AlbertPlus vs CourseDeck

AlbertPlus is a free, open-source platform for NYU students planning courses, building schedules and tracking degree progress. Its web app is the main course-planning interface, and a browser extension connects with NYU’s Albert website. Students can browse course and program information, check class availability and create schedules. The web app can parse an uploaded degree progress report PDF in the browser, extract completed courses and grades, and compare them with program requirements. Parsing occurs client-side, so the academic record is not sent to the server; extracted course information is stored in Convex under the authenticated user’s ID. AlbertPlus gathers course and offering data from NYU’s public catalog and Albert public class search, including possible instructor, location, meeting-time, section-status and corequisite details. Clerk handles sign-in and sessions, Convex supplies backend services, and scraping runs on Cloudflare Workers. The feature section is marked WIP, and the repository uses the MIT License.

CourseDeck is a web-based scheduling and registration workspace for studios and learning programs. It supports visual weekly and term-based schedules with room and teacher details, while class pages can display schedules, ages, availability, trial options, and registration information. Pages can be shared through Google, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, email, or a website. The workspace indicates which classes are full or nearly full and tracks waitlist interest for follow-up. Its intended users include dance studios, tutoring programs, music schools, fitness studios, art schools, language schools, after-class programs, and learning academies. CourseDeck describes itself as a business-to-business SaaS platform. The free Starter plan allows 25 active students, one location, and one admin; paid plans start at $39/mo. Listed security measures include row-level database security, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, role-based access, monitoring, and audit logging. Primary data hosting and processing occur in the United States unless otherwise agreed in writing. Paddle handles payments as merchant of record, and CourseDeck says it does not store or process card information.