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# Edustream Pricing Plans: Core, Operations, Enterprise
> Compare Edustream Core, Operations, and Enterprise pricing plans: per-student termly rates, included features, free trial details, and how to upgrade.
Edustream is priced to grow with your school. Rather than a flat monthly subscription that charges the same whether you have 50 students or 2,000, Edustream uses a **per-active-student, per-term** model — you only pay for the learners actually enrolled each term. Choose the plan that matches your school's operational complexity today, and upgrade whenever you're ready for more.
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## Pricing at a Glance
All three plans are billed per active student per term (three terms per academic year in most Nigerian school calendars). "Active" means any student whose enrolment status is set to **Enrolled** at the start of a term — withdrawn or graduated students do not count toward your billing.
**₦1,000** per active student / term
The essential toolkit for schools moving from paper registers to a fully digital operation. Covers admissions, academics, report cards, tuition billing, and basic communication.
* Core Student & Staff Registrar
* Academics & Report Cards
* Tuition & Core Finance
* Basic Communication Hub
**₦1,500** per active student / term
Everything in Core, plus the operational layer: online payments, transport, boarding, inventory, and real-time attendance — ideal for mid-size or full-service schools.
* Advanced Payments & Wallets
* Transport Management
* Hostel & Dormitory Management
* School Inventory Management
* Real-time Attendance Terminal
**₦2,000** per active student / term
Everything in Operations, plus an admissions portal, payroll engine, integrated retail POS, and full white-labelling — built for large or multi-campus institutions.
* Public Admissions Portal
* Staff Payroll Engine
* School Retail POS
* Dedicated White-Labelling
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## Detailed Feature Comparison
The table below lists every major feature category and the plan at which it becomes available.
| Feature | Core | Operations | Enterprise |
| -------------------------------------- | :----------: | :----------: | :----------------------------------: |
| **Student & Staff Registrar** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Digital admissions directory | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Student & guardian profiles | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Classroom & employee records | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Academics & Report Cards** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Subject registry & CA scores | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Class scheduling | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| One-click report card generation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Tuition & Core Finance** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Billing configurations | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Payment trackers & invoice logs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cash & bank transfer receipting | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Basic Communication Hub** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Broadcasts & announcements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Advanced Payments & Wallets** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Flutterwave & Paystack integration | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Flexible billing discounts | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Scholarship & fee exemptions | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Digital Student Wallets | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Transport Management** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bus routes & vehicle assignment | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Transport fee collection | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Hostel & Dormitory Management** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dorm logs & bed space allocation | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Hostel manager portals | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **School Inventory Management** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Lab equipment & classroom assets | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Visual aids tracking | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Real-time Attendance Terminal** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Digital check-in terminal | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Parent arrival/departure notifications | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Public Admissions Portal** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Branded admissions page | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Application pipeline & status tracking | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| **Staff Payroll Engine** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Salary processing, tax & pension | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Digital payslips & bonus management | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| **School Retail POS** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Uniform shop, bookshop & cafeteria | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| NFC swipes & barcode transactions | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Auto stock deduction | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| **White-Labelling** | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Custom domain | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Custom PWA app identity | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Priority server routing | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| **Support** | Email + Docs | Email + Docs | Priority + Dedicated Account Manager |
| **Onboarding Training** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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## Which Plan Is Right for Your School?
Every school's administrative footprint is different. Use the guidance below to find your best starting point — you can always upgrade as your needs evolve.
**Best fit: EduStream Core**
If you run a nursery, primary, or small secondary school with fewer than 300 students and a lean administrative team, **EduStream Core** gives you everything needed to eliminate paper-based workflows. You can digitise your admissions register, issue professional report cards at the end of every term, collect tuition fees with full invoice tracking, and push announcements to parents — all from a single dashboard.
Start with Core and benchmark your first full term on the platform before deciding whether the Operations add-ons are worth the step-up. Many Core schools find the registrar and report card tools alone save several staff-hours per week.
