Workday LMS: 8 Best Platforms for Enterprise Employee Learning

Workday is mission-critical to many organizations. The platform centralizes HR, finance, and workforce operations for more than 11,000 companies, including Netflix, GE, and Visa. 

But while Workday excels at people operations, most organizations still need a dedicated learning management system to drive skills development, onboarding, compliance, and continuous upskilling.

Not all LMS platforms integrate equally with Workday. Some offer basic connections that still require extra admin and fragmented reporting. Others provide deep, seamless integrations that automate user provisioning, sync organizational data in real time, and create a unified experience for everyone involved. 

And that distinction directly impacts adoption, efficiency, and the ability to scale learning programs globally.

In this guide, we break down the best LMS platforms to pair with Workday, what each does best, where it falls short, and what to prioritize during your evaluation.

The 8 best Workday LMS integrations at a glance

360Learning

• Best for: Mid-sized to enterprise organizations that want collaborative learning, AI-powered authoring, and deep Workday integration.
• Not suited to: Teams with no internal expertise to share, or organizations that only need basic compliance delivery.

Workday Learning

• Best for: Large enterprises where compliance training is the priority and HR IT consolidation matters more than learner experience.
• Not suited to: Organizations that want a modern, engagement-first learning platform built with L&D in mind.

Degreed

• Best for: Large enterprises (2,500+ employees) that have solved compliance and want to operationalize a skills-based learning strategy at scale.
• Not suited to: Organizations that need strong internal content creation, frontline training, or a standalone LMS.

Litmos

• Best for: SMB and lower mid-market companies (50–1,000 employees) that need fast, affordable deployment for mandatory training.
• Not suited to: Companies that need bidirectional Workday sync, collaborative learning, or a platform built for L&D growth.

Moodle

• Best for: Organizations with strong in-house IT resources that prioritize cost control, customization, and data sovereignty.
• Not suited to: Companies that need a fast, low-maintenance Workday integration without developer resources.

LearnUpon

• Best for: Mid-market companies (200–2,500 employees) that need to train employees, customers, and partners from one platform.
• Not suited to: Teams that need collaborative learning, modern UX, or bidirectional Workday learning data sync.

Rise Up

• Best for: Mid-market EMEA organizations in French-speaking markets that prioritize blended learning and content variety.
• Not suited to: Global organizations building learning around proprietary knowledge, or those needing native Workday connectivity.

TalentLMS

• Best for: SMB and lower mid-market companies (50–500 employees) that need a quick, affordable starter LMS.
• Not suited to: Organizations that need automated HRIS sync, advanced AI, collaborative learning, or a platform built to scale

What is Workday?

Workday is a cloud-based platform for human capital management (HCM), finance, payroll, workforce planning, and talent operations. It’s essentially a "system of record" for the workforce, centralizing employee data, streamlining HR workflows, and enabling more accurate cross-functional reporting and decision-making.

Workday is especially popular among enterprise organizations with distributed workforces, and businesses managing complex organizational structures. Customers are often in technology, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, financial services, and professional services.

While Workday does include some native learning functionality, many organizations choose to integrate a dedicated LMS for more advanced capabilities.

Collaborative learning, AI-powered content creation, skills development, external training, or large-scale learning operations are typically done better by specialist LMS platforms. 

What to prioritize in an LMS for Workday

The best LMS for your organization needs to support your learning strategy, operational complexity, and future scalability. Here are the key capabilities to evaluate:

• Ease and depth of integration. Look for platforms that sync employee and organizational data automatically, reflect reporting hierarchies, automate enrollment workflows, and maintain data consistency across systems.
• AI-powered content authoring. Modern LMS platforms should offer AI-assisted course creation, quiz and assessment generation, personalized learning recommendations, and skills-gap analysis capabilities that dramatically reduce production time at scale.
• Enterprise-grade security and compliance. Your LMS should support single sign-on (SSO), role-based permissions, SOC 2 or ISO certifications, GDPR compliance, and maintain clear audit trails.
• Collaborative learning features. Knowledge sharing, expert-led cohorts, discussion forums, and user-generated content all improve engagement and knowledge retention. Look for platforms that place collaboration at their core.
• Mobile and offline access. Especially important for field workers, retail employees, manufacturing teams, or global workforces in low-connectivity environments.
• Reporting and analytics. Advanced dashboards, skills and competency tracking, compliance reporting, and learning impact measurement help L&D leaders demonstrate business value to the organization.
• Scalability and flexibility. Multi-language support, multi-tenant environments, regional customization, and flexible governance ensure your LMS can grow alongside your organization.

