# AEC Academia Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 AEC Academia Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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AEC Academia

## What is AEC Academia?

Our AEC software is efficient and flexible for educational centers management. It allows to manage the inscriptions, courses, teachers' schedules and the pedagogical monitoring of students, online inscriptions and student recruitment, among other functions. Also, it allows the client to go beyond having an accurate follow-up of the accounting and to be able to consult the statistics related to the students and inscriptions of their establishment.

## What is AEC Academia used for?

[School Management](https://www.capterra.com/school-administration-software/)[Classroom Management](https://www.capterra.com/classroom-management-software/)[Class Registration](https://www.capterra.com/class-registration-software/)

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Overall rating

Based on 9 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Starting price

$97

Per Feature, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### AEC Academia

4.6 (9)

VS.

[4.5 (318)](https://www.capterra.com/p/163567/Sawyer/reviews/)

Starting Price

$97

Per Feature, Per Month

Starting Price

$129

Other, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.2 (9)

Ease Of Use

4.2 (318)

Value For Money

4.6 (8)

Value For Money

4.4 (281)

Customer Service

4.8 (9)

Customer Service

4.6 (290)

## AEC Academia alternatives

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Per User, Per Month

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Starting price

$121.00

Per User, Per Month

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Activity Dashboard

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Admissions Management

Handle the registration and admission process for existing and new students

Alerts/Notifications

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Assessment Management

Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests

Attendance Management

Manage attendance for classes, shifts, meetings, or events

Attendance Tracking

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

AEC Academia 48 features

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Handle the registration and admission process for existing and new students

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests

Manage attendance for classes, shifts, meetings, or events

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers

Block certain websites/applications from School IP that are not approved for students

Manage book inventory and handle transactions for stores that sell books

LMS functionality built-in for content delivery

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Create and schedule group classes, recurring appointments, and private sessions, etc.

Schedule in-person or online classes

Manage contact details and communication with clients

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Create, organize, and assign courses to users

Map out the subjects that comprise courses of study

Import and export data to and from software applications

Pre-made examples and templates for emails

Manage the enrollment and onboarding of all new members and accepted applications

Schedule and manage the logistics of activities and other gatherings

Manage the maintenance of building facilities

Plan, manage, and track the financial activities of an individual or organization

The software is designed for classrooms

Track student's scores and grades on course materials

Register a group/batch of attendees

Software designed for private/independent schools

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes

Organize and track educational activities

Online calendar of upcoming events/activities viewable to members and visitors

Accept and process online payment transactions

Real-time registration over the web

In-person, onsite registration

Online gateway through which parents and students can view material and communicate with teachers

Manage employee salary processes, data, taxes, and records administration efficiently

Design, communicate, and distribute incentives to perform a specific action

Automated process of charging customers at regular intervals for repeated access or use of a product or service

Access work applications remotely, for when working away from the office and/or traveling

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources

Allows instructors to have a live view of the students' monitors and activities performed on them

Observe employees over a period of time to gain an understanding of their abilities to perform certain tasks

Create lists of student grades, transcripts, class lists, course schedules, etc. to be shared with instructors and administration

Database of students to track personal information of individuals and families

Create tools to measure student retention of learning material and lessons

Record, update and manage waiting lists

Features

4.1 (9)

4.1

Based on 9 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.6 (8)

Free Trial

Basic

$97.00

Per Feature,Per Month

Value for money

4.6 (8)

4.6

Based on 8 reviews

## Integrations

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.8 (9)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.8 (9)

4.8

Based on 9 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.6

Based on 9 reviews

Filter by rating

5(5)

4(4)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

MC

Melanie C.

Directrice générale

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Best investment of 2020"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

July 21, 2020

Great overall experience, we implemented AEC in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, and it helped our team communicate during the confinement. Best investment of 2020 (along with Zoom)!

Pros

Easy to use, veray clear lay out that is easy to go around even for less tech-savvy people

Cons

It is a bit slow, and still has some glitches

Alternatives considered

[Oncord](https://www.capterra.com/p/199343/Oncord/)

Reasons for choosing AEC Academia

Easy to use

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CT

Cyrille T.

Executive Assistant

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Enjoy AEC"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

June 16, 2020

Pros

Easy to use, high capacity, ergonomic, Hotline helpful

Cons

Scheduling on as in Google Calendar should be great

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BG

Benjamin G.

Pedagogical assistant

Education Management

### "AEC User"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 16, 2020

Great!

