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Commercial model

Pricing that scales with the institution — not with software complexity.

One annual institutional licence, calculated on student-volume bands and shaped by the plan you choose. The three plans are below; figures follow in a written proposal after a short discovery.

No hidden module wall. No compulsory rip-and-replace. Scope, ownership and success measures agreed before deployment.

How pricing works

Student numbers set the scale. The plan sets how much operational and governance control you get. The two are decided separately.

Licence
Annual, institutional
Calculated on
Student-volume bands
Shaped by
The plan chosen and the institution's complexity

Plan architecture

Three levels of institutional command, not three feature bundles.

Every plan includes the complete generally available core operational platform. Essential school operations are not unlocked by upgrading from Starter to Pro or Enterprise. Plans differ in agreed messaging and AI allowances, analytics depth, workflow sophistication, identity and integration options, customisation and advanced governance. Standard implementation and support remain included in every plan; any custom SLA is separately agreed. Specific inclusions and consumption limits are documented in the proposal.

01

Starter

The complete generally available core platform for institutions operating one campus or many.

Depth 1 of 3

Best for: Schools replacing fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected tools

02

Pro

Operational command for institutions that need deeper visibility and accountability.

Depth 2 of 3

Best for: Growing schools taking on more operational complexity

03

Enterprise

Selected by governance need

Institutional governance, cross-campus command and advanced controls for larger or more complex institutions.

Depth 3 of 3

Best for: Educational trusts and multi-campus groups

At a glance

SquareCampus plan comparison across operational scope, visibility, accountability, structure, integrations, intelligence, deployment and support. The licensing model is published; figures are issued in a written proposal after institutional discovery.
Dimension01Starter02Pro03Enterprise
Operational scopeComplete generally available core platformComplete generally available core platformComplete generally available core platform
Leadership visibilityStandard operational dashboardsOwner command views and richer analyticsAdvanced analytics and trust-level command requirements
Accountability modelRole-based access and audit historyEnhanced routing and operational audit requirements, scopedAdvanced governance and policy requirements, scoped
Institutional structureMulti-campus operations with campus-level administrationMulti-campus operations with enhanced workflowsMulti-campus operations with advanced central governance
Sign-in and identityOptional Entra SSO, separately quotedOptional Entra SSO, separately quotedIdentity governance: multi-directory, group-to-role mappings, enforcement policy, lifecycle (scoped)
IntegrationsStandard configurationStandard integration requirements confirmed during discoveryEnterprise and custom integration requirements scoped
Mobile appsParent and staff apps includedParent and staff apps includedParent and staff apps included
AEGIS intelligenceScope and additional usage assessed separatelyControlled access and allowances agreed in proposalGoverned access within an agreed allowance
Baseline securityTenant isolation, secure authentication, role-based access and essential auditabilityTenant isolation, secure authentication, role-based access and essential auditabilityTenant isolation, secure authentication, role-based access and essential auditability
SMS, WhatsApp and email allowancesInclusions and usage boundaries specified in proposalInclusions and usage boundaries specified in proposalInclusions and usage boundaries specified in proposal
Institution-owned data and supported exportsDocumented for every deploymentDocumented for every deploymentDocumented for every deployment
Chosen becauseThe core needs to work as one systemLeadership needs visibility and accountabilityGovernance, identity or audit requirements — at any enrolment
DeploymentManaged SquareCampus CloudManaged SquareCampus CloudManaged, private-cloud or on-premises eligibility
Implementation and supportStandard onboarding and supportImplementation and support included, with best-effort data migrationImplementation and support included; a custom SLA is quoted separately

Every plan includes the complete generally available core operational platform. Essential school operations are not unlocked by upgrading from Starter to Pro or Enterprise. Advanced capability themes are indicative; availability, inclusions, limits and service levels are confirmed in the proposal and signed order form.

Your plan does not determine your legal retention obligations. Storage and archive arrangements are specified in your proposal and order form. How retention works

How the licence is composed

Four inputs, agreed openly, before any number is issued.

The annual platform licence is not a module count. It is the sum of institutional scale, the plan selected (how much operational and governance control it includes), the complexity of the institution and how the platform is delivered.

Proposal inputs

Annual platform licence

One annual institutional licence, assessed against these four inputs during scoping. Migration, integrations and other separately quoted services remain distinct lines.

Scale
Active enrolled students
Depth
Starter, Pro or Enterprise
Complexity
Campuses, workflows, roles and governance
Delivery
Deployment, integrations and support

Scale

Active enrolled students

Student volume sets the platform baseline. Larger enrolments sit in progressively better volume bands, so the marginal rate reduces as the institution grows.

