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SCORM support across all five platforms

SCORM support is uneven across these five platforms. LearnWorlds itemizes SCORM uploads on self-serve plans; Thinkific lists SCORM only on quote-based Plus; Teachable, Podia and LearnDash do not publish native SCORM in their plan grids, so treat it as absent unless a vendor confirms otherwise. The table below shows what is published, and your existing catalog decides which situation you are in.

In this guideLearnWorldsPricing →ThinkificPricing →TeachablePricing →PodiaPricing →LearnDashPricing →

The published picture

Here is what each vendor publishes about SCORM, straight from the registry:

PlatformSCORM as published
ThinkificDocumented · SCORM import and delivery are listed on the Plus plan only.
LearnWorldsDocumented · 20 SCORM uploads on Pro Trainer, unlimited from Learning Center. Real playback behavior still deserves a test with your own package.
TeachableNot published · SCORM import is not part of the published plan grid; treat as absent unless sales confirms otherwise.
PodiaNot published · No published SCORM support; treat as absent for SCORM catalogs.
LearnDashNot published · Native SCORM is not part of the published license grid; third-party WordPress solutions exist and must be evaluated separately.

Two platforms document SCORM. LearnWorlds itemizes 20 uploads on Pro Trainer ($79 per month on annual billing) and unlimited from Learning Center ($249 per month). Thinkific lists SCORM import and delivery on its Plus plan, which is quote-based and answers with custom pricing. Teachable does not include SCORM in its plan grid, Podia publishes none, and LearnDash has no native SCORM in its license grid, though third-party WordPress solutions exist and must be evaluated separately.

What SCORM actually requires from a platform

SCORM is a packaging standard for e-learning content. For a platform to support it properly, three things have to work:

Video-course platforms often skip SCORM because their model is native lessons built in the platform's own editor, video, quizzes, text, where the platform already owns completion and scoring. SCORM matters when you bring content authored elsewhere and need it to report back like any native lesson.

The decision path for your situation

You have an existing SCORM catalog. SCORM support is a hard requirement, so your self-serve shortlist is LearnWorlds, sized to your package count: Pro Trainer up to 20, Learning Center for unlimited. Thinkific is viable only through a Plus quote. Teachable and Podia drop out unless sales confirms otherwise, and LearnDash means evaluating a third-party WordPress plugin you would operate yourself.

You are authoring from scratch. You may not need SCORM at all: native lessons on any of these platforms handle completion and scoring without it. Choose SCORM only if you need portability of the same package across systems, or a client mandates the standard. For the head-to-head on the two platforms that publish SCORM, read LearnWorlds versus Thinkific for SCORM, which also carries the playback test protocol to run in each trial.

Frequently asked questions

Which platforms support SCORM without a sales call?
Only LearnWorlds publishes self-serve SCORM: 20 uploads on Pro Trainer at $79 per month with annual billing, unlimited from Learning Center at $249 per month. Thinkific lists SCORM only on its quote-based Plus plan, so it needs a sales conversation. Teachable and Podia do not publish SCORM in their grids, and LearnDash has no native SCORM, though third-party WordPress plugins exist and must be evaluated on their own.
Why do some course platforms not support SCORM at all?
Their model is native lessons built in the platform's own editor, video, text and quizzes, where the platform already tracks completion and scores. SCORM exists to run content authored elsewhere and report its results back. If you never bring outside packages, native lessons cover the same ground. That is why video-first platforms like Teachable and Podia leave SCORM off their published grids rather than treating it as a core feature.
Does LearnDash support SCORM?
Not natively. SCORM is not part of LearnDash's published license grid, so we treat it as absent by default. Because LearnDash lives on WordPress, third-party SCORM plugins exist, but they are separate products you would install, pay for and maintain yourself, and their import, playback and score-reporting behavior must be evaluated independently. If SCORM is central to your catalog, a platform that publishes it self-serve is a simpler path.
Can I trust a published SCORM feature without testing it?
Treat a published SCORM line as a starting point, not proof. Import, playback and score reporting back are separate behaviors, and resume after an interruption often reveals problems a pricing page cannot. We have not run playback tests, so before migrating a catalog, build a small SCORM 1.2 and a SCORM 2004 package and run pass, fail, resume and package-update scenarios in each trial, keeping a log of results.

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