COMPARISON

Hotline LMS and accessplanit

accessplanit and Hotline LMS are both built for training providers who sell and run courses. This page sets them side by side, using only what each company says on its own public pages, so you can see which fits the way you work.

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  • Written to be fair to both
Short answer

accessplanit is long-established training management software from a UK company that has worked only with training providers for over 20 years. Its strengths are resource scheduling, a workflow engine you configure, portals for learners, trainers and your customers' managers, and finance tools; it has an eLearning module and links to Moodle. Hotline LMS is a training management system and an LMS in one product, with online exams, certificates and renewals on the same delegate record. Which fits depends on your priority: deep scheduling and automation you design yourself, or the booking side and the learning side, exams included, in one place.

What both do

The two products cover a lot of the same ground. Both of them:

  • schedule course dates with trainers and venues [4]
  • take bookings and payment online, on your own website [6]
  • handle group and company bookings [4]
  • run waiting lists [4]
  • deliver e-learning, including SCORM content [10]
  • issue certificates and send expiry reminders [15]
  • give trainers a way to record attendance [9]
  • offer an API [13]

Side by side

Hotline LMS is described on its provider plans (Provider, Provider Plus and Group). accessplanit is described from its public pages; the numbers link to the page behind each statement.

Hotline LMS and accessplanit, side by side, as at 12 November 2026
What it is HOTLINE LMSA training management system and an LMS in one product, for training providers and for employers. ACCESSPLANITAll-in-one training management software for training providers, to plan, manage and sell courses and resources in one place. [1][2][16]
Course dates, trainers and venues HOTLINE LMSCourse dates with venues and trainers, clash warnings, a booking desk for your staff, and registers that trainers mark on the day. ACCESSPLANITCourses scheduled from re-usable templates on a central calendar. Trainers, venues, rooms and equipment are managed with their availability and costs, with clash detection, and trainer competence can be matched to what a course needs. [1][4][5]
Booking and payment HOTLINE LMSBooking widgets that carry your live course dates onto your own website, card payments to your own Stripe account, and booking on invoice. ACCESSPLANITOnline booking and payment on your own website through an HTML plug-in or an API feed, a shopping basket, a choice of payment gateways, promotional codes, and automatic invoices, credit notes and statements. [2][3][6][13]
Company bookings HOTLINE LMSCompany places: an employer buys places and names the delegates later. Each customer organisation can have its own sign-in. ACCESSPLANITGroup and block bookings, and Manager Access for the managers at your customers: they book courses, allocate places, see attendance and follow certificate expiry dates for their team. [4][7]
Waiting lists and changes HOTLINE LMSWaitlists on course dates, with transfers and cancellations handled from the booking desk. ACCESSPLANITBookings, cancellations, transfers and waiting lists are managed in the platform, with credit notes and refunds. [4][14]
E-learning HOTLINE LMSIncluded on every provider plan: a course builder, SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI and cmi5 content, learning paths, discussions, and badges and points. ACCESSPLANITAn eLearning module to create, upload and distribute e-learning, with SCORM packages, a score and status for each person, and blended courses. It also links to Moodle, where learners take their content. SCORM versions, xAPI and cmi5 are not listed. [2][3][10]
Exams HOTLINE LMSOnline exams with 17 question types, question pools and grade bands. An exam can open on the training day: unlocked by the trainer, in a timed window, or on attendance. Photo-ID checks are optional. ACCESSPLANITProgrammes can include assessment sessions, and e-learning records a score and status. Quizzes and coursework are named as things Moodle provides through the Moodle link. Surveys are built in. A built-in exam builder with question banks is not listed. [2][10][11][14]
Certificates and renewals HOTLINE LMSCertificates with expiry dates that anyone can check online. Renewal reminders go out at 90, 60, 30 and 0 days and link to the next course date. ACCESSPLANITCertificates made by a document generation tool and sent by workflow rules. Expiry reminders are built from workflows: an email template plus rules for who, when and what, which can be chained into a series with an internal notice for follow-up. [4][12][15]
The learner's record HOTLINE LMSOne delegate record holds bookings, attendance, e-learning, exam results, certificates and renewals. ACCESSPLANITA portal where delegates view and book courses, reach their documents and certificates and edit their details. Staff get one view of each customer's contact details, purchases, attendance, feedback and communications. [2][8]
For trainers HOTLINE LMSTrainers mark the register on the day and can unlock the exam for their group. ACCESSPLANITA Trainer Portal for the courses a trainer delivers: attendance and signatures, registers, notes, surveys and a calendar for availability. [9]
Automation HOTLINE LMSBooking emails and renewal reminders are built in and go out on their own. ACCESSPLANITA workflow engine you set up yourself: rules and triggers send emails, create tasks and notes, and attach documents and certificates. [12][16]
Your brand HOTLINE LMSWhite-label on every provider plan: learners see your brand, and the booking widgets take the look of your own website. ACCESSPLANITA shopping basket, portal, surveys and email templates you can brand, and the platform and basket can be translated into 113 languages. Removing the accessplanit name everywhere is not listed. [3][6][8][11]
Connections HOTLINE LMSA connection for AI assistants on every provider plan. A REST API, webhooks, workspace single sign-on and SCIM on Provider Plus and Group. Single sign-on for each customer organisation on every provider plan. ACCESSPLANITA two-way API and webhooks, a headless API for building your own screens, finance exports for Sage and Xero, Outlook and Exchange calendars, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, Power BI, and single sign-on through Active Directory. [2][3][13][18]
Who is behind it HOTLINE LMSHotline Labs Ltd, founded in 2019 and based in South Wales. ACCESSPLANITaccessplanit describes itself as family run and UK based, with over 20 years working only with training providers. It began as the in-house system of a training company. [1][16][17]