Depth

Starter, Pro or Enterprise

The plan reflects how much operational and governance control the institution needs — from connected core operations through to trust-level command.

Complexity

Campuses, workflows, roles and governance

Multiple campuses, deeper approval chains and wider role structures change the shape of the rollout and the shape of the commercial.

Delivery

Deployment, integrations and support

The deployment profile, integrations and support model are set out explicitly rather than folded into an unstated blended rate. Migration is included from Pro.

What Enterprise adds

Enterprise is not Pro with more modules.

An ordinary ERP grows by adding modules. Enterprise grows by adding institutional governance: the structure, command, identity, audit and deployment controls a trust or a complex institution actually has to run on.

What Enterprise adds beyond ordinary ERP modules, by dimension.
DimensionOrdinary ERP modulesSquareCampus Enterprise
Institutional structureSeveral schools run as separate instances or branchesAdvanced trust-school-campus governance requirements: inherited policy and recorded local exceptions, subject to scoping
CommandConsolidated reports prepared from each branchTrust-level command-view requirements, scoped against available reporting capabilities
GovernanceApproval steps inside individual modulesAdvanced approval and exception-ownership requirements across workflows and campuses, scoped during discovery
IdentityUser accounts per instanceIdentity governance: multi-directory requirements, group-to-role mappings, SSO enforcement policy and lifecycle controls, scoped during discovery
AuditabilityChange logs per moduleAdvanced policy controls and audit-export requirements; institution-owned data and supported portability apply to every plan
IntelligenceReports and dashboardsGoverned AEGIS access requirements and allowances, confirmed against available capabilities
Deployment and integrationVendor cloud, standard connectorsManaged cloud, private-cloud or on-premises eligibility, enterprise integrations and implementation governance

The identity provider establishes who a person is. SquareCampus decides what that person may do: institution membership, campus scope, roles, workflow privileges, record access and operational permissions are governed inside SquareCampus and are never derived from an email address or domain alone. Sign-in options by plan

Fit

Who SquareCampus is priced for, and who it is not.

SquareCampus is priced for institutions that want governance, workflow ownership, exception management, visibility and auditability. To one that needs only the cheapest attendance, fees and report-card product it will look expensive — and that reading is correct.

Best suited to

  • Institutions where leadership wants to know what requires attention today, who owns it and whether it was closed
  • Trusts and groups balancing central policy with campus-level accountability
  • Institutions that need auditability, approval chains and role-scoped access as institutional configuration rather than as favours from a vendor
  • Institutions that expect their systems to interoperate rather than to be replaced wholesale

SquareCampus may not be the right fit if

  • The requirement is limited to basic attendance, fee collection and report cards
  • The lowest possible licence price is the dominant selection criterion
  • The institution does not need workflow ownership, exception management, governance or cross-campus visibility
  • Leadership wants a tool for one office rather than an operating system for the institution

Volume-based pricing

The marginal rate reduces as enrolment grows.

Student volume sets platform scale, and larger volumes use the shared platform foundation more efficiently. The commercial model reflects those economies rather than imposing a flat rate for every institution.

The institution benefits from its own scale

SquareCampus maintains one shared platform baseline — capacity, security, observability, workflow infrastructure and the operations behind them. That baseline does not multiply with every additional student.

Larger institutions therefore receive the benefit of platform economies of scale. The marginal rate reduces as enrolment grows, while the selected plan reflects the workflow, analytics, governance and deployment depth required. An institution is not charged the entry rate indefinitely for growing.

  1. 01

    Platform foundation

    Shared capacity, security and operations.

  2. 02

    Greater utilisation

    Larger enrolments use that foundation more fully.

  3. 03

    Lower marginal rate

    The benefit returns to the institution.

Marginal rate per student

Enrolment →

Shared platform foundation — constant across every band

Pricing uses progressive, volume-based student bands. The chart shows the direction of the marginal rate as enrolment grows — the bands themselves are set out in your proposal.

What shapes the proposal

The inputs we establish during institutional discovery.

A proposal is only useful if it reflects the institution as it actually operates. These are the dimensions mapped before commercial terms are issued.

Active student count

The billable enrolment basis for the term.

Number of campuses

Single campus, group, or trust hierarchy.

Workflows selected

Which operational areas move onto the platform.

Migration volume and data quality

How much history moves, and in what state, so we can say early what cannot.

Integrations

Accounting, identity, payments and existing institutional systems.

Deployment profile

Managed cloud, private cloud, or on-premises.

