Akari vs Toddle

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.

Toddle is a teaching and learning platform for K–12 schools, with tools for curriculum planning, assessment, classroom operations, and school management. Planning supports unit, lesson, and weekly plans, curriculum mapping, and analytics. Assessments and Gradebook cover standards- or score-based assessment, multimodal feedback, grading, and student performance analytics. Toddle AI provides assistance with curriculum design, assignments, grading, feedback, progress reports, and writing, as well as AI tutors. Class Operations includes attendance, timetables, and a calendar; other modules address behaviour and accreditation management. Toddle lists more than 50 integrations, including SIS platforms, Google and Microsoft tools, Zoom, Clever, and Turnitin, and says it syncs data both ways with named SIS products. The platform runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Paid pricing is tailored to school needs and tiered by user count, with no numeric plan prices listed. Schools and districts can request a free trial, typically lasting 2–3 weeks, with access to all features, setup assistance, and team training.