Your learning management system and commerce engine. One platform.
Stop running three platforms to do one job. Core dna combines LMS, eCommerce, and CMS natively, so you can build a digital learning platform, sell online courses, and manage subscriptions without stitching tools together.
The orchestration platform: Commerce, Content, LMS
Core dna is built for teams who are done maintaining three tools to run one education business.
Client Words
“Save a Life launched their LMS, content hub, and digital storefront on Core dna.”
As an accredited provider of online CPR certification classes, we didn’t want a bloated university-style LMS. We needed something lean, fast, and built for marketers. Core dna gave us everything we needed."
- Simplified course creation and content uploads for non-technical teams
- Embedded video lessons, quizzes, tracking and certificates managed from one admin dashboard
- Unified LMS, CMS, and eCommerce platform reduced tech overhead and streamlined operations
Core LMS features built for digital commerce.
Most e-learning platforms and LMS software make you add a separate eCommerce tool, a CMS, and a membership plugin. Core dna ships all of it natively, in one admin, one database, one digital learning platform.
Course & Lesson Management
Build structured courses with modules, lessons, quizzes, and completion tracking. No dev involvement needed, your team manages it all from the CMS.
Subscription & One-Time Billing
Offer monthly memberships, annual plans, one-time purchases, or course bundles. Stripe-native checkout with automatic access provisioning on payment.
Gated Content & Access Control
Control exactly who sees what. Gate courses by subscription tier, grant access on purchase, and revoke automatically on cancellation.
Learner Progress & Certificates
Easily recognize patterns by tracking completion rates, quiz results, and learner progress to optimize you ROI. Issue certificates automatically when learners finish a course.
Marketing-Led Course Pages
Your marketing team takes charge of the full learner journey: landing pages, SEO, registration flows, and post-course campaigns to increase conversions - no developers required.
LMS Integrations & Workflow Automation
Connect your LMS to Salesforce, HubSpot, SAP, and NetSuite via native integrations. Automate enrolments, sync learner data, and trigger certificate issuance.
Sell courses the way your learners want to buy.
From one-off course purchases to full membership sites with recurring billing, Core dna handles the commerce layer natively. No plugin. No separate billing tool.
- Tiered pricing, bundles, and subscription plans
- Secure Stripe checkout with instant access provisioning
- Recurring billing, dunning management, and cancellations
- Tax handling across multiple jurisdictions
- Coupon codes, referral discounts, and promotional pricing
Your digital learning platform.
Fully under your control.
Core CMS gives your team complete control over course pages, learner portals, and e-learning content delivery, without waiting on a developer for every update.
- Embedded video, quizzes, and downloadable resources
- Self-paced and scheduled course formats
- Learner portal with progress tracking and certificates
- SEO-optimised course landing pages managed by marketing
- Multi-site support to run multiple academies from one instance
What it’s like to work with Core dna
Most customers are live in 6–10 weeks. Managed hosting included.
LMS Discovery & direct access
You work directly with the people who build and maintain the platform. We audit your existing LMS setup: course catalogue structure, learner data, completion records, subscription or access model, and any integrations you're currently running. Everything gets mapped before a single thing is built.
Course structure, access rules & commerce setup
We partner with your team to build out your course hierarchy, learner portal, subscription tiers, gated content rules, and payment flows. Full staging environment provided, your team tests enrollment, access, and checkout before a single learner sees it.
LMS integrations & learner data migration
Your CRM, ERP, and SSO are connected via native LMS integrations. Existing learner records, course completion history, certificate data, and subscription status are migrated and validated, no manual re-entry, no data loss between platforms.
Go live — and we stay involved
Controlled launch with your implementation lead on standby. New courses, updated access rules, billing changes, your dedicated team stays involved long after go-live. You're not handed a manual. You keep the same people who set it up.
How Core dna compares to Docebo, TalentLMS & LearnUpon
Docebo, TalentLMS, and LearnUpon are serious enterprise learning management systems. All three handle e-learning delivery well. The gap appears when you need native commerce, a public-facing marketing site, or multi-site architecture. All require third-party tools, typically Shopify or WooCommerce, to sell course access, and none have a built-in CMS.
| Capability | Core dna | Docebo | TalentLMS | LearnUpon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMS features (courses, quizzes, SCORM, certs) | ✓ Native | ✓ Native | ✓ Native | ✓ Native |
| Subscription & membership billing | ✓ Native | ⚠ Via integration | ⚠ Via Stripe add-on | ⚠ Via integration |
| Built-in CMS (marketing site + portal) | ✓ Native | ✗ Separate tool | ✗ Separate tool | ✗ Separate tool |
| eCommerce (sell courses + products) | ✓ Native | ✗ Needs Shopify | ✗ Needs Shopify | ✗ Needs Shopify |
| Multi-site from one instance | ✓ Native | ⚠ Enterprise only | ⚠ Limited | ⚠ Limited |
| LMS integrations (ERP, CRM, SSO) | ✓ Native | ✓ Strong | ⚠ Basic | ⚠ Moderate |
| No. of vendors required | 1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Fully managed cloud LMS (no DevOps) | ✓ Included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Yes. Core dna is one of the few platforms that ships LMS, CMS, and eCommerce natively in a single instance. You can build structured courses with lessons, quizzes, and certificates, and sell them via one-time purchase or recurring subscription, all managed from the same admin dashboard. No separate billing tool or LMS plugin required.
Core dna combines content management, commerce functionality, and workflow automation, allowing businesses to deliver training, process payments, and manage users without relying on integrations.
Core dna handles both natively. Most learning management systems — including Docebo and TalentLMS — require a third-party billing tool or integration to manage recurring subscriptions. Core dna integrates subscription billing directly into the LMS software, with automatic access provisioning on payment, dunning management, and cancellation handling built in.
Yes. Core dna is a fully managed, cloud-based LMS software platform, no servers to run, no infrastructure to maintain. It’s delivered as SaaS, with hosting, security, and upgrades handled by Core dna. Most organisations go live on their digital learning platform in 6–10 weeks, with no DevOps team required.
Docebo and TalentLMS are strong enterprise learning management systems for internal training but they’re not designed to sell access commercially. Both need Shopify or a separate eCommerce tool bolted on for billing, and neither has a built-in CMS for managing a public-facing marketing site. Core dna ships LMS, commerce, and CMS natively: one platform, one admin, one vendor, making it the better fit for organizations where education is a revenue line, not just a training function.