**Best fit: EduStream Operations**
Schools offering boarding, daily transport routes, or a large inventory of lab and classroom assets will quickly feel the limits of Core. **EduStream Operations** adds the real-time attendance terminal (with instant parent notifications), hostel bed-space management, route-based transport fee collection, and online payment gateways via Flutterwave and Paystack. Schools with 300–1,500 students and multiple departments find this tier the most cost-effective balance of capability and price.
The Digital Student Wallet on Operations lets parents pre-load funds that students draw from in school — useful even if you are not yet running a full POS retail setup.
**Best fit: EduStream Enterprise**
Large schools, group schools, and multi-campus networks running more than 1,500 students — or any institution that wants a fully branded parent-facing experience — should consider **EduStream Enterprise**. The public admissions portal handles the entire prospective-student journey from discovery to enrolment. The payroll engine automates salary runs, tax deductions, pension contributions, and payslip delivery for your entire staff. The Retail POS ties your uniform shop, bookshop, and cafeteria into one integrated inventory and payments system. And white-labelling means every touchpoint your parents and students see carries your school's brand, not Edustream's.
Enterprise customers receive a dedicated account manager who assists with onboarding, data migration, and ongoing configuration — particularly valuable for schools migrating from another SaaS platform or from a self-hosted system.
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## Free Trial
You can experience Edustream before committing a single naira. Both the **Core** and **Operations** plans include a **14-day free trial** with no credit card required. Your trial environment is a full-featured sandbox — add real students, generate actual report cards, and process test payments so you can assess the platform with genuine school data.
Enterprise plan trials are available on request. Contact the sales team to arrange a guided Enterprise trial that includes white-label configuration and payroll setup assistance.
When your 14-day trial ends, your data is preserved. You simply select a plan and enter your billing details to continue. If you decide not to subscribe, your data is retained for 30 days before permanent deletion, giving you time to export any records you need.
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## Upgrading or Downgrading Your Plan
Edustream gives you full control over your subscription. You can switch plans at any time from **Settings → Subscription** in your admin dashboard.
Navigate to **Settings → Billing & Subscription** in your Edustream admin dashboard. Your current plan, billing cycle, and next renewal date are displayed at the top of the page.
Click **Change Plan** and choose the tier you want to move to. A side-by-side summary highlights the features you will gain (on upgrade) or lose access to (on downgrade).
Upgrades take effect **immediately** and are prorated — you are only charged for the remainder of the current term at the new rate. Downgrades take effect at the start of the next billing term so you continue to benefit from your current plan until it naturally expires.
Click **Confirm Plan Change**. You will receive an email confirmation and an updated invoice reflecting the adjustment. Any features associated with a downgraded plan are archived (not deleted) so that data remains accessible if you upgrade again later.
Downgrading from Operations or Enterprise to a lower tier will disable the features exclusive to that tier (e.g., the hostel module, payroll engine, or POS). Student and financial records created with those features remain in your account in read-only mode, but you will need to re-upgrade to edit or export them through the live interface.
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## Multi-Campus & Custom Pricing
Schools operating more than one campus under a single proprietorship can consolidate all campuses under a single Edustream account. Student counts are aggregated across campuses for billing purposes, and volume discounts apply automatically at the following thresholds:
| Total Active Students (All Campuses) | Discount |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| 1 – 499 | Standard per-student rate |
| 500 – 999 | 5% off the applicable plan rate |
| 1,000 – 2,499 | 10% off the applicable plan rate |
| 2,500 and above | Custom pricing — contact sales |
For school groups with more than 2,500 students, proprietary curriculum requirements, bespoke integrations, or data-residency needs, Edustream offers fully negotiated enterprise contracts. Reach out to the sales team to discuss a tailored arrangement.
Even if your campuses are on different plans today — for example, your primary campus on Operations and a newer secondary campus on Core — they can still be grouped under a single billing account to unlock the volume discount.
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## Ready to Get Started?
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Schedule a 30-minute live walkthrough with an Edustream product specialist who can answer your school's specific questions and help you pick the right plan.
Reach out to discuss custom pricing, multi-campus discounts, data migration, or any procurement requirements your institution may have.
Already decided? Follow the onboarding guide to activate your account and complete your first term setup in under 30 minutes.