Classe365 vs Sentral

Classe365 is a cloud-based education management platform covering students from admissions through graduation and alumni engagement. Its modules include enrolment CRM, student information, learning management, fees and invoicing, finance and accounting, e-commerce, fundraising, degree audit, and alumni. Listed capabilities also include attendance tracking, a gradebook, a parent portal, fee management, and admissions and enrollment. The service runs on the web, with native iOS and Android apps for student portal access; its REST API v2 provides programmatic access to institutional data such as students, classes, sessions, and departments. Integration guides cover Google Workspace, Google Classroom, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks Online, Mailchimp, Zoom, Zapier, and other services. Core Modules for 1–100 students costs $100 a month, billed monthly. The 15-day trial includes all modules and requires no credit card. Pricing is based on student numbers. Classe365 was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in St Ives, New South Wales, Australia.

Sentral is a cloud-based school management platform for administration, online learning, and student management. It serves government, independent, specialised, and multi-campus schools, bringing administrative, wellbeing, finance, and engagement tools together. Schools can manage profiles, enrolments, health records, activity permissions, transport, classes, attendance, and wellbeing. Finance functions include online payments, configurable fees and discounts, reporting, and links with Xero and Microsoft Dynamics. Teachers have an app for attendance and wellbeing tasks. Parents can use an app or browser portal for notices, teacher messages, absences, payments, and interview bookings, depending on what their school enables; students can view timetables, attendance, notices, and learning tasks. Sentral describes open integrations and flexible APIs, and says schools can configure more than 35 modules. It is available on Android, iOS, web, and API. Sentral says it is ISO 27001 certified and uses encrypted cloud storage. Demographic management is available to independent schools only. Pricing is available through demo and enquiry links, with no public subscription price stated.