Education · head to head
Clever vs Skoolur
Clever
Education
Single sign-on and roster synchronisation between district student records and classroom applications
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Skoolur
Education
Live online tutoring for Indian school students in Classes 1 to 10
- From
- 2000/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Clever has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Clever coverage is built around United States district data models and state reporting patterns, so schools outside the United States often find their student information system unsupported and their local identity conventions unrepresented.; Skoolur covers Classes 1 to 10 only, so students entering Classes 11 and 12 must move elsewhere at exactly the point pressure peaks
- They diverge on capability: Clever covers Secure Sync, Skoolur covers Consistent teacher.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Clever and Skoolur actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Education).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Clever
- Secure Sync
- Clever portal
- Clever Badges
- Instant Login
- Clever IDM
- Application analytics
Only in Skoolur
- Consistent teacher
- Free assessment
- Multi-board coverage
- Group and one-to-one
- Free resources
- Regional languages
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Clever
- A district that has bought forty classroom applications and wants pupils to reach all of them without forty passwordsnot Skoolur
- Primary schools where pupils cannot yet type a password reliably and need badge loginnot Skoolur
- District IT that needs accounts created and revoked automatically as pupils enrol and leavenot Skoolur
- Evidencing to a board which licensed applications are used enough to justify renewalnot Skoolur
Skoolur
- Parents wanting a consistent tutor rather than a rotating poolnot Clever
- Students following an Indian board curriculum from outside Indianot Clever
- Families wanting a diagnostic assessment before committing to tuitionnot Clever
- Supplementing school teaching in specific weak subjectsnot Clever
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Clever
- Coverage is built around United States district data models and state reporting patterns, so schools outside the United States often find their student information system unsupported and their local identity conventions unrepresented.
- Because application vendors pay and districts do not, a district has no commercial leverage when a sync breaks, and support priority follows the paying side of the market.
- Rostering is a single point of failure. One bad field mapping propagates wrong class lists to every connected application at once, and unpicking it means correcting the source system and waiting for the next sync cycle.
- Sync is scheduled rather than immediate for many connections, so a pupil who transfers mid week can sit in the wrong class in several applications for a day or more.
- Ownership moved to Kahoot! in 2021 and then to a private equity consortium in 2023, so a district is now depending on infrastructure whose long term roadmap is set by investor timelines rather than by education procurement cycles.
Skoolur
- Covers Classes 1 to 10 only, so students entering Classes 11 and 12 must move elsewhere at exactly the point pressure peaks
- Group classes mean less individual attention than one-to-one, which costs substantially more
- Live scheduled classes require fixed weekly availability, unlike self-paced platforms
- Priced per subject per month, so a student needing several subjects sees the total rise quickly
Pricing, plan by plan
Clever
Free- Clever core rostering and single sign-on$undefined/year
- Free to United States districts
- Funded by application vendors rather than the district
- Secure Sync, portal and Badges included
- Clever paid district products$undefined/year
- Identity management and account provisioning
- Multi-factor authentication for staff
- Pricing quoted per district, not published
Skoolur
2000/month- Spoken English$2000/month
- All class levels
- Live group classes
- Same teacher weekly
- Group tuition$3000/month
- Rate varies by class level
- Small group classes
- Free assessment
- One-to-one$5000/month
- Rate varies by class level
- Individual attention
- Same teacher weekly
Which should you pick?
Choose Clever if
- You need secure sync.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS.
- You also want clever portal.
Choose Skoolur if
- You need consistent teacher.
- You work on Web, Cloud.
- You also want free assessment.
Questions people ask
- Is Clever or Skoolur better?
- Neither clearly leads. Clever starts at Free and Skoolur at 2000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Clever or Skoolur?
- Clever has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Clever and 2000/month for Skoolur.
- Does Clever or Skoolur run on more platforms?
- Clever runs on Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS. Skoolur runs on Web, Cloud.
- Can I use Clever for free?
- Yes. Clever has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Skoolur starts at 2000/month.
- What is Clever best used for?
- Clever is most often used for a district that has bought forty classroom applications and wants pupils to reach all of them without forty passwords, primary schools where pupils cannot yet type a password reliably and need badge login, district it that needs accounts created and revoked automatically as pupils enrol and leave, evidencing to a board which licensed applications are used enough to justify renewal. Of those, a district that has bought forty classroom applications and wants pupils to reach all of them without forty passwords and primary schools where pupils cannot yet type a password reliably and need badge login are not what Skoolur is typically brought in for.
- What can Clever do that Skoolur cannot?
- Clever covers Secure Sync, Clever portal, Clever Badges, Instant Login. Skoolur covers Consistent teacher, Free assessment, Multi-board coverage, Group and one-to-one.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Clever: Does Clever really cost a district nothing?
The core rostering and single sign-on service is free to districts. Application vendors pay for the connection and build that cost into what they charge the district, so the money reaches Clever through the software bill instead of a direct invoice.
Skoolur: What does Skoolur cost?
Spoken English is ₹2,000 per month across all classes. Group tuition runs ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 and one-to-one ₹5,000 to ₹8,000, both varying by class level. The site states there are no registration or material charges.
Clever: Is Clever FERPA and COPPA compliant?
Clever operates as a school official under FERPA, acting on district instruction, and relies on district consent rather than parental consent for COPPA. It has signed the Student Privacy Pledge.
Skoolur: Which boards does it cover?
CBSE, ICSE, State boards, and international curricula including IB and IGCSE.
Clever: What happens if we leave Clever?
Every connected application loses its roster feed and needs a replacement method, either a competing rostering service or manual CSV uploads per application. That is why districts rarely switch once more than a handful of applications depend on it.
Skoolur: Is the teacher the same each week?
Yes, that is one of its stated differences from platforms that assign whoever is available for a given session.
Skoolur: What happens before enrolment?
A free 20-minute assessment establishes where the student actually is, and the recommendation follows from that rather than from a standard package.
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