With these key features and capabilities in mind, let’s turn now to the very best LMS options for Workday users. 

The 8 best Workday LMS integrations

Choosing the right LMS to integrate with Workday depends on your organization's size, learning maturity, technical requirements, and long-term talent strategy. Here are eight of the best options to help you evaluate which solution fits your needs.

1. 360Learning

360Learning is an AI-driven enterprise LMS that closes skills gaps by capturing internal expertise through Collaborative Learning Academies. L&D teams use it as their primary LMS/LXP for employee upskilling, compliance training, onboarding, sales enablement, and external partner or customer education, all from a single platform. 

Its defining capability is enabling subject-matter experts (not just L&D teams) to create, iterate, and maintain content using AI-powered authoring tools.

With an 85+ integration ecosystem and native connectors to Slack, MS Teams, and Salesforce, it's built for organizations that want learning embedded in daily work, not siloed in a separate system. You can also easily integrate off-the-shelf content providers like OpenSeasme, Exflex, and Go1 (along with many more).

360Learning serves 2,500+ customers including major global enterprises, and is rated the #1 AI LMS by eLearning Industry three years running. 

Key LMS features

• AI-driven course authoring (prompt-based and document-based; no ID expertise required).
• SME co-authoring, discussion forums, relevance and reaction scores.
• LXP with skills-based content recommendations and personalized learning paths.
• Dedicated Academies for cohort, customer, and partner learning.
• Blended learning management (ILT, VILT, async, SCORM/xAPI).
• Skills module with ontology import, self-assessment, manager validation, and AI skills tagging.
• AI translation in 30+ languages; top-rated mobile app (iOS + Android, offline mode).
• Audit-ready compliance reporting and certificate management.

Inside the Workday integration

360Learning is the only Workday Silver Innovation Design-Badge Partner on this list. It has Workday's full partner accreditation, including API validation, security reviews, and UX certification. 

The integration is powered by Workato middleware and runs daily bidirectional syncs covering:

• User provisioning: Workday HCM → 360Learning (user creation, activation/deactivation, standard + custom field mapping, group assignment rules).
• Catalog sync: Courses pushed from 360Learning → Workday Learning catalog; Workday Learning catalog imported into 360Learning.
• Assignment sync: Learning assignments imported from Workday Learning → 360Learning.
• Learning history: Bidirectional — completions sync both ways, keeping Workday as the system of record.

Best for: Mid-sized and enterprise organizations that want a purpose-built L&D platform with collaborative learning, AI-powered authoring, and strong learner engagement. Particularly strong for organizations with active SME communities, multi-geography setups, or external training needs.

Pricing: Team plan from $8/user per month (up to 100 users).

G2 reviews

• “You can build courses fast with templates, drag‑and‑drop tools, and integrated quizzes—no specialist skills required. It works well with HR systems, content libraries, and other digital tools, creating a smooth training workflow.”
• “360Learning allows us to provide our employees with numerous training courses on various and diverse topics, accessible whenever they wish, so they can train in their free time and progress on subjects related to their positions or even on more personal topics (emotion management, etc.). The integration and implementation of the platform is simple; everything can be done completely autonomously.”

2. Workday Learning

Workday Learning is the native LMS module embedded within the Workday HCM suite, used primarily for mandatory training, compliance management, and foundational onboarding. L&D teams in large enterprises often default to it because it appears to come bundled with their existing Workday investment, eliminating the need for a separate vendor relationship.

In 2025, Workday acquired Sana Labs (an AI-native LXP) to add a modern AI content authoring layer and LXP to its existing compliance tools. 

Despite its wide adoption (Workday serves over 65% of the Fortune 500), it’s often seen by L&D practitioners as an HR system with learning bolted on, not a platform built with L&D in mind.

