Synap vs Unizin Data Platform
Synap
synap.acUnizin Data Platform
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| Figure | Synap | Unizin Data Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £100/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Education Analytics Software | 8.0 (#4) | 6.8 (#18) |
| Audience | Synap describes its platform as serving awarding bodies, universities, companies and training providers. | The platform is designed for higher education institutions using learning data to support advising, institutional research, business intelligence, and research. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Leeds, United Kingdom | Austin, Texas, United States |
Plans
Synap
- Standard£1,200 a year
- Pro£3,500 a year
- Business£8,000 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Synap
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.
Unizin Data Platform
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