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Verbalu vs Moodle

Moodle is a full LMS: courses, enrolments and grades, on your own server or in MoodleCloud. Verbalu is the live session plus a light course and a knowledge base, with nothing to install and no participant accounts. Below are the facts, with their sources and the date we checked them, including where Moodle is the better fit.

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Facts about Moodle checked on 2 October 2026. Sources at the bottom of the page

Each in one sentence

Moodle

Moodle is an open-source LMS that is free to download: courses with quizzes, assignments, forums and grades, run on your own server, in MoodleCloud or with a certified partner.129

Verbalu

Verbalu is a training platform: the live session with quizzes, polls, games and simulations, plus what comes before and after it: sign-ups with reminders, a self-paced course and a knowledge base with quizzes.

When to choose which

Moodle is the better fit when…

  • you need a full LMS: course enrolments, a gradebook with export, progress tracking, badges and competency-based marking1415
  • you want the software and the data in your own hands: Moodle is open source (GPL), has no licence fee and installs on your own server12
  • you have SCORM packages or need to connect systems: Moodle supports SCORM, LTI and H5P, and plugins too on your own server162
  • you run formal assessments: a quiz with a question bank and more than a dozen question types, graded assignments and peer assessment (Workshop)109
  • learners should study in an app, even without internet: the Moodle app for iOS and Android gives offline access to courses17
  • your IT team requires sign-in through the company directory and remote classes inside the course itself: LDAP, Shibboleth and OAuth 2 are standard, and so is BigBlueButton video conferencing2113

Verbalu is the better fit when…

  • the heart of your training is a live session, in a room or on a call: quizzes, polls, word clouds and games on participants' phones. Moodle's standard activities include no quiz run live for the whole group, and MoodleCloud does not let you add plugins98
  • participants should get in without creating accounts: in Verbalu a code or a QR code is enough, while Moodle needs an account and a course enrolment (a guest can only view content)12
  • you don't want to install or maintain anything: your own Moodle means a web server, PHP and a database that you manage yourself32
  • you want to start free and pay monthly: MoodleCloud gives a 28-day trial, then a yearly plan from $160, billed in Australian dollars645
  • AI should prepare the material: in Verbalu AI turns your file into a training agenda and a quiz on built-in credits, while in Moodle an administrator first connects their own AI provider, and the built-in actions are generating text and images, summarising and explaining18
  • your training also has a before: a sign-up page with approval and reminders, plus team games and simulations in the room

The facts side by side

Facts about Moodle checked on 2 October 2026.

