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Brightspace vs aNewSpring: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 3,024 reviews from Higher Education users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Student Portal
4.7
For Higher Education
4.8
Learning Management
4.6
Alerts/Notifications
NA
Activity Dashboard
4.3
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Student Portal
NA
For Higher Education
NA
Learning Management
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Alerts/Notifications
NA
Activity Dashboard
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User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews223
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.1
4.8
User reviews17
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.9
Price starts from
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Free trial
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Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
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Brightspace is used by learners in higher education, K12, enterprise and association sector.

A training company that wants to deliver the best possible learning experience to their learners.

User reviews
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Video reviews
Yash C
Associate
4.0

Yash C.: Hi, my name is Yash. I'm a student and I give Brightspace a rating of four out of five. For more reviews like this, click below. I use Brightspace for my day-to-day academic activities. Whether it's browsing through a course or learning new modules, Brightspace provides me with an extensive range of services, whether it's uploading assignments to instructors through the Dropbox option in Brightspace or downloading a PowerPoint which the instructor has done with voice over. The best part about Brightspace is the user interface. The programs and courses are listed in the main menu, and it's just very easy to browse through them. Moreover, one thing that I really like about Brightspace is that instead of emailing assignments to instructors individually, we can just go into Brightspace and use the Dropbox option to upload our assignments, which makes our work easier. One thing that I think Brightspace should change is, this is something that I've encountered with my courses after the pandemic when everything moved online, so our instructors used to do voice over PowerPoints and used to upload it on Brightspace and then we used to access it and go through them. I just feel that the PowerPoint user interface is a little bit old and it needs to be updated.

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Brightspace

Top Features
13/35
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Alumni Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Class Scheduling
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Document Management
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Forms Management
  • Fundraising Management
  • Housing Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Records Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Assessment Management
  • Communication Management
  • Curriculum Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • For Higher Education
  • Learning Management
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Third-Party Integrations
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aNewSpring

7/35
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Brightspace
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
aNewSpring
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Brightspace
  • By D2L
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 1999
aNewSpring
  • By aNewSpring
  • Located in Netherlands
  • Founded in 2003
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