Bloomz vs SchoolPost

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.

SchoolPost is a communications hub for schools, parents, staff and pupils. It combines email, SMS, secure message history, and online reply and consent forms. Schools can target messages to classes, groups, individual students, parents or staff. Staff can monitor replies and send reminders, while parents reply online, manage contact preferences, choose daily or weekly summaries and filter messages by child. A secure mailbox provides access to sensitive messages and communication history. Parents can complete forms, and schools can publish exam results online. Teachers can send SMS messages while offsite on school trips. SchoolPost integrates with existing systems and school MIS data and works with a preferred MIS/SIS provider. Firefly says setup and maintenance require very little work. The service is available on Android, iOS and web. Pricing is on request, with a demo booking offered. Firefly says student personal data is not used for marketing, and records are deleted within 30 days after customer engagement ends.