Rally Analytics Platform vs Synap

Rally Analytics Platform is a web platform that unites student data for educators. It combines assessment and screener results with student information system records such as attendance, behavior, and course grades, plus surveys about well-being and the learning environment. Rally provides continuously updating predictions of each student’s end-of-year state assessment result. Educators can create student groups, assign targeted interventions, invite colleagues to co-manage them, and track notes and progress over time. Using the Ed-Fi data standard, the platform integrates district data sources, and groups can use prepopulated district information without manual uploads or data entry. Access depends on district identity management and student information systems, with automatic role-based security and school- or district-level access options. Education Analytics describes the data pages as requiring low to no training. The product page displays SOC 2, TX-RAMP, and Ed-Fi Alliance API Consumer badges. Pricing is on request; districts and state education agencies can schedule a guided demo.

Synap is an online exam platform for authoring, delivering, proctoring, marking and analysing exams. It serves awarding bodies, universities, companies and training providers. Reusable question banks support more than 15 interactive question types, with tags for topic, skill and difficulty. Security options include lockdown, record-and-review, and live invigilation, with incidents timestamped. Objective questions can be marked instantly; written work can be routed to examiners using rubrics and moderation. Analytics include pass rates, item discrimination and KR-20 reliability. Integrations include a REST API, Zapier, webhooks, LTI 1.3 and Blackboard App Center, with LTI connections for Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard. Synap lists iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, web and extension access. Mobile apps require enabled access on Business or Enterprise plans. It states ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, GDPR compliance, TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 at rest and AWS hosting options in the EU and US. Plans start at £1,200 per year, with a 14-day trial after a demo.