klassroom.co

What It Is

Klassroom is a family-school communication product suite from France-based Klassroom SAS. Its core products include Klassly, an app for communication between teachers and families; Klassboard, a school management dashboard; and Klassbook, a customized student yearbook product. It focuses on helping teachers, parents, and schools collaborate across mobile and desktop, and has been used in classroom settings across multiple countries.

Core Features

Klassly lets teachers share messages, photos, videos, documents, audio, events, and location information with parents in a class. Parents can submit requests such as lateness or absence notices, and can also communicate through private chats. The product also includes polls, automatic translation, video conferencing, Klasswork homework sharing and management, and other features. Klassboard is designed for schools, offering access to classes, centralized message statistics, attendance reports, and private chats with parents or teachers. Klassbook uses timeline photos to generate student yearbooks.

Pricing and Plans

The product uses a freemium model. Free costs $0 and includes 1GB of storage, up to 10 photos per post, 20-minute/5-person video meetings, and more. Basic costs $59/class/year, excluding VAT, and upgrades the package to 5GB of storage, more media capacity, and multiple-choice questionnaires. Full costs $99/class/year, excluding VAT, and includes Prime Parents, targeted list messages, advanced homework management, 10GB of storage, attendance data, and more private chat capabilities. Family Prime is available separately with monthly or annual billing, and Klassbook is also priced separately.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths include clearly defined user roles, with separate entry points for teachers, parents, and school administrators. The free version lowers the barrier to trying the product, while automatic translation and a mobile-friendly experience can help improve parent engagement. On the permissions side, it supports class Owner approval for members, administrator assignment, and joining controls via a Class Key. For security and compliance, the documentation explicitly mentions GDPR-related adjustments and privacy protection. Limitations include restricted access to historical posts on mobile in the free version, relatively lightweight video meeting specifications, and no clear information on third-party integrations, APIs, or self-hosting capabilities.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Klassroom is suitable for kindergartens, primary schools, extracurricular education providers, schools, and school districts that need family-school announcements, class communities, homework communication, and attendance coordination. The available information does not disclose access conditions from mainland China. Payment appears to support credit cards and school quotes, but local payment support is unknown. For users who need China-based network access and local ecosystem integration, DingTalk and WeCom may be worth comparing; international alternatives include ClassDojo, Remind, Seesaw, and Google Classroom.