Comparison

Discover | LibreStudio vs H5P

Discover | LibreStudio lands on Worth it, and H5P lands on Depends.

Discover | LibreStudio

studio.libretexts.org

Worth it

Confidence: Low

Evidence is thin, but for educators and OER creators wanting free H5P authoring and community content there is no cost to trying it.

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H5P

h5p.com

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you are an educator or institution embedding interactive quizzes and video into Moodle, WordPress, or another LMS . the free self-hosted core is genuinely valuable.

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Discover | LibreStudio versus H5P
Compare	Discover \| LibreStudio	H5P
Verdict	Worth it	Depends
Best for	Educators building interactive H5P content	Educators in Moodle/WordPress LMSs
Who it's not for	Institutions needing vendor SLAs or support contracts	Corporate teams needing fast, polished SCORM course authoring
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^²	Recurring stored-XSS and authorization CVEs in the WordPress/Node ecosystem; the commercial SaaS publishes a compliance page and DPA.
Support quality	No support evidence either way	No support evidence in sources reviewed
Public sentiment	Public user feedback is scarce . a single 2024 Open Education Global forum thread discusses the tool.^⁵	Educators praise the interactive content range and LMS fit, but many complain authoring is slow and the free-vs-paid split is confusing.^⁸
Biggest gotcha	No published security page . assess compliance yourself before using with student data.^²	Self-hosters must patch promptly . WordPress plugin shipped arbitrary-file-deletion and stored-XSS bugs¹³

Pick Discover | LibreStudio when

Educators building interactive H5P content
Open education (OER) communities
Zero-budget classrooms
Existing LibreTexts users

When Discover | LibreStudio is not a fit

Institutions needing vendor SLAs or support contracts
Teams handling student data under strict compliance rules
Buyers who require security documentation before adopting

Pick H5P when

Educators in Moodle/WordPress LMSs
Universities and school districts
Budget-conscious instructional designers
Teams reusing open educational content

When H5P is not a fit

Corporate teams needing fast, polished SCORM course authoring
Anyone expecting H5P.com itself to be free
Content requiring webcam or screen recording
Teams with no LMS to embed into

Sources

Discover | LibreStudiostudio.libretexts.org
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Hubs & Communities | LibreStudiostudio.libretexts.org
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Discover | LibreStudio - LibreTextsstudio.libretexts.org
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For Those Interested in H5P, Check out the LibreTexts Studioconnect.oeglobal.org
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H5P Software . Capterracapterra.com
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SCORM vs H5P . Reddit r/elearningreddit.com
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H5P not free? . Reddit r/elearningreddit.com
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H5P plugin arbitrary file deletion . Wordfencewordfence.com
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CVE-2024-3111 Stored XSS . WPScanwpscan.com
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H5P infostealer credentials . Hudson Rockhudsonrock.com
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H5P . Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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