OpenEduCat vs SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder

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.

SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder is a free web tool that creates exam schedules from subjects, classes, rooms, and dates. Its automatic timetable generation checks for clashes involving student groups, teachers, and rooms. Room assignments use capacity so groups fit the spaces allocated to them. The tool currently schedules fixed morning periods from 9:00–11:00 and afternoon periods from 13:00–15:00. Completed timetables can be exported as PDF wall charts, Excel spreadsheets, or raw JSON. Generation runs entirely in the browser, and information is not sent to a server unless you explicitly save it. Subjects, groups, rooms, and date ranges can be kept in browser local storage. After the initial page load, the tool works fully offline. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to 20 subjects, up to 10 rooms, and two time slots per day. SchoolKit identifies administrators, teachers, department heads, principals, and school IT coordinators as users.