | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Onboarding Lead** (v1.0): Head of people development at a manufacturer with 1,400 employees across three plants in Germany and the Czech Republic, a third of them on shifts and without a company email address. Hires around 200 people a year, apprentices included. Wants new starters enrolled the day HR creates them, a path that works on a phone in German, Czech and English, tasks for the manager and the buddy, and to stop chasing completions by spreadsheet.
- **The Compliance Officer** (v1.0): Compliance officer at a regional bank supervised by BaFin, with 900 staff who complete anti-money-laundering, data protection, information security and code of conduct training every year. The last audit asked for proof of which version of a course each person had completed, and it took them a week to assemble. Wants assignments by role and entity, reminders that escalate to the manager, recertification that runs on its own, and an audit trail they can hand over as it is.
- **The Customer Education Lead** (v1.0): Runs customer education at a software company in Amsterdam that sells to 3,000 business customers and trains 120 implementation partners. Built the first academy on a course shop and outgrew it when partners needed their own portal and certifications that expire. Wants branded portals per audience, single sign-on from the product, paid courses with invoices, completions in the CRM, and a price that does not double when the academy finally works.
- **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Member of the works council at a logistics company with 2,000 employees, responsible for IT systems and the works agreements that govern them. Knows that a system which logs who learned what, when and with which score can monitor performance, and that it needs their consent under §87(1) no. 6 BetrVG before it goes live. Reads which data is recorded, who sees individual results, whether time tracking can be switched off, and when records are deleted, before reading a single feature page.
- **The IT & HR Systems Admin** (v1.0): Runs identity and HR systems for a 600-person engineering services firm on Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Personio. Every new tool means another set of user accounts unless it supports SAML and SCIM. Wants users and departments synced from the HR system, learning inside Teams, a documented API, completions exportable for payroll and audits, and courses that leave as SCORM packages if the contract ends.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen "AI-powered learning" that meant a chatbot on top of a course list, "compliance-ready" that meant a completion checkbox, and "unlimited users" that ended at the first price review. Reads that a product is "GDPR-compliant" and asks where the learner records are stored, who can see each score, whether five years of completion history can be exported in a format the next system imports — and what leaving would cost.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: 1 of 6 dimensions proven.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Incorporated in US | 0/2 | [S10] |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Background checks: yes [S8]
- Breach notification 72h: 72 [S9]
- Bug bounty: yes [S9]
- CCPA no discrimination: yes [S11]
- Confidentiality survival: 3 [S10]
- Cookieless analytics: Matomo · yes · yes [S11]
- Credit card storage: no · yes [S11]
- Cyber insurance: yes [S8]
- Data portability: yes [S11]
- Dispute resolution: EU DPAs panel · UK ICO [S11]
- Dmca: yes [S10]
- DPA: yes [S10]
- DPA: yes [S11]
- DPA available: yes [S9]
- Dpf certification: yes [S11]
- Employee confidentiality agreements: yes [S8]
- Encryption: Data encryption claimed at same level as US government [S3]
- EU cloud coc: yes · 2020LVL02SCOPE003 [S9]
- Frameworks: GDPR · UK GDPR · CCPA · EU-U.S. DPF · UK Extension to EU-U.S. DPF · Swiss-US DPF [S11]
- GDPR: yes [S2]
- GDPR: yes · 2020LVL02SCOPE003 [S8]
- GDPR: yes [S15]
- GDPR program completed: 2018-05-25 · yes [S9]
- Infrastructure 2FA: yes [S8]
- ISO 14001: ISO 14001:2015 [S8]
- ISO 14001: ISO 14001:2015 · yes [S15]
- ISO 27001: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 [S8]
- ISO 27001: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · yes [S15]
- ISO 45001: ISO 45001:2018 [S8]
- ISO 45001: ISO 45001:2018 · yes [S15]

