Edsby
Edsby is a web, iOS, Android, and API platform for K-12 assessment and reporting, family engagement, personalized learning, and analytics.
What Edsby is
Edsby is a web, iOS, Android, and API platform for K-12 assessment and reporting, family engagement, personalized learning, and analytics. It is intended for school districts, regional governments, and certain private independent schools. Assessment tools include an advanced gradebook, online testing, standards-based grading, report cards, and student portfolios. Parents can follow school activity, while teachers can message parents without exchanging email addresses. Edsby lists integrations with student information systems, document services, authentication, web publishing, originality checking, Google Workspace for Education, and Microsoft 365. Education organizations retain ownership and management control of their data, and the maker says data is encrypted in transit and at rest. There is no free plan or self-serve trial.
Good
- Advanced gradebook and online testing
- Standards-based grading and report cards
- Parent-teacher messaging without email exchange
- Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 integration
- iOS and Android apps available
Watch out
- No free plan or self-serve trial
- Upfront initial integration charges apply
- Advanced authoring requires browser login
- Additional customization may cost extra
Who it suits
Edsby suits K-12 districts, regional governments, and eligible independent schools needing assessment, family communication, integrations, and analytics. Teachers, parents, students, and administrators access it through their institution.
Verdict
Edsby combines assessment, reporting, family engagement, and school-system integrations in one K-12 platform. Institutions should account for integration charges, annual per-student pricing, and browser requirements for advanced authoring.
Plans and prices
From Edsby's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Edsby digital learning platform | $5 a year | Starts at $5 per student per year · upfront initial integration charges · no charges for parent, teacher, or administrator accounts · small organizations may pay a much higher effective per-user price · per student per year; annual costs vary with student count |
| Edsby Destinations | $2 a year | Starts at an additional $2 per student per year · annual pricing · additional per student per year |
| Edsby SignWave | $2 a year | Starts at an additional $2 per student per year · annual pricing · additional per student per year |
The facts
Each one read from Edsby's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Assessment
- Its features include an advanced gradebook, online testing, standards-based grading, report cards, and student portfolios.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Assessments
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Audience
- Edsby is developed for K-12 school districts, regional governments, and certain private independent schools.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Family engagement
- Parents can use Edsby to follow their children's school activity, and teachers can message parents without exchanging email addresses.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Google and Microsoft
- Edsby integrates with Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365, including login and document uploads.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Edsby lists integrations across student information systems, document platforms, authentication, web publishing, originality checking, and other applications.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Mobile limits
- Teachers can use Edsby on mobile, but advanced gradebook and report-card authoring require a browser login.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Edsby is a K-12 platform for assessment and reporting, family engagement, personalized learning, and analytics.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Security
- CoreFour Inc. is ISO 27001 certified, and Edsby says data is encrypted in transit and at rest.checked 10 Oct 2026
- SSO support
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Support
- Students, parents, teachers, and school administrators are directed to their school or district for account access and support.checked 10 Oct 2026
The company
- Data ownership
- Edsby states that education organizations own the data in their service and control its management.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2010checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations and setup costs
- Edsby charges upfront for initial integration, and some customization and advanced functionality may carry additional charges.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Trial and evaluation
- Users cannot create a self-serve trial account; Edsby says an institution should contact its sales team to arrange an evaluation.checked 10 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- Edsby offers free iOS and Android apps that users connect to their school's Edsby server.checked 10 Oct 2026
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