HighFive Classroom vs Merit

HighFive Classroom is a behavior-support platform for schools, available on Android and the web. It gives educators data-driven classroom-management strategies, including Educator Support Tips for responding to situations in the moment. Teachers can log behavior quickly to request support, while the product’s progressive logical discipline approach is intended to hold students accountable, repair harm, and help them return to learning. School leaders receive real-time views of referrals, support requests, and behavior trends. HighFive describes working with schools, classrooms, students, and districts, and links to Connection Curriculum resources. Classwide check-ins are described as taking educators less than three minutes. Separate sign-in routes are provided for teachers and administrators. The company is based in Beech Grove, Indiana, and identifies Nathan Maynard as founder and CEO and co-founder. Pricing is paid and available on request. Incident tracking is listed, and Clever Instant Login is supported through the Highfive SSO (Dev) listing.

Merit is a web-based PBIS platform from Eduverse, Ltd. for K–12 students, teachers, staff, administrators, and districts. It combines recognition, office referrals, and student jobs in one system. Staff can award behavior-specific points to individual students or whole classes, with recognition categories set by school, grade level, or PBIS tier. Students browse school or classroom stores and request items; staff approve requests before points are used. Staff can post classroom or school responsibilities for students to apply for or assign directly. Administrators review and resolve office discipline referrals in Merit. District reporting shows recognition and referral trends by building, grade, teacher, or behavior, with daily, weekly, or monthly email schedules. Staff access Merit through a modern browser on a laptop, desktop, or tablet. Merit says data is hosted in the United States, encrypted in transit with TLS and at rest with AES-256, and stored on SOC 2 Type II infrastructure with automated daily backups. Pricing is on request.