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Comparison

Gibbon vs Google Workspace for Education

Pick Gibbon when

  • Schools with in-house IT
  • Budget-constrained schools wanting a full SIS
  • Open-source-friendly admin teams

When Gibbon is not a fit

  • Schools without a sysadmin . the CVE history demands fast patching
  • Tutoring or small teams needing just a gradebook
  • Buyers who need vendor support and SLAs
  • Anyone expecting polished hosted onboarding

Sources

  1. Gibbon . The Flexible School Platform (official)gibbonedu.org
    official
  2. Gibbon Finance feature (official)gibbonedu.org
    official
  3. Gibbon Security page (not found)gibbonedu.org
    official
  4. Gibbon Support Forum . Security categoryask.gibbonedu.org
    official
  5. Gibbon Reviews . G2g2.com
    review
  6. Top 10 Gibbon Alternatives & Competitors . G2g2.com
    review
  7. Gibbon Reviews . AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.com
    review
  8. Gibbon Software Pricing . Capterracapterra.com
    review
  9. CVE-2026-8208 . Gibbon LMS RCE via LFIsentinelone.com
    security
  10. CVE-2026-8207 . Gibbon SQL Injectioncvefeed.io
    security
  11. CVE-2024-24724 . Gibbon RCEsentinelone.com
    security
  12. CVE-2024-24725 . PHP Deserialization in Gibbon LMSblog.secondx.io
    security
  13. CVE-2023-34598 . Gibbon v25.0.0 LFIgithub.com
    security
  14. CVE-2023-45878 . GibbonEdu v25.0.00 (NVD)nvd.nist.gov
    security
  15. Session Vulnerability in Gibbon Core (GHSA)github.com
    security