NatEdu vs. dSMS Comparison Chart

Create your own DreamClass! DreamClass is a school management solution designed to cater to educational organizations of all types and sizes—be it a school, an academy, or a studio—enabling you to optimize your processes with robust features like: Program Management—Structure your curriculum, group courses, create classes, and define their characteristics. Create class groups, set teaching hours, and map them with classrooms. Students & Admissions—Register students, distribute them to class groups, and monitor their journey till graduation. Keep parents and students informed through timely notifications, and grant them access to essential information such as timetables, attendance records, and financials. Academic Management—Coordinate and supervise your team, including teachers, secretaries, administrative assistants, etc. Manage your school’s basic processes like assessments, attendance tracking, and grading, ensuring smooth operations.

Help your school save time, increase enrollment, and achieve its mission with Gradelink. An award-winning student information system and school management system, Gradelink school management software system is suitable for Preschool through High school. Gradelink is a great fit for higher education and for small colleges. Gradelink combines school management, teaching, and learning tools to help schools perform their best. Top features include attendance management, report cards, classes and scheduling, standards-grading system, communications, student information, and student/parent access. Lesson plans, grade sheets, parent communication and custom reports all work together in perfect unison. Gradelink is ideal for K8 schools, private schools and Charter schools. Gradelink is easy to use. School who move to Gradelink find the setup so easy because set up is handled by our tech support team.

Classter is the only all-in-one Student Information, School, and Learning Management System. Say goodbye to juggling multiple school systems! 👋 Classter is the one platform that does it all – admissions, grades, lessons, parent communication... you name it! Classter helps educational institutions handle everything from admissions to alumni in one easy-to-use platform. Classter Brings It All Together. Teachers track grades and plan lessons. Administrators get quick insights, students can handle everything from one place and parents stay updated. Classter makes school life smoother and more connected!

Pikmykid is the leading safety and dismissal platform that empowers schools to simplify dismissal, engage parents, and keep students safe without the need to purchase, install, or support additional hardware. Designed by former educators and parents, Pikmykid has helped more than 2,000 schools in all 50 states eliminate the busy work and vulnerabilities of dismissal so that teachers have more time to teach, admins aren’t bogged down in carpool calls, and principals can account for every student at the end of the day. And with extensive SIS integrations, Pikmykid easily fits into your schools’ existing ecosystems to make the tools you already have that much more powerful.

PowerVista RollCall is designed for vocational, professional, trade, continuing and adult education organizations. RollCall streamlines management from admissions through alumni with invoicing, certificate/ degree program tracking, finance tracking, customizable data elements/ built-in report writer/ built-in forms writer and instantly available accreditation statistics. Mix and match distance and traditional classroom learning. Install RollCall on your office network server with access via network client/browser or in a remotely hosted implementation with browser access. Integrate RollCall web portals to provide web browser access to students and prospects for on-line application, on-line registration, on-line payments, grading, viewing schedule, memo transcripts and complete reporting. Integrates with Quickbooks and Moodle.

Linewize combines world leading technology with world leaders in online safety education, IT administration, teaching and student safeguarding. Our aim is to help schools, students and families develop better digital habits and better communities. Utilizing a combination of AI and a team of highly trained human moderators, it’s the most advanced K-12 student threat detection tool available. Providing cyber safety education and tools, including a parent app, to engage your school community. Providing screen and content visibility of all devices in class, including BYOD and personal devices. Linewize Monitor is the most advanced student threat detection tool in K-12, helping Districts spot at-risk students. And it's the only solution to hold all four iKeepSafe student data privacy certifications; COPPA, FERPA, CSPC, and ATLIS.

Synap is an award-winning exam platform that empowers organisations to deliver secure, online exams with ease. Save time and reduce your workload for creating, marking and analysing exams. Customise your tests with a range of multiple-choice and written question types, timers, randomising, and question bank options. Reduce cheating and maintain exam integrity by stopping copying and pasting or by proctoring the exams. In-depth data and visual reporting available for analysing how the candidate has performed, as well as a breakdown of each question performance. Easily identify the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate, along with identifying which questions need improving over time. Get started with your 14-day free trial today, with the ability to cancel any time without any long-term commitments.

Lumio is a web-based learning platform that offers more ways to effortlessly make learning fun and engaging on student devices. Whether educators have PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Notebook files, Lumio effortlessly transforms them into dynamic, engaging learning experiences on any device. Take students on an interactive journey filled with activities, games, group workspaces, formative assessments, and more, all from a single place.   Lumio is specifically designed to improve student outcomes – it’s not just fun, it works! For schools and districts looking for instructional consistency and more efficient workflows, Lumio’s Spark plan offers a library to house approved curriculum content, integration with LMS platforms, and the ability for teachers to collaborate on content for increased productivity with minimal effort. Note: Lumio was formerly known as SMART Learning Suite Online (SLSO)

Open LMS leverages open-source software to deliver an effective and engaging learning experience. As the largest commercial provider of hosting and support services for the open-source Moodle™ learning platform, we help global organizations and institutions deliver great learning experiences without complexities. One of the ways Open LMS supports learning is via our commitment to open-source learning technology. The ability to deliver educational materials on a customized, branded platform is highly appealing to companies looking to teach or train students, employees, volunteers, or customers. This opens up a flexible opportunity for your organization to adapt your open-source LMS without vendor and commitment pressure. Previously a Blackboard product, Open LMS was acquired by Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG) in March 2020.

Embark Campus provides online applications and advanced, end-to-end admissions software. In reflecting on our twenty-five years of client experience, we've developed a new platform that uses the latest technologies to provide a powerful, intuitive admissions experience. Embark offers superior scalability, performance, and customization. With Embark Campus, users can manage every stage of the application process to attract and enroll their ideal incoming class. Our application software has helped our clients with recruiting, accepting online applications, running an online review, enrolling and onboarding, and integrating with data systems. Our platform's flexibility has allowed us to power more than 16 million online applications to various institution types including Schools, Undergraduate, Graduate, Scholarships, Music, and Study Abroad. We look forward to connecting with your organization, and welcoming you to the Embark Campus family!