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.
Three pains specific to education.
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.
Your typical stack
About R140 736 a year.
Education firms typically run this stack. Click any tool to see the open source replacement and the migration plan.
What we do for education
Savings is just the start.
Educationfirms also come to us for the security, compliance, and build work that goes with the stack swap. Here's what that usually looks like.
The things your sector cares about.
POPIA for minor learners
Parental consent, data minimisation, and audit-ready logs. Self-hosted LMS and collaboration tools make the paper trail defensible.
Accessibility and WCAG compliance
Open source LMS alternatives like Moodle have first-class WCAG support. We configure yours to meet both legal and institutional accreditation requirements.
Research data sovereignty
Universities generate IP. Hosting research collaboration on SA servers keeps it out of foreign subpoena range.
Free audit. No pitch.
A 30-minute call. We look at your current stack, your headcount, your compliance posture. You get a written assessment with exact Rand numbers. You decide from there.