Key LMS features

• Mandatory/compliance training management and enrollment.
• Basic learning paths and course catalog.
• Skills Cloud (tied to job profiles and competency frameworks).
• Campaign-based learning notifications.
• Integration with Workday performance, talent, and payroll data.
• Developing AI authoring and LXP.

Inside the Workday integration

Workday Learning is obviously part of Workday, meaning:

• No integration work required: All Workday HCM data (org structure, job codes, manager hierarchy, custom fields) is available to Learning automatically.
• Automatic enrollment triggers: Learning assignments can be triggered by HCM events (new hire, promotion, location change, role change).
• Single system of record: Completions, certifications, and compliance status live in the same database as performance and talent data.
• Unified reporting: L&D reporting sits alongside HR analytics in Workday's reporting framework.

Best for: Large enterprises ($1B+ revenue) where mandatory training is the dominant use case, IT consolidation matters more than learner experience, and L&D is not a strategic priority. 

Pricing: Workday Learning is a module within the broader Workday HCM contract. Reportedly $16/user per year for organizations on the full Workday platform.

G2 reviews

• “Very simple and straightforward, easy to set it up and maintain as an admin. We can easily assign courses and set it up so new hires get specific training as necessary when they start at the company. It almost feels too simple. We struggled at times to add custom training and courses.”
• “What I like most about Workday Learning is how integrated and personalized it is. No switching systems; learning connects directly to roles, performance, and career growth, Training is tailored based on skills, role, and goals. But less dynamic and customizable than some modern learning platforms.”

3. Degreed

Degreed is an enterprise Learning Experience Platform (LXP) focused on skills intelligence, content aggregation, and personalized workforce development. It is not a traditional LMS. 

Mostly serving large global enterprises, Degreed lets employees surface, consume, and track learning from sources like LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Udemy, Coursera, articles, and internal courses in a single interface. All this while building a lifelong skills profile that travels with the learner across roles and organizations.

L&D teams use it to operationalize skills-based learning strategies, identifying gaps, recommend pathways, and measure skill growth. But critically, Degreed has no native authoring tool, meaning organizations must connect it to a separate LMS for formal course creation. 

It’s typically deployed alongside Workday Learning: Workday handles compliance and system-of-record functions while Degreed drives personalized learning discovery and skills development.

Key LMS features

• Content hub integrates natively with LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Udemy Business, Coursera, and 100+ providers.
• Skills profiles and lifelong skills tracking per learner.
• Plans and Pathways for structured learning journeys.
• Academies for cohort-based, structured programs.
• Reporting on skill growth, content consumption, and pathways.

Inside the Workday integration

Degreed is listed on the Workday Marketplace and has a documented partnership with Workday. The integration covers:

• User provisioning: Employee profile data synced from Workday HCM to Degreed (org hierarchy, job codes, manager data).
• Skills data sync: Bilateral skills integration means data flows between Workday Skills Cloud and Degreed skills profiles for a unified skills record across both systems.
• Learning history: Completions and learning activity from Degreed can be pushed back to Workday.

Best for: Large enterprises (2,500+ employees) with dedicated L&D teams that want to operationalize a skills-based learning strategy at scale. Less suitable for organizations that need strong internal content creation, frontline training, or LMS-first compliance workflows.

Pricing: Degreed is free for individual users; enterprise pricing is entirely custom.

G2 reviews

• “I like the way that Degreed values all kinds of learning, helping the company that I work for to reinforce our continuous learning culture. We can easily add to the platform formal learning (certificates, graduations), informal (articles, videos, podcasts, books) and social learning (such as events, hackathons). We need some improvements regarding accessibility and parts of the integration.”
• “My organization can connect multiple content providers into a single system. The days of employees having to go to multiple sites for access is a thing of the past. It's not an easy transition from the traditional LMS experience for the L&D department or the learners. Also some of the management capabilities (the M in LMS) are limited or non-existent. Reporting is still a work in progress, but Degreed is certainly putting a lot of resources to making it better.”

