What skolengo does

Skolengo is a modular, web-based Education Management Software (EMS) platform developed and operated by the French software company Kosmos, founded in 1998. The platform centralizes school administration, teaching, communication, and pedagogical tools for educational institutions, covering primary, secondary, higher education, and professional/continuing training segments. It is built as a 100% SaaS architecture with ten integrated modules—Communication & Collaboration, Teaching (Pédagogie), School Life (Vie Scolaire), Evaluation, Timetabling, Administrative, Finance, Catering, Extra-curricular Activities, and a Mobile Application—unified under a single sign-on and single contract. Skolengo serves more than 4,000 establishments and 5 million daily users across more than 50 countries, with data hosted in France by the Kosmos-owned NFrance datacenter in Toulouse.

The product's core technical differentiator is its deep interoperability with official French Ministry of Education systems (LSU, LSL, Parcoursup, SIECLE, ONDE, ANGE, GABRIEL, STS), combined with RGPD/GDPR compliance and HDS (Health Data Hosting) certification. These regulatory integrations, built over 25 years, constitute a structural barrier to entry in the French K-12 and post-baccalaureate market. The platform generates revenue through modular SaaS subscriptions (quote-based pricing by institution size and selected modules) and a transactional SMS messaging service (Skolengo SMS) priced from 6.5 cents per message with volume discounts and non-expiring credits.

The company goes to market primarily through direct enterprise field sales targeting school administrators, principals, and territorial authorities, supplemented by inside sales via website demos and contact forms, and an online store for ancillary purchases. Customer enablement is supported by Skolengo Academy, a Qualiopi-certified (since 2021) training and content portal reaching over 19,000 newsletter subscribers. The company is headquartered in Nantes with offices in Toulouse (data center) and Montreal, and has no disclosed external funding rounds, suggesting an organic, privately-held growth profile.

Name

skolengo

Legal name

Kosmos

Website

https://skolengo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Skolengo is a French SaaS provider of modular Education Management Software serving 4,000+ schools and 5M+ daily users across 50+ countries. The platform centralizes school administration, teaching, communication, and pedagogical tools with native integration to French Ministry of Education systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Management Software (K-12 / Higher Ed SaaS)

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

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

• Education management software
• School administration platform
• Student information system
• Learning management software
• Educational SaaS platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Subscription-based pricing model for access to the Skolengo EMS platform with modular pricing based on institution size and selected modules
2. SMS Messaging Service: Transaction-based SMS credits sold in packages with decreasing rates for larger volumes. SMS can be purchased by institutions for parent communication at rates starting from 6.5 cents per message

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Skolengo provides a modular SaaS-based Education Management Software (EMS) platform that centralizes school administration, communication, pedagogy, and school life management for educational institutions. The platform encompasses ten modules covering communication, teaching, evaluation, timetabling, administrative/financial management, catering, and extra-curricular activities, complemented by a native iOS/Android mobile application and an SMS add-on service. The solution is deployed in more than 4,000 establishments serving over 5 million daily users across 50+ countries, with data hosted in France under RGPD/HDS compliance.

Product overview

Skolengo is a modular all-in-one SaaS platform (EMS/Education Management Software) that combines ENT (Espace Numérique de Travail) functionality with extended school management services. It covers the full educational spectrum from primary to secondary, higher education, and professional/continuing training across all sectors. The platform integrates ten modules: Communication & Collaboratif, Pédagogie, Vie Scolaire, Évaluation, Emploi du temps, Administratif, Finance, Restauration, Activités extra-scolaires, and a Mobile Application — all unified under a single sign-on and a single provider/maintenance contract. Add-on services include SMS messaging (Skolengo SMS) and a dedicated training platform (Skolengo Academy). The solution is deployed in over 4,000 establishments serving more than 5 million daily users in over 50 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Communication & Collaboratif Integrated communication module enabling schools to inform, exchange, and collaborate with the entire educational community through real-time secure messaging, targeted communications with attachments, SMS messaging, and real-time alerts. Used by educational institutions to coordinate teachers, parents, and administrators.
• Pédagogie (Teaching) Teaching and pedagogy module supporting digital notebooks, flipped classroom approaches, and interactive exercises for personalized learning pathways. Enables collaborative work, blogs, forums, shared calendars, and folders for teachers and students.
• Vie Scolaire (School Life) Student lifecycle management module covering attendance, behavior tracking, sanctions, and student well-being to facilitate reactive and supportive daily follow-up. Includes ULIS student reclassification and automated attendance workbook updates.
• Évaluation (Grading/Assessment) Assessment and grading module enabling teachers to record marks, generate report cards, and conduct competency-based evaluations aligned with French LSU/LSL school report standards.
• Emploi du temps (Timetabling) Scheduling and timetable management module for planning classes, courses, and evaluations. Timetables synchronize automatically with digital notebooks and attendance sheets, supporting complex schedules with multi-project parallel editing.
• Administratif (Administrative) Administrative management module covering online enrollment, pre-registration, re-registration, family portal, and student file management including AESH (special needs assistant) assignments.
• Finance Financial management and billing module providing centralized control for invoicing, fee management, and financial accounting for educational institutions.
• Restauration (Catering) School cafeteria and catering management module simplifying meal planning, registration, and tracking across multiple schools within a group or district.
• Activités extra-scolaires (Extra-curricular Activities) Extra-curricular activities management module for organizing activities, handling sign-ups, payments, and follow-up through a modern showcase interface.
• Application mobile (Mobile Application) Cross-platform native mobile application (iOS and Android) providing families, students, and teachers access to key Skolengo services (messaging, timetable, grades, attendance, etc.) on mobile devices.
• Skolengo SMS Add-on SMS messaging service enabling schools to send text messages to parents for specific, unexpected, or urgent communications. Purchased as separate credit packages with tiered pricing starting from 6.5 cents per message, with credits that never expire and carry over between academic years.
• Skolengo Academy Online help portal and Qualiopi-certified training platform for Skolengo users, accessible 24/7, containing user guides, webinars, video tutorials, infographics, and training course catalog. Training activities are eligible for OPCO funding.