**Data**
- Backups: daily · yes [S8]
- Cancellation email: Portal · help@talentlms.com [S10]
- Children: no [S11]
- Downgrade on nonrenewal: yes · yes [S10]
- Erasure on request: 30 [S9]
- Export third party: yes [S10]
- Inactivity deletion: free accounts · 6 [S10]
- Inactivity notice: 7 · 30 [S10]
- No local download: no [S8]
- Retention: yes · 365 [S11]
- Retention account: 12 · 12 [S9]
- Retention subscription: while subscription or free plan lasts · yes [S11]
- Third party sharing: no · no [S11]

**Hosting**
- Bcdr: yes · yes [S8]
- Encryption: AES-256 [S8]
- Firewalls ddos: yes · yes · yes [S8]
- Infrastructure as code: yes [S8]
- Provider: Amazon · AES-256 [S9]
- Provider: AWS · yes [S8]
- Supplier controlled modification: yes [S10]
- Vpn access: yes [S8]

**Integrations**
- Adp workforce now: ADP Workforce Now · HRIS · yes [S6]
- Aiken gift: Aiken · GIFT · yes · yes [S6]
- API: REST API · yes · yes [S6]
- Apps: Integrations with external apps supported [S16]
- Bamboohr: BambooHR · HRIS · yes [S6]
- Bigbluebutton: BigBlueButton · Video Conferencing · yes [S6]
- Calendars: Calendars · yes · Google Calendar · Outlook Calendar · Yahoo Calendar · iCalendar (ICS) [S6]
- Content: YouTube · Twitter · Facebook [S11]
- External lrs: yes · Watershed · GrassBlade · SCORM Cloud · yes [S6]
- Google tag manager: Google Tag Manager · yes [S6]
- Goto: GoTo · Video Conferencing · yes [S6]
- Hubspot: yes [S7]
- Hubspot: HubSpot · CRM · yes · upcoming [S6]
- Icalendar: iCalendar (ICS) · yes [S6]
- Intercom: Intercom · CRM · yes [S6]
- Ldap active directory: LDAP & Active Directory · SSO · yes [S6]
- Linkedin certifications: LinkedIn Certifications · yes [S6]
- Linkedin learning: LinkedIn Learning · Content Integrations · yes [S6]
- Lti13 standard: 1EdTech Consortium · LTI 1.3 [S20]
- Lti 13: LTI 1.3 · yes [S6]
- Lti embedded content: yes [S20]
- Lti progress tracking: yes [S20]
- Lti setup: yes · yes [S20]
- Lti SSO: yes · yes [S20]
- Lti third party tools: yes [S20]
- Lti tool types: LMS · assessment engines · multimedia resources · content libraries · certified learning tools · Moodle · LinkedIn Learning [S20]
- Mailchimp: Mailchimp · Zapier · yes [S6]
- Microsoft teams: Microsoft Teams · Video Conferencing · yes [S6]
- Named integrations: Integrations with Zendesk and Salesforce via API or Zapier [S5]
- Okta onelogin: SSO · yes · Okta · OneLogin [S6]

**Legal**
- Agreement modification notice: 7 [S10]
- Breach cure period: 30 [S10]
- Executive: Dimitris Tsingos · Co-Founder, President and CEO [S15]
- Jurisdiction: Company commits to compliance with Greek, European and American legislative requirements [S15]
- Liability cap: 100 · yes [S10]
- Parent company: TalentLMS · eFront · TalentCards · Epignosis [S15]
- Policy effective date: 2026-09-15 [S11]
- Sccs: Standard Contractual Clauses (latest versions, 2021-06-04 update available) [S9]
- Supplier entity: Epignosis LLC (Delaware, USA) · Epignosis UK Limited (London, UK) [S10]
- Termination convenience: 30 · no [S10]

