COMPARISON

Hotline LMS and Cademy

Cademy and Hotline LMS share a view: a training provider should have booking, learning and records in one system. This page sets the two side by side, using only what each company says on its own public pages, so you can see which fits the way you work.

  • Facts read on
  • From each company's own public pages
  • Written to be fair to both
Short answer

Cademy is an all-in-one platform from Edinburgh with a course builder, booking on your own website or on a branded booking site, blended and live online courses, company bookings, and certificates with expiry dates. Hotline LMS covers the same ground, with exams that can open on the training day, renewal reminders that go out on their own, and e-learning in SCORM 2004, xAPI and cmi5. Which fits depends on the detail. Cademy may suit a provider who wants to start quickly and runs blended or Zoom courses. Hotline LMS may suit one whose courses end in a formal exam and a certificate that has to be renewed.

What both do

These two have more in common than most. Both of them:

  • put booking, learning and records in one system [2]
  • schedule course dates with trainers and venues [3]
  • take bookings and card payments on your own website [4]
  • let a company buy places and name the people later [6]
  • run waiting lists [7]
  • build online courses and play SCORM content [8][9]
  • issue certificates with expiry dates that can be checked online [11]
  • offer an API and webhooks [14]

Side by side

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

Hotline LMS and Cademy, 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. CADEMYAn all-in-one platform for professional training providers: a course builder, booking, an LMS, a training CRM and training management, built as one and sharing one record. [1][2]
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. CADEMYCourse dates, facilitators and venues on one calendar with several views. Facilitators are emailed when they are assigned and see their own dates, and every date has an attendance register. [3]
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. CADEMYCheckout on your own website through a snippet (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow and others) or on a branded booking site. Cards through Stripe, PayPal and Klarna, payment by invoice with a PO number, discounts, vouchers and gift cards. [1][2][4][5]
Company bookings HOTLINE LMSCompany places: an employer buys places and names the delegates later. Each customer organisation can have its own sign-in. CADEMYA company buys several places on one order and names the people later from its own account. The booker can swap people, follow their progress and download their certificates. A private date can be run for one client. [6][11]
Waiting lists and changes HOTLINE LMSWaitlists on course dates, with transfers and cancellations handled from the booking desk. CADEMYA waiting list on full dates that emails people in turn when a place comes free, and a list for a whole course to announce new dates. A learner can be moved to another date. [4][7]
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. CADEMYA course builder where one course can mix online lessons, a training day, a live session and an assessment. Lessons are built from video, PDFs, downloads and quizzes, an AI course builder drafts from your PDFs, and SCORM 1.2 packages play as lessons. SCORM 2004, xAPI and cmi5 are not listed. [2][8][9][10]
Exams and quizzes 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. CADEMYQuizzes with five question types, a pass mark and a set number of retakes. Some questions are marked automatically and written answers by hand, and a required quiz holds the next lessons until it is passed. Question banks and timed exams are not listed. [2][10]
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. CADEMYCertificates issued automatically on attendance or completion, with an optional expiry date. Each has its own view link for checking, which stops working if the certificate is revoked. For renewals, staff pick out the people who are due and email them the next dates. Automatic reminder emails before expiry are not listed. [11][12][15]
The learner's record HOTLINE LMSOne delegate record holds bookings, attendance, e-learning, exam results, certificates and renewals. CADEMYOne login for learners to book, learn and collect certificates. Staff see one timeline for each person and can print an evidence pack with attendance, lesson dates, quiz answers and certificate details. [2][12]
Live online training HOTLINE LMSClassroom, virtual and blended course dates, with branded joining instructions and calendar invites sent automatically. CADEMYCademy creates a Zoom meeting for each online date and puts the join link in the confirmation, the reminders and the delegate's account. One course can mix classroom and online dates. [13]
Your brand HOTLINE LMSWhite-label on every provider plan: learners see your brand, and the booking widgets take the look of your own website. CADEMYA booking site with your logo and colours, where Cademy's logos can be hidden; your own email and certificate templates; and embeds that put your courses on your own website. Your own web address for the booking site is not listed. [2][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. CADEMYA REST API with webhooks and an OpenAPI specification, which AI tools can use; Xero, Stripe, Zoom and Zapier; Google and Outlook calendars; and single sign-on. [2][5][14][15][17]
Who is behind it HOTLINE LMSHotline Labs Ltd, founded in 2019 and based in South Wales. CADEMYCademy Group Ltd, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which says it works with more than 1,000 training teams. [1][16]

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

What Cademy is good at

  • One connected record: booking, calendar, learning, CRM and invoices all read from it. [2]
  • Blended courses: online lessons and bookable dates held in one course, in any format. [8][10]
  • Company bookings: places bought before names, swaps made by the booker, and progress and certificates visible to them. [6]
  • Certificates and proof: automatic issue, expiry dates, view links and a printable evidence pack. [11][12]
  • Payments and finance: several ways to pay, money into your own accounts, and a detailed Xero sync. [5]
  • Waiting lists that run themselves. [7]
  • Live online training, with a Zoom meeting made for each date. [13]
  • A quick start: a provider with no website gets a branded booking site from the first day. [2]

What Hotline LMS does differently

  • Exams are built for the training day: 17 question types, question pools and grade bands, opened by the trainer, in a timed window or on attendance, with optional photo-ID checks.
  • Renewal reminders go out on their own at 90, 60, 30 and 0 days and link to the next course date, so a renewal becomes a booking.
  • E-learning content can be SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI or cmi5.
  • Your team can connect an AI assistant to ask about dates, bookings and renewals, and to book and message with their OK.
  • Each customer organisation can have its own single sign-on, on every provider plan.

Which is the better fit?

Cademy may suit you if

  • You want to start quickly, perhaps without a website of your own, on a branded booking site.
  • Your courses blend online lessons with dated sessions, and you want one course to hold both.
  • You run live online training on Zoom.
  • You sell to companies that buy places first and name the people later.
  • You use Xero and want invoices, payments and credit notes to flow into it.

Hotline LMS may suit you if

  • Your courses end in a formal exam, and you want question pools, grade bands and control of when it opens.
  • Your certificates expire, and you want reminders to go out on their own and lead to the next course date.
  • Your e-learning uses SCORM 2004, xAPI or cmi5.
  • Your customers are organisations that each need their own sign-in.
  • You want your team to work through an AI assistant.

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

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.

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

The Cademy pages we read

  1. [1] Cademy: Home
  2. [2] Cademy: Features
  3. [3] Cademy: Scheduling
  4. [4] Cademy: Course registration
  5. [5] Cademy: Payments and invoicing
  6. [6] Cademy: Group bookings
  7. [7] Cademy: Waitlists
  8. [8] Cademy: Course builder
  9. [9] Cademy: SCORM
  10. [10] Cademy: Blended learning
  11. [11] Cademy: Certificates
  12. [12] Cademy: Training records
  13. [13] Cademy: Live online training
  14. [14] Cademy: API
  15. [15] Cademy: For regulated and accredited training
  16. [16] Cademy: About
  17. [17] Cademy: For training providers

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