Moodle and Verbalu compared
TopicMoodleVerbalu
Price The software is free (open source) if you host it yourself; MoodleCloud: Starter $160, Mini $270, Small $490, Medium $1,180, Standard $2,090 a year14 Pro $12, Pro + AI $50 a month for the whole organization (up to 10 people)
Billing MoodleCloud: yearly only, renews automatically, billed in Australian dollars (amounts in other currencies are indicative)5 Monthly, cancel in any month
Free plan The software itself is free to download to your own server; MoodleCloud: a 28-day free trial of the Starter plan (no card), then paid plans16 A free plan forever: up to 30 participants per session, no limit on sessions or time
Setup Your own server (web server, PHP, database), MoodleCloud, or hosting with a certified partner23 Nothing to install; you sign up and work in the browser
Participants MoodleCloud: 50, 100, 200, 500 or 750 users depending on the plan; above 750, a quote from a certified partner47 Up to 30 per session on the free plan; no participant limit on Pro and Pro + AI
Joining An account on the site and a course enrolment (self-enrolment too, with a key); guest access only lets people view content, not take part in activities12 Link, QR code or code, no account and no app
Live in the room BigBlueButton video conferencing (up to 100 people on MoodleCloud); no quiz run live for the whole group among the standard activities. There is a community plugin, Realtime Quiz, but MoodleCloud does not allow installing plugins139118 Live quiz, polls, word cloud, audience Q&A, team games and simulations on participants' phones
Quiz The Quiz activity with a question bank and more than a dozen question types, including multiple choice, matching, ordering, drag and drop onto an image, missing words, numerical and essay10 8 scored question types (including ordering, matching, fill in the blanks, pick a spot on an image) on every plan, team mode
Beyond quizzes Choice, Feedback surveys, forum, wiki, glossary, database, assignment and Workshop with peer assessment9 Polls, word cloud, audience Q&A, team games and simulations on every plan
Courses Unlimited courses and activities on MoodleCloud; progress tracking, a gradebook, badges, competency-based marking and certificates14 A self-paced course with a certificate and a knowledge base with quizzes, on every plan; learners get in with their own code, no account; a progress and results report rather than a gradebook
AI Since version 4.5: an administrator connects their own provider (OpenAI, Azure AI, Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, Ollama and others) on their own account; AI features are off by default; actions: generate text and images, summarise and explain content18 A training agenda from your file and the content of every activity; 50 credits to start, then Pro + AI or credit packs; text from one selected model provider
Integrations SCORM, LTI and H5P as standard; plugins on your own server and with partners, only the pre-installed set on MoodleCloud168 None, including LTI and SCORM; runs alongside, in the browser
Mobile app The Moodle app for iOS and Android, offline too; the free version has 2 offline courses and push notifications for 50 devices, Premium is €499 a year (included with MoodleCloud)17 No app; hosts and participants work in the browser, on a phone too
Your logo MoodleCloud: your logo, colors and CSS in the Boost theme (the only one available); a custom domain on the Standard plan, A$160 a year on Medium22 From Pro ($12 a month for the whole organization)
File storage MoodleCloud: from 1 GB (Starter) to 50 GB (Standard)4 20 MB on the free plan, 50 MB on Pro, 200 MB on Pro + AI
Results export Grades to an Excel spreadsheet, OpenDocument, a plain text file or XML15 CSV and Excel on every plan, including free
Data On your own server, wherever you put it; on MoodleCloud, in the AWS region chosen at sign-up (EU: Ireland, Australia: Sydney or US: Oregon), which cannot be changed later219 In the EU: database (Google Cloud, eur3), files in the EU, server functions in Belgium
SSO LDAP, Shibboleth and OAuth 2, among others, as standard21 None
Security certifications MoodleCloud sites hold no ISO certifications; the services MoodleCloud uses (AWS among them) may20 None; what we have and what we don't is on the Security & data page

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You don't need to move anything to start.

  1. Keep Moodle where it works: courses, enrolments and grades stay where they are.

  2. Run the live part in Verbalu: participants get in with a code or a QR code, no accounts. Paste the link to the session or course into your Moodle course as a plain URL.

  3. Got your material in files? Upload a PowerPoint or PDF and AI turns it into an agenda and a quiz. Export the results to CSV or Excel.

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Questions and answers

Can Verbalu replace Moodle?

Not always. If you need a gradebook, SCORM packages, LTI integration or sign-in through the company directory, stay with Moodle.141621 Verbalu is enough when you train a team or clients and need a live session, a self-paced course with a certificate and a knowledge base with quizzes, with no server and no participant accounts.

Can I use Verbalu together with Moodle?

Yes, alongside it. Verbalu has no LTI or SCORM integration, so it will not become a graded activity in Moodle: you paste a link or a session code into the course and export the results to CSV or Excel.

Can I bring my questions and courses over from Moodle?

Moodle exports questions from the question bank as GIFT, Aiken, Moodle XML and XHTML.23 Verbalu does not read those files today, nor Moodle course backups. Upload the material you teach from (PowerPoint or PDF) and AI builds a quiz and an agenda from it.

Does Moodle have a live, game-show-style quiz?

Not among its standard activities: the Quiz activity is one each learner works through on their own.910 There is a community plugin, Realtime Quiz (a quiz in the room where everyone answers at the same time), but it needs your own server or partner hosting, because MoodleCloud does not allow installing plugins.118 In Verbalu the live quiz, polls and games are built in and run on participants' phones.

What does a year of training for 100 people cost?

