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Free school ERP software · India

Free school ERP software, actually free.

Search "free school ERP software" and almost every result is a free tier of a paid product: capped student counts, features held back, or a "free forever" plan that quietly narrows once your school is dependent on it. Kindred is different in one specific, checkable way: there is no paid tier at all. Every school runs the same product, whether it has 40 students or 4,000.

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The fastest way to tell "free" from "free tier": ask the vendor what happens at 500 students, or ask for the pricing page for tier 2. If there's a tier 2, it's freemium, not free. That's not a criticism of freemium, it's a legitimate model, but it's worth knowing which one you're evaluating before you build a term's workflows on top of it.

What "free" means for Kindred, specifically

Free vs open source vs freemium: what you're actually comparing

Searches for "free school ERP" turn up all three, and they solve different problems. Worth being precise before you pick one.

ModelWhat it actually meansWhat it costs you instead of money
Open source (self-hosted)Code is public; your school or an IT vendor installs, hosts and secures itServer costs, a person who maintains it, security patching, backups
FreemiumFree tier capped by student count or features; paid tiers above itMigration risk when you outgrow the free tier mid-year
Genuinely free, hostedOne tier, fully hosted, no self-hosting required (Kindred's model)Nothing recurring; evaluate the vendor's own sustainability instead

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What Kindred covers

Questions worth asking any "free" school ERP vendor

  1. Is there a paid tier, and what triggers moving into it?
  2. Does the free plan cap student count, staff accounts, or storage?
  3. Is bus tracking, fee collection or parent messaging behind a paid add-on?
  4. Where is the data hosted, and is the product DPDPA-compliant?
  5. Is student or parent data used to fund the free tier, via ads or data sharing?
  6. Can you export everything, in full, if you leave?

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Where Kindred is used

Bengaluru Mysore Mangalore Shimoga Udupi & Manipal Karnataka India-wide

Frequently asked questions

Is Kindred actually free, or is there a paid tier later?

Actually free. No licence fee, no per-student charge, no setup fee, and no paid tier that features get moved behind later. Full pricing commitment →

What's the catch, how does Kindred make money?

No ad model, no data-selling model. Kindred is early and optimising for schools using it well, not for revenue today.

Is free school ERP software the same as open source school ERP software?

No. Open source means self-hosted, usually by your own IT team. Kindred is free and fully hosted, so there's no server to run.

Is Kindred DPDPA-compliant and India-hosted?

Yes. Full security detail →

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About a working day to set up, alongside whatever you're using now.

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