# Moodle: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 2 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/moodle

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Customer education and LMS](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/customer-education-and-lms/index.md) | 0% | 34 | 25% | 4 |
| [Digital adoption and onboarding](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/digital-adoption-and-onboarding/index.md) | 0% | 54 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you have $0 and some technical help: Use Moodle (self-hosted) — completely free but requires hosting and maintenance." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Customer education)
- "If you have technical resources and want full control: Moodle (open source)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Customer education)
- "Completely free and open-source LMS... Steep learning curve" (Grok 4.20, Customer education)

## And against it

- "old-school Moodle instances" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Customer education)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Moodle, from 12 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- minicoursegenerator.com: 8
- softwareadvice.com: 7
- capterra.com: 6
- g2.com: 6
- learnworlds.com: 6
- dupple.com: 5
- reddit.com: 4
- teachable.com: 4
- easywebinar.com: 3
- teachfloor.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://minicoursegenerator.com/blog/best-customer-education-platforms: 7
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-customer-education-platforms: 5
- https://g2.com/categories/customer-education: 4
- https://easywebinar.com/blog/customer-education-platform: 3
- https://learnworlds.com/blog/business/best-lms-for-training-companies: 3
- https://teachfloor.com/blog/best-customer-education-platforms: 3
- https://360learning.com/blog/customer-training-software: 2
- https://capterra.com/customer-training-software/s/small-businesses: 2

## In its own words

What Moodle's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Build an effective, engaging learning ecosystem with Moodle, the most customisable and popular LMS for education, enterprise, and public sector organisations. (https://moodle.com/)
- For: education, enterprise, and public sector organisations (https://moodle.com/)
- Free plan or trial: MoodleCloud, our ready-to-use hosted option (https://moodle.com/products/lms)
- Customers named: Tec-Ease, E Tech Group, Universitas Padjadjaran

## What it publishes

Every page moodle.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 9257 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-10-18
- case study: 25 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-18
- webinar or virtual event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-12-25
- conference or event: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-01-17
- report or ebook: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-04-22
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-12
- news or press: 1251 pages, 25 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- Recent: 2026-09-23 news or press: Oncampus moodle certified partner https://moodle.com/news/oncampus-moodle-certified-partner
- Recent: 2026-09-22 news or press: Eummena expansion announcement https://moodle.com/news/eummena-expansion-announcement
- Recent: 2026-09-18 case study: E tech workplace https://moodle.com/case-studies/e-tech-workplace
- Recent: 2026-09-18 case study: Tec ease workplace https://moodle.com/case-studies/tec-ease-workplace
- Recent: 2026-09-17 news or press: Legacy lms technology technical debt https://moodle.com/news/legacy-lms-technology-technical-debt
- Recent: 2026-09-14 news or press: Awareness access action designing learning for career agency https://moodle.com/news/awareness-access-action-designing-learning-for-career-agency

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.