On MoodleCloud the limit covers every user of the site: 100 users means the Mini plan at $270 a year, paid up front (billed in Australian dollars; the USD amount is indicative).45 A Moodle installation of your own has no licence fee, but the server and its upkeep are yours.13 On Verbalu, Pro is $12 a month for the whole organization of up to 10 people, which is $144 a year, billed monthly, with no participant limit.

Where is the data?

Moodle on your own server keeps data wherever that server is. MoodleCloud stores it in the AWS region chosen at sign-up (Ireland, Sydney or Oregon), which cannot be changed later.219 AI features in Moodle use the provider the administrator connects.18 Verbalu keeps its database (Google Cloud, eur3), files and server functions in the EU. Text is generated by one selected provider (Google Gemini, OpenAI or Anthropic), images and AI search run on Google Gemini and recording transcription on OpenAI; transfers outside the EEA rely on the Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

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Sources

MoodleCloud shows prices in several currencies but bills in Australian dollars. We quote the USD amounts as its price list shows them: they are indicative and exclude taxes. Moodle's documentation describes version 5.2.

  1. Licence: open-source software (GPL)docs.moodle.org/en/About_Moodlesupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000825155-moodlecloud-and-moodle-hosting-options
  2. Three ways to run Moodlesupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000825155-moodlecloud-and-moodle-hosting-options
  3. Requirements for installing on your own serverdocs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle
  4. MoodleCloud plans: prices, users and file storagewww.moodlecloud.com/standard-plans
  5. Yearly billing in Australian dollarswww.moodlecloud.com/standard-planssupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000833094-moodlecloud-subscription-payment-options-and-methods
  6. MoodleCloud free trialwww.moodlecloud.com/standard-planssupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000825155-moodlecloud-and-moodle-hosting-options
  7. MoodleCloud user limit and solutions for larger organizationswww.moodlecloud.com/product-specificationsmoodle.com/products/moodlecloud
  8. Plugins on MoodleCloudwww.moodlecloud.com/standard-planswww.moodlecloud.com/product-specifications
  9. Moodle's standard activitiesdocs.moodle.org/en/Activities
  10. The Quiz activity and question typesdocs.moodle.org/en/Quiz_activitydocs.moodle.org/en/Question_types
  11. The Realtime Quiz community pluginmarketplace.moodle.com/plugins/mod_realtimequiz
  12. Course enrolment and guest accessdocs.moodle.org/en/Self_enrolmentdocs.moodle.org/en/Guest_access
  13. BigBlueButton video conferencingdocs.moodle.org/en/BigBlueButtonwww.moodlecloud.com/product-specifications
  14. Courses, progress, grades, badges and certificateswww.moodlecloud.com/product-specificationsdocs.moodle.org/en/Featuressupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000825155-moodlecloud-and-moodle-hosting-options
  15. Grade exportdocs.moodle.org/en/Grade_export
  16. SCORM, LTI and H5Pdocs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_activitydocs.moodle.org/en/Publish_as_LTI_toolwww.moodlecloud.com/product-specifications
  17. The Moodle app and its plansmoodle.com/products/moodle-app
  18. AI in Moodle: providers, placements and actionsdocs.moodle.org/en/AI_toolsdocs.moodle.org/en/AI_providersdocs.moodle.org/en/AI_placements
  19. MoodleCloud: where the data issupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000951697-moodlecloud-security-certification
  20. MoodleCloud: ISO certificationssupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000951697-moodlecloud-security-certification
  21. Sign-in methodsdocs.moodle.org/en/Authentication
  22. MoodleCloud: logo, theme and custom domainsupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000826665-add-your-logo-to-your-moodlecloud-sitesupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80000831609-moodlecloud-themes-and-customising-your-sitesupport.moodle.com/support/solutions/articles/80001138746-use-your-own-domain-with-moodlecloud
  23. Exporting questions from the question bankdocs.moodle.org/en/Export_questions

Moodle is a trademark of Moodle Pty Ltd. Verbalu is not affiliated with Moodle Pty Ltd. The facts come from Moodle's public pages as of 2 October 2026.

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