Cost of School Management Software: Coping with contemporary issues through traditional methods is always a challenging task for educational institutes. Almost every industry is now moving towards digitalization to experience a positive 360-degree change in their business. Similarly, educational institutes are also opting for management software to manage the school effectively. Any school can choose feasible school software packages by connecting with an educational software provider in today’s era.
Now, school management software becomes a need more than a want for educational institutes. From imposing discipline and tracking students’ performance to teaching and management issues, school management software is a one-stop solution for every hurdle. But how much does the cost of school management software? Evaluating this cost can be a bit tricky.
Any school management software cost varies depending upon the features, the number of students, the school’s size, and the educational technology provider you selected. Therefore, it’s a bit challenging to provide an exact cost of school management software. However, this blog comes up with evaluating the cost based on the packages of reliable technology providers. So let’s explore.
Before evaluating the cost, it is essential to know the benefits and the ROI it provides to your institute. School management software is designed to solve the significant administrative task, admission hurdles, and managing difficulties. It provides transparency and makes everything at your fingertips. This means that you can manage, monitor, and track everything within a click.
The top benefits you gain by using school management software are as follows.
The benefits, as mentioned earlier, enable you to centralize the school system, improve education standards, and enhance flexibility. From calculating the payment to changing the timetables and tracking transport, you get a high return on investment. But what’s the exact cost? Let’s know below.
There are various ways to calculate cost of school management software in Pakistan. Depending upon your school needs, you can easily calculate the prices as per the different cost methods discussed below.
Some school administrators prefer one time charges for their school management software cost. They prefer to pay the entirety of the whole setup cost, which is ultimately more expensive than any other amount. The average one-time charges are between 150000 PKR to 200000 PKR inclusive of one-time setup cost.
There are numerous school vendors like Edusuite, Quick schools that calculate the cost according to the number of students you teach. The average per-student price starts from 50PKR to 200 PKR. Sometimes it is for per monthly basis while sometimes yearly. The basic per-student cost is 20PKR per month.
Some of the vendors offer a month to month plan that caters to school administrators‘ monthly needs. Despite setup cost, theses month to month plan also varies according to the number of students you have in school.
The standard package per student per month starts from 20PKR, while the average professional package cost 25 PKR per student per month. However, the most expensive enterprise package costs 50pkr per student per month.
Various vendors also provide flexibility by offering per year charges to their users. The minimum yearly charges for the standard package starts from 20 thousand PKR. While the professional package charges start from 35 thousand per year.
There are three basic packages offered by different vendors, such as EduSuite, Quick School, etc. Each vendor provides various features & benefits to the users. However, the general benefits & features of each package are as follows.
The standard package refers to the most basic package designed for the low-grade schools having a minimum of 199 students in the institute. The standard per student charges of this package is anywhere between 20PKR to 157.56 PKR.
This professional package is specially designed for schools having more than 200 students in their institute. The professional package provides extra features to tackle contemporary issues effectively. This package costs 25pkr to 237.3 PKR per student per month.
This one-stop solution for your school needs has an average price of 50pkr/student/month offered by Edusuite providers. While on the other hand, a quick school charges 475.86pkr/student/month. This enterprise package manages all the administrative tasks effectively.
How to Calculate School Management System Cost?
The Formula for Calculating school management system cost is as follows.
Per student per month cost= 157.56 PKR
Total No. of students’ x 157.56 = hence you will get a monthly cost for your software.
Total No. of students’ x 157.56 x 12 = you will get a yearly cost of school management software.
Irfan Nasir