4. Litmos

Litmos is a cloud-based LMS known for rapid deployment, simplicity, and a built-in compliance content library. It’s a popular choice for mid-market companies that need to get training running quickly without significant L&D infrastructure. 

L&D teams use it primarily for compliance and mandatory training, employee onboarding, and frontline workforce training. Its Foundation Suite comes bundled with 140+ pre-built courses covering safety, HR, and soft skills. 

Users tend to enjoy the intuitive experience and speed to deployment, but many mention reporting and customization as key limitations.

Key LMS features

• Built-in course library with 140+ courses available in the Foundation Suite.
• SCORM and xAPI support.
• Compliance management and certification tracking.
• Mobile-responsive interface (iOS and Android app).
• Okta and SSO support, and API for third-party integrations.

Inside the Workday integration

Litmos offers a Workday integration primarily for user provisioning, including:

• User sync: Employee data from Workday HCM can be synced to Litmos to automate user creation and deactivation, typically via API or SFTP.
• No bidirectional learning data sync: Litmos does not have a deep bidirectional integration with Workday Learning. This means completions are not natively pushed back to Workday as a system of record.

Best for: SMB and lower mid-market companies (50-1,000 employees) with straightforward training needs who want fast, affordable deployment and mandatory training delivery.

Pricing: Foundation and Platinum AI plans available; pricing on request.

G2 reviews

• “I like the flexibility with the team structure in Litmos. We have specific reporting needs and a chain of command. Litmos allows people to see down their chain of command without having to sort their own data. Plus, we can give the right permissions at the right spot, making learning delivery more efficient. I wish the activities dashboard kept more than sixty days of data.”
• “We particularly value how easy it is to create, assign, and track learning content across our large and diverse network of franchisees and colleagues. The system can sometimes feel a little rigid when we want to tailor content journeys for different learner groups. Reporting and analytics are good but could be more customizable with personalized dashboards.”

5. LearnUpon

LearnUpon is purpose-built for companies that want to train employees, customers, and partners from a single platform using separate branded learning portals. It has a strong mid-market reputation for its clean admin experience, responsive support, and multi-portal architecture.

L&D teams can deliver completely separate learning environments (each with its own branding, content catalog, and user access) under one admin roof.

Create+, LearnUpon’s AI-powered authoring add-on (sold separately), is a push to expand its content creation capabilities. It’s positioned firmly as an affordable, reliable LMS, rather than a premium learning experience platform.

Key LMS features

• Multi-portal architecture with separate branded learning environments for different audiences from a single admin account.
• Course creation with SCORM, xAPI, AICC support.
• Create+: AI authoring add-on not included in base platform.
• eCommerce to sell courses to external audiences.
• Certificates with expiry and recertification workflows.
• HRIS integrations: Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, UKG Pro, Deel, BambooHR.
• SSO (SAML) and custom portal branding/white-labeling.

Inside the Workday integration

The integration is configured directly from the LearnUpon admin panel and covers:

• User provisioning: Workday HCM → LearnUpon, with automatic learner creation and updates driven by Workday data.
• Status management: Workday worker status drives learner activation and deactivation in LearnUpon.
• Field mapping: Workday standard fields and custom HRIS fields mapped to LearnUpon custom user data fields.
• Group assignment: Dynamic rules in LearnUpon assign users to the correct portal and groups based on mapped Workday field values.

Best for: Mid-market companies (200-2,500 employees) that train multiple distinct audiences from one platform. Less suited for companies that need strong content creation, collaborative learning, or a modern learner experience.

Pricing: Book a demo to explore full pricing.

G2 reviews

• “The onboarding process is really well organized and implementation team/customer support are extremely helpful. I like the gamification options, the learning journey feature, and the integration with HubSpot was simple and effective. I think the reporting could definitely be improved, certain aspects of the UI/UX feel clunky and overcomplicated. Also we've had to use another course authoring tool because EasyGenerator and Coursera did not meet our requirements.”
• “The platform’s modules make it simple to organize content in a clear, step‑by‑step flow. Overall, building courses feels intuitive and efficient from start to finish. It would be nice if an LMS could have live events that might not need to be tied to a course, but could stand alone on their own.”