Pros

Extranet, hours management, ergonomy,

Cons

When creating admin hours, we can't schedule different days and times (periodicity), we have to redo the same operation all over. Can,t choose the course color on the schedule, problem of visibility when two different courses next to each other.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JL

Julie L.

course director

Education Management

### "AEC review for AF Ottawa"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 16, 2020

Pros

Easy to use for teachers' schedules, to book classrooms, to create new courses, facilitate enrollment via the extranet, create store credit notes, centralise the teachers's information, share information on courses and students easily

Cons

I'm having a hard time with the periods , and as a consequence with reporting (I think I did not set them up correctly at the beginning), but we are working on solving that issue

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AB

Anthony B.

Executive Director

Education Management

### "A big game changer"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 9, 2020

I really recommend this Software. My organization was still dealing with Excel tables when I was appointed. Other Alliance française were also looking into other management software: some decided to go with Hénaff, some chose Alisoft. I wasn't convinced and I kept searching. I came into AEC, and a couple years later, the other organizations with Henaff or Alisoft are now using AEC.

Pros

The ATL team is very proactive. Every step of the way, I could count on them to help implement the software in my organization, learn how to use it, improve the features with my feedback over the years. Arc-en-Ciel Academia drastically changed the way I could manage my organization, giving me critical data to analyse our activity. Easy to use, intuitive, it provided a professionnal image to all our clients (student learning French, but also partners, Government entities, etc.)

Cons

I think the button's icons could get a more modern look, that would also help with finding the action or info we're looking for, but overall this is not really a problem. One small glitch that happens here and there: sometime the last two digits of the numbers of the last columns can't be displayed... Resolution issue maybe? You have to play with column' width, or remove a column or two from the table.

Reasons for choosing AEC Academia

Synergy 8 is supposed to have a better CRM and Website integration, but the price was way too high. AEC was the obvious choice on a price/value point of view.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

PM

Patricia M.

Director

Education Management

### "AF Dallas - AEC review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

May 23, 2020

The support team is quite responsive overall - however, a lot of time could be saved on both ends with more robust systems and procedures in place.

Pros

It allows us to centralize our classes, our products and our events.

Cons

Simple features such as implementing a discount, removing or moving a student from a class or basic accounting transactions can become very complicated and loss of time/productivity. The reporting feature has bugs and we are unable to pull more in depth reporting that would be relevant to our business.

Reasons for choosing AEC Academia

N/A

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SB

SAMAR B.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Education Management

### "Excellent software but could be simpler on some features "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

May 8, 2020

AEC helps us to manage our classes, accounting, students... It provides for us the way to manage our online classes and payments. In the begening the experience was a litte bit hard but the support team was usually present to assist us.

Pros

The software is easy to use for normal users. The visual is simple. The support team is very helpful.

Cons

For more advanced features (admin), it's more complicated and some of features are not apparent so we usually need assistance from the support team. Luckily, they are most of the time present and helpful. Some features could be less complicated and the admin should have more power on them.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Charline L.

Directrice pédagogique

Education Management

### "Excelente programa para un centro de idioma"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 6, 2020

Este programa nos ha permitido tener un mayor control y desarrollo en nuestras estrategias comerciales. Nos permitió implementar un servicio mucho más personalizado para cada uno de nuestros estudiantes. Las funcionalidades que proponen este programa son las que cada centro de capacitación necesita para poder trabajar en las mejores condiciones. No hay limites en lo que se puede implementar y el servicio técnico está muy disponible y reactivo.

Pros

\- Funcionalidades completas - Integración con diferentes programas (contable, plataforma de aprendizaje, etc.) - Flexibilidad del programa - Mayor control en la parte de contabilidad - No hay limite en lo que se puede hacer

Cons

Lo único es que está desarrollado en Flash y no podemos tener acceso en dispositivos mobiles. Que no haya una aplicación mobile completa para el extranet de los estudiantes.

Reasons for choosing AEC Academia

Decidimos escoger AEC Academia porque es un programa completo con el cual de entrada teníamos a disposición todas las funcionalidades esenciales que necesitábamos. Ademas todo lo que queríamos desarrollar, el equipo de AEC Academia pudo hacerlo con mucho profesionalismo.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Response from Vendor

May 12, 2020

AEC application for staff is currently using Flash but next releases after 2020 will not be using Flash anymore. Application for students has never used Flash and is fully available on smartphones and tablets.

GM

Gaelle M.

Course director

Education Management

### "Daily use"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 6, 2020

Pros

I use AEC as the base of my daily work and it is very efficient. Whenever I need support, the team is very present.

Cons

Some categories would need to be added up, such as a orