DOMjudge vs Socrative

DOMjudge is a free system that automatically evaluates programming contest submissions and provides web interfaces for teams, juries, and the public. It is designed mainly for contests such as ICPC, where teams work on site against a fixed problem set and time frame. Judging can run across multiple judge hosts, and the system is designed to scale. Administrator tools support rejudging, clarifications, and detailed submission and judging information. A modular structure allows languages or compilers to be added, while a JSON REST API implements the ICPC Contest API with extensions, except for the optional team-members endpoint. DOMjudge imports Kattis Problem Tool packages, and Polygon2DOMjudge converts Codeforces Polygon exports. You can download and run it yourself; official Docker images are available for the domserver and judgehost. The listed latest stable release is version 9.0.1, dated 11 June 2026.

Socrative is an online assessment tool for teachers, with quizzes, quick checks, automatic grading, and reports. Teachers can view learning progress live and use real-time insights to identify gaps. Students may receive an explanation or correct response after answering. Activities include in-lesson tasks, self-paced work, homework, exit tickets, polls, and team Space Races. AI tools can generate assessments, create questions from class material, and transform existing quizzes. Students join a room with a code and do not need an account. Socrative works in modern browsers on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones, as well as through Android and iOS apps. Free and Essentials rooms allow up to 50 students per activity; Pro allows up to 300. The free plan costs 0.00 USD. Essentials is $10.00 per month and Pro is $16.67 per month, both billed annually. New users who have not purchased Socrative can take a one-time 21-day trial of Essentials or Pro; it becomes paid unless cancelled before the end date. Socrative supports Google single sign-on and Google Drive report exports.