Customer Purchasing Insights for School Management Software

SoftwareSuggest is India’s largest software discovery & recommendation platform. We provide free consultation on software, and help SMEs them select the right software. As a part of our business, we collect customer requirements, which when analysed can serve the industry with deep insights.

Keeping the same in context, we are introducing SoftwareSuggest insights. In our first research, we have profiled the school management software industry and have answered the following questions based on our data.

  • What features buyers look for in school software?
  • What is the budget of school management software buyers?
  • Preferable type of software- web based VS the installation based?
  • Geographical spread of school management software buyer?
  • Who is the decision maker?
  • Spread of software purchases over the year?

What were the features customers looked at while purchasing the school management software?

There are several important factors which prospective buyers investigate for a smart school management software decision. Here are some of the top factors considered while purchasing school management software-

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First Time Buyers Vs Customer Upgrading their Software

20% of the customers were existing users and were looking for an upgrade. We found following reasons for upgrading the software

  • Customers were not satisfied with the service from smaller players and wanted to move to software companies focused on school management software
  • Their software did not have the latest features, and wanted to move to complete ERP system,

80% of the customers were the first generation buyers looking to solve a long-standing problem with new technology.

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Web Based VS Installation Based Software

Currently, there are more installation based users then web based. For new purchased, we found 59% were indifferent between web based or installation software, whereas 11% of users wanted to go with SaaS based software and 20% with installation based software. Here is an infographic to help you select the right the right school management software.

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What is the budget ?

Schools and Institutes who go with installation based software look at spending between Rs 10,000 to Rs 2,00,000 . Majority of buyers (60%) preferred the budget upto Rs 50,000.installation busget2

For the SaaS, budget flows from Rs 7/student/month to Rs 15 student/month. Buyer’s found SaaS as cost efficient and user friendly. Majority of SaaS based users – 42% prefer the budget upto Rs.7/Student/Month.Web based budget2

Size of School in terms of number of students

Largest group of software buyer where school with around 1000 students. They formed 32% of the requirements we received. The table shows the strength of school in terms of students that came looking for school software.

Number of students Software buyers (%)
Below 200 12
200 – 500 27
500 – 1000 32
1000 – 2000 16
2000 – 5000 9
5000 + 4

Software Buyer’s Geographical Spread:

Maharashtra is the state with maximum number of buyers (12%) for school software management software. The other stages with higher number of software buyer were Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

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Do Seasonal time affect?

The answer is yes, it does effect. The software sales are around the time of admissions. Eventually it decreases during midterms and then starts increasing during final terms.

Sales closure seasonal

As we know school admissions generally takes place from June & July but for the sake of better precautions school do buy the software from earlier stage i.e. from the end terms (March). You can see the highest purchase rate of buying school management software in March. Also the sales goes down around October.

Who’s shopping for School Management Software?

We found mainly three types of people who are generally involved in taking the decision to purchase the School Management Software- Management, Principals and IT In charge or administrators.

softwareusercategory3The report has been generated from the data collected by my team, do write us comments or email us with suggestions on the report.

Find the list of top school management software with software demo video, comparison reports, screenshots, features and many more available to help you select the right software.

 

List of 20 #Madeinindia School Management Software

Managing and handling the activities of schools manually is considered to be a painful task. Each and every department is important to be handled in order to ensure its proper functioning like a MNC. A Software technology can help you administer entire institute by providing a detailed as well as summarised reports of all students as well as staff.

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Our team has done an extensive research on the subject and here we list below (in alphabetical order) some of the most popular School Management software in India:

Applane

Applane a simple, easy-to-use & integrated cloud-based school ERP software is committed to streamline all your institutional functions at a fraction of the cost. It is highly customizable product design, equipped with advanced modules and features like students attendance tracking via SMS/Email alerts, generate report card according to multiple patterns(including CCE),streamlined admission process etc.

ClockErp

ClockErp is a cloud based as well as installation based software integrated with android and iOS apps. Clock ERP provides solution to student, administration, financial management and other related functions. It allows user to customize ClockErp according to their needs. ClockERP is simple and have appealing user interface with secure, reliable and decently arranged modules.

Edifice

Edifice is online school management and campus automation software by Edusoft based in Kolkata. It facilitates the management of School’s Academic process, Student data, and Office management including Payroll, library and Accounts. For Edifice, no special or unusual requirements are needed. Any Standard PC with LAN, Windows OS or WAN IP based network would be sufficient.

Edsine

An online school management and administration system software developed by Idleminds technologies. Edsine provides various features like multilingual support covering more than 60 languages and any new language can be easily configured and can be made available. It provides single click power search on all modules and web, Email/SMS alerts, chat between students, teachers and parents and open connectors for customizing the software behaviour.