"Not listed" means we did not find it on the accessplanit pages we read on 12 November 2026. It does not mean accessplanit cannot do it: ask them. Prices are left out on purpose; each company publishes or quotes its own.

What accessplanit is good at

  • Resource scheduling: trainers, venues, rooms and equipment on one calendar, with clash detection and trainer competence. [4][5]
  • A workflow engine you configure: rules and triggers for emails, tasks, documents and certificates. [12][16]
  • Certificate expiry reminders built on that engine, with the method set out in public. [15]
  • A portal for each party: learners, trainers and the managers at your customers. [7][8][9]
  • Focus: over 20 years working only with training providers, from a company that began as one. [1][17]
  • Hands-on implementation and support, with an implementation manager and customer success managers. [19]
  • Finance in the same system: invoices, credit notes, statements, a choice of payment gateways, and exports for Sage and Xero. [2][3]
  • Flexibility: custom fields, layouts, reports and dashboards, set up around the way each customer works. [1][2]

What Hotline LMS does differently

  • Training management and the LMS are one product. E-learning, exams and certificates come with every provider plan.
  • Online exams are built in, with 17 question types and question pools, and can open on the training day under the trainer's control.
  • Renewal reminders are ready to use at 90, 60, 30 and 0 days, and link to the next course date, so a renewal becomes a booking.
  • One delegate record runs from the booking through attendance, e-learning and the exam to the certificate and its renewal.
  • Your team can connect an AI assistant to ask about dates, bookings and renewals, and to book and message with their OK.

Which is the better fit?

accessplanit may suit you if

  • Scheduling trainers, rooms and equipment across many courses is your hardest job, and you want clash detection and a cost for each resource.
  • You want to design your own automated emails, tasks and documents with a workflow engine.
  • The managers at your customers need their own access to book places and follow their team's training.
  • You already run Moodle and want your booking system to link to it.
  • You want a UK supplier with a long history of working only with training providers, and hands-on help with set-up.

Hotline LMS may suit you if

  • You want the booking system and the LMS to be one product, with one delegate record.
  • Your courses end in an online exam, and you want it to open on the day under the trainer's control.
  • You want renewal reminders that work from day one and lead to the next course date.
  • You want your team to ask an AI assistant about dates, bookings and renewals.
  • You want to deal directly with the team that builds the product.

The best check is to see both. Ask each company for a demonstration with your own courses and dates in mind.

How we compared

Everything this page says about accessplanit comes from accessplanit's own public pages, read on . We kept a dated copy of each page. We did not log in to or test accessplanit.

Everything it says about Hotline LMS describes the product as it is today, on the provider plans (Provider, Provider Plus and Group).

Products change. We check this page again every six months. If something here is out of date or unfair, email hello@hotlinelms.com and we will correct it.

accessplanit and other product names are trade marks of their owners. Hotline Labs Ltd is not connected with accessplanit Limited, and this page is not endorsed by them.

The accessplanit pages we read

  1. [1] accessplanit: Home
  2. [2] accessplanit: What you get
  3. [3] accessplanit: Module information
  4. [4] accessplanit: Course management software
  5. [5] accessplanit: Resource Management
  6. [6] accessplanit: Online Booking
  7. [7] accessplanit: Manager Access
  8. [8] accessplanit: Portal
  9. [9] accessplanit: Trainer Portal
  10. [10] accessplanit: eLearning
  11. [11] accessplanit: Surveys
  12. [12] accessplanit: Workflows
  13. [13] accessplanit: Integrations
  14. [14] accessplanit: Trade skills training software
  15. [15] accessplanit: How recertification reminders work
  16. [16] accessplanit: What is training management software?
  17. [17] accessplanit: About
  18. [18] accessplanit: Single sign-on
  19. [19] accessplanit: Implementation and support

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