Konstella
Konstella is a private community platform built for school-based parent groups such as PTAs and PTOs.
What Konstella is
Konstella is a private community platform built for school-based parent groups such as PTAs and PTOs. School leads can publish announcements, events, sign-up sheets, preference sheets, sales, and donation campaigns for classrooms, grades, committees, or the whole school. Families can search parent, teacher, and student names, browse by classroom, and export printable PDFs. Messaging includes real-time group chats, direct private messages, and interest-based Social Groups. Parents can share Google Drive or Dropbox files, sync events to calendar apps, and donate or buy items online; Stripe processes payments for the parent organization. Konstella provides a web experience plus native iPhone and Android apps for family and staff users. The website supports more than 100 languages through Google Translate, while mobile apps offer 11 languages. Parents use it free, funded by school and district subscriptions. The service says it does not share parents’ information or show ads, and traffic is encrypted. Invited but unregistered parents cannot use calendar sync, view the directory, or text chat.
Good
- School-focused organizing tools
- Two-way group and private messaging
- Parent directory with printable PDFs
- Web, iPhone, and Android access
- Parents use it free
Watch out
- Pricing is provided on request
- No SMS notifications
- No voice messaging
- Unregistered invitees have limited access
Who it suits
Konstella suits school-based parent communities that need announcements, volunteering, fundraising, directories, and two-way messaging across web and mobile. It is not intended as a general-purpose group platform.
Verdict
Konstella brings school communication, volunteering, fundraising, and family directories into one private service. Its language and offline-print options help varied communities, while some messaging and unregistered-user limits remain.
Plans and prices
From Konstella's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Priced on request | Plan details not stated on the opened pages |
| Premium | Priced on request | Plan details not stated on the opened pages |
The facts
Each one read from Konstella's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience and scope
- Konstella says it is designed specifically for school-based parent communities and is not a solution for every kind of group.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Calendar integration
- Parents can sync school and classroom events to their phone’s built-in calendar app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Community features
- Parents can create and join interest-based Social Groups, which have their own chat rooms and posts.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Directory
- The directory lets families search parent, teacher, and student names, browse by classroom, and export printable PDFs.checked 8 Oct 2026
- File integrations
- Organizations can share Google Drive and Dropbox files.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Fundraising
- School leads can create donation campaigns and sales sheets, and parents can donate or buy items online through the app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The feature page says users can share Google Drive and Dropbox files, and sync events to Google, Apple, Live, and Yahoo calendars.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The FAQ says the website supports more than 100 languages through Google Translate and the mobile apps are available in 11 languages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Language support
- The FAQ says the website supports 100+ languages through Google Translate and the mobile apps are available in 11 languages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The service supports real-time group chat and direct private messages on web and mobile.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Parents who are invited but have not registered can sign up for volunteer jobs from email, but cannot use personal calendar sync, view the school directory, or text chat with classroom parents.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Organizers can print directories, sign-up sheets, and volunteer lists for families without internet access.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Organizing tools
- Leads can create events, sign-up sheets, announcements, preference sheets, sales, and donation posts for schools, classrooms, and committees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Parent pricing
- Konstella is free for parents; the service is funded through school and district subscriptions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Payments
- Konstella says payments are processed through Stripe and deposited to the parent organization’s account.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Posts and sign-ups
- Parent leads can create announcements, events, and sign-up sheets for classrooms, grades, committees, and the whole school.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Konstella says it does not share parents’ personal information with third parties or serve ads to parents.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy compliance
- Konstella’s November 2024 data security plan says it addresses FERPA, PPRA, COPPA, and New York Education Law section 2-d requirements.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Konstella is a private community platform built for PTAs and PTOs to engage parents, increase volunteerism, and save time.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The FAQ says communications between user devices and Konstella servers are encrypted with SSL and that servers are hosted on Amazon Web Services.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can find video tutorials, send feedback from within the service, or email [email protected] for private inquiries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Web and mobile
- Konstella offers a full web experience and native apps for iPhone and Android.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Konstella offers native iPhone and Android apps, alongside a web experience on tablets and computers.checked 8 Oct 2026
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