Morocco-localised
Hijri calendar, native RTL Arabic, MAD/CMI/Payzone, MESRSFC exports, CNDP Law 09-08 compliance from day one.
Comparison · 5 platforms · 30 criteria
Educati vs Blackboard, Moodle, Open eClass.
Honest comparison for Moroccan decision makers. No marketing — only features verifiable on public sites or in a demo. Read from your institution's point of view: what changes on your applications and your enrolments.
Think a row is wrong? Tell us — we would rather correct it than defend it.
- Every row is checkable: ours in a live demo, theirs in their public documentation
- Interface and support in French, English and Arabic — Arabic in native RTL
- Prices published in dirhams on our pricing page, no quote required first
- No hidden feesWhat each plan includes is written on the pricing page
- Prices in dirhams (MAD)No currency conversion, no surprise on the invoice
- CNDP (law 09-08) compliance toolingProcessing register, retention periods, 72-hour breach notice
- Interface in French, English and ArabicEach user picks their language, Arabic in native RTL
- Commitment terms publishedYou read the term before you talk to sales
Total cost of ownership
The real cost is not the licence
Before comparing prices, compare scopes. These are the lines that decide a five-year budget — fill them in for every candidate, including us.
We do not publish a costed total-cost comparison: we have no access to other vendors' contracts. The ROI simulator works on YOUR numbers, not on theirs.
- Annual licence or subscription
- Hosting, backups and security
- Internal FTEs for maintenance and upgrades
- Modules or plug-ins billed on top
- Data migration and history recovery
- Team training and go-live support
Our edge
Why we win
Four concrete reasons competitors can't catch up to in 6 months. What that changes concretely for your institution.
Premium design
Ultra-polished gold-trim UI, premium animations, dashboards readable without training. CFOs get it in 5 minutes.
Native compliance
Accreditation workspace, time-stamped audit log and a CNDP processing register. Not an option — a foundation.
French/Arabic support
Team based in Casablanca + Rabat, in French and Arabic. You can also reach us on WhatsApp from any page of the site.
Detailed comparison
Functional comparison · 30+ criteria
Broken down by category: admissions, LMS, communication, compliance, scale, family, cost.
How to read this table: the Educati column describes what our product does today and is checkable in a demo. Competitor columns are filled in from each vendor's public documentation and may change.
Generic comparison shown. To tailor this page with criteria specific to educati, contact the marketing team.
| Feature | educati | Blackboard | Moodle | Open eClass | Teams Edu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admissions & SIS | |||||
Built-in admissions CRM | ✓ | Add-on $$ | — | — | — |
WhatsApp Business for leads | ✓ Native | — | — | — | — |
Automatic lead scoring | ✓ | Add-on | — | — | — |
100% digital application file | ✓ | Partial | Plug-in | — | — |
Native MAD payments (CMI/Payzone) | ✓ | — | Custom dev | — | — |
Instalment plans | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
LMS & Pedagogy | |||||
Relational rubrics | ✓ Native | Plug-in | Basic | Basic | — |
Built-in AI assistant | ✓ GPT-4o + Mistral | Add-on $$ | Plug-in | — | Copilot $$ |
Weighted LMD gradebook | ✓ ECTS | Custom | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Bulk grade across cohorts | ✓ | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
Built-in video conf | ✓ Embed Daily.co | Add-on | BBB plug-in | BBB plug-in | Teams native |
Forums & communities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Channels |
Communication | |||||
Multi-channel announcements | ✓ WA + email + SMS + push | Email + push | Email + Teams | ||
Official WhatsApp Business | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
Bulk SMS | ✓ | Add-on | — | — | — |
Real-time portal notifications | ✓ | Polling | Polling | Polling | ✓ |
Morocco compliance | |||||
CNDP Law 09-08 documented | ✓ Equipped DPO | Self-cert | Self-cert | Self-cert | Self-cert |
MESRSFC exports | ✓ Native pack | — | — | — | — |
ANEAQ accreditation pack | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
Hijri calendar | ✓ | Plug-in | — | — | — |
Native RTL Arabic | ✓ Production | Patch | ✓ | ✓ | Partial |
Multi-tenant & Scale | |||||
Full white-label | ✓ Domain to diploma | Limited | Theme | Theme | — |
Multi-campus | ✓ Unlimited | Custom | Sites | Sites | Tenant |
GraphQL + REST API | ✓ Unlimited | REST | REST | REST | Graph API |
Multi-tenant RLS roadmap | ✓ 2026 | — | — | — | — |
WORM audit log | ✓ University | Audit | Logs | Logs | Audit |
Family portal | |||||
Premium family portal | ✓ Native | Limited | Plug-in | — | — |
Granular parent/child permissions | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
Family self-service payments | ✓ MAD | — | — | — | — |
Cost & Commitment | |||||
Public transparent pricing | ✓ Pricing page | Sales only | Open-source | Open-source | Sales only |
No hidden licences | ✓ | Add-ons $$ | Hosting | Hosting | M365 $$ |
5-year total cost | Low | High | Mid + ops | Mid + ops | High |
What you are entitled to ask us
You wrote this comparison. Why trust it?
Don't take it on trust — check it. The Educati column can be verified row by row in a demo, with no commitment. Competitor columns come from each vendor's public documentation. If a row is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it: that costs us far less than a disappointed customer six months later.
Why don't you publish savings figures against each competitor?
Because we have no access to their contracts, and an invented number helps nobody decide. What we can do is work out YOUR current cost with you: licence, hosting, maintenance FTEs, plug-ins, migration. The ROI simulator starts from your figures, not ours.
Moodle is free. How do you justify a subscription?
Moodle is free to licence, not to run: hosting, upgrades, plug-ins, integrations and in-house skills stay on your side. Add those lines up for your own institution before comparing. If the total is still lower, keep Moodle — we will say so.
What happens to our data if we leave?
You leave with it. The platform exposes exports for students, payments and logs, and migrating your existing data in is included at onboarding. Reversibility is arranged before signature, not on the way out.
You are not an international vendor. Is that a risk?
It is a trade-off, and it deserves to be asked. What we offer in return is checkable: native Arabic RTL, dirham pricing, local payment methods, people you can reach in Morocco, and a product that moves at the pace of Moroccan regulation. What we do not claim are international references we cannot prove.
What documents do I need to apply?
The form lists what is expected as you go (transcripts, diploma or certificate, ID). You upload, you track the state of your file, and you are notified at each step.
Is a degree obtained abroad accepted?
It depends on the programme and on the equivalence procedure that applies to your qualification. Send us your exact background on WhatsApp and we will answer on your case rather than in generalities.
Are fees shown in dirhams?
Yes. Amounts, instalments and receipts are in dirhams, with no conversion.
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