Support and SLA requirements

Response expectations and escalation structure.

Governance and approval depth

Approval chains, policy controls and audit expectations.

AEGIS usage

Whether governed intelligence is in scope, and at what depth.

Communication and storage requirements

Messaging volume and document storage.

Exact commercial terms are issued after a short institutional discovery.

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Included versus separately scoped

No hidden subsidies. No surprise implementation bill.

The licence already covers your plan, the apps, self-serve reports, implementation and support, a monthly usage allowance and, from Pro, data migration. Anything else is optional and priced in the proposal before you sign.

In every licence

  • Your plan's platform

    Every capability theme listed for your plan.

  • Parent and staff apps

    The standard SquareCampus apps, at no extra charge.

  • Your own reports

    Filter, group, total and chart your tables, save views and export to Excel, CSV or PDF.

  • Implementation and support

    In every plan, with no paid fast track. Designed to need little or no training.

  • Monthly usage allowance

    SMS, WhatsApp and storage, plus AEGIS where your plan includes it.

  • Data migration — Pro and Enterprise

    Everything your current system can export in usable form. Anything that cannot move is shown before go-live.

White-labelled Android and iOS apps under your own branding carry one charge for the whole agreed term. Founding Institutional Partners receive them without it.

Institutional identity

Available separately

Institutions on Starter, Pro or Enterprise may request optional single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID as a separately quoted enhancement, subject to technical onboarding. Once configured, staff use their institutional accounts under the institution's own MFA, Conditional Access and user-assignment policies, while SquareCampus governs authorisation. Availability and commercial terms are confirmed before activation.

White-labelled mobile apps

Separately quoted enhancement

Institution-branded parent and staff apps and store listings are quoted separately. The existing single charge covers the agreed term; founding-partner treatment follows its separate agreement. Delivery readiness is confirmed during scoping.

Messaging and consumption

Allowances and usage charges

Every plan includes the agreed monthly SMS, WhatsApp and storage allowances, and AEGIS where included. Usage beyond the allowance is prepaid at proposal rates, never billed after the fact. Email and other external-service scope are confirmed separately; no universal quotas or unlimited-use entitlements are published.

Analytics, branding and identity lifecycle

Contact sales to assess requirements

Discuss advanced analytics, additional AI credits, extended branding, provisioning and federation requirements. Product availability, plan eligibility and commercial treatment require confirmation; confirm the supported scope with sales before commitment.

Custom integrations and migration

Custom-quoted professional services

Data migration is included in Pro and Enterprise and quoted on Starter, on a best-effort basis against usable source exports. Custom integrations and engineering are quoted as project work. Consumption beyond agreed allowances is prepaid.

Enhanced support and deployment

Contact sales for a scoped proposal

Enhanced support, contractual SLA options and specialised deployment requirements are assessed separately. Response commitments, service levels and eligibility exist only where agreed in the contract.

Three commercial paths

Choose the engagement that fits your institution.

The complimentary launch pilot is separate from the standard paid subscription and from the Founding Institutional Partner programme. Launch-pilot participation does not confer founding status or its negotiated privileges.

Standard Commercial Subscription

The normal paid SquareCampus subscription, with plan entitlements, consumption allowances and separately quoted requirements agreed in the proposal and order form.

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Selected Institutional Launch Pilot

Eligible, approved launch institutions may join a 90-day complimentary pilot. The platform subscription, standard onboarding and reasonable operational support are included for the agreed pilot scope. Participation requires institutional approval and an agreed scope; submitting an enquiry does not activate a pilot. This is a selected launch programme, not an unrestricted global free trial.

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Founding Institutional Partner programme

A Founding Institutional Partner is not an ordinary customer. The position involves a strategic capital commitment under a separately executed agreement, material participation in product validation, and structured roadmap input. Its paid, scoped founding engagements and negotiated privileges are separate from the complimentary launch pilot.

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90 days

Selected Institutional Launch Pilot

Eligible, approved launch institutions may join a 90-day complimentary pilot. The platform subscription, standard onboarding and reasonable operational support are included for the agreed pilot scope.

Participation requires institutional approval and an agreed scope; submitting an enquiry does not activate a pilot. This is a selected launch programme, not an unrestricted global free trial.

Initial launch outreach focuses on Kotdwara and surrounding areas. Enquiries are reviewed individually; this outreach focus is not a published geographic eligibility restriction.

Modules, workflows, deployment coverage, institutional counterparts and documented success criteria are agreed before activation.

