Education · head to head
Hapara vs Linewize
Hapara
Education
Classroom visibility and workflow layer over Google Workspace for Education
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Linewize
Education
School web filtering, classroom control and student wellbeing alerting from the Qoria group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Hapara the product is a Google Workspace companion, so a district that moves to Microsoft 365 or runs mixed platforms loses most of the value it paid for.; Linewize automated wellbeing flagging produces false positives on ordinary adolescent language, and each false positive is a recorded concern about a named child that the school must then handle and retain.
- They diverge on capability: Hapara covers Highlights, Linewize covers Filtering on and off network.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Hapara and Linewize actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), 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 Hapara
- Highlights
- Teacher Dashboard
- Workspace
- Filter
- Guided browsing sessions
- Activity snapshots
Only in Linewize
- Filtering on and off network
- Classwize
- Wellbeing alerting
- Pulse reporting
- School to home
- Multi-platform agents
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Hapara
- A Chromebook district where teachers cannot see what pupils are doing during independent worknot Linewize
- Schools running differentiated instruction that need different groups to receive different resources without three separate assignmentsnot Linewize
- Departments that want lesson scoped site restrictions rather than a district wide filter changenot Linewize
- Giving teachers access to pupil Drive work without asking every pupil to share every document manuallynot Linewize
Linewize
- A United Kingdom school evidencing Keeping Children Safe in Education monitoring expectations at inspectionnot Hapara
- Districts with take home devices that need policy applied off the school networknot Hapara
- Schools that want teachers to control lesson browsing without raising a ticket with the network managernot Hapara
- Safeguarding teams that need a documented trail of flags raised and actions takennot Hapara
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Hapara
- The product is a Google Workspace companion, so a district that moves to Microsoft 365 or runs mixed platforms loses most of the value it paid for.
- Live tab monitoring is a surveillance capability with no technical boundary at the school gate, and unless the district configures and publishes a monitoring window, take home devices are watched at home by default expectations rather than by explicit policy.
- It layers on top of district filtering rather than replacing it, so schools still pay for a separate filtering and safeguarding product and manage two sets of rules.
- Value depends entirely on teachers using it in the moment. Schools that buy it without sustained classroom coaching see licences renewed on the basis of installed count rather than actual use.
- Pupil awareness of monitoring changes behaviour in ways the analytics do not show, and older pupils move activity to personal phones, which produces a dashboard that looks compliant and is not.
Linewize
- Automated wellbeing flagging produces false positives on ordinary adolescent language, and each false positive is a recorded concern about a named child that the school must then handle and retain.
- Buying alerting without staffing it is a liability. If nobody reads the queue, the school has created evidence that it was told and did not act.
- Off site monitoring of school devices extends school visibility into the home, and unless the school publishes the hours and scope, families discover it after the fact rather than at the point of consent.
- The group sells both the school monitoring platform and a consumer parental control product to the same families, which is a commercial incentive to widen monitoring that the sales conversation will not surface.
- Consolidation through acquisition means overlapping products from different codebases inside one group, and schools that bought a now acquired product face migration onto the group platform at renewal.
Pricing, plan by plan
Hapara
On request- Hapara Instructional Suite$undefined/year
- Quoted per pupil per year
- Modules bundled or taken separately
- Multi-year district agreements typical
Linewize
On request- Linewize$undefined/year
- Quoted per pupil per year
- Filtering, classroom and wellbeing modules priced separately
- Multi-year school and district agreements
Which should you pick?
Choose Hapara if
- You need highlights.
- You work on Web, ChromeOS, iOS, Android.
- You also want teacher dashboard.
Choose Linewize if
- You need filtering on and off network.
- You work on Web, ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
- You also want classwize.
Questions people ask
- Is Hapara or Linewize better?
- Neither clearly leads. Hapara starts at On request and Linewize at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Hapara or Linewize?
- Hapara starts at On request and Linewize at On request.
- Does Hapara or Linewize run on more platforms?
- Hapara runs on Web, ChromeOS, iOS, Android. Linewize runs on Web, ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
- What is Hapara best used for?
- Hapara is most often used for a chromebook district where teachers cannot see what pupils are doing during independent work, schools running differentiated instruction that need different groups to receive different resources without three separate assignments, departments that want lesson scoped site restrictions rather than a district wide filter change, giving teachers access to pupil drive work without asking every pupil to share every document manually. Of those, a chromebook district where teachers cannot see what pupils are doing during independent work and schools running differentiated instruction that need different groups to receive different resources without three separate assignments are not what Linewize is typically brought in for.
- What can Hapara do that Linewize cannot?
- Hapara covers Highlights, Teacher Dashboard, Workspace, Filter. Linewize covers Filtering on and off network, Classwize, Wellbeing alerting, Pulse reporting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Hapara: Does Hapara monitor pupils at home?
It can, on school managed devices, if the district configures it that way. Districts should define and publish a monitoring window, because the product does not impose one.
Linewize: Is Linewize the same company as Smoothwall and Qustodio?
They are all part of Qoria, the group formerly known as Family Zone Cyber Safety. Product roadmaps and renewals are coordinated at group level.
Hapara: Is it FERPA and COPPA aligned?
Yes. Hapara contracts as a school official under FERPA, relies on district consent for COPPA, and is a Student Privacy Pledge signatory. That does not decide how widely a district should configure monitoring.
Linewize: Does it monitor pupils outside school hours?
On school managed devices it can, and the school decides the scope. Define the hours and the data retention period in policy and tell families, because the software will not decide proportionality for you.
Hapara: Do we still need a web filter?
Yes. Hapara adds class and lesson level control on top of district filtering. It is not a replacement for a filtering and safeguarding platform.
Linewize: Is it FERPA and COPPA aligned?
For United States deployments it contracts as a school official under FERPA with COPPA consent handled by the district. In the United Kingdom the relevant frameworks are UK GDPR and Keeping Children Safe in Education, which impose different retention and review duties.
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