Enrole vs OpenEduCat

Enrole handles registration, payments, communications, and reporting for continuing education and workforce development programs. Its branded course catalog supports self-service enrollment and online payments, including promo codes and group rates. Staff can organize categories, sections, schedules, capacity limits, and waitlists, while students can access certificates, track CEUs and clock hours, and review unofficial transcripts and grades. Instructors can view rosters, record attendance, submit grades, issue CEUs, and manage course materials. Integrations include real-time connections and roster synchronization for Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L Brightspace, plus built-in Ellucian Student integration for Banner and Colleague. PeopleSoft and other systems can connect through Informer's API. Enrollment, payment, and student-record data can feed dashboards, reporting, and AI-powered analysis through Informer BI & Analytics. The web product is intended for continuing education, workforce development, contract training, community programs, professional development, and lifelong learning. Pricing is on request; managed-services plans range from free to $14,400 a year.

OpenEduCat is a modular education platform for institutions, available through cloud hosting or on-premise deployment. Institutions can select modules and add more as needed, with no per-student fees. Its systems connect student information with admissions, fees, library, hostel, and other institutional functions; the SIS supports real-time collaboration around student data. Community Edition supports standards and sign-on options including SCORM, xAPI, LTI 1.3, SAML, Shibboleth, OAuth2, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. The platform also lists assessments, certificates, API access, and Android and iOS apps. Its Free Edition has no learner cap or time limit, although capacity depends on hardware. The Free Edition uses the LGPL-3.0 license, with source code public on GitHub; institutions own their data and can self-host without student limits or license call-home. Self-hosting can use Linux, Python 3.10+, and PostgreSQL 14+. A 15-day trial is offered without a credit card. The listed Core plan is $489 a year, and the site lists a No Refund Policy.