# Coursera alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 238 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Coursera holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/coursera/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Skills Base: 57
- Eightfold AI: 18
- TechWolf: 12
- MuchSkills: 10
- Workday Skills Cloud: 9
- TalentGuard: 7

## Skills intelligence

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Coursera (Coursera is #10 of 13 at 0%).

- Skills Base: first choice in 39 of those 80
- MuchSkills: first choice in 6 of those 80
- TalentLMS: first choice in 5 of those 80
- ESCO: first choice in 3 of those 80
- AG5: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 2 of those 80
- O*NET: first choice in 2 of those 80
- SkillsDB: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Coursera (Coursera is #10 of 20 at 0%).

- Skills Base: first choice in 13 of those 78
- TalentGuard: first choice in 7 of those 78
- 365Talents: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 4 of those 78
- MuchSkills: first choice in 4 of those 78
- TechWolf: first choice in 4 of those 78
- SkillPanel: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Workday Skills Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Coursera (Coursera is #13 of 16 at 0%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 18 of those 80
- TechWolf: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Workday Skills Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Skills Base: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Degreed: first choice in 4 of those 80
- ESCO: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Fuel50: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Gloat: first choice in 2 of those 80

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