Atlas vs OpenCurriculum
Atlas
onatlas.comOpenCurriculum
opencurriculum.orgSide by side
| Figure | Atlas | OpenCurriculum |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $41.67/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 14 |
| Spec score · Curriculum Management Software | 9.4 (#1) | 8.6 (#2) |
| Collaboration | Comments and discussions can be attached to courses, units and reports for curriculum collaboration. | The platform supports likes, replies, discussion threads, notifications, and shared curriculum communication. |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, United States | Sacramento, California, USA |
| Integrations | The feature page lists sign-in with Google, Office 365, Clever, or school ADFS, plus ManageBac, Google Classroom, LTI platforms such as Canvas and Schoology, and ClassLink. | The plan matrix lists Google Drive and Google Calendar integration, while district pages also mention Dropbox links and LMS use. |
| Purpose | Atlas is an online curriculum planning, assessment, and reporting platform for public, independent, and international schools. | OpenCurriculum is a curriculum planning tool for creating lessons and units using a library of ready-to-go ideas and an editor. |
| Standards alignment | Atlas lets schools align units and assessments to a large standards library and track standards taught and assessed. | A standards picker supports national or state standards and school-created learning targets for aligning plans. |
| Support | Atlas support is provided by former teachers and education professionals through email and phone, with a Portland, Oregon support office. | Teacher and Team plans list general inquiry support; School lists three-business-day email support; Network lists priority support. |
| What it does | Atlas is a curriculum planning, lesson planning, assessment and reporting platform for public, independent and international schools. | OpenCurriculum provides web-based K–12 lesson, unit, course planning, curriculum mapping, standards alignment, and resource sharing. |
Plans
Atlas
- StandardsFree
- Public Atlas Site$500 a year
- Premium Support$650 a year
- Core Atlas subscriptionPriced on request
OpenCurriculum
- FreeFree
- TeacherFree
- TeacherFree
- TeamFree
- TeamFree
- School$5 a month
- School$5 a month
- Personal$15 a month
- Bronze implementation$500, paid once
- District$1,250 a month
In their own words
OpenCurriculum
OpenCurriculum is a curriculum planning tool for creating lessons and units with an editor and a library of teaching materials. Its library includes hundreds of lessons, strategies, activities, formative assessments, discussion questions, and worksheets contributed by teachers, researchers, and publishers. Plans can be viewed by course, unit, or lesson in planner, calendar, and semester or academic-term views. A standards picker supports national and state standards as well as school-created learning targets. Sharing permissions, department or PLC Groups, Libraries for organizing materials, and school-wide search support collaboration. The plan comparison lists Google Drive and Google Calendar integrations, along with reporting on standards, planning processes, vocabulary, learning objectives, and assessments. School leaders can use custom templates, learning outcomes, course catalogs, and activity templates. The free Teacher plan is for one user and up to 10 courses; the free Team plan supports up to 10 users and 50 courses. School costs $5 per user per month with a 10-user minimum and unlimited courses. Network pricing is custom. OpenCurriculum describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.