International platforms (Market BIG)typically from the Anglo-Saxon world, they are generally characterized by very high costs, great reliability and very reduced and / or very expensive (if not even foreseen) customization possibilities.

Mainly closed solutions, they have continuous developments and are generally modular. Since in many cases they are proposed by large consultancy companies, we could say that rather than personalizing the platform to the customer's needs, they tend to customize the customer's processes to the functions of the platform. A sort of process of accommodating corporate training on the model provided by the platform. These are the solutions created within large software companies often as complementary modules of other HR type software applications.

What I would call platforms COMFORT (for relationship between functionality, service levels, possibility of customization and price). They are the Lms platforms (in Italy we can count four or five) that have interesting numbers of users (many tens of thousands), tens of installations and more than a decade of life (all useful indicators to determine their reliability).
Unlike international platforms, these LMS are solutions developed mainly by Italian training companies, therefore with greater attention to the "methodological" aspects compared to the technical ones. It is the method design that guides technological development, technology responds to the operating needs required by the company. They leave something to the BIG in terms of functionality but are decidedly cheaper and, above all, customizable in (fast) times and reasonable (contained) costs. Maintenance and assistance services are highly reactive and rapid.

The e-learning platforms BASIC they are platforms born on specific project needs, and very often on request, by a single customer who, in fact, have not been subjected to a real market test. They typically have few functions (often cut to size) and reliability to be verified.