Startosoft
Pricing

One school, one licence

A one-off setup, then an annual licence sized to the number of students on roll. No charge per parent, per teacher or per login, and no module locked behind a price you find out about later.

Small school
Ask for a quote up to 300 students
  • Every module — nothing withheld
  • The school's public website
  • Parent and student access
  • Installation on your hosting
  • Email support
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Large school
Ask for a quote 1,200 students and up
  • Everything in the middle plan
  • Hosting set up and tuned with your provider
  • Backup and restore drill before go-live
  • A named contact
  • Changes scoped and built to order
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What is in the licence

The same software in every plan. What changes between them is how much of the setting-up we do with you, and how quickly we answer.

What each plan includes
IncludedSmallMost schoolsLarge
All twelve modulesYesYesYes
Public school website and theme editorYesYesYes
Unlimited staff, parent and student accountsYesYesYes
Version updates for the licence yearYesYesYes
Installation and health checkYesYesYes
Loading your existing students and staffGuided, you do itWe do itWe do it
Report card and certificate layoutsStandardSet up for youSet up for you
TrainingWritten guidesLive sessionsLive sessions, on site by arrangement
SupportEmail, next working dayPriority in term timeNamed contact
Changes built to orderQuotedQuotedIncluded allowance

Things that are not in the licence

Said plainly, because finding out later is what sours these arrangements.

Your hosting

The software runs on your own hosting and domain. Shared hosting with PHP 8.2 and MySQL is enough for most schools. We will tell you what to buy, and we can set it up.

Text messages

Email is included and needs only a sending account. If you want SMS as well, it is billed by whichever gateway you choose — we connect it.

Payment gateway charges

Online fee collection uses your gateway account, on your rates. We do not take a cut of fees collected.

Questions about the money

What happens if we stop paying the licence?

The software keeps running and your data stays where it is — on your server, in your database. What stops is updates and support. We will also give you a full export on request, whether you are leaving or staying.

Do you charge per parent login?

No. Accounts for parents, students and staff are unlimited. Charging a school for talking to its own families would be a strange way to price this.

What if our numbers grow mid-year?

Nothing breaks and nothing locks. The licence is sized at renewal against the roll at that point, not policed during the year.

Is there a trial?

The live demo is open to anyone with no sign-up. If you want to trial it with your own data, we will set up a private instance for a few weeks.

Can we pay once and own it?

Talk to us. A perpetual licence with an annual support fee is possible for schools that prefer their budget that way.

Tell us the size of the school

Number of students, how you collect fees, and what you are moving from. That is enough for a real quote rather than a range.