6. Moodle

Moodle is the world's most widely deployed learning platform, used by hundreds of thousands of universities, and large enterprises including Shell, Google, and the London School of Economics. It’s open source, free to download and host, and governed by a GNU General Public License, with a network of 104+ certified partner organizations worldwide.

L&D teams and IT departments use Moodle primarily because it eliminates licensing costs and offers complete customization through a rich plugin ecosystem of 1,000+ community-built extensions. In enterprise settings, it’s typically deployed via self-hosting (requiring significant developer and server management) or through Moodle Workplace, a paid enterprise edition with multi-tenancy, dynamic rules, certifications, and org-chart support. 

Moodle has found a real home in higher education, where it’s widely used. In a corporate L&D context, the experience can feel academic rather than modern, and every customization comes with an ongoing maintenance cost.

Key LMS features

• Full course creation and management (SCORM, xAPI, AICC, LTI support).
• Quizzes, assignments, forums, wikis, glossaries, and gradebooks.
• Roles and permissions management.
• Detailed reporting and activity logs.
• 1,000+ community plugins for extended functionality.
• Free mobile app (iOS/Android); Premium app plan for branded experiences and push notifications.

Inside the Workday integration

Moodle does not have a native, pre-built Workday integration. Integration between Moodle and Workday requires one of the following:

• Custom development: Building an API-based connector between Workday's REST APIs and Moodle's Web Services API.
• Middleware tools: Using iPaaS tools like Workato, MuleSoft, or Zapier to create automated data flows for user provisioning and sync.
• Third-party plugins: Community-built Moodle plugins for HRIS sync exist but vary in quality and are unsupported by Moodle HQ.

With custom effort, organizations can achieve one-way user provisioning (Workday → Moodle) and potentially completion data pushback, but this is not a turnkey process.

Best for: Organizations with strong in-house IT and development resources that prioritize cost control, customization flexibility, and data sovereignty over ease of deployment. Not recommended for companies that need a fast, low-maintenance integration.

Pricing: Moodle's open-source version is free to download and use. But you must factor in infrastructure, developer time, customization, and ongoing maintenance when comparing to SaaS alternatives.

G2 reviews

• “What sets Moodle apart from other platforms is that it has flexibility and customization options. It allows for more control over the course design, enabling instructors to tweak and adjust content more easily. One thing I dislike is that I'm unable to install additional plug-ins since I have Moodle Cloud. I was hoping to use certain templates that require plug-ins, as they would help make our business' LMS appear more organized and conducive to learning.”
• “Moodle's open-source architecture and plugin-friendly environment make for a platform that can be fully customized to fit your needs...provided that you have the programming skills to create the plugins that you need. Setting up the platform is complex as implementing new changes require you to navigate through many menus and sub-menus and even more hidden sub-sub-sub-menus where a single toggle can be the difference between proper access and frustration for end users.”

7. Rise Up

Rise Up is a leading mid-market platform in France, Benelux, and French-speaking markets. L&D teams use it for blended learning programs, compliance and mandatory training, frontline worker onboarding, and adaptive learning paths driven by AI-powered placement tests.

The platform combines a traditional LMS core with an integrated content marketplace (including LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, Udemy, OpenSesame), a Salesforce integration for sales training, and a Microsoft Teams integration for learning in the flow of work.

Rise Up launched its Course Genius Lab authoring tool in 2025, as a paid add on. And while it doesn’t have a ready-built Workday integration, CSV and API connections are available for a fee. 

Key LMS features

• Course management, blended learning, certifications, and compliance tracking.
• Adaptive learning paths with an initial CAT placement test, auto-configured learning paths, and final assessments.
• AI content authoring for document analysis, learning objective generation, and quiz suggestions.
• Content Marketplace: LinkedIn Learning (24,000+ courses), Coursera, Udemy, getAbstract, OpenSesame, SAP/OCN.
• Mobile app and eCommerce.
• Multi-tenant sub-platforms.

Inside the Workday integration

Rise Up does not have a native, pre-built Workday integration. Connectivity is a paid add-on:

• CSV HRIS connector: One-way user provisioning via flat file export from your HRIS.
• API HRIS connector: Real-time or scheduled API-based user sync.
• No completion data syncs back to Workday as a system of record.

