Step one
Connect read-only
A database user that can only SELECT, or the free Moodle plugin. The Core dashboards fill in the same session.
Counted
See It in Sixty Seconds, Not After a Scoping Call.
Zoola Analytics, from Lambda Learning, copies your Moodle or Totara data to its cloud and prices the result after a demo. LearnBoard reads your Moodle where it is, fills fifty dashboards the day you connect, explains every at-risk learner, answers every chart in plain English, and opens a full demo without anyone calling you. Checked against Zoola's own pages on 6 October 2026.
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Every chart pinnable and embeddable
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shapes line, bar, area, pie, scatter, radar, treemap, funnel, gauge, heatmap, box plot, sankey
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buttons on the card ask it, pin it, or find out what it counts
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ways to share with a person, with a role, or with everyone
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hover tricks the buttons are on the card, not behind a hover
Some of the charts, by name
- Activity trend
- Top courses
- Course completion funnel
- Learners at risk
- Course health score
- Budget utilisation
- Standards mastery
- Accreditation coverage
- Engagement calendar
- Learning path flow
- Time to completion
- Assessment analytics
- Cohort comparison
- Learner profile
- Enrolments against completions
- Learner retention
- Progression forecasting
- AVETMISS equity
- Mandatory compliance
- Certification expiry
- Login heatmap
- Engagement by category
- Effectiveness quadrant
- Status splits
Three things LearnBoard does that Zoola does not
Read in place
Reads in place. No copy of your learners anywhere else.
Zoola holds a cloud copy of your LMS data. LearnBoard reads your Moodle read-only, at three layers, from its own server, and keeps no second copy of learner records. Proof: the Security page.
Explained risk, answered charts
It explains risk and answers questions.
A 0 to 100 score with the points behind it and a next step for every learner, and an Ask AI button on every chart. Zoola has a report builder; it has neither of these. Proof: the demo.
Inside your Moodle
It lives inside your Moodle.
Real charts on your Moodle pages through a free plugin, nothing boxed in a frame, one click into the full product. Zoola is a separate site. Proof: the Moodle plugin page.
Row by row
LearnBoard against Zoola, row by row
The same fourteen rows as our full comparison, with only the two of us in it. Read across.
How to read the marks
- YesOffered. Stated on the vendor's own pages.
- PartlyPartly. Offered with a limit the vendor states, named in the cell.
- NoNot offered. Stated or evident on the vendor's own pages.
- Not publishedNot published. Nothing public either way.
Checked against Zoola's own public pages and the major software directories on 6 October 2026. Every LearnBoard mark is a feature you can open in the instant demo today.
| Capability | This oneLearnBoard | Zoola |
|---|---|---|
| Price and buying | ||
| Every price published, with no call to see a number. | LearnBoard: Yes | Zoola: No, Quoted after a demo |
| Start and pay online, with no quote form. | LearnBoard: Yes | Zoola: No |
| A free plan that does not expire. | LearnBoard: Yes, Eight dashboards | Zoola: No |
| Billed on a figure you can check yourself. | LearnBoard: Yes, Your Total users | Zoola: Not published |
| Your data | ||
| Reads the LMS you already run, in place, with no second copy of your learner records. | LearnBoard: Yes | Zoola: No, Cloud copy |
| How fresh the numbers are. | LearnBoard: Every hour or sooner, set by you | Zoola: Not published |
| Reporting runs off the server your learners are using. | LearnBoard: Yes | Zoola: Yes, Cloud |
| Read-only by construction. | LearnBoard: Yes, Three layers | Zoola: Not published |
| Dashboards | ||
| The full list of dashboards, by name, before you buy. | LearnBoard: Yes, 50, listed | Zoola: Not published |
| Real charts on your own LMS pages, nothing boxed in a frame. | LearnBoard: Yes, One free plugin | Zoola: No, Separate site |
| Sector packs for schools, higher education, corporate, government and training providers. | LearnBoard: Yes, Five | Zoola: No |
| Intelligence | ||
| An AI answer on every chart, in plain English. | LearnBoard: Yes, Every plan | Zoola: No |
| A risk score that shows its working, with a next step per learner. | LearnBoard: Yes | Zoola: No |
| Custom reports without writing SQL. | LearnBoard: Yes, Pin any chart, ask AI | Zoola: Yes |
Switching takes an afternoon, not a project
Three steps, in the order you do them. Nothing here needs a developer or a change window.
Step two
Run both for a fortnight
Business is free for 14 days with no card. Put the two side by side on your own numbers.
Step three
Switch when the numbers agree
Nothing is migrated: your history lives in your LMS, and LearnBoard reads all of it, from the first enrolment to today.
Questions
Switching questions answered without pretending.
Is LearnBoard a replacement for Zoola?
For Moodle and LearnNoow, yes. For Totara, no.
What does LearnBoard do that Zoola does not?
Reads your LMS in place with no cloud copy, explains every at-risk learner with a next step, answers any chart in plain English, puts real charts on your Moodle pages, and shows you all of it in a sixty-second demo.
Where does our data go?
With LearnBoard, nowhere. It reads your LMS over a read-only connection and keeps no second copy of learner records. Zoola copies your data to Lambda Learning's cloud.
Do we have to speak to someone to see a price or a demo?
No. Every price is on the pricing page, and the instant demo opens in under a minute with a six-digit code.
What does LearnBoard cost compared with Zoola?
Zoola is quoted after a demo. LearnBoard starts free with eight dashboards, then US$99, US$399 and US$899 a month, every price published.
Do we lose our history if we switch?
No. Your history lives in your LMS, not in the reporting tool. LearnBoard reads all of it, from the first enrolment to today.
Which platforms does LearnBoard support?
LearnNoow and Moodle. Connect either one read-only and the same dashboards, charts, alerts and AI answers run on it. LearnNoow has LearnBoard built in; Moodle has one free companion plugin. Canvas is coming soon.
Read your own LMS before you decide
Connect read-only, fill the Core dashboards in the same session, and compare it with whatever you are running now. Free for 14 days, no card.
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