Shiksha vs upGrad GSP

Shiksha helps students discover and research colleges, courses, and exams for higher education in India and abroad. Its college directory includes information on admission criteria, eligibility, fees, placements, rankings, reviews, scholarships, and accepted exams. Students can compare colleges and courses, read reviews, build a shortlist, and use college or rank predictors based on exam scores and historical cutoff trends. Shiksha Assistant counselling recommends colleges using factors such as exam scores, budget, location, and profile. The mobile app adds search, comparisons, reviews, alerts, personalized recommendations, and exam resources including papers, syllabi, and dates for 600+ exams. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web, and the listed plan is free. Shiksha says its site covers more than 60,000 institutions and 375,000 courses; it separately describes its website and app as hosting information on 800+ exams, 50,000+ institutions, and 400,000+ courses. It says contact information may be shared with colleges when users express interest or are shortlisted as potential admission candidates. The Android listing says the app may share app activity and collect location, while encrypting data in transit and allowing deletion requests. Shiksha says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by a government organization.

upGrad GSP is a web-based, cloud marketplace for international student recruitment. Students can search more than 50,000 courses and receive personalized guidance from education counsellors. Recruitment partners can search, compare, shortlist, and apply for courses, while managing student records, branch offices, documents, performance information, and reports. The platform also supports application paperwork, administration, and communications, and partners can discuss student travel visa support with upGrad GSP. Institution partners can use tiered, customizable online and offline event packages that include planning and marketing collateral. Student verification checks cover academic, financial, and motivation factors. The company says institutions pay commissions only for successful enrolments and that over 1,000 universities worldwide trust the platform. Recruitment partners have a free plan at free. The service is accessed through a web login portal. Its privacy policy describes technical and organizational safeguards, risk assessments, written security policies, and hosting primarily in Singapore, with data possibly stored elsewhere.