Fedena is a long-standing school management system with an open-source core. Chalkbell is a hosted school ERP built for Indian private schools, with AI help for teachers and an app in each school's own name. Here is how to decide.
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Fedena and Chalkbell are both school management systems. Fedena's core is open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, so schools with their own developers can host and modify it, with paid plans for extra features. Chalkbell is fully hosted and maintained for the school: one student record for admissions, attendance, fees, exams and transport; attendance from RFID readers the school already owns; online fees paid straight into the school's own Razorpay account; AI-drafted report card remarks and AI-assisted timetables; and a website and Android parent app published in the school's name.
| Fedena | Chalkbell | |
|---|---|---|
| How it runs | Open-source core (Apache 2.0) you can self-host, plus paid hosted plans | Hosted and maintained for you; no server at the school |
| AI help for teachers | Check with Fedena | AI-drafted report card remarks; timetables from rules in plain words |
| Parent app | Fedena mobile app | Android app published in your school's own name and logo |
| School website | Check with Fedena | Website with online admissions, in your school's name |
| Gate attendance | Check with Fedena | RFID readers you already own, including older unsupported models |
| Online fee money | Check with Fedena | Paid straight into the school's own Razorpay account |
Fedena details are taken from Fedena's public website and listings as of November 2026. Products change; check with Fedena for current features.
Chalkbell runs on our servers with backups and updates included. The school needs only a browser and phones.
Remark drafts from each student's real marks, and a timetable generator that follows rules written in plain words.
Parents download an app with your school's name and logo, and your website carries your admissions form.
Concessions, instalments, late fines, void-with-reason receipts and defaulter lists in one ledger.
Existing RFID readers and bus GPS trackers connect to Chalkbell instead of being replaced.
Students, staff and fee assignments come in from Excel with a row-by-row check before anything is saved.
Chalkbell is a hosted school ERP built for Indian private schools. It covers admissions, attendance, fees, exams, transport and parent communication on one student record, adds AI-drafted report card remarks and AI-assisted timetables, and gives each school its own website and parent app.
No. Fedena's core is open source and can be self-hosted. Chalkbell is a hosted service that we run, back up and update, so the school does not need its own server or developers.
Yes. Export students, staff and fee details to Excel and Chalkbell's bulk import loads them, checking every row and showing problems before anything is saved.
Yes. It drafts class-teacher report card remarks from each student's marks and attendance, and builds clash-free timetables from rules written in plain words. Staff approve both before saving.
Every module writes to the same student record, so nothing is typed twice.
Chalkbell puts AI into the two jobs that eat the most staff time at term end and session start: writing report card remarks and building the timetable. AI drafts, a teacher decides.
Not "download our app and find your school". Parents install an app with your school's name and logo, and everything the school sends lands there.
Set the fee once per class. Chalkbell works out every student's dues, with their concessions, instalments and late fines, and keeps one ledger the office and the accountant both trust.
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