Bloomz vs Schoolkit

Bloomz is a K-12 school platform for communication, translation, attendance, behavior and social-emotional learning, forms, and school websites. It supports two-way messages and alerts through its app, email, SMS, and voice, and says its full interface is translated into more than 250 languages. Bloomz lists student information system integrations and single sign-on options including Clever, PowerSchool, and ClassLink. It describes its audience as K-12 schools and districts, including multilingual families, and is available on desktop and as iPhone and Android apps. Bloomz says every tier is free for teachers and families, while its help center also describes a Teacher Free tier limited to one class. Paid plans are listed at $3 a year for Essentials, $5 a year for Premium, $7 a year for Complete, and $11 a year for 360. These are starting rates, annual minimums may apply, and exact quotes depend on enrollment and selected modules. Bloomz states it is FERPA and COPPA compliant, iKeepSafe certified, and uses encryption in transit and at rest. It says its cloud hosting uses SOC 2-certified infrastructure from AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Schoolkit connects school districts with families through websites, mobile apps, messaging, and digital displays. Publishing website content can also send it to apps, displays, SMS, email, social media, or other listed channels. Website tools include intelligent search, media management, instant translation, single sign-on, accessibility, and calendars. Branded iOS and Android apps provide push notifications, Google Translate, and SMS fallback. Mass notifications support automated phone calls, SMS, email, app push, and attendance alerts; calls can use a recording or Amazon Polly text-to-speech, with the school number shown as caller ID. Digital displays can show announcements, news, calendar reminders, date and weather, and block rotations. Integrations include Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra single sign-on, calendars, forms, sheets, slides, YouTube, and related services. Schoolkit Helper guides publishing, while a Support Portal serves designated staff. The company describes Canadian ownership and hosting, with launch, upgrades, security, accessibility, troubleshooting, and support. Pricing is on request.