Messaging, AI, storage, integrations and external-service consumption have defined boundaries agreed before activation. Custom development, bespoke integrations and unrestricted engineering support are not included. Any separately chargeable work or consumption must be agreed in writing.

Subscription pricing is communicated before pilot activation, with a commercial review before the 90-day pilot expires. At completion, the institution chooses to subscribe or discontinue.

Request launch-pilot review

Founding pilots are paid, scoped commercial engagements. Scope, success measures, fees and conversion terms are agreed in writing before implementation begins.

Founding pilots run for 60–90 days, with the choice to convert, extend or stop.

Common foundations

Security and data ownership apply to every plan.

Tenant isolation, secure authentication, role-based authorisation, protection of institutional records, essential security logging and privacy safeguards are baseline requirements in every plan. Advanced identity governance and expanded audit controls are separately scoped; fundamental security is not a premium feature.

The institution owns its institutional data in every plan. We earn continued adoption through operational value, with supported data exports and documented offboarding rather than artificial lock-in. Export scope, available formats, access arrangements and assistance are confirmed for the deployment; retention and deletion follow the agreement, the DPA and applicable obligations. Export formats and timing are established before commitment.

Procurement questions

The commercial questions institutions ask before signing.

Answers here describe how the model works. The signed order form governs the specific terms for your institution.

Is pricing public?

The licensing model is published on the pricing page; figures are issued in a written proposal after institutional discovery. One published figure would be wrong for most institutions, in both directions.

What does Enterprise add beyond ordinary ERP modules?

Enterprise is selected by governance requirement, not by enrolment or module count. Advanced institutional governance, cross-campus command, analytics, integrations, expanded audit controls and specialised deployment or support requirements are assessed during discovery and documented against available capabilities. Every plan includes the complete generally available core operational platform. Essential school operations are not unlocked by upgrading from Starter to Pro or Enterprise. The institution owns its institutional data in every plan. We earn continued adoption through operational value, with supported data exports and documented offboarding rather than artificial lock-in. Export scope, available formats, access arrangements and assistance are confirmed for the deployment; retention and deletion follow the agreement, the DPA and applicable obligations. Export formats and timing are established before commitment.

Is SquareCampus appropriate if we only need attendance and fees?

Usually not. SquareCampus is priced for institutions that want governance, workflow ownership, exception management, visibility and auditability. To one that needs only the cheapest attendance, fees and report-card product it will look expensive — and that reading is correct.

Can we keep our existing ERP during the pilot?

Yes. A pilot covers one campus or one workflow bundle, and your ERP keeps running and stays authoritative. Replacing anything is a later decision, taken on evidence.

Is migration included?

Data migration is included in Pro and Enterprise, and quoted on Starter. We move everything your current system can export in usable form. If it lacks data SquareCampus needs, or is too fragmented to reconcile, we show you what cannot move before go-live instead of guessing.

Do custom reports cost extra?

Reporting is self-serve in every plan: staff filter, group, total and chart their tables, save views for the team and export to Excel, CSV or PDF. A fixed-format document made only for your institution, such as your own report-card layout, is quoted; a format many schools need becomes a standard report at no charge.

What does implementation cost?

Nothing extra. Implementation and support are included in every plan, and every institution gets the same rollout: there is no paid fast track. SquareCampus is designed to need little or no training. Only a custom SLA, such as 24×7 cover or guaranteed response times, is quoted.

Can the price grow after we sign?

Not by surprise. Everything optional is priced in the proposal before you sign, and usage beyond the allowance is prepaid, so the proposal you sign is the bill you get. Enrolment growth is reconciled through the agreed true-up.

Can SquareCampus run in our own cloud account?

Not today. Enterprise can scope a dedicated deployment on AWS, in a private cloud or on premises, with responsibilities set out before implementation.

Which sign-in options does each plan have?

Secure authentication and role-based access are baseline requirements in every plan. SquareCampus-managed sign-in is included in the baseline plan scope; supported sign-in methods and deployment readiness are confirmed before activation. Additional verification for privileged roles is established during technical onboarding. Institutions on Starter, Pro or Enterprise may request optional single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID as a separately quoted enhancement, subject to technical onboarding. Once configured, staff use their institutional accounts under the institution's own MFA, Conditional Access and user-assignment policies, while SquareCampus governs authorisation. Availability and commercial terms are confirmed before activation. Enterprise: Enterprise is differentiated by identity governance rather than by having SSO. Identity requirements across several campuses or directories, directory-group to role mappings, SSO enforcement policy, joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle controls, identity migration and identity audit controls are scoped as Enterprise requirements during technical discovery.

Does SquareCampus access our Outlook or Microsoft 365 data?

