Compare Alma and Brightspace - Mar 2023

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Alma or Brightspace?

Brightspace is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Alma, and Alma is rated higher (90/100) than Brightspace (79/100). Brightspace offers users more features (7) than Alma (0).

Looking for the right School Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Alma Vs. D2L Corporation

Alma: Alma simplifies school management by bringing together administrative functions and student and classroom information in one simple, easy to use platform. Intuitive design and search reduce the time needed to complete common tasks, so administrators can quickly and easily manage courses, classes, generate reports, and monitor the status of tea...

D2L Corporation: D2L was founded in 1999 by John Baker. At the time, his engineering class was being challenged to look at the world in a new way. Instead of coming up with answers, they were asked to come up with questions—questions that nobody had really even asked. John realized that despite all the changes technology was facilitating in the world, the Univer...

Who is more expensive? Alma or Brightspace?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of School Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Alma and Brightspace.

Alma price starts at $500 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Alma is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of School Management software. Brightspace price starts at $15,000 per year , When comparing Brightspace to its competitors, the software is rated 10 - much higher than the average School Management software cost.

Bottom line: Brightspace is more expensive than Alma.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Alma Vs. Brightspace based on some of the most important and required School Management features.

Alma: We are still working to collect the list of features for Alma.

Brightspace: LMS, Communications, Blended Learning, Course Authoring, eLearning.

Target customer size

Alma School Management Software serves K-12 schools and educational institutions across the United States. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.