Akari vs Outcomap

Akari is curriculum management software for higher education institutions. It supports collaborative curriculum design, review, approvals, and publication, then maps teaching and assessment activities to learning outcomes and professional accreditation standards. The platform maintains curriculum versions across downstream systems serving different student cohorts. Governance features include automatic publication, CMA compliance support, evidence of pedagogy evolution, and organisational risk reduction. Integrated intelligence and visualisations support curriculum and operational management. Akari’s RESTful open APIs connect with student information systems, virtual learning environments, content management, CRM, timetabling, library systems, and data warehouses or BI tools; named integrations include SEAtS ONE, Tribal SITS, MortarCAPS, Amos, and DegreeReady. It runs in modern browsers without installation and is designed for mobile devices. Public-cloud and private-cloud deployment are available as a single-tenant service hosted in AWS. Akari states 99.5% standard uptime. The company was established in 2010 as a Cork, Ireland spin-out. Pricing is available on request.

Outcomap turns syllabi, program specifications, standards documents, and learning outcome lists into interactive curriculum maps. Its AI extracts concepts, outcomes, and relationships from supplied material to create drafts that users can revise. Maps show both hierarchical and cross-cutting connections, with search, filters, pan, and zoom for navigation. Users can rename nodes, change their types, assign groups, draw relationships, and adjust themes and styles. Maps are private by default; they can be published as public links that open without sign-in or embedded as live maps in websites, learning management systems, and content management systems. Outcomap supports accreditation frameworks including ABET, HLC, SACSCOC, WASC, CCNE, ACEN, AACSB, CAEP, QAA, and NZQA, and also allows custom frameworks. The free plan permits one map, five AI generations and edits per month, and PDFs up to five pages. Pro costs $90 a year, billed annually, and includes unlimited maps, 200 monthly AI generations and edits, public links, embedding, and priority support. Institutional pricing is custom.