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Forma LMS is an open-source learning management system designed to help businesses provide corporate training to employees based on company needs and processes. Key features include online courses, video conferencing, certificatio...
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The best managed Open Source Ever
Pros
User Experience, Support, Administration, Scorm compliance
Cons
Maybe the curve of learning the administration functionalities
Response from FormaLms
Wow, thank you very much Vito for this wonderful review.
We'll to our best to soften the learning curve for the administration functionalities,
Thanks again!
- Industry: Human Resources
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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A great, professional looking, open source, option perfect for establishing a no cost LMS
Forma LMS helped me to launch a low cost, professional looking and easy to use LMS. My audience loved it too as they can dive right in without crossing a complex learning path.
Pros
I was trying out different LMS solutions in the market. I tried several paid options which are mostly out of my league just to get the taste of the current innovations in LMS. Then I came back to the real world and started test riding all the open source options. My 1st test was with Moodle as it was the go to option recommended by most websites. I didn't like Moodle's interface. It has a ton of options but doesn't have the looks of a corporate LMS where it is very inviting and easy for users to jump instantly inside a course. So, I went for the second best, "Forma LMS".
Forma amazed me because I could set it up instantly in my website. Uploading courses are also a breeze. Yes I face some hiccups as I didn't know it works well with PHP version 7.0 and lower but the basic functions were working fine. I was able to test run my LMS within hours of deployment. If you are geek like me you know how does it feel when everything works the first time. If you have softiculous support with your hosting provider then it is more convenient. You will have a working LMS within 15 minutes if you have the contents ready.
So, all the poor people who wants to role out his own easy to use and pro looking LMS, Go for Forma LMS.
Cons
Certification Module is very irritating. You have trial so many times to get your working certificate template. And it is broken if you use any PHP version later than 7.0.
Another thing is the exam module. No doubt its very powerful. But powerful doesn't mean the UI have to look complex.
Alternatives Considered
MoodleReasons for Switching to Forma LMS
Because its easy to setup and professional looking and you won't have to sell your kidney just to start your LMS journey.Response from FormaLms
Hi Ridwan, thanks for your excellent review.
Version 3 will be out in a few weeks, with added support for php 7.4
I will report your comments on the certificates and on the exam module to the UX team.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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I couldnt make it work
I tried the free version, and it seems that only with the paid version I was going to be able to do the things I wanted, but no... I couldnt make it work. I tried getting a special server just for Forma.lms but I still couldn't get it to work.
I tried to find support and couldn't find it either, so... I just paid for something I couldn't use.
Pros
the pricing looked great, also the capability of handling different customers in one place is amazing.
Cons
I couldnt install it. I rented a different server just for the software because of the different requiremts, but still it didnt worked. I couldnt get any support or help.
Response from FormaLms
Hello Felipe,
thank you for your review, yet I think you are making some unfair statements.
First of all, the LMS is open source like Moodle and Chamilo and there is no such thing as a free or paid version.
The latest version is reserved to association members, but even the previous versions work greatly. We appreciate you decided to become a member.
You don't need a special server for Forma more than for Moodle or for a CRM or any enterprise level application: you just need a server that complies with the installation requirements.
Concerning the search for support: when exactly did you contact us for support?
If we can help you in any way, feel free to get in touch with us.
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- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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The only LMS providing unlimited customizability and smooth integration with awe-inspiring...
We tried various LMS solutions before but Forma LMS was the best match for our institution as it was the most customizable and intuitive solution for providing training. We first used it for educational purposes for educating my students during the COVID era. However, we felt that this software has a big scope for employee training so we started to use it to provide induction training to new employees and weekly training to existing employees.
Pros
The most favourable feature of this platform is its enhanced user interface through which we can navigate and find all the features easily. There is no learning curve when the product is first installed. Forma provides various features like organising users, providing certificates on completion of courses, organizing courses and taking tests and assessments. It is a great tool with a wide variety of integration options and plugins. A mobile app is also available so you can learn on the go!
Cons
There's nothing much that I dislike about this software. However, the user interface for learners could be improved by using modern elements.
Alternatives Considered
TalentLMSReasons for Switching to Forma LMS
Due to its additional features and integrations.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Revolutionize Your Online Training with FormaLMS: A Flexible and Customizable Learning...
I have had a generally positive experience with the platform. The software offers a robust set of features and functionality for managing online learning and training programs. I appreciate the flexibility and customization options available, allowing me to tailor the system to meet the specific needs of my organization.One of the things that I like about FormaLMS is the ease of creating and managing courses, as well as the ability to track and analyze learner progress and performance. The platform also supports a variety of different learning activities and resources, including quizzes, surveys, and multimedia content.In addition, I appreciate the level of control and oversight that FormaLMS offers to administrators and instructors. The platform provides detailed analytics and reporting capabilities, as well as features for managing user accounts, permissions, and access.While there are some areas where I feel the platform could be improved (such as the initial setup process and documentation), overall I have been satisfied with my experience using FormaLMS.
Pros
As a user of FormaLMS, what I really appreciate about the platform is its flexibility and customization options. Since it's open-source software, I have the freedom to make modifications and adjustments to tailor the platform to my specific needs.Another great feature that I find very useful is the ability to create and manage user groups. This makes it easy to assign courses and track the progress of learners. The reporting and analytics tools are also quite comprehensive, allowing me to keep a close eye on learner progress and evaluate the effectiveness of my courses.
Cons
There are a few areas where I feel the platform could be improved. One of the things that I find challenging is the initial setup process. It can take some time to get the system configured and fully operational, especially if you're not familiar with learning management systems.Another area that could be improved is the documentation and support resources. While there is a user manual and community forum available, I have found that some of the information is not always up-to-date or comprehensive enough to fully address my questions or concerns.Finally, while the platform is highly customizable, some of the customization options require advanced technical skills and knowledge. For someone without a strong technical background, it can be challenging to make certain modifications or adjustments to the system.

- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Forma LMS: Empower Your eLearning with Powerful Training Programs
As a user of Forma LMS, I find it to be a comprehensive and powerful tool for online learning and course authoring. The platform is easy to use with a user-friendly interface, allowing me to create and manage courses efficiently. I appreciate the flexibility and customization options available, which allow me to tailor the system to meet the specific needs of my organization.It has far exceeded my expectations, and I am grateful that I chose Forma LMS for my clientele.
Pros
As a Forma LMS user, I value various facets of the software. To begin, the course creation function is simple to use and allows for the uploading of numerous sorts of content like as videos, documents, and quizzes, making it simple to construct compelling courses. The learning paths feature also aids in the organisation of students' learning experiences.Second, social learning technologies such as forums, chats, and online conferences encourage student involvement and cooperation, resulting in a more engaging learning environment.Third, the reporting and analytics tools provide precise insights into student progress and programme effectiveness, enabling e-learning programme continual development.Furthermore, as an open-source platform, Forma LMS provides flexibility and customization options, allowing customers to make changes to meet their individual requirements. The ability to create and administer user groups makes it simple to assign courses and effectively track learner progress.
Cons
As a Forma LMS user, there are a few aspects that I found difficult or would like to see better. To begin, the initial setup procedure can be time-consuming and difficult, particularly for individuals unfamiliar with learning management systems. This might be modified to make it easier for users to configure and fully operationalize the system.Second, the documentation and support resources, such as the user manual and community forum, are not always up to date or thorough enough to address users' inquiries or issues. Improving the availability and accuracy of support resources has the potential to improve the user experience. .

- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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A fabulous LMS tool
We can easily say that this is one more f the best lms tool available in the current market in this price range. Moreover this is a great platform for open-source learning for all types of businesses. Our students are having a good experience with the tool and we haven't heard any complaints regarding the tool till now.
Pros
We have a lot of things we like about the product. Being one of the most reliable tool we are using now, everyone can work on it from administrator to a normal user. Getting started with this tool was quite easy as it comes with a super clean interface so that we didn't get confuse in anything. Beside these features, their customer support team is excellent, they are always up for help.
Cons
We have a nice overall experience with the tool, but the pricing is little expensive, could be little low. Integration with other tools become difficult in certain platforms but rest of the things are good to go.
Response from FormaLms
Wow, Abhishek, thanks a lot for your flattering review!
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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FInest web-based e-learning platform
Pros
I can confidently say that this is the finest web-based e-learning platform and software since it currently has one of the best collaborative tools for professionals and organizations and all training and orientation of the staff may be completed with ease, thanks to Forma. Taking an online course has never been simpler, it is simple and secure to create online content for the intended audience.
Cons
It's hard to pinpoint anything that I would dislike about Forma LMS. I can definitely say it was great and it will continue to be great!
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Powerful and Flexible Learning Management System
Pros
Branding, workflows, and connectors with other business tools can all be changed on the platform to suit the particular requirements of various enterprises. Business Development Experts can design training courses that complement the goals, values, and culture of their company because of its versatility.
Cons
might need assistance with technical experts as it's a bit complex specially for firs time users.

- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Valuable tool for training employees
I have used Forma LMS to create and deliver courses on a variety of topics, including customer service, sales, and technical training. Course creation tools to be easy to use, and I have been able to create engaging and interactive courses. I've also used Forma LMS to track learner progress and generate reports. The reporting tools to be very helpful in identifying areas where learners need additional training.
Pros
Open Source. Forma LMS is scalable and flexible, and it can be customized to meet the needs of any organization. It's easy to add new users and courses. Allows to change the look and feel of the platform to match branding. Integrates with a wide range of third-party applications, including CRM systems. This makes it easy to keep your data in sync and to automate tasks. Meets all industry standards, and the data is safe and secure. This is important to me because I need to be sure that data is protected.
Cons
Mobile app is a good option for learners who want to access their courses on the go. However, it is not as polished or feature-rich as the desktop version. I hope that the developers will continue to improve the mobile app in the future.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Why Forma LMS we use and trust
The Helty and Safety Environment (HSE) trainning sector in Turkey, people who want to be expert on HSE must attend the courses and 90 hours of these courses had been taken on a LMS. But the LMS must meet the requirements of Ministry of Labor. So we customise the software for these requirements in 2012 and till today over 4000 experts attended these courses and use forma lms.
Pros
We have used the forma LMS since 2012 for training the tech. people to prepare the exam of HSE experts in Turkey. It is very easy for using as attendies/students. And to manage and customising is not difficult.
You can get support on the forum "elearningcommunity.net" very quickly. And there are so many published/shared fixed problems on the forum.
so it did not let us down till today.
Cons
On the previous version the template was not supported via mobile . but now on the new version this problem is solved.
Response from FormaLms
Hi Nihat,
Thank you for your very nice review!
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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We use Forma Lms for several years, the experience is very satisfactory.
I was able to develop the online training business in my company, with great satisfaction!
Pros
Forma Lms is simple, intuitive and designed for the corporate world so much more practical and intuitive to use than other open source LMS designed for the academic world. The new responsive version responds to a need that we have been waiting for a long time. Now we hope that developers continue to optimize the project more and more by following the suggestions of users who use the LMS daily
Cons
More things I like about those I do not like about Forma Lms. The exchange of ideas with the team of developers in the forum is very active and above all reactive so even things that do not work now are always resolved within a reasonable time.
Response from FormaLms
Thank you Marilena, your review makes us very proud of our product!
The best part of the review is that thanks to Forma you could develop your business, that's one of the core reasons behind our project: the idea that if many people benefit from it, we'll benefit too.
We will always do our best to improve Forma every day: stay tuned, important news are coming fast!
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Simply the best opensource platform out there.
I manage all of my multiple clients training requirements through this platform
Pros
Simple set up
Easy to manage as super admin
Quick
Scorm compliant
Multi site
Great support community
Simple reporting
Automated certificates
Learning plans
API's
Sell courses through paypal
Groups
The list is endless!
Cons
Currently the UI on mobile is non responsive, this is being addressed in the soon to be released update. Integrating with other platforms is not as easy as other LMS I have used though that's not to say it can be achieved it just may be beyond my skill set.
Response from FormaLms
Thank you Mr Clarke for this excellent review.
We'll keep pushing to release the responsive Forma 2.0 as soon as possible, it will also include many new features.
(update): in the meanwhile
- we have version 2.0 available
- we published API, so integration has become easier

- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Incredible Assignment Management Tool.
Excellent learning system and the best assessment platform and the collaboration is very effective and professional reports creation product.
Pros
Easy learning product which allows me to manage multiple project activities and the automation of task is excellent.
Through the solution certification management is a easy process and reporting capability and authoring functions are productive.
Cons
No problem on this software just the feature setting when new to the product can be not easy.
Response from FormaLms
Thanks for your review!
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best LMS I’ve tried
Pros
FormaLMS has a power user management system, has multi template feature and can attach different template to different domain.
Cons
it would be interesting to receive more software updates
Response from FormaLms
Well, wow! Thank you for your review and for your comments.
We will try to accelerate the deployment of new releases.

- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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My Thoughts on Forma LMS Usage
In-house course training in our organization and management of learning materials.
Pros
It was simple to implement this solution without third-party service providers intervention.
Managing classroom courses, locations and calendars.
Cons
Were it not for the effectiveness in ticket response from vendor success team I would be having tons of issues.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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Strong learning platform, easy to set up, with potential on UX improvement
Pros
- We were mostly looking for a content hub where we can store and manage all training content for new colleagues and colleagues with development plans. Forma does a great job here.
- Getting PDF certificates adds a nice incentive for our employees to improve their skills.
- Forma integrates well with other software/apps we are using in the HR space.
Cons
- The mobile experience could be improved, both for admin and especially users.
- Tests could be more pleasant to take UX-wise, I have seen stronger solutions on that side.

- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Best learning management tool Ever
I used it for my online courses the best tool ever I use I have a great experience with this tool.
Pros
It is very easy to setup on mobile devices. The UI is very easy to understand for every user. The assignments features are very great and helpful
Cons
The exam module are little bit difficult to find need to improve this section otherwise It is great learning tool .

- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Corporate Training at Top Notch with Forma LMS
Manages training and training materials in cloud.
Pros
Internal training in our organization for our employees has been streamlined by Forma LMS.
It manages training tools such as scorm multimedia and html pages on one place.
Cons
It can take long to customize all functions but there are tons of tutorials online.

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Most Easy to use LMS tool
My Overall experience with Forma LMS has been nothing short of exceptional. The learning that I am able to achieve with it is quite extraordinary and for the price it comes in, it is definitely a steal.
Pros
The most impact feature for us with this software is the ability to do open-source learning. Also, the support team is quite good and is very much approachable
Cons
Honestly, I do not have any dislike for this software. It is quite handy and satisfies all my needs

- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Best LMS software that I have used
Overall, my experience with Forma LMS is awesome. This is a great solution for learning management and the reporting feature is very useful
Pros
The built in LMS tool is quite useful for us. In addition to this, the learning management feature is our most used one and gives the best value
Cons
All the features that we use with Forma LMS is quite handy and there is no dissatisfaction for us.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Cloud-based LMS System
Selling courses help generate income.
Online course management.
Pros
Forma LMS enhances online training, managing learning materials and automating real-time reports.
Has customizable graphic templates which makes it easy to generate certificates upon course completion.
Cons
I don’t have any definite aspect that I can describe as a flaw.

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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Best Open Source Solution for LMS
It is the perfect open source eLearning solution for businesses of all sizes. Sso you can customize it to fit as I needs. And it is easy to use.
Pros
It is totally responsive design so it easily fit into any device. The flexibility of this product and automatically generate pdf certificates are amazing.
Cons
A littlbe bit difficult to integrate different languages.
Response from FormaLms
Dear Enaan,
thank you for your review! In the latest version we made it much easier to add languages, and we added a new one.

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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A competitive LMS with good overall qualities
Pros
It has an intuitive interface, with good players for scorm courses and also a lot of functionality
Cons
Sometime errors are not explained very well.
Response from FormaLms
Hello Gregorio,
thank you for your review!

- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Corporate Training and education platform
My experience has been very good and satisfying till now. All the trainings and learnings are recorded. This has made it very convenient to manage.
Pros
1. Good management tool to track your training progress.
2. Certificate is distributed after successful completion of course.
Cons
1. A more customized feature according to our need catering to all sectors is needed