Stepik
Online learning platforms
Education software
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- Ease of management
- Quality of support
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- Market presence
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₽2,900 per PRO-course per month
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What is Stepik
Stepik is an online learning platform for creating, delivering, and taking interactive courses, with a strong focus on programming and STEM subjects. It is used by individual learners, educators, and organizations to publish courses that include auto-graded assignments and quizzes. The platform supports both public courses and private course delivery for cohorts, with analytics and progress tracking for instructors.
Strong interactive assignment engine
Stepik supports auto-graded tasks that fit technical learning workflows, including programming-style exercises and quizzes. This makes it suitable for scalable practice and assessment without requiring manual grading for every submission. For course authors, it reduces operational overhead when running large cohorts.
Course authoring and publishing
The platform provides built-in tools to create lessons, assessments, and structured course flows. Authors can publish courses for open enrollment or restrict access for private delivery. This supports use cases ranging from self-paced learning to instructor-led cohorts.
Learner progress tracking
Stepik includes progress tracking and basic learning analytics for instructors and course owners. These features help monitor completion, performance on assignments, and engagement at the course level. This is useful for educators and training teams that need visibility into learner outcomes.
Limited enterprise LMS breadth
Compared with full LMS suites, Stepik is less oriented toward enterprise training administration such as complex role-based training plans, HR integrations, and compliance workflows. Organizations needing extensive user provisioning, certification management, or multi-department governance may require additional systems. This can increase operational complexity for large deployments.
Not a full community platform
Stepik centers on course delivery and assessment rather than community-first features. Organizations looking for robust community spaces (events, member profiles, monetized memberships, and advanced moderation) may find gaps. This can matter for creator-led education businesses that prioritize community engagement.
Video platform capabilities vary
Stepik supports multimedia lessons, but it is not positioned as a dedicated enterprise video management platform. Teams that require advanced video workflows (large-scale live streaming, deep video analytics, or complex media governance) may need separate tooling. This can add integration and content-management overhead.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | ₽0 (free) | Create open courses; course editor; automatic grading and review of learners' solutions; comments and mailings; standard technical support. |
| Pro | ₽2,900 per PRO-course/month | For small-group instruction (open or private). Includes all Basic features plus student access management, manual student addition (up to 1000), gradebook and reports, deadlines, exams, attempt limits, certificate issuance. 14-day free trial available; monthly billing by default; annual billing option available ("2 months free" discount stated on site). |
| Enterprise | From ₽500,000 per year (custom pricing) | Designed for companies/organizations. Includes all Basic & Pro features plus advanced complex tasks (Linux, external grader), proctoring for exams, LTI integration, manual addition of >1000 learners, invoice payments, priority tech support. Pricing determined individually. |
Additional offering — Pay-as-you-earn (paid courses / marketplace):
- Commission-based model for selling paid courses on Stepik. The main pricing page states "комиссия от 12% с платежа" (commission from 12% per payment). Other official help pages describe alternative commission figures (examples: 30% when Stepik promotes a course; or 40%/7% in different contexts), which appear inconsistent across official pages — see notes/citations below. No fixed subscription fee is required to list paid courses (revenue-share applies).