**Pricing**
- Annual increase: 5 [S10]
- Bundled pricing: Bundled pricing available for TalentLMS + TalentHR [S3]
- Core price: Core · 1428 · 1-40 · 119 [S7]
- Currency: USD · no [S10]
- Currency note: USD [S7]
- Customer cashout limit: 1000 [S10]
- Early termination refund: 3 · yes · 10 [S10]
- Enterprise entry: Enterprise · 1000 · yes [S7]
- Fees exclude taxes: yes [S10]
- Flexible billing: yes · yes · yes [S13]
- Free account: yes · no [S3]
- Free account: no · yes [S5]
- Free account: yes · no [S13]
- Free account: yes · no [S17]
- Free account: no · yes [S16]
- Free account: yes · no [S18]
- Free account single limit: 1 [S10]
- Free plan: yes · 5 · 10 · no [S7]
- Free plan: yes [S10]
- Free signup: yes · no [S20]
- Free start claim: yes · yes [S4]
- Free tier: no · yes [S4]
- Free tier signup: yes · no [S2]
- Grow price: Grow · 2748 · 1-70 · 229 [S7]
- Invoice terms: 30 [S10]
- No credit card: no [S7]
- Price page: https://www.talentlms.com/prices [S10]
- Pro price: Pro · 5388 · 1-100 · 449 [S7]

**Product**
- Additional training types: Other TalentLMS solutions: employee training, extended enterprise training, partner training, onboarding training [S5]
- AI coach: AI Coach guides learners in real time [S2]
- AI coaching: Personalized AI coaching for new hires [S3]
- AI content companion: Content Companion AI suggestions [S2]
- AI content creation: AI-powered course and test creation [S16]
- AI content creator: AI Content Creator creates courses, flashcards, summaries, visuals [S2]
- AI content generation: Built-in AI generates full course units, text, quizzes, images, flashcards from a prompt or file [S13]
- AI course creation: AI-powered course creation with ready-made templates [S3]
- AI course creator: AI course creator turns support tickets, product feedback and common questions into training courses [S5]
- AI features: AI course creation · AI assessments · translation for global teams · learner data / skills and progress insights [S1]
- AI test creator: AI Test Creator generates tests/flashcards from content [S2]
- AI translator: AI Translator [S2]
- All plans features: Unlimited storage · SCORM 1.2/Tin Can/cmi5 · Custom user permissions · Customization · Gamification · Integrations [S7]
- Analytics: Analytics with widgets, filters, export [S2]
- Analytics cookies: Hotjar · Google Analytics · VWO [S11]
- Assessment engine: assessment engine with multiple test types and reporting on test results [S18]
- Assessment use case: yes [S20]
- Assessments certifications: Quizzes, surveys, assignments, custom certificates [S2]
- Audiences: Employee training · Onboarding training · Partner training · Customer training [S1]
- Audit readiness: detailed day-to-day records for compliance/regulatory audit preparedness [S18]
- Audit records: yes [S4]
- Audit rights: 10 · 1 [S10]
- Automated assignments: yes · role · location · hire date [S4]
- Automation: Automated assignments, completion tracking, and reminders [S3]
- Automations: Automations triggered by user behavior [S2]
- Beta services: no [S10]
- Blended learning: Blended learning with videoconferencing [S2]
- Branches: Branches: separate branded training environments [S2]
- Branches: Branches for organizing partners into groups [S17]

