Education · head to head
Securly vs UltraCamp
Securly
Education
Web filtering, student safety monitoring and device management for K-12 schools
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
UltraCamp
Education
Camp registration priced per reservation, with the fee schedule published in full
- From
- $4/reservation
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Securly pricing stacks by module and only Filter has rates that surface publicly, so the quoted total for Filter plus Aware plus On-Call is routinely several times the number a district budgeted from the filtering line alone.; UltraCamp per-reservation pricing scales linearly with growth, so a large camp pays substantially more than it would under a flat licence and has little leverage until it passes 2,000 reservations and enters quoted territory.
- They diverge on capability: Securly covers Filter, UltraCamp covers Per-reservation registration.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Securly and UltraCamp actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Securly
- Filter
- Aware
- On-Call
- Classroom
- MDM
- Pass
- Home
- Delegated admin
Only in UltraCamp
- Per-reservation registration
- Billing and payment plans
- Facility and retreat rentals
- Point of sale
- Photo gallery
- Custom reporting
- Unlimited staff users
- Online store
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Securly
- A district that must show CIPA compliance for take-home Chromebooks used on home broadband, where network-level filtering does nothingnot UltraCamp
- A district whose safeguarding policy requires that a human being reads a self-harm alert within minutes at any hour, including school holidaysnot UltraCamp
- A one-to-one iPad programme needing Apple device enrolment, filtering and classroom control from a single agent rather than threenot UltraCamp
- A district under pressure from parents who want visibility of what their child does on the school device at home, without the school having to field each request by handnot UltraCamp
UltraCamp
- A camp that wants to know its software cost per registration before the season rather than negotiate an annual licencenot Securly
- A conference or retreat centre that rents facilities off-season and needs booking as well as camper registrationnot Securly
- A small camp whose volume would make a flat enterprise licence poor valuenot Securly
- A camp switching vendors that wants a named price for data migration rather than an open-ended services quotenot Securly
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Securly
- Pricing stacks by module and only Filter has rates that surface publicly, so the quoted total for Filter plus Aware plus On-Call is routinely several times the number a district budgeted from the filtering line alone.
- The safety scanning generates false positives at volume, including song lyrics, creative writing and health-class assignments, and each one consumes counsellor or administrator time that the vendor does not pay for.
- Alerting on student writing is a surveillance decision with real community consequences, and districts that deploy it without an explicit board policy and parent notification have faced local objections after the fact.
- Coverage is strongest on managed Chromebooks; personal devices, non-Chrome browsers and encrypted apps outside the agent leave gaps that the compliance story quietly depends on nobody testing.
- Per-student pricing is charged on enrolment rather than on devices, so a district that issues devices to only some year groups still pays for every student on the roll.
UltraCamp
- Per-reservation pricing scales linearly with growth, so a large camp pays substantially more than it would under a flat licence and has little leverage until it passes 2,000 reservations and enters quoted territory.
- UltraCamp retains 30% of photo gallery sales, a revenue share far above the 3% it takes on merchandise, which turns a parent-facing nicety into a meaningful cost of doing business.
- Health and medical record handling is thinner than CampMinder's, so camps with a staffed health centre and daily medication rounds often find it insufficient.
- The interface and reporting are functional rather than modern, and building the unlimited custom reports on offer takes administrator time the camp has to fund itself.
- The $1,200 annual minimum means very small camps pay for reservations they never make, so the effective per-reservation cost for a camp of two hundred is closer to $6.
Pricing, plan by plan
Securly
On request- Filter$undefined/year
- Web filtering on and off network
- Tiered per-student rates that fall as enrolment rises
- Published in some purchasing co-operative catalogues, not on the vendor site
- Aware$undefined/year
- Automated scanning of email, documents and search for safety risk
- Quoted per student, no public rate
- On-Call$undefined/year
- 24/7 human review and escalation of serious alerts
- Quoted per student, priced on top of Aware
- Classroom, MDM and Pass$undefined/year
- Sold as separate per-student modules
- Quoted
UltraCamp
$4/reservation- Reservations 0 to 999$4/reservation
- $4.00 per reservation
- $1,200 annual minimum in reservation fees
- Unlimited staff users and custom reports
- Reservations 1,000 to 1,999$3.75/reservation
- $3.75 per reservation
- Above 2,000 reservations priced by quote
- Card processing about 2.5% plus $0.35 and roughly $20 a month in gateway fees
- Optional modules$600/year
- Point of sale $600 a year
- Facility rental and retreat management $700 a year
- Photo gallery with 30% of sales retained by UltraCamp
Which should you pick?
Choose Securly if
- You need filter.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, Windows.
- You also want aware.
Choose UltraCamp if
- You need per-reservation registration.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want billing and payment plans.
Questions people ask
- Is Securly or UltraCamp better?
- Neither clearly leads. Securly starts at On request and UltraCamp at $4/reservation, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Securly or UltraCamp?
- Securly starts at On request and UltraCamp at $4/reservation.
- Does Securly or UltraCamp run on more platforms?
- Securly runs on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, Windows. UltraCamp runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Securly best used for?
- Securly is most often used for a district that must show cipa compliance for take-home chromebooks used on home broadband, where network-level filtering does nothing, a district whose safeguarding policy requires that a human being reads a self-harm alert within minutes at any hour, including school holidays, a one-to-one ipad programme needing apple device enrolment, filtering and classroom control from a single agent rather than three, a district under pressure from parents who want visibility of what their child does on the school device at home, without the school having to field each request by hand. Of those, a district that must show cipa compliance for take-home chromebooks used on home broadband, where network-level filtering does nothing and a district whose safeguarding policy requires that a human being reads a self-harm alert within minutes at any hour, including school holidays are not what UltraCamp is typically brought in for.
- What can Securly do that UltraCamp cannot?
- Securly covers Filter, Aware, On-Call, Classroom. UltraCamp covers Per-reservation registration, Billing and payment plans, Facility and retreat rentals, Point of sale.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Securly: Does Securly publish pricing?
Not on its own site. Tiered per-student rates for Filter appear in some US purchasing co-operative catalogues, falling as enrolment rises, but Aware, On-Call, Classroom, MDM and Pass are quoted.
UltraCamp: What will it actually cost us?
Take your reservation count times $4.00, or $3.75 above a thousand, subject to a $1,200 annual minimum, plus $299 setup and any data import. Then add card processing at roughly 2.5% plus $0.35 on tuition.
Securly: What is the difference between Aware and On-Call?
Aware is the automated detection that produces alerts. On-Call is the staffed service that reads the serious ones out of hours and phones your escalation contacts. Buying Aware alone leaves the triage with your own staff.
UltraCamp: Is there a contract?
No. UltraCamp sells without a term contract, which is unusual in this market and materially reduces switching risk.
Securly: Does it filter on home internet?
Yes, filtering follows the managed device rather than the network, which is the point for take-home Chromebook programmes.
UltraCamp: What does the photo gallery cost?
UltraCamp keeps 30% of photo sales. If parents spend heavily on photos, price that before enabling the module.
Securly: Is student data used for anything else?
Securly signs the US Student Privacy Pledge and district data processing agreements; check the specific DPA rather than the marketing page, since scanning scope and retention are negotiated terms.
UltraCamp: How does it compare to CampMinder on health records?
CampMinder is stronger. If you run a health centre with a nurse and medication logs, test that area carefully before choosing UltraCamp.
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