Aeries SIS vs Wisenet

Aeries SIS is a student information system for K–12 district operations and student data management. It includes a Teacher Gradebook and Student Portal, with records covering attendance, behavior, grades, schedules, transcripts, graduation tracking, interventions, health, and student services. Reporting capabilities include CALPADS and PEIMS submissions, state reporting, health records, and disciplinary records. Listed integrations include Canvas, ClassLink, Clever, Ed-Fi, Google Classroom, and Microsoft products. Parent and student Mobile Portal apps are available for iOS and Android; the system supports current Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, as well as Chromebooks. Aeries says its cloud-hosted service runs on AWS and describes encryption, firewalls, secure transfer protocols, audits, and automatic backups. It also says districts retain ownership of and access to their cloud data, and that it follows open standards for portability and synchronization as an Ed-Fi Alliance member. Pricing is available on request. Districts maintaining their own infrastructure need Microsoft Server operating systems.

Wisenet is a cloud-based Learning Relationship Management platform for education and training organisations. Its Management product covers admissions, enrolments, learner progress, results, certification, compliance reporting, timetables and attendance. Sales+ provides course publishing, enquiry and application forms, pipeline tools, online payments, digital signatures and automated application handling. eLearning supports course delivery, assessments, quizzes, automated grading and learner access management. Marketplace connectors include Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle, Xero, SurveyMonkey and BI; Wisenet also offers an API, and eLearning integrates with Office 365 and G Suite. Management lists two-factor authentication, single sign-on, role-based permissions, audit logs and AWS hosting. The platform is available on web, Android and iOS. Wisenet names vocational and higher education providers, short course providers, corporate training and international institutions as customer groups. Listed prices include eLearning Connector Standard at A$160 a month and Management Starter at A$290 a month. Paid products have a minimum initial two-year subscription term, prices are exclusive of VAT, and some plans meter active learners.