**Subprocessors**
- Adequate countries only: yes [S9]
- Aws: Amazon Web Services, Inc. · Cloud hosting (N. Virginia USA datacenter), Storage (S3), CDN (CloudFront) · Continuous · US [S12]
- Billing: document rendering and viewing · accounting and invoicing · billing and payments · billing and payments · CRM · financial metrics [S11]
- Birdie: Birdie · Screen-sharing Platform for Support · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- Convertapi: ConvertAPI · File conversion system · Continuous · US [S12]
- Enrichment marketing: industry/company enrichment · Clearbit [S11]
- Google: Google LLC · AI text generation (Gemini – Vertex AI) and bot detection/abuse prevention (reCAPTCHA) · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- List location: DPA Attachment 3 [S11]
- Marketing automation: Intercom · Marketo [S11]
- Microsoft teams: Microsoft Teams · Videoconferencing · As invoked by Customer · Customers' Microsoft account location [S12]
- Newsletter: newsletter · Mailchimp [S11]
- Openai: OpenAI · AI Text Generation · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- Sparkpost: Sparkpost · Email gateway · Continuous · US/EU [S12]
- Stability AI: Stability.ai · AI Image Generation · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- Workato: Workato Inc · Integration platform as a service (iPaaS) · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- Zendesk: Zendesk · Support · As invoked by Customer · US [S12]
- Zoom: Zoom.us · Videoconferencing · As invoked by Customer · Customers' Zoom account location [S12]

**Support**
- Channels: email to account administrator · plan-dependent [S10]
- Core onboarding: Core · Discovery [S7]
- Enterprise onboarding: Enterprise · Premium [S7]
- Grow onboarding: Grow · Starter [S7]
- Included channels: unlimited email · priority email · live chat · phone · account manager [S7]
- Pro onboarding: Pro · Advanced [S7]
- SLA: https://www.talentlms.com/sla [S10]
- Staff access controls: yes · yes [S11]

167 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/talentlms

## Questions

### Is TalentLMS European?

Yes, though not from the EU. whats-best.ai classifies TalentLMS as UK / wider Europe. Its vendor, Epignosis UK Ltd, is incorporated in United States, per [the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/15256).

### Where does TalentLMS store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.

### Does TalentLMS have a free plan?

Yes. TalentLMS has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/15239).

### What are the best alternatives to TalentLMS?

As of 2 Nov 2026, the panel rates [iSpring LMS (iSpring Learn) (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/ispring-learn), [Zensai Learn365 (formerly LMS365) (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/zensai-learn365) and [LearnWorlds (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/learnworlds) highest among the other 12 Learning Management (LMS) products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Zensai Learn365 (formerly LMS365)](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/zensai-learn365) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [TalentLMS alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/lms/talentlms/alternatives).

## Head-to-head

- [TalentLMS vs Easy LMS](https://whats-best.ai/compare/easy-lms-vs-talentlms.md)
- [TalentLMS vs iSpring LMS (iSpring Learn)](https://whats-best.ai/compare/ispring-learn-vs-talentlms.md)

## What this page leaves out

- 10 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 legal fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 subprocessors fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.talentlms.com/ (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S2] Features page: https://www.talentlms.com/features (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S3] Features page (onboarding training): https://www.talentlms.com/solutions/onboarding-training-software (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S4] Features page (compliance training): https://www.talentlms.com/solutions/compliance-training-software (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S5] Features page (customer training): https://www.talentlms.com/solutions/customer-training-software (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S6] Integrations page: https://www.talentlms.com/integrations (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S7] Pricing page: https://www.talentlms.com/prices (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S8] Security / trust page: https://www.talentlms.com/security (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S9] Security / trust page (GDPR): https://www.talentlms.com/gdpr (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S10] Terms of service: https://www.talentlms.com/terms (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S11] Privacy policy: https://www.talentlms.com/privacy (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S12] Subprocessor list: https://www.talentlms.com/subprocessors (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S13] Courses, learning paths & content standards — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/create-online-courses (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S14] Courses, learning paths & content standards — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/features/learning-paths (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S15] Compliance training, recertification & audit trail — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/health-and-safety-policy (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S16] Onboarding, extended enterprise & academies — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/solutions/extended-enterprise-lms-software (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S17] Onboarding, extended enterprise & academies — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/solutions/channel-partner-training-software (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S18] Reporting, learner data & works council — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/features/lms-reporting (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S19] Integrations, administration & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/features/sso (checked 2026-11-01)
- [S20] Integrations, administration & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.talentlms.com/integrations/lti (checked 2026-11-01)

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