OpenEduCat
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run a school or university that wants admissions-through-fees in one system and has IT capacity for an Odoo-based open-source ERP.
Comparison
OpenEduCat vs Gibbon
OpenEduCat and Gibbon both land on Depends.
Gibbon
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Schools with their own IT staff get a genuinely free, full-featured school platform . if they commit to fast security patching.
| Compare | OpenEduCat | Gibbon |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Schools and universities consolidating admissions-to-fees | Schools with in-house IT |
| Who it's not for | Tutoring centers and micro-schools . spreadsheet territory | Schools without a sysadmin . the CVE history demands fast patching |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.14 | Rough record: multiple RCE, SQL injection, and file-inclusion CVEs between 2023 and 2026; patching discipline is mandatory. |
| Support quality | No support-quality evidence in sources | Guess: community forum support, no vendor SLA |
| Public sentiment | G2 users rate it 4.6/5 across ~147 reviews, while Capterra's four reviews average a lukewarm 3.8/5.⁷ | No substantive user reviews of the school platform surfaced; most 'Gibbon' search results concern unrelated products like slacklines and speakers. |
| Biggest gotcha | Free core, but hosting, customization, and paid tiers drive real total cost.² | Self-hosted: you provision hosting, run upgrades, and must patch fast when RCEs land |
Pick OpenEduCat when
- Schools and universities consolidating admissions-to-fees
- Institutions with in-house IT or Odoo experience
- Budget-conscious schools wanting open source
- Multi-program institutions outgrowing gradebook tools
When OpenEduCat is not a fit
- Tutoring centers and micro-schools . spreadsheet territory
- Schools needing only attendance and a gradebook
- Teams with no admin or IT staff to run an ERP
- Buyers wanting turnkey SaaS with zero setup
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
- OpenEduCat homepageopeneducat.orgofficial
- OpenEduCat Pricingopeneducat.orgofficial
official
- For School Owners: Full Management Suiteopeneducat.orgofficial
- For IT Administrators: Open Source ERPopeneducat.orgofficial
- For CFOs: Transparent Education Pricingopeneducat.orgofficial
review
- OpenEduCat on Capterra UK (3.8/5, 4 reviews)capterra.co.ukreview
- OpenEduCat Customer Reviews on FeaturedCustomersfeaturedcustomers.comreview
- openeducat/openeducat_erp on GitHubgithub.comofficial
- OpenEduCat company profile on Tracxntracxn.comnews
- OpenEduCat customers on 6sense6sense.comnews
- OpenEduCat vs PowerSchool comparisonopeneducat.orgofficial
- OpenEduCat Security & Complianceopeneducat.orgsecurity
- FERPA Compliance Software for Schools & Universitiesopeneducat.orgsecurity
- Security and Access Control (deepwiki)deepwiki.comsecurity