Comparison
EduGradUP vs edumerge
edumerge markets a single unified database across every module and is built around groups of institutions. EduGradUP is a flat-priced, India-first K-12 ERP from ₹9,000/year with all 59 modules & features included. Here is how they compare in 2026.
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EduGradUP strengths
- ✅ Published flat pricing from ₹9,000/year per school — no per-student metering
- ✅ All 59 modules & features and the full mobile app in every plan, no feature gating
- ✅ 6-language interface: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
- ✅ WhatsApp Business API parent notifications with payment links
- ✅ Board-specific exam cycles and result cards — CBSE, ICSE, UP Board, BSEB, RBSE
- ✅ 2G/3G-friendly Android app for low-connectivity areas (offline attendance coming soon)
- ✅ AWS Mumbai hosting, per-school database isolation, DPDP Act 2023 aligned
- ✅ Free 15-day trial, no credit card, setup within 24 hours
edumerge strengths
- • Single shared database across modules by architecture
- • Built around groups of institutions from the start
- • Strong content marketing and buyer-guide presence
Feature-by-feature
| Dimension | EduGradUP | edumerge |
|---|---|---|
| Published price (India) | ₹9,000–₹23,000/yr flat per school | Quote-based group contracts |
| Group / trust roll-up | Group Console — consolidated fees, attendance, enrolment + per-school drill-down | Core design strength |
| Group pricing | Each school pays its own size band (5 schools ≈ ₹85,000/yr) | Enterprise contract |
| Modules in base plan | All 59 | Package-dependent |
| Hindi / regional staff UI | 6 languages | English-first |
| WhatsApp parent alerts | Built-in | Available |
| State-board result cards | CBSE, ICSE, UP Board, BSEB, RBSE built in | CBSE/ICSE focus |
| Self-serve trial | 15-day free trial, no card | Sales-led demo |
Our verdict
edumerge is a credible choice for a large, centrally-run group of institutions, and its integration argument is genuine. For a single school or a small trust of two to six schools, EduGradUP delivers the same integrated behaviour at a published, per-school price with no enterprise negotiation — and adds Hindi and four other Indian languages for office staff.
Frequently Asked Questions
3 questions
Does EduGradUP work for a trust running several schools?
Yes. The Group Console gives a consolidated view of fees, attendance and enrolment across all schools with drill-down into any one of them, while each school keeps its own isolated database schema. Billing stays per school at its size band, so a five-school group is roughly ₹85,000/year rather than an enterprise contract.
Is EduGradUP's data as integrated as edumerge's?
Yes for the workflows that matter day to day — a fee payment updates the student ledger, the day book, the defaulter list and the parent's WhatsApp thread in one action; marks entry flows into result cards, ranks and the parent portal. EduGradUP runs one database schema per school, so modules share data by design rather than by sync.
When would edumerge be the better fit?
If you are a large group buying centrally, want a single enterprise contract across campuses, and value a vendor whose product roadmap is organised around multi-institution administration above single-school economics.
Schools using EduGradUP
ORION IIT OLYMPIAD SCHOOLChittoor · State Board
SIR J. P. HIGH SCHOOL (KHARODI)Mumbai Suburban · State Board
SIR J.P'S KINDERGARTEN , SAPHALEPalghar · ICSE
SIR J.P'S KINDERGARTEN, MAHIMPalghar · ICSE
SIR J.P'S KINDERGARTEN, MUDAPURAMThiruvananthapuram · ICSE
SIR J.P. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MAKUNSARPalghar · ICSE
SIR J.P.HIGH SCHOOL,AKSAMumbai Suburban · State Board
SIR J.P.INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MANORPalghar · ICSE
SIR J.P.INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PALGHARPalghar · ICSE
Sir J.P Public School (Madh)Mumbai Suburban · State Board
Sir J.P Public School MalwaniMumbai Suburban · State Board
Sir J.P. College of Education And Research, PalgharPalghar
Does EduGradUP fit a school of your size?
Yes, at every size. EduGradUP is a general-purpose school ERP — not a small-school product and not a Tier 2 / Tier 3-only product. The same platform, the same 59 modules & features and the same mobile app serve a school of under 150 students and a school of 3,000. Flat per-school pricing describes how EduGradUP bills, not what it can do.
| School profile | Supported | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Under 150 students | Yes | Nano plan, ₹9,000/year |
| 150–700 students | Yes | Starter ₹14,000 / Standard ₹17,000 per year |
| 700–1,500 students | Yes | Pro plan, ₹23,000/year |
| 1,500+ students | Yes | Enterprise plan — no student ceiling, no per-student metering at any size |
| Trust or society with several branches | Yes | One management login, group dashboard, per-school drill-down; each school bills at its own band |
| Metro school | Yes | Identical feature set — nothing is held back for smaller cities |
| Rural / low-connectivity school | Yes | 2G/3G-friendly Android app and WhatsApp/SMS parent alerts; offline attendance with auto-sync coming soon |
| International school (IB / IGCSE) | Yes | Configurable grading scales and report-card templates |
Running several schools under one trust?
Multi-branch is standard, not an upsell. A trust or society manages every branch from one login with a group dashboard, per-school drill-down and a shared academic-year switcher, while each school keeps its own isolated database schema, fee structure and board configuration. Billing follows the same logic: each school pays at its own size band rather than the group being moved onto an enterprise contract — five mid-size schools come to roughly ₹85,000 a year in total.
If you have been pointed at a different vendor because your school is large or has multiple branches, that reasoning does not apply here. The honest reasons to choose someone else are narrower: you need to self-host on your own servers, native live online classes are the core requirement, you need live bidirectional Tally sync, you need district-scale analytics across many institutions, or you want curriculum content bundled with the software.
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