OpenCurriculum vs Sofia
OpenCurriculum
opencurriculum.orgSofia
sofiacurriculum.comSide by side
| Figure | OpenCurriculum | Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | £0.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 14 | 2 |
| Spec score · Curriculum Management Software | 8.6 (#2) | 7.3 (#17) |
| Headquarters | Sacramento, California, USA | York, England, UK |
| Integrations | The plan matrix lists Google Drive and Google Calendar integration, while district pages also mention Dropbox links and LMS use. | Sofia can integrate with student information, timetabling, assessment management, and virtual learning environments. |
| Intended users | The listed plans target individual teachers or curriculum designers, small schools and departments, schools and colleges, and larger school districts or university clusters. | Sofia is presented for curriculum planners, administrators, educators, managers, and students at universities. |
| Purpose | OpenCurriculum is a curriculum planning tool for creating lessons and units using a library of ready-to-go ideas and an editor. | Sofia is an interactive curriculum mapping tool designed to map complex curricula for universities. |
| Support | Teacher and Team plans list general inquiry support; School lists three-business-day email support; Network lists priority support. | The licence fee includes access to a service desk and help pages, and Sofia purchases include 12 consultancy days to help with setup. |
Plans
OpenCurriculum
- FreeFree
- TeacherFree
- TeacherFree
- TeamFree
- TeamFree
- School$5 a month
- School$5 a month
- Personal$15 a month
- Bronze implementation$500, paid once
- District$1,250 a month
In their own words
OpenCurriculum
OpenCurriculum is a curriculum planning tool for creating lessons and units with an editor and a library of teaching materials. Its library includes hundreds of lessons, strategies, activities, formative assessments, discussion questions, and worksheets contributed by teachers, researchers, and publishers. Plans can be viewed by course, unit, or lesson in planner, calendar, and semester or academic-term views. A standards picker supports national and state standards as well as school-created learning targets. Sharing permissions, department or PLC Groups, Libraries for organizing materials, and school-wide search support collaboration. The plan comparison lists Google Drive and Google Calendar integrations, along with reporting on standards, planning processes, vocabulary, learning objectives, and assessments. School leaders can use custom templates, learning outcomes, course catalogs, and activity templates. The free Teacher plan is for one user and up to 10 courses; the free Team plan supports up to 10 users and 50 courses. School costs $5 per user per month with a 10-user minimum and unlimited courses. Network pricing is custom. OpenCurriculum describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.