AB Tutor vs Anchor
AB Tutor
abtutor.com
Anchor
plinklabs.orgSide by side
| Figure | AB Tutor | Anchor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €24/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Classroom Management Software | 8.3 (#6) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Integrations | Cloud 10 lists Azure/Entra ID, Active Directory, and Google Workspace Classroom integrations, including importing user groups. | The teacher page names Microsoft 365, Smartschool, and GeoGebra as selectable bundles; sign-in uses existing school Microsoft accounts. |
| Purpose | AB Tutor is classroom management software for schools, universities, teachers, administrators, trainers, and network managers. | Anchor lets a teacher run a classroom focus session where student Windows laptops enforce an allowlist of apps and websites, with off-list activity shown live on a dashboard. |
| Support | Support is free for Cloud or Server customers and covers installation and running the software; the maker says it cannot advise on wider environment-specific configuration, security, and network management. | The maker directs users to GitHub issues for product questions and says there is no support ticket queue. |
Plans
AB Tutor
- AB Tutor Cloud 10Price not published
- AB Tutor On-PremisesPrice not published
Anchor
- AnchorFree
- Anchor softwareFree
- Azure hosting estimate€24 a month
- Azure hosting estimate with larger database€43 a month
In their own words
Anchor
Anchor is classroom software for schools using managed or bring-your-own-device Windows laptops. A teacher starts a focus session for a class, selects allowed app and website bundles, and watches student states and off-list events on a dashboard. Microsoft 365, Smartschool, and GeoGebra are named selectable bundles, and teachers sign in with existing school Microsoft accounts. Off-list apps are set aside rather than closed; off-list Microsoft Edge pages show a block page with an access-request option. Anchor provides activity monitoring, web filtering, and device controls, but no live screen view or behavior tracking. It observes activity only during an active teacher-started session. During that session, the extension sends off-allowlist visits, unblock requests, integrity signals, and liveness heartbeats to the school backend. Each school runs a single-tenant backend in its own Azure subscription. Anchor is GPL-3.0 licensed, self-hostable, and publicly auditable. It is free, with no licence fee or per-seat charge, though Azure hosting costs may apply.