Kohortly vs Docebo
Docebo is an enterprise LMS. Kohortly is for organisations running cohorts.
Docebo is an enterprise learning platform for large companies: employee, partner and customer training at scale, with AI, integrations and detailed reporting. It's sold on quote, usually with a minimum commitment. Kohortly is a lighter, all-in-one tool for training organisations: admissions, cohorts, community, attendance, fees and certificates.
The short answer
Choose Docebo if
- You're a large company training thousands of employees, partners or customers.
- You need deep HR, CRM and SSO integrations.
- You have a team to configure and run an enterprise LMS.
Choose Kohortly if
- You're an academy, NGO or training business, not an enterprise L&D team.
- You want to be running a cohort in days, not after an implementation project.
- Learners pay fees, by bank, mobile money, card or an employer.
- You want a community, WhatsApp reminders and an installable app under your own name included.
Docebo and Kohortly at a glance
- Price
- Docebo: Quote only; reported at roughly $2–10 per user a month
- Kohortly: From $49 a month ($41 billed yearly). Every feature on every plan, 0% on what learners pay.
- Setup
- Docebo: An implementation project
- Kohortly: We set it up with you
- Best for
- Docebo: Enterprise training
- Kohortly: Training organisations running cohorts
- Community
- Docebo: Add-on modules
- Kohortly: Included
Feature by feature
| Feature | Kohortly | Docebo |
|---|---|---|
| Community feed, categories and polls | Discussions and add-on modules | |
| Courses, lessons and progress | ||
| Points, levels and leaderboards | Gamification module | |
| Live sessions | Live rooms in the browser, with breakout groups and recording | Integrations with Zoom and Teams |
| Admissions | Application forms with a review queue | |
| Cohorts | Intakes with seats, dates and class times | Learning plans and sessions |
| Attendance | Online and in person, with QR check-in | Instructor-led session attendance |
| Certificates | Issued on completion, with a public check page | |
| Small groups | Squads inside each cohort | Groups |
| Impact reporting | Impact reports and follow-up surveys | Advanced analytics |
| Payments made outside a card checkout | Bank transfer, M-Pesa, UPI, Pix, card and cash recorded, with receipts and balances | E-commerce add-on, by card |
| One payer for many learners | An employer or sponsor pays for several learners | Extended enterprise for partners |
| WhatsApp and SMS | WhatsApp and SMS reminders and announcements | |
| Email broadcasts and automatic sequences | Notifications | |
| Phone app | Installable web app under your own name and logo, plus the Kohortly phone app | Branded app add-on |
| Web address | kohortly.com/yourname, or your own domain | |
| Developer access | Public API, MCP server and CLI | |
| Fee on what learners pay | 0% | Not a payments tool |
Docebo details as of November 2026, from Docebo pricing and published reviews. Prices and fees change, so check Docebo's site before you decide.
Enterprise power, enterprise effort
Docebo is built for scale: thousands of learners across employees, partners and customers, with single sign-on, HR and CRM integrations, AI recommendations and detailed analytics. Contracts are quoted and usually come with minimums and an implementation project.
Most academies, NGOs and training businesses don't need that weight. Kohortly gives them the parts they use every week, admissions, cohorts, community, attendance, fees, certificates and WhatsApp reminders, in one tool that's running the same week.
Cohorts, not just a membership
Docebo organises training into learning plans and instructor-led sessions for employees. Kohortly starts from the programme: you open an intake with a start date, seats and class times, people apply, your team admits them, and they move through the cohort together until graduation.
Every learner has a record that follows them: which intake they joined, which sessions they attended, what they paid and which certificate they earned. When a funder or board asks how the last cohort went, the answer is already there.
If you only need an open membership that anyone can join with a card, Docebo may be all you need. If you admit people into programmes that start and finish, that structure is what Kohortly is for.
Getting paid the way your learners pay
Docebo is paid for by the company doing the training; selling to learners needs its e-commerce add-on and a card checkout. Many of the organisations we work with are paid by bank transfer, mobile money such as M-Pesa, UPI or Pix, a company cheque, a card on their own machine (Visa, Mastercard, American Express) or cash at the first session, often in instalments.
Kohortly records each payment against the learner's fee account, issues a receipt, shows the balance and reminds people before an instalment is due, by email, WhatsApp or SMS. Nothing is taken from what your learners pay: Kohortly charges 0%.
When an employer pays for ten staff, one payer covers all ten seats and gets one invoice, while each learner still has their own place in the cohort.
Where Docebo is the better choice
No platform suits everyone. Docebo does these things better than Kohortly:
- Scale to very large, multi-audience training programmes.
- Deep integrations with HR, CRM and identity systems.
- Advanced analytics and AI for enterprise L&D teams.
Moving from Docebo to Kohortly
- Request a community. We set it up with your name, logo and colours, at kohortly.com/yourname or on your own domain.
- Import your members from a CSV export, with their names, emails and phone numbers.
- Recreate your programmes and courses. Lesson videos can be uploaded or embedded, and we can help with the move when we agree your plan.
- Invite members to sign in. Their history starts in Kohortly from the next intake.
Questions
How much does Docebo cost?+
Docebo doesn't publish prices. It's sold on quote, and reports put it at roughly $2 to $10 per user a month, usually with minimum commitments. Ask Docebo for a quote.
Is Docebo right for a small academy?+
Docebo is designed for large enterprises and usually needs an implementation project. A small or mid-sized training organisation running cohorts is usually better served by a lighter all-in-one tool like Kohortly.
Docebo or Kohortly: which should I choose?+
Choose Docebo for enterprise-scale employee, partner and customer training. Choose Kohortly to run cohort programmes with admissions, fees, attendance, a community and WhatsApp reminders.
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