Mein Schulplan

What Mein Schulplan does

Mein Schulplan is a German EdTech SaaS platform operated by Schmidt IT Solutions (Aschaffenburg) that provides individual teachers with digital lesson planning, curriculum mapping, and student administration tools. The product centers on a Digitaler Lehrerkalender (digital teacher calendar) supported by four integrated modules: drag-and-drop Unterrichtsplanung, a Sch\u00fclerverwaltung (student administration) module covering grades, attendance, seating plans, and observations, a Lehrplan-Integration module that maps lessons to official curricula from seven German federal states plus Swiss Lehrplan 21, and a KI-Assistent powered by GPT-5 that generates lesson drafts, sequence plans, and annual plans. The platform is built as an offline-first cloud application with a single codebase spanning browser, iPad, Android, and smartphone; all data is stored locally and encrypted before transmission, with servers hosted in an ISO 27001-certified IONOS SE data center in Germany under a DSGVO-compliant architecture.

The company sells exclusively via direct self-serve digital channels through three annual license tiers \u2014 Basis (\u20ac29.95/year), Pro (\u20ac44.95/year), and Premium (\u20ac64.95/year) \u2014 with a 14-day free trial that does not require a credit card and no automatic renewal. Distribution is augmented by a co-branded BLLV version called DIGIT (digit-bllv.de) under a partnership established in 2014, plus additional VBE partner channels (digit-vbe-bw, digit-vberp.de). The product is bootstrapped and founder-operated (Stefan Schmidt) with 1-10 employees, no institutional funding, and 100% of revenue from license fees; it has 9,678 registered teachers and 8.24 million planned lesson hours logged since 2012, serving teachers across primary, secondary, and Gymnasium schools in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Name

Mein Schulplan

Legal name

Schmidt IT Solutions

Website

https://mein-schulplan.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mein Schulplan is a German EdTech SaaS that provides individual teachers with offline-first digital lesson planning, curriculum mapping across seven German states plus Switzerland, student administration, and GPT-5-powered AI lesson drafting, sold via annual self-serve licenses and BLLV/VBE association partner channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Productivity Software

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Other Schools and Instruction (6116)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Digital Curriculum & Interactive Lessons (EDAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Lesson planning software
• Teacher calendar app
• Curriculum management platform
• Student administration software
• AI lesson planner

Headquarters

HQ city

Haibach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Software Licenses (SaaS): Three-tier annual subscription model. Basis at €29.95/year, Pro at €44.95/year, Premium at €64.95/year. Billed annually (not monthly). No automatic renewal; license simply expires after 12 months. No credit card required for 14-day free trial. No advertising, no data selling. 100% of revenue from license fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mein Schulplan is a SaaS platform that provides German teachers with a digital teacher calendar, drag-and-drop lesson planning, AI-assisted curriculum mapping (covering 7 German federal states plus Switzerland), and integrated student administration including grades, attendance, observations, and seating plans. The product operates on an offline-first architecture with encrypted local data storage and is sold through annual subscription licenses in three tiers.

Product overview

Mein Schulplan is a SaaS platform providing digital teacher planning and student administration tools for German educators. The product architecture centers on a Digitaler Lehrerkalender (Digital Teacher Calendar) as the core platform, with four integrated modules: Unterrichtsplanung (Lesson Planning with drag-and-drop weekly view), KI-Assistent (AI assistant generating lesson drafts, sequence plans, and phase plans via GPT-5), Schülerverwaltung (Student Administration for grades, attendance, seating plans, and checklists), and Lehrplan-Integration (curriculum database from 7 German states plus Switzerland). The platform is distributed in three pricing tiers (Basis at €29.95/year, Pro at €44.95/year, Premium at €64.95/year), plus a BLLV co-branded version called DIGIT. Operated by Schmidt IT Solutions, Aschaffenburg, with servers at IONOS SE in Germany. In continuous development since 2012, with major milestones in 2014 (BLLV partnership), 2019 (offline-first rewrite), 2020 (curriculum integration), 2023 (student administration), and 2025 (AI expansion).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DIGIT: BLLV-specific version of Mein Schulplan running under digit-bllv.de for Bayerischer Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenverband members.

