Paying per-learner for software you barely use?
Schools and tertiary institutions in SA carry massive Microsoft and Google for Education footprints, often with features nobody uses. Moodle, BigBlueButton, Nextcloud, and LibreOffice run some of the largest universities in the world. POPIA compliance for learner data gets simpler when you host it yourself.
R 141K
Typical annual licence spend
Across 7 common education tools
R 127K
Recoverable each year
After self-hosted OSS migration
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Sector pain points we cover
From licensing to compliance to access control
The education stack, on the books
Tap a tool. See the open-source swap and the saving.
Bars show what the typical education firm spends annually on each licence. The sage portion is what the hosted open-source equivalent costs.
Typical Education stack
7 tools · R 141K/yr in licences
Replace
Adobe Creative Cloud
Creative · R 54K per year
With
GIMP + Inkscape + Kdenlive
Self-hosted on your infra
Annual savings
R 49K
After hosting · approx 90% reduction
Current annual spend
R 141K
Estimated OSS hosting
R 14K
Annual savings
R 127K
Tap any tool to see the open-source replacement and the per-tool saving
Where the education bleed starts
Three things we hear on every education discovery call.
Per-learner SaaS pricing scales badly
2,000 learners at R100 per year per seat is R200k annually for tools staff rarely use at full capacity. Open source scales to infinite learners on one server.
Learner and parent POPIA exposure
Minor learner data is special-category under POPIA. Cross-border SaaS transfers are a compliance minefield.
LMS lock-in with your grading history
Migrating off Blackboard or Canvas is painful because your assessment history is trapped. Moodle and Open edX use open formats from day one.
How we handle the education edges