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Carnegie EnGauge vs Synap

Carnegie EnGauge

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Synap

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FigureCarnegie EnGaugeSynap
Price from—£100/mo
Free plan——
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Plans published04
Spec score · Education Analytics Software6.0 (#23)8.0 (#4)
HeadquartersWestford, Massachusetts, USALeeds, United Kingdom

Plans

Carnegie EnGauge

No plans published.

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Synap

  • Standard£1,200 a year
  • Pro£3,500 a year
  • Business£8,000 a year
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Carnegie EnGauge

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Synap

Synap is an online exam platform for authoring, delivering, proctoring, marking and analysing exams. It serves awarding bodies, universities, companies and training providers. Reusable question banks support more than 15 interactive question types, with tags for topic, skill and difficulty. Security options include lockdown, record-and-review, and live invigilation, with incidents timestamped. Objective questions can be marked instantly; written work can be routed to examiners using rubrics and moderation. Analytics include pass rates, item discrimination and KR-20 reliability. Integrations include a REST API, Zapier, webhooks, LTI 1.3 and Blackboard App Center, with LTI connections for Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard. Synap lists iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, web and extension access. Mobile apps require enabled access on Business or Enterprise plans. It states ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, GDPR compliance, TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 at rest and AWS hosting options in the EU and US. Plans start at £1,200 per year, with a 14-day trial after a demo.

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