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ILIAS vs Canvas LMS: catalog facts
ILIAS	Canvas LMS
Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0; professional support is available from service…	Freemium Self-hosting the AGPL code is free; Instructure's hosted Canvas is sold to institutions.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Mature LMS with active development and regular releases Extensible through a large plugin collection	Widely used LMS with a large ecosystem Integrates with more than 1000 external tools
Much of the website and community content is in German Requires running and maintaining your own server	Self-hosting a production instance is complex Product website focuses on the paid hosted service
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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