No. Entra ID sign-in authenticates identity only; no access to email, files, Teams or SharePoint is needed.

Does single sign-on automatically create and remove users?

No. Single sign-on authenticates. Automated provisioning and joiner-mover-leaver controls are identity governance, part of Enterprise and established during technical discovery.

Is GST included?

Quoted commercial figures are exclusive of applicable taxes unless the proposal states otherwise. Applicable Indian taxes are shown on the order form and on tax invoices issued by Fairhelm Systems (OPC) Private Limited under GSTIN 29AAHCF1819L1ZA.

How is AEGIS usage handled?

Not included in Starter; in Pro when the proposal includes it; in Enterprise within an agreed monthly allowance. Usage beyond the allowance is prepaid, so it never becomes a surprise bill.

Can a trust contract cover multiple campuses?

Starter, Pro and Enterprise support multi-campus operations with campus-level administration and role-aware workflows. Advanced centralised institutional governance is a separate dimension; campus count alone does not require an upgrade. A trust-level agreement can cover agreed campuses; advanced central policy and governance requirements are scoped separately.

How many Founding Institutional Partner positions exist?

There are exactly two Founding Institutional Partner positions, ever: one school or eligible school institution, and one university. Once both positions are allocated, the programme closes permanently. A Founding Institutional Partner is not an ordinary customer. The position involves a strategic capital commitment under a separately executed agreement, material participation in product validation, and structured roadmap input.

Do all plans include the core platform and multi-campus operations?

Every plan includes the complete generally available core operational platform. Essential school operations are not unlocked by upgrading from Starter to Pro or Enterprise. Starter, Pro and Enterprise support multi-campus operations with campus-level administration and role-aware workflows. Advanced centralised institutional governance is a separate dimension; campus count alone does not require an upgrade. Available modules, workflows and deployment scope are confirmed before activation. A plan entitlement does not imply that an unreleased capability is available.

Can Starter request Microsoft Entra single sign-on separately?

Institutions on Starter, Pro or Enterprise may request optional single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID as a separately quoted enhancement, subject to technical onboarding. Once configured, staff use their institutional accounts under the institution's own MFA, Conditional Access and user-assignment policies, while SquareCampus governs authorisation. Availability and commercial terms are confirmed before activation.

Are security and data portability restricted to Enterprise?

Tenant isolation, secure authentication, role-based authorisation, protection of institutional records, essential security logging and privacy safeguards are baseline requirements in every plan. Advanced identity governance and expanded audit controls are separately scoped; fundamental security is not a premium feature. The institution owns its institutional data in every plan. We earn continued adoption through operational value, with supported data exports and documented offboarding rather than artificial lock-in. Export scope, available formats, access arrangements and assistance are confirmed for the deployment; retention and deletion follow the agreement, the DPA and applicable obligations. Export formats and timing are established before commitment.

Is there a trial or pilot option?

Eligible, approved launch institutions may join a 90-day complimentary pilot. The platform subscription, standard onboarding and reasonable operational support are included for the agreed pilot scope. Participation requires institutional approval and an agreed scope; submitting an enquiry does not activate a pilot. This is a selected launch programme, not an unrestricted global free trial. Messaging, AI, storage, integrations and external-service consumption have defined boundaries agreed before activation. Custom development, bespoke integrations and unrestricted engineering support are not included. Any separately chargeable work or consumption must be agreed in writing. Subscription pricing is communicated before pilot activation, with a commercial review before the 90-day pilot expires. At completion, the institution chooses to subscribe or discontinue. The complimentary launch pilot is separate from the standard paid subscription and from the Founding Institutional Partner programme. Launch-pilot participation does not confer founding status or its negotiated privileges.

Where is the launch pilot available?

Initial launch outreach focuses on Kotdwara and surrounding areas. Enquiries are reviewed individually; this outreach focus is not a published geographic eligibility restriction.

Can we buy one enhancement without changing our whole plan?

Yes, where the capability and commercial eligibility are confirmed. Institutions on Starter, Pro or Enterprise may request optional single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID as a separately quoted enhancement, subject to technical onboarding. Once configured, staff use their institutional accounts under the institution's own MFA, Conditional Access and user-assignment policies, while SquareCampus governs authorisation. Availability and commercial terms are confirmed before activation. Other enhancements, consumption and professional services are assessed and quoted separately; their availability is not implied by appearing in a scoping discussion.

Next step

Talk through your institution's requirements.

Bring your campus structure, workflows and governance needs. Commercial terms follow a written proposal.

Contact the team