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manaba is a cloud-based education support service provided by Asahi Net, Inc., positioned as an LMS for educational institutions in Japan. Beyond standard learning management functions such as assignment management and announcements, it automatically accumulates students’ reports, quizzes, evaluations, and interaction records into a Portfolio, which can be used for learning reflection, interviews, FD/SD, IR analysis, and related scenarios. According to the official website, as of September 2025, manaba had been adopted campus-wide by 85 universities and other institutions, with approximately 759,000 contracted IDs.
Its features cover distribution of learning materials, course announcements, bulletin boards, quizzes, reports, project-based learning, grade feedback, and learning portfolios. Quizzes support both automatic and manual grading as well as prerequisites. Reports support peer review among students and individualized teacher feedback. The project feature can be used for PBL and group collaboration. The system can also automatically sync users, classes, and enrollment information with academic affairs systems, and supports authentication integrations such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, and SAML2.0 SSO. It is not a live-class or 1v1 tutoring product, but rather a cloud platform for schools to run and manage course operations.
The official website does not publish standard pricing, stating that quotes are provided based on the number of users such as faculty, staff, and students. In terms of deployment, simply issuing an environment usually takes around 5 business days; adding authentication integration takes about 1 to 1.5 months, while academic affairs system integration takes about 1.5 to 2 months. Support includes operation training sessions, web seminars, on-site training consultations, and a help desk. The provider has obtained security-related certifications including ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and the PrivacyMark.
Its strengths include a strong fit for Japanese universities, a complete feature set, an interface that emphasizes simplicity, reduced server operations burden through cloud delivery, and many university case studies. The limitations are also clear: pricing requires inquiry, the API is not public, only a cloud environment is offered, GakuNin is not supported, individual video files are limited to 50MB, video viewing logs require an external service, and the mobile version has functional limitations. It is suitable for Japanese universities, university system administration departments, and institutions that need a unified LMS/Portfolio solution. It is not suitable for users who only want to purchase individual courses, or customers that require highly open APIs or on-premises deployment.
The official website does not provide information on access from mainland China, payment methods, or cross-border procurement, so its accessibility from China is currently unknown. Chinese institutions evaluating similar solutions may also compare Moodle, Canvas LMS, Blackboard Learn, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams for Education, ClassIn, and others, with particular attention to local network stability, data compliance, payment options, and implementation service capabilities.
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