QLTSAdvantage Competitors

Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 197 million registered learners as of December 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.

Kaplan is a global educational services company that provides individuals, universities, and businesses with a diverse array of services, including higher and professional education, test preparation, language training, corporate and leadership training, and student recruitment, online enablement and other university support services. Our company was founded in 1938 in Stanley Kaplan’s Brooklyn, NY home with a mission to help children of immigrants advance their dream of going to college. From those humble beginnings, Kaplan has grown into an enterprise operating in 28 countries and serving nearly a million students and thousands of corporate and university clients. Throughout our history, Kaplan has remained committed to our founding mission of expanding educational access and transforming learning through new technologies. We are always moving forward—innovating, adapting, and bringing education into the future. The vast breadth and scale of our capabilities and diverse offerings set us apart, allowing our students and partners to advance further, faster. Kaplan is a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company.

BPP is a leading global education business designed to optimise performance at every stage of learning – empowering people and businesses to progress and perform at their very best. We believe that everyone has extraordinary in them. It’s just waiting to be unlocked. For learners who want to develop, and businesses that strive for growth, we provide a range of qualifications to suit every stage and every level of development. We do it for the biggest names. We do it for specialist businesses. We do it for individual learners turning their career dreams into a reality. Enhancing professional performance is the ethos that runs through all that we do and how we do it. Our breadth of offer includes apprenticeships, short courses, continuous professional development, professional qualifications, and degrees – spanning areas across accountancy, data, healthcare, HR, law, management, marketing, technology, AI and more. What sets us apart? We invest in relationships and are committed to harnessing the latest technologies to drive growth and create a world where progress is possible. Your performance is our business. Part of the Lyceum Education Group: https://www.lyceum.education/