Products and services

• Mein Schulplan (SaaS Platform) SaaS platform for German teachers combining digital teacher calendar, drag-and-drop lesson planning, AI-powered curriculum mapping (7 German federal states plus Switzerland), and student administration (grades, attendance, seating plans, observations, checklists). Sold as annual subscriptions in three tiers (Basis €29.95, Pro €44.95, Premium €64.95).
• DIGIT (BLLV-branded version) BLLV-branded version of Mein Schulplan running under digit-bllv.de for members of the Bayerischer Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenverband (Bavarian Teachers' Association). Operates on identical underlying infrastructure with BLLV-specific branding and curriculum templates developed through teacher workshops.
• Schülerverwaltung (Student Administration Module)

Quantifiable outcome

• 9,678 registered teachers using the platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BLLV (Bayerischer Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenverband)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Partnership since 2014 with the Bavarian Teachers' Association. BLLV serves as the key institutional partner for curriculum maintenance and teacher proximity. A BLLV-branded version called DIGIT (digit-bllv.de) runs alongside the open Mein Schulplan product. Curriculum templates were developed in partnership with BLLV members from 2014 onward and validated by practitioners. Stefan Schmidt, the founder, met BLLV in 2014 and together they redesigned the product through extensive teacher workshops covering primary school, secondary school, gymnasium, and vocational schools.
• Hessische LehrkräfteakademieminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHessische Lehrkräfteakademie is listed among trusted partners and institutions using Mein Schulplan. Appears alongside BLLV and EdTech Verband in the partner logos section on the main website.
• EdTech VerbandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEdTech Verband (German EdTech industry association) is listed as a trusted partner and institution on the Mein Schulplan website, providing industry-level credibility and visibility.
• IONOS SEcoreOthersMein Schulplan runs its servers in an ISO-27001-certified IONOS SE data center in Germany. Student data with personal identifiers is processed only on end devices and strongly encrypted before server transmission. IONOS provides the cloud infrastructure for all Mein Schulplan services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Planbook: Long-standing US-based digital lesson planning SaaS for K-12 teachers. Same core workflow (calendar-anchored lesson planning with templates and sharing) targeted at individual teachers.
• Chalk.com: Canadian K-12 planning and gradebook platform covering lesson plans, attendance, and student reporting. Comparable product surface area and individual-teacher sales motion.
• PlanerPlus: German teacher planning SaaS with calendar, lesson plans, and class management. Direct domestic competitor in the German K-12 teacher productivity space.
• Fobizz: Hamburg-based German EdTech offering AI-powered tools for teachers, including lesson planning, differentiation, and worksheet generation. Most direct German-language competitor in the AI lesson planning category.
• Common Curriculum: US-based lesson planning SaaS with templates, drag-and-drop weekly planning, and curriculum alignment. Closest US direct competitor on workflow and target persona.

Others

• Lehrer-Online: German educational publisher and free resource portal for teachers. Adjacent ecosystem player — not a productivity tool alternative, but a complementary content channel for the same teacher persona.

Emerging players

• Bettermarks: German adaptive math learning platform for K-10 with strong school-distribution. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but a candidate for portfolio consolidation in German EdTech.

Regional players

• Logineo NRW: State-procured collaboration and learning platform for North Rhine-Westphalia schools. Competes not on features but on regulatory/budgetary position within a single major Bundesland.

Broad incumbents

• Google for Education: Google Classroom plus Workspace bundle covering assignments, calendars, and content distribution. Competes as a free, school-wide incumbent with deep institutional penetration in Germany.
• Microsoft 365 Education: Incumbent productivity suite (OneNote Class Notebook, Teams for Education) bundling planner, gradebook, and LMS capabilities. Competes as a free add-on to existing school-wide Microsoft agreements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MeinSchulplan

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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