Comparisons
Most Indian schools are running something already — a paid per-student ERP, a half-used portal, a paper register, or a set of WhatsApp groups doing the job by accident. This page is about how to compare Kindred against whichever of those you have, without taking anybody's marketing at face value.
A note on how we do comparisons. We don't publish claims about a named vendor's current pricing, features or uptime. Those change without notice, we can't verify them from outside, and a table full of guesses about someone else's product is worth nothing to you. So we compare Kindred against what is typical of paid school ERPs in India, say "varies — check this" wherever the category genuinely varies, and give you the questions to put to your current vendor. Their answers, not ours, are the comparison.
For schools evaluating a switch away from MyClassboard.
For schools evaluating a switch away from Fedena.
For schools evaluating a switch away from CampusCare.
For schools with no ERP at all, where class groups became the system by default.
The right-hand column describes what is common across paid school ERPs in India. It is not a claim about any particular product. Where the category genuinely varies, it says so — "check this yourself" is more use to you than a tick.
| Capability | Kindred | Typical school ERP |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to the school | Free | Per-student annual licence |
| Setup / onboarding fee | None | Commonly charged |
| Features held back behind paid tiers or add-on modules | None — one version, all of it | Common |
| Cost as your enrolment grows | Unchanged | Rises with every student |
| Smallest unit you can start with | One class, about a working day | Usually a campus-wide contract |
| Annual renewal negotiation | None | Every year |
| Advertising in the app | None | Uncommon in paid ERPs |
| Parent app | The primary product | Usually a portal beside the admin system |
| Teacher attendance verified by GPS geofence | ✓ | Rare — register or biometric |
| Student attendance recorded per period | ✓ | Often once daily |
| Live bus GPS tracking | Every 15 seconds | Common, refresh rate varies |
| Bus fuel accountability per route | ✓ | Rare |
| Teacher phone numbers kept private in messaging | ✓ | Varies — worth checking |
| English, Hindi and Kannada, set per user | ✓ | Varies — worth checking |
| Data hosted in India | ✓ | Varies — ask which country |
| Data never sold, shared or used to train models | ✓ | Varies — ask for it in writing |
| Boards supported | State, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB | Varies — check yours |
These are the questions that decide whether software is working for a school. Ask them in writing, and ask us the same ones.
Feature detail: bus tracking, messaging, academic progress, health records, wellbeing.
Yes — Kindred. No licence fee, no per-student charge, no setup fee, no paid tier. Full pricing →
With Kindred you don't migrate the campus. You start with one class, roughly a working day of setup, running alongside whatever you have now. No cutover weekend, no term-boundary deadline.
Because per-student licensing is a large part of why so many Indian schools still run on paper. There's no paid tier behind a trial, no feature held back, no advertising, and no data sale.
Free, about a working day to set up, alongside whatever you're using now. The founder reads every application and replies within two working days.
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