sosimple's

K-12 School Website CMSsosimpleschools.com

SoSimple Interactive builds a cloud-based, all-in-one website management, communications, and fundraising platform purpose-built for K-12 private, independent, and parochial schools in the United States, sold via annual subscriptions.

Company typePrivate
Founded2016
HeadquartersConnecticut, United States
Headcount—
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What sosimple's does

SoSimple Interactive, LLC (operating as SoSimple Schools) is a privately held, Connecticut-based software company founded in 2016 that builds a cloud-based, all-in-one website management and communications platform exclusively for K-12 private, independent, parochial, and Montessori schools in the United States. The platform is built around SoSimple CMS, which provides a click-and-drag page editor with no coding required and includes 20+ specialized page types (Calendars, Forms, Scheduler, Flipbook, Interactive Campus Maps, Member Directory, etc.), built-in SEO tools, social media aggregation, and online payment forms. Schools can extend the core CMS with add-on modules: SoSimple Marketing+ (email marketing, bulk text messaging, robocalls, password-protected portals, and digital marketing automation); SoSimple Giving (donor CRM, customizable donation forms, recurring giving, event management, peer-to-peer fundraising, and direct mail merge); Embeddable Plugins (Campus Maps, Flip Book, Scheduler, Form Builder) that can be dropped into existing school websites; and Virtual Campus (Zoom-embedded virtual classrooms with attendance tracking and SSO integration to LDAP, Office 365, Senior Systems, and FACTs).

sosimple's firmographics

Firmographics

Name: sosimple's
Legal name: SoSimple Interactive, LLC
Website: https://sosimpleschools.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2016
Operating status: Operating
Short description: SoSimple Interactive builds a cloud-based, all-in-one website management, communications, and fundraising platform purpose-built for K-12 private, independent, and parochial schools in the United States, sold via annual subscriptions.
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sosimple's industry classification

Industry

Product category: K-12 School Website CMS
NAICS: Educational Support Services (611710)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry: Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)
akta.pro secondary industry: Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms (EDAJAMAA)

Keywords

School website design
School CMS platform
Education fundraising software
School communications platform
K-12 marketing automation

Where sosimple's is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Connecticut
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

sosimple's business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

SoSimple CMS Platform Subscription: Annual subscription-based pricing for access to the SoSimple CMS platform, including website management, hosting, and core platform features. Schools pay for the platform as a managed service with bundled support and training.
SoSimple Giving Upgrade: An upgrade/add-on to the SoSimple CMS and Marketing+ platforms, providing comprehensive fundraising, donor CRM, email marketing, text messaging, event management, and peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities. Billed as an add-on subscription to the core CMS.
SoSimple Marketing+ Subscription: Marketing+ is an add-on module to the SoSimple CMS providing email marketing, text messaging, robocalls, portals/intranets, marketing automation, contact database management, and integrations. Sold as an annual subscription upgrade.
Embeddable Plugins: Standalone plugin tools (Interactive Campus Maps, Flip Book, Scheduler, Form Builder) available to schools that already have existing websites. These plugins can be embedded to add advanced capabilities, providing an entry point for schools not yet on the full SoSimple CMS platform.
Virtual Campus Module: Virtual learning portal module integrated with the SoSimple platform, featuring Zoom video integration, attendance tracking, and virtual classroom management. Offered as part of the platform suite.
Custom Website Design Services: SoSimple designs and builds fully custom websites for schools, either from pre-built themes or entirely custom designs. Design services are bundled with CMS onboarding, training, and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	All pricing is quote-based with no public price points.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

sosimple's product offering

Product offering

Core offering

SoSimple develops and operates a cloud-based, all-in-one school website management and communications platform built for private and independent K-12 schools. The platform consolidates a CMS, marketing automation, fundraising/donor CRM, communications (email, text, robocalls), virtual learning portals, and custom website design services into a single integrated solution with a click-and-drag editor that requires no coding. Schools subscribe annually and can adopt add-on modules such as SoSimple Marketing+, SoSimple Giving, Embeddable Plugins, and Virtual Campus as needs grow.

Product overview

SoSimple offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on SoSimple CMS as the core school website management and communications platform. The ecosystem includes SoSimple Marketing+ for marketing, automated communications, and community management; SoSimple Giving for comprehensive fundraising and donor engagement; Embeddable Plugins (Interactive Campus Maps, Flip Book, Scheduler, Form Builder) for schools with existing websites; and Virtual Campus for online learning. All products are designed specifically for educational institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

SoSimple CMS: School website management and communications platform with content management, form building, and social media management features.
SoSimple Marketing+
SoSimple Giving
Embeddable Plugins
Virtual Campus

Products and services

SoSimple CMS Core school website management and communications platform for K-12 schools, featuring 20+ specialized page types (Content Page Manager, News, Photo Gallery, Calendar/Events, Blogs, Form Builder, Flipbook, Interactive Map, Scheduler, Member Directory, Landing Page Creator, etc.), mobile-responsive design, built-in SEO tools, social media management, online forms, and payment collection. Designed for private, independent, and parochial schools with no coding required.
SoSimple Marketing+ Marketing, automated communications, and community management add-on module including email marketing with templates and analytics, bulk text messaging, robocalls, password-protected portals and intranets, digital marketing automation with auto-responders and drip campaigns, contact database management, and third-party database integrations. Sells as an annual subscription upgrade to the SoSimple CMS.
SoSimple Giving All-inclusive fundraising and donor engagement platform including donor CRM, customizable donation forms, online and recurring payments (credit card, ACH, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Venmo), email marketing, text messaging, event management, peer-to-peer fundraising, direct mail merge, automated year-end tax receipts, and campaign performance reporting. Sold as an annual subscription add-on to the SoSimple CMS.
Embeddable Plugins Collection of standalone, embeddable plugins including Interactive Campus Maps (immersive virtual school tours), Flip Book (interactive digital publications), Scheduler (appointment booking with external calendar sync), and Form Builder (online forms and payment collection). Available to schools that already have a website as a lower-cost entry point before adopting the full SoSimple CMS.
Virtual Campus Online campus and virtual classroom module featuring school-branded portals, embedded Zoom video calls, automated attendance tracking, two-way discussion boards, recorded lesson library, class material storage, calendar integration, and online forms. Integrates with existing SIS and LMS via Single Sign-On with LDAP, Office 365, Senior Systems, and FACTs.
Custom Website Design Services Custom website design and build services for schools, delivered either from pre-built themes (Themes A through J) or as fully custom designs. Services are bundled with SoSimple CMS onboarding, training, and ongoing support under an annual subscription.

