ACE Portfolios vs Portflow

ACE Portfolios is a web ePortfolio and assessment platform for NVQs, apprenticeships, and vocational qualifications. It is intended for training providers, colleges, and employers, and the maker says it was built by a working assessor and IQA. Assessors can review evidence beside assessment criteria, map evidence to criteria, and create reusable mapping templates for team use. A built-in recorder captures audio or video for professional discussions and observations, attaching recordings to candidate evidence. IQA sampling workflows and actions are included, along with read-only EQA access to claimed portfolios and EQA sessions. ACE lists unit structures for more than 130 qualifications from Highfield, ProQual, NOCN, ECITB, and City & Guilds, and says requested qualifications are added at no charge. Phone capture supports photos, video, and audio mapped to criteria. An optional employer portal shows selected progress in read-only form. Security features include MFA, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3, tenant isolation, and Cloudflare edge protection. Pricing is on request, with listed one-time charges.

Portflow is a student-owned learning and assessment portfolio that extends an institution’s learning management system or virtual learning environment. Students can set personal or programme goals, collect evidence from different learning contexts, organize portfolios into collections and sections, and track progress. They can request feedback from LMS users and external guests, with discussions supported by threaded comments, attachments, and recordings. For assessment, students can lock selected portfolio content into a snapshot and submit it through an LMS assignment for review in its Grader. They can also share showcase portfolios or export their contents as zipped files. Portflow integrates with Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Moodle. Its Android and iOS learner app supports photo, text, audio, and video evidence, offline capture, guest mode, and QR-code feedback; web access is also listed. Drieam offers a demo and contact options, but does not publish a price. The maker states that Portflow is GDPR compliant, LTI Advantage certified, and conforms to WCAG 2.2 level AA.