Smart Tuition

Name

Smart Tuition

Legal name

Blackbaud, Inc.

Website

https://smarttuition.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tuition Management Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Billing, Invoicing & Account Statements (EDALAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parent/Student Portals, Communications & Consent Management (EDAFAEAK)

Keywords

• Tuition management software
• School payment processing
• Education billing solutions
• K-12 tuition collection
• School financial management

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodbridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition Management Services: Subscription-based tuition management services for K-12 schools and educational institutions, providing online payment processing, billing management, and parent communication tools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Smart Tuition (now Blackbaud Tuition Management) provides subscription-based tuition management software for private and independent K-12 schools. The platform enables schools to handle tuition billing, payment collection, financial aid management, and parent communication, while giving parents online access to make tuition payments and manage payment plans through dedicated web portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blackbaud Tuition Management

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• FACTS (Nelnet): FACTS, operated by Nelnet, is the most direct competitor to Smart Tuition, offering tuition management, payment plans, and financial aid administration for private and faith-based K-12 schools. Both products are subscription SaaS solutions serving the same buyer (school business offices) with overlapping functionality.
• TADS: TADS provides tuition management, admissions, and school administration software specifically for Catholic and private K-12 schools. It competes head-to-head with Smart Tuition in tuition billing, payment plans, and financial aid workflows at independent schools.
• Praxi (formerly TuitionPay): Praxi (formerly TuitionPay) offers tuition payment processing and installment plans for K-12 schools and families, directly overlapping with Smart Tuition's core billing and payment plan features. Both target private school families and the business offices that bill them.
• SchoolAdmin: SchoolAdmin provides enrollment management, tuition billing, and payment plan software for private and independent schools, directly overlapping with Smart Tuition's tuition management value proposition. Both serve the same buyer and integrate with SIS systems.
• Blackbaud SIS Modules: Blackbaud's broader school administration suite (including SIS and financial management modules) houses Smart Tuition as Blackbaud Tuition Management and overlaps with the same tuition workflows. It is effectively the parent platform, included as the internal peer against which Smart Tuition's standalone viability is measured.

Emerging players

• Gradelink: Gradelink is a school information system for K-12 that includes tuition billing, payment processing, and parent portals, overlapping with Smart Tuition's billing and portal functionality. It is more comprehensive (broader SIS) but smaller in scale.
• Veracross: Veracross offers a unified school information system for independent schools that includes billing and tuition management modules. It competes with Smart Tuition by absorbing tuition workflows into a broader SIS rather than offering standalone tuition management.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is a large K-12 SIS provider whose product portfolio includes billing and payment functionality, competing broadly with Smart Tuition in school administration software. Its scale and public-market presence make it a broad incumbent rather than a niche tuition specialist.
• Brightwheel: Brightwheel provides payment, billing, and communication tools primarily for early childhood education programs, with expanding reach into K-12. It overlaps with Smart Tuition's payment and parent portal functionality but focuses on younger ages and a different buyer.

Others

• Finalsite: Finalsite is a school engagement and communications platform that integrates payment and billing workflows, adjacent to Smart Tuition's parent portal and billing offering. It is not a direct tuition management competitor but shares the same K-12 private school buyer.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/smarttuition
• Facebookfacebook.com/smartforschools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smart-tuition

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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