Quantifiable outcome

Schools replace multiple third-party systems with a single connected solution, simplifying operations, improving efficiency, saving time, and significantly reducing costs
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Companies that use sosimple's

Customer profile

Named customers24 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

sosimple's technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature6 records

sosimple's partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is integrated as a payment processor within the SoSimple platform's Form Builder and SoSimple Giving module, enabling schools to securely accept credit card payments, one-time donations, and recurring payments online.
PayPalcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayPal is integrated as a payment processor within the SoSimple platform, enabling schools to accept PayPal as a payment method for donations, registrations, and other online payments.
Authorize.netcoreTechnology or IntegrationAuthorize.net is integrated as a payment gateway within the SoSimple platform, enabling schools to process credit card transactions through the Form Builder and SoSimple Giving donation forms.
ZoomcoreTechnology or IntegrationZoom is embedded within the SoSimple Virtual Campus module, providing live-streamed lessons, video calls, and virtual classroom functionality. Schools can use Zoom's full functionality without needing to send separate invites, as the integration connects directly within the SoSimple platform.
Ovus & AterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOvus & Ater is an education branding and marketing firm located in Cambridge, MA. The firm recommends SoSimple to school clients as a trusted web platform and has used SoSimple CMS for its own website. SoSimple and Ovus & Ater have collaborated on school projects including South Kent School's website redesign.
LDAP / Office 365 / Senior Systems / FACTscoreTechnology or IntegrationThe SoSimple platform supports Single Sign-On (SSO) integration with third-party Student Information Systems (SIS) and identity providers including LDAP, Office 365, Senior Systems, and FACTs, enabling schools to manage logins across platforms seamlessly.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

sosimple's competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

FACTS: FACTS provides K-12 school management, enrollment, tuition, and family-information solutions, including SIS and payments. It is a broad incumbent adjacent to SoSimple's school administration, enrollment, and payment workflows.
PowerSchool: PowerSchool provides K-12 student information, learning, finance, and school-operations software. It is a broad platform comparator for SoSimple's administration, SIS integration, and virtual-campus capabilities, though it is not a website specialist.
Blackbaud: Blackbaud serves education and nonprofit organizations with fundraising, donor management, payments, CRM, and advancement software. It is a broad incumbent comparator for SoSimple Giving, although its portfolio extends well beyond school websites.

Direct peers

Finalsite: Finalsite provides K-12 school website design, hosting, CMS, communications, enrollment, and mobile-app tools. It is a direct broad-suite comparator to SoSimple's school website management, marketing, communications, and payments platform.
Edlio: Edlio provides school website design and CMS, mobile apps, communications, and online payment tools for K-12 organizations. It competes for the same school marketing and web-presence budget as SoSimple.
Apptegy: Apptegy builds branded school websites, mobile apps, and communication tools for K-12 districts and schools. Its digital-presence and family-engagement focus closely overlaps SoSimple's CMS and Marketing+ modules.
SchoolWebmasters: SchoolWebmasters offers school website design, hosting, and CMS services to private and public schools. It is a direct operating-model comparator, especially for SoSimple's custom design and website-management motion.
SchoolMessenger: SchoolMessenger provides school notification and mass-communication tools for educators, families, and students. It directly overlaps with SoSimple's email, text, robocall, and community-communication functionality.

Emerging players

RevTrak: RevTrak provides online payments, school stores, and fundraising tools for schools and education organizations. It overlaps with SoSimple Giving and the platform's forms and payment capabilities, though its scope is narrower.
ParentSquare: ParentSquare is a K-12 family-engagement and school-to-home communication platform with messaging and notification workflows. It overlaps with SoSimple Marketing+ and parent or family portal use cases, but focuses more narrowly on engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

sosimple's financial estimates

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sosimple's leadership team

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sosimple's funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

sosimple's M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about sosimple's

What does sosimple's do?

Is sosimple's a public or private company?

sosimple's is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was sosimple's founded?

sosimple's was founded in 2016.

Where is sosimple's based?

sosimple's is headquartered in Connecticut, United States, in the North America region.

How does sosimple's make money?

Six revenue lines are on record. SoSimple CMS Platform Subscription is the primary driver. The others are soSimple Giving Upgrade, soSimple Marketing+ Subscription, embeddable Plugins, virtual Campus Module and custom Website Design Services.

Who are sosimple's's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are FACTS, PowerSchool and Blackbaud. Direct peers are Finalsite, Edlio, Apptegy, SchoolWebmasters and SchoolMessenger. Emerging players are RevTrak and ParentSquare.

Does sosimple's have an API?

No public API is recorded for sosimple's.

What industry is sosimple's in?

sosimple's's product category is K-12 School Website CMS. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAJAMAB, Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms, with a secondary code of EDAJAMAA, Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms. Its NAICS code is 611710 and its SIC code is 7372.