Quantifiable outcome

• Each day, over 5 million users connect to Skolengo
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NFrancecoreTechnology or IntegrationNFrance is a historic player in hosting, outsourcing, and mission-critical digital services. Owned by the Kosmos group, NFrance provides data center services hosting all Skolengo data in Toulouse, France. Kosmos ensures data traceability by controlling the entire data processing chain from software creation to hosting and outsourcing.
• Ministry of Education (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial compatibility with French Ministry of Education tools and systems including LSU, LSL, Parcoursup, SIECLE, ONDE, ANGE, GABRIEL, STS. Adheres to SDET (Schéma directeur des ENT) framework established since 2004.
• French Ministry of EducationcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeep integration with official French Ministry of Education systems for student information exchange, evaluation reporting (LSU/LSL), higher education admissions (Parcoursup), and administrative data (SIECLE)
• KosmoscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerKosmos is the parent company and publisher of Skolengo. The company develops and markets the Skolengo solution. Founded in 1998, Kosmos specializes in educational software with 25 years of expertise in digitalizing educational institutions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EcoleDirecte: EcoleDirecte provides French K–12 institutions, teachers, students, and families with school-life, grade, timetable, messaging, canteen, and invoicing tools. Its all-in-one institutional and family workflows closely overlap Skolengo's K–12 administration and communication modules.
• PRONOTE: PRONOTE is a French school-management suite covering timetables, grades, homework, attendance, communication, and student life. It is a direct regional competitor to Skolengo's school administration, pedagogy, and parent-communication workflows.
• PowerSchool: PowerSchool offers a K–12 education platform spanning student information, enrollment, assessment, scheduling, communication, and classroom operations. Its enterprise SaaS model and broad K–12 administration suite make it a strong direct comparator.
• Infinite Campus: Infinite Campus provides K–12 student information, enrollment, gradebook, scheduling, family communication, and district administration software. It competes with the same core institutional workflows Skolengo centralizes for school groups and districts.
• Eduarte: Eduarte is a French education-management platform covering student records, school life, family communication, timetabling, and administration. Its regional focus and integrated K–12 workflows are closely comparable to Skolengo.

Emerging players

• Classe365: Classe365 offers cloud-based school administration, attendance, examinations, fees, communication, and parent-portal capabilities. It is an emerging direct peer where Skolengo's breadth and European compliance are differentiators.
• Kiamo: Kiamo focuses on relationships and communication among schools, students, families, and staff through digital school-life workflows. It has meaningful overlap with Skolengo's communication, collaboration, and student-life modules but is narrower in scope.
• Moodle: Moodle is a widely deployed open-source LMS supporting courses, assignments, assessment, collaboration, and institutional extensions. It directly intersects with Skolengo's pedagogy module and is also used through Skolengo's SSO integration.

Broad incumbents

• Canvas: Canvas is an established learning-management platform for assignments, assessment, collaboration, and digital classrooms. It is comparable to Skolengo's teaching and digital-classroom offering, although it does not provide the same breadth of French administrative and ministry integrations.
• Microsoft 365 Education: Microsoft 365 Education provides communication, collaboration, identity, classroom, and productivity capabilities to schools and universities. It competes with a meaningful portion of Skolengo's digital-workplace layer but lacks equivalent dedicated school administration and ministry workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/skolengo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIwzzdDH2BqNKd4eTF74ijg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skolengo-software

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 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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