FET vs Tes Timetable

FET creates timetables for schools, high schools, and universities, with automatic, semi-automatic, and manual allocation modes. Its time and room constraints can account for teacher and student availability, preferred times and rooms, gaps, working hours, and changes between rooms or buildings. It accepts flexible XML input and imports CSV; completed schedules can be exported as HTML, XML, or CSV. The maker states algorithm limits of 500,000 activities, 30,000 student subgroups, 30,000 rooms, and 30,000 buildings. FET runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, with no stated usage limits. The maker provides a forum and documentation, including manuals, instructions, tips, and frequently asked questions. Listed third-party tools convert FET XML results to Microsoft Excel or bring FET-compatible timetables into RosarioSIS. The maker also says it may help institutions with custom variants for changes that are not too difficult, or advise on how to implement them. Stated generation times range from under five minutes for simpler schedules to hours for extremely difficult ones.

Tes Timetable creates and adjusts school schedules, including complex timetables, using automated scheduling or manual allocations. It can identify teacher and room clashes, help resolve them, adapt to staffing changes, and assign student subject choices. Schools can fine-tune schedules to their requirements, manage flexible working requests, and make supplementary timetables for student groups with needs outside regular activities. Premium and Premium Plus include Choice, an online class-selection portal that supports electives with prerequisites and multiple streams, balancing lines with room and staffing data. Those packages also include Daily, which provides temporary timetabling for staff absences, automated communications, and SMS and email notifications. Tes says the product integrates with more than 70 systems, including Compass, Sentral, Arbor, and iSams. The product is available on web and Windows. The E10 desktop application requires a native 64-bit Windows 10 or later PC; macOS is not supported for E10. Pricing is on request, and the Australian product page offers a free demo.