EduERP

EduERP is a configurable web based Institute management software solution by Accusol Technologies Pvt Ltd. It is a Complete ERP based school information system with modules like Student Management System, Front Desk Management, Campus Management System and Administration Management. It has a modular structure that integrates with RFID technology, Biometric sensors and Smart Cards.

Eduflex

Eduflex Campus Management system provides both online as well as offline based architecture within and outside Campus.  Eduflex integrates all departments, students, alumni, faculty and other stakeholders. It is simple to use with excellent web interface for student access, staff access and university access. It comes up with needful features like centralised database with single sign-on, localization support, workflow alerts, Event based alerts, comprehensive data and application security.

EduWare

Eduware is a multipurpose desktop based application on client server architecture that covers entire school activities from admission process to issuing transfer certificate to the student. It is user-friendly software with database backups and allows smooth flow of information within the school administrative department.

Fedena

Fedana by Foradian technologies is a cloud based multipurpose school management software with 40000+ users worldwide. It user-friendly dashboards with login access to all the teachers, students, parent, non-teaching staff and other management body of institution. Some of the key interesting modules of Fedena are Campus News, School Calendar management & Events management. Besides this it is also an excellent collaboration tool.

Go E School

Go E School is a complete school software provider by trendsetterz located at Lucknow. It is an open source school ERP software that helps to provide optimum management solutions to all the educational institutes around the globe. It is simple and efficient method of managing the educational records with an ultimate ease.

Govide

Govide is web as well as desktop based School ERP software. It offers 21 modules with enhanced reporting system. It is simple & easy-to-use interface that integrates the existing Bio-metric devices with the school ERP software.

HDschool

HDschool is a software to manage school, Institute and training center. HDschool software manages your students, fee structure, fee collection module, school stock, stationary management, suppliers, result management, library management, HR management, examination management etc. The license key available for a single computer is Rs 19000. The company gives 30 days free trial.

IOLITE

Iolite – a complete web based solution for students is developed by Shah Net Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a company with an experience in software development for more than a decade. IOLITE is a paperless school automation software solution that provides facility to carry out day-to-day activities of the school. It is a simple yet powerful one point integrated platform that connects all the department of an institution.

Jack Prodigy

Jack Prodigy is cloud based software by Ebullitent Info Systems, founded in 2010. Jack Prodigy helps to bridge the gap in communication at all levels of education management. It is a SaaS based application that is highly secured & confidential and provides user-friendly and attractive user interface. Jack Prodigy is customizable that has made the entire campus administration quite simpler with the technological advantage.

Pelagian School Accounting Software

Pelagian School Accounting software – a multi-user school management software solution with student’s master records, Fee management, Result management and Payroll management. A very simple to use and customizable, installation based software costing Rs 8033.

School Cube

School Cube is a web-based user friendly software by Triz Innovation Pvt. Ltd. It allows to administer your school and its related information through easy & attractive dashboards. It also provides CCE reporting structure, designed for CBSC board schools. School Cube is a supported ERP system that helps educators to manage, analyse and get reports of extensive real time data.

Schoolpro

Schoolpro by Third Eye Infotech Pvt Ltd is one of the leading School Management software provider in Rajasthan. Schoolpro is a feature-rich, multilingual, complete school content Management System as per CBSE schooling rules with various modules like Academic ,Fees, Examination, HR & Payroll System ,Library ,Time-Table etc. The software price starts from Rs 25000.

School Time

School time is both web based and installation based software that provides most user friendly school management system. User get features like electronic payment integrations, GPS tracking, SMS/Emails alerts, digital library, exam management and much more.

SchoolSAAS

SchoolSAAS by IFW Techno Creations Pvt Ltd located in Udaipur is a web based school management software application that runs on SaaS model. It is more cost-effective and customized as it nullifies the need to spend money on expensive servers and also additional staff for its maintenance is not required. Features like SMS/Email alerts, Bio-metric attendance machine, and mobile apps to manage whole process on fingertips helps to go a step ahead in School management system.

Web-School ERP

Web-School is an open-source ERP-software developed by Gescis technologies located in Kerala. It runs on Cloud-based system and also on demand it facilitates an offline version. It helps to monitor the overall working of your whole institution and have a control over its day-to day activities. The price are exceptionally adaptable that practically anybody can make utilization of this product.

WinEr

WinEr is a complete end-to-end school management software solution for all kinds of educational institutions. It is an integrated management system that avoids duplication of work and results into time & cost savings. It comes up with needful feature of SMS/Email alerts to parents, admission management, high security and user access control options for teachers/staff and much more.

The article has been created with the help of School Management Software analyst at SoftwareSuggest. The list is not comprehensive and you can mention as comments the software missed by us.