Acalumi offers four subscription tiers and premium add-ons. Plans are priced per student (the model Indian institutions expect), with an annual floor and optional monthly billing at a ~17% premium. Choose the tier that fits your size, then add specialized add-ons as required.
Source of truth: acalumi-api/migrations/022_billing.up.sql (seed) +
packages/shared/src/constants/modules.json (module registry). This doc mirrors
those. See docs/product-analysis/plans-and-tiering-analysis.md for the
market rationale and pricing-module-fix-plan.md for implementation status.
| Free Trial | Essential | Growth ⭐ | Scale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basis | Flat ₹0 | Per student | Per student | Per student |
| /student/yr | — | ₹150 | ₹120 | ₹80 |
| /student/mo | — | ₹15 | ₹12 | ₹8 |
| Annual floor | — | ₹18,000 | ₹90,000 | ₹3,00,000 |
| Monthly floor | — | ₹1,500 | ₹7,500 | ₹25,000 |
| Yearly saving | — | ~17% vs monthly | ~17% | ~17% |
| Students | 50 | 1,000 | 5,000 | 100,000 |
| Teachers | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Branches | 1 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
| Exams/mo | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10,000 |
| Questions | 500 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Storage | 1 GB | 15 GB | 100 GB | 1,000 GB |
| Modules | 47 | 47 | 87 | 102 |
| Trial | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | 30 days |
Notes:
14-day evaluation of the Essential experience for small teams. Hard limits: 50 students, 5 teachers, 1 branch, 100 exams/month. Not a forever-free band — forces an upgrade decision at trial end.
Single-branch K-12 schools, Tier-2/Tier-3 schools, small coaching centres.
Includes the full academic core: assessment, examination (marks/results/report
cards), content, assignments, gradebook, curriculum, attendance, fee tracking
(erp.fee_tracking), official document issue (documents.official_issue),
limited parent messaging (communication.message_limited), announcements,
diary, calendar, gamification (XP), reports, and billing/support.
Multi-branch schools, mid coaching centres, early colleges. Adds the full
fee engine (erp.fee), exam scheduling & test series, rubrics, holistic
progress (CBSE HPC), analytics, full messaging + gateway, collaboration (forums,
study groups), PTM meetings, social feed, live sessions, documents suite (full +
templates), gamification engine, learning paths, community, kanban, website
builder, and admissions.
Large groups, universities, premium metros. Adds online payments, exam seating & hall tickets, messaging config, AI proctoring, leaderboards/certificates, content integrations (SCORM/H5P/xAPI), LTI, and content moderation. Per-customer limits negotiable via subscription overrides.
| Domain | Essential | Growth | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core / Identity / Billing / Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assessment / Examination (core) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Examination Schedule / Test Series | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Examination Seating / Hall Ticket | · | · | ✓ |
| Content / Assignment / Gradebook / Curriculum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Holistic (CBSE HPC) / Rubrics | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Announcements / Diary / Calendar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Messaging (limited / full / gateway) | limited | full | full + config |
| Collaboration / Forums / Feed | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Proctoring | · | · | ✓ |
| Attendance / Fee Tracking | ✓ | ✓ + fee engine | ✓ + payments |
| Documents (issue / full / templates) | issue | full | full |
| Live Sessions | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Admissions | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gamification (XP / engine / leaderboard) | XP | engine | engine + leaderboard |
| Learning / Community / Kanban / Website | · | ✓ | ✓ + members |
| Moderation | · | · | ✓ |
| Integrations (LTI / SCORM / H5P / xAPI) | · | · | ✓ |
Full key list: packages/shared/src/constants/modules.ts (102 modules).
Subscribed from Settings > Subscription & Billing. Availability depends on tier.
| Add-on | Available On | Pricing basis |
|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp Messaging | Essential+ | Per message / per conversation |
| Offline Pack | Essential+ | Flat/year |
| Extra Storage | Essential+ | Per GB/year |
| ERP Payment | Essential+ | Transaction-fee |
| AI Proctoring | Growth+ | Per proctored session |
| Advanced Analytics | Growth+ | Per student/year |
| Advanced Content (SCORM/H5P/xAPI) | Scale | Per student/year |
| LTI Connector | Scale | Flat/year |
| Code | Discount | Duration |
|---|---|---|
LAUNCH50 | 50% off | First 3 months |
EARLYBIRD30 | 30% off | 1 year |
WELCOME20 | 20% off | First month |
EDU500 | ₹500 off | First month |
| Institution Type | Recommended Plan |
|---|---|
| Trying the platform | Free Trial |
| Single school (up to 1,000 students) | Essential |
| Multi-campus (up to 5,000 students) | Growth |
| Large institution or network | Scale |