New Report cards, timetable & TN EMIS export, all live Flat pricing from ₹750/mo — not per student No app to force-update — works in any browser English + தமிழ், built in from day one Two-tap attendance — under a minute a class

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A fair, factual comparison

How Kalvi compares to a typical school ERP app.

This page compares Kalvi to common patterns across the Tamil Nadu / South India school ERP market — not to any single named product, except where a factual, dated fact is publicly known.

Aspect Typical incumbent ERP Kalvi
Parent access A native app to download from the app store, with update prompts and occasional notification failures Web portal — phone + access code, any browser, nothing to install
Pricing model Per-student pricing that grows every time the school admits a new student Flat ₹1,500–₹5,000 per school per month
Price transparency Pricing revealed only on a sales call, quoted per school Full pricing published on this website
Language English-first; regional language support is a buried spec, if present at all Parent portal in English + Tamil; Tamil notices out of the box
Contract Annual billing, often paid upfront for the full year Month-to-month — leave anytime, with your data
Feature scope 50+ modules built for large private-school groups, most unused by a typical TN school The modules a school actually uses daily
Fee receipts Generic payment records, not always sequentially numbered Sequential numbered receipts (RCP-YYYY-NNNNNN), defaulter view
Getting started Sales-gated demo booking before you see the product Self-serve free trial, or book a demo if you prefer
Vendor focus School ERP is sometimes a side line to hardware or other products School ERP + parent communication is the whole product
A note on vendor commitment

Teachmint has moved its focus to AI classroom hardware, and its ERP lineage is no longer the product it markets. It is still trading and its parent app is still maintained — but if you bought it as your school ERP, it is worth asking your account manager who is building your fee and exam modules now. If the answer is unclear, we are happy to help you move your records.

Coming from somewhere else?

Kalvi fits a few common situations.

Switching from Excel & paper registers

  • One place for attendance, fees and marks instead of scattered sheets
  • Numbered receipts replace hand-written ones
  • Parents stop calling the office to ask what they can already see

Right for: schools running entirely on registers and spreadsheets today.

Switching from an incumbent school ERP

  • No forced native app for parents to reinstall
  • Flat pricing instead of a per-student meter that keeps rising
  • Simpler surface — the modules you use, not 50 you don't

Right for: schools frustrated with app-store complaints or opaque, rising bills.

Switching from a WhatsApp-only workflow

  • Notices, fees and marks stop drowning in a group chat
  • Each parent sees only their own child's record
  • No spam. No unnecessary follow-ups. Just clear communication.

Right for: schools coordinating parents through group chats today.

Evaluating alternatives to Teachmint's ERP

  • School ERP is our whole product, not a line item beside a hardware business
  • Published pricing, so there's no re-negotiation surprise
  • We'll help you plan the data move, at no cost, whenever you are ready

Right for: schools on Teachmint's ERP who want a vendor whose roadmap is still school software.

Fair questions

Where incumbents genuinely do more

Do larger incumbent ERPs have real strengths?
Yes — large multi-decade platforms often carry more modules (transport, library, HR, biometric integrations) built for big private-school groups. If your school genuinely needs that breadth today, they may be a better fit right now. Kalvi is built for the modules a typical Tamil Nadu school uses every day, priced so that scope doesn't cost more as you grow.
Is Kalvi only for small schools?
No — the Group tier removes the student cap and adds multi-branch support for school groups. The difference is pricing philosophy, not a size limit.
Why compare to "typical" incumbents instead of naming one?
Pricing, app requirements and language support vary between vendors and change over time, so a table naming names goes stale faster than we can maintain it. We compare against patterns common in this market instead, and where we do point at a specific vendor we stick to what is on the public record — what they say they sell today, not what we think they might stop selling tomorrow.

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