Prime Timetable vs Tes Timetable

Prime Timetable provides automatic and manual timetabling for schools, universities, and similar institutions. Users can schedule multiple weeks at flexible times, move timetable cards in master and individual views, and divide classes into groups for electives. Its generator can account for pinned cards and forbidden time slots, then optimize teacher and student loads, gaps, room use, and building moves. Timetables can be customized, accessed from any device, printed as master or individual schedules, and exported to formats and apps. Data can be imported by copy and paste. The maker says timetables are backed up every 24 hours and the service is used in over 120 countries. The free plan is for evaluation and includes a web app for all devices, premium support, and a 30-day trial period; it requires an internet connection. Commercial plans enable offline work. Basic is for small and medium schools with up to 40 teachers, while Premium is for larger and campus schools with up to 100 teachers. Both commercial plans offer a web app and premium support, with pricing dependent on the selected plan duration.

Tes Timetable creates and adjusts school schedules, including complex timetables, using automated scheduling or manual allocations. It can identify teacher and room clashes, help resolve them, adapt to staffing changes, and assign student subject choices. Schools can fine-tune schedules to their requirements, manage flexible working requests, and make supplementary timetables for student groups with needs outside regular activities. Premium and Premium Plus include Choice, an online class-selection portal that supports electives with prerequisites and multiple streams, balancing lines with room and staffing data. Those packages also include Daily, which provides temporary timetabling for staff absences, automated communications, and SMS and email notifications. Tes says the product integrates with more than 70 systems, including Compass, Sentral, Arbor, and iSams. The product is available on web and Windows. The E10 desktop application requires a native 64-bit Windows 10 or later PC; macOS is not supported for E10. Pricing is on request, and the Australian product page offers a free demo.