Klasstra vs Sentral

Klasstra is a school and college management platform for institutional operations and learning-related administration. Its modules cover student lifecycle records, parent management, courses, timetables, grade books, exams, attendance, and admissions and enrollment. Communication with parents, students, and staff can use email, SMS, push notifications, announcements, and a parent portal. Native iOS and Android apps are listed for parents, teachers, and administrators, with offline support. Integrations include Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, Canvas LMS, Salesforce, Zoom, Slack, and AWS Services; RESTful APIs, SDKs, and webhooks are also available. Klasstra states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest using AES-256, with MFA, audit logging, role-based access, and daily backups. Its listed compliance status includes SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR and FERPA compliance; ISO 27001 is in progress. A 21-day full-feature trial is available without a credit card. Annual plans start at ₹9,999/year; Starter allows up to 300 students. Message credits for WhatsApp and SMS are extra, and biometric setup has a one-time fee of ₹500 per device.

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.