Market size
EdTech and corporate e-learning are growing markets in both the US and Europe, driven by online programs, upskilling and remote onboarding
Industry
LMS and EdTech Platform Development for Education
Custom LMS, learning apps and AI tutors for online schools: proctoring, gamification, payments, analytics. Student portal from $4,900.
First step: a student portal, from $9,900 in 4–6 weeks.
Key industry metric
Courses on off-the-shelf course builders see
15–25%
completion. A custom LMS with personalization lifts it to 50–60%
Market data: why we took on this niche
What to know about Education
EdTech keeps growing in the US and Europe, and more and more corporate training happens online. Yet many online schools and training teams run on off-the-shelf course platforms, and once they pass 10,000 students they hit the same walls: little adaptive learning, a generic mobile experience and no real AI personalization.
We build learning platforms for online schools, corporate universities and EdTech startups. Not "yet another course builder", but a full LMS with adaptive learning, an AI tutor, a mobile app with offline access and gamification. A platform that doesn't cap your growth but drives it.
A typical project, an LMS platform, launches in 4–6 months. It pays for itself in 4–8 months through higher course completion and student retention.
Context
Where the market stands
Size, digital maturity, trends and regulation: the backdrop for your business
Digital maturity
High in EdTech, low in traditional training centers. Most online schools start on off-the-shelf course platforms and hit their limits as they scale. Few run an LMS of their own
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Trends
- AI tutors and adaptive learning: personalization based on each student's progress
- Microlearning: short 5–10 minute modules, consumed on mobile
- Gamification: points, rankings, achievements, competitions
- Cohort-based learning: group learning with deadlines and social dynamics
- Corporate LMS: onboarding, mandatory courses, certification
Regulation
- Accreditation and licensing for degree-granting and vocational programs (rules vary by state and country)
- Student data protection: GDPR in the EU, FERPA and COPPA in the US (especially for children)
- Accessibility for learners with disabilities: WCAG-based requirements under the ADA in the US and the European Accessibility Act in the EU
- Copyright and licensing of course content
Sound familiar?
Industry pains we take away
If you recognize even one, we have something to talk about.
Our approach
Education: what we implement
Key areas with a clear budget, timeline and outcome. The catalog below breaks down each one.
+40%
Course completion with reminders and gamification
−50%
Support load after launching a student portal
75%
Routine questions handled by AI (our AI Guest case)
4–6weeks
To a working student portal
We don't have a case study in your exact niche yet
And we'll say so plainly instead of passing off another industry as yours. Technically, your task is already solved in a neighboring niche: bookings, reminders, customer retention and lead handling work the same way. You can test us on your own task for free, before any contract.
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Project breakdownWe work through your industry's specifics with you on a call, not through other people's case studies: 30 minutes, no obligation. In 3–5 days we build a demo on your task, using your recordings, your price list and your customers' questions.
What happens in the first two weeks
You can test us for free, before you pay a cent. It works the same way for any task in Education.
- Day 0
A 30-minute conversation
We go through the process that hurts most and name the budget range out loud. No money changes hands at this step.
1 - Days 1–5
A working demo on your task
Not a slide deck: a clickable prototype or a live bot you can open on your phone and show your team. If you don't like it, we part ways and you keep the materials.
2 - Day 2 after the brief
A fixed quote by stage
Fixed in the contract. Not “approximately” and not “we'll clarify as we go”.
3 - Weeks 2–4
The first paid stage
You pay for a specific result. The next stage doesn't start until you've accepted the previous one.
4
- Demo before any contract or prepayment
- The quote is fixed in the contract
- Payment in stages, not all at once
- Code in your repository from day one
- 3 months of warranty after launch
- We'll tell you when you don't need it
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The essentials about working in this industry, short and to the point
A custom LMS makes sense when at least 2 of these are true:
- 5,000+ active students: the hosted platform slows down and the experience suffers
- You need complex formats: adaptive tests, branching courses, team projects, AI grading
- A mobile app is critical for your audience, and your current platform doesn't really offer one
- Your revenue is steady enough to invest in a platform of your own
If you have 500 students and 2–3 simple courses, an off-the-shelf platform like Teachable or Thinkific is enough. To scale to 10,000+ students and build a product that can compete, a custom LMS becomes a necessity.
Migrating off a course builder takes 2–4 weeks and runs in parallel with development. We move your content, student data and progress.
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Name one process that currently runs on people and paper. In 30 minutes we'll go through it, in 2 days you'll get a fixed quote, and in 3–5 days a working demo on your task. Free, before any contract or prepayment.
First step: a student portal, from $9,900 in 4–6 weeks.
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