Best for: Mid-market EMEA organizations (200-2,000 employees) in French-speaking markets that prioritize blended learning, frontline workforce training, and content variety over collaborative or expert-driven L&D. 

Pricing: Standard tier (100–500 users) from €7-10/user per month. A competitively priced LMS, but requires add-on spend before basic Workday connectivity is possible. 

G2 reviews

• “RiseUp is fairly easy to use and offers a nice experience for both learner and administrator. Creating courses is quite intuitive even for a complete beginner. The connection with our HRIS is efficient and works properly. The personalization settings can be further enhanced.”
• “What I appreciate most about Rise Up is the simplicity of using the platform combined with its comprehensive features that facilitate the management and tracking of training. Some simple features are not available (multiple partners on the courses, adjustment of the header photo) and I would like to have advice on pedagogy: I find that we do not have enough challenge in our content and training support on certain features (AI, H5P).”

8. TalentLMS

TalentLMS is a cloud-based LMS positioned at the lower-to-mid end of the market. It’s most highly valued for its low price point, fast time to deployment, and versatility across employee, customer, and partner training use cases. 

It’s frequently the first LMS a company ever buys, seen as a starter platform for organizations that need to get training running quickly and affordably without heavy IT involvement.

TalentLMS brings in AI through its TalentCraft content authoring tool and AI Coach feature. Both use a credit-based model with limits based on your specific plan.

The platform is widely recognized as functional and fast to set up, but customers may outgrow it as their L&D needs mature.

Key LMS features

• Course creation with SCORM, xAPI, and built-in content editor.
• AI-powered TalentCraft authoring tool turns documents into full courses.
• AI-powered learner assistant available on higher-tier plans.
• Built-in off-the-shelf course library (purchased separately).
• Separate learning environments per team, entity, or external audience.
• SSO (SAML), REST API, Zapier for additional connectivity, and mobile app for iOS and Android.

Inside the Workday integration

TalentLMS does not offer a native, pre-built Workday integration. Connecting requires one of the following workarounds:

• REST API: A custom Workday-to-Talent LMS connector can be built by an IT team for user management, course enrollment, branch creation, and group assignment, but requires ongoing developer maintenance.
• Middleware (Zapier/iPaaS): Third-party automation tools can bridge the two systems for basic user provisioning, but this is not a turnkey or supported solution.
• CSV import: Manual or scheduled flat-file user imports work for small teams, but it’s not viable for enterprise scale.

Best for: SMB and lower mid-market companies (50-500 employees) who prioritize ease of setup, and transparent pricing over advanced L&D capabilities. Not suitable for organizations that need automated HRIS sync, collaborative learning, advanced AI, or a platform they won't outgrow.

Pricing: Core plan from $149/month; Grow plan from $299/month; Pro plan from $579/month; Enterprise plans available. 

G2 reviews

• “Implementing TalentLMS was not the hardest thing I have ever undertaken, but like anything new, there was a learning curve to deal with to get the system setup and organized in the way that suited our particular implementation best. We now have 300 internal, customer, and partner personnel on the portal using it on a daily basis, taking advantage of the 75 courses currently available.”
• “Building courses is intuitive and efficient; learning the system took very little time. The transition from their legacy interface to the new interface was clunky, but our rep and the helpdesk were supportive through the process. Not being able to download our lessons in SCORM format has created a few challenges, but nothing we can't handle.”

Your learning ecosystem must work seamlessly with your workforce

When you rely on Workday, the right LMS should feel like a natural extension of the tools and flows you already use every day. A strong integration should improve reporting accuracy, support workforce development at scale, and create a more connected employee experience, all with minimal admin. 

In the end, the best Workday LMS for your organization depends on your learning priorities. Some companies need enterprise-grade compliance and governance; others prioritize collaborative learning, AI-powered LMS features, or mobile access for distributed teams. 

Evaluate these platforms through the lens of integration depth, scalability, learner experience, and operational flexibility. And do so with an eye to the future: the right solution supports both today's training needs and the longer-term workforce transformation.

For most organizations, the best Workday LMS is 360Learning. Take a tour and get started today: