OrgSimulator vs The Business School

OrgSimulator is a web-based business simulation for classroom teaching, focused on strategy and decision-making. Students run a jeans company through annual rounds, submitting decisions at the same time so outcomes reflect competition. Professors can assign roles across business functions. After each round, students receive cash flow, balance sheet, and income statement reports, alongside financial metrics and interactive dashboards for reviewing performance. Instructors can use built-in reports and metrics to evaluate students and provide feedback. Professor access includes teaching materials and course management tools. The free Professor Access plan costs nothing and includes unlimited platform usage. Student Access costs $50, paid once, billed for each simulation run, with interactive modules, real-time analytics per simulation, and customizable settings. The site states that it offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and invites visitors to join a waitlist for early access.

The Business School is a browser-based classroom simulation where student teams run rival firms in a shared market during one lesson. Teams decide prices, hiring, loans, VAT, crises, and deals, with the effects visible in the simulation. Each session supports 6 to 32 students across up to eight firms of three or four. Teachers can pause or resume phases, trigger a crisis, review firm activity, and display a live leaderboard. Students join using a six-digit PIN and a team label or first name, without student accounts or email addresses. They can download private reports, while the teacher receives a curriculum-mapped class report by email within 48 hours. Knowledge Check questions are listed for 23 business courses, including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC, Cambridge, BTEC, and IB courses. Session data is stored in an EU database in Frankfurt; the company says it does not sell data or use it for advertising, and teachers can end a session at any time. A free teacher demo is listed. School and trust licence prices are by quote after the pilot. The Autumn 2026 pilot cohort is full, with a waitlist open.