SUMMARY
Physical distancing policy as the response of pandemic covid-19 has forced the educational institutes to provide online based learning for the students. The students and lecturer have to adapt using online platforms to continue the learning activities. E-learning platform is needed for distance learning. A case study conducted to analyze the preference of e-learning platform among google classroom, youtube, whatsapp, and zoom for students in a private university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia using AHP approach. Several criteria are considered in this study, such as service of platform, learning comprehension, internet usages, and network strength. The result shows that learning comprehension has 36.3% of weight. This criterion is become the most important criteria for the students in selecting e-learning platform as the media of distance learning. According to multiple criteria considerd, the students prefer Whatsapp for their e-learning platform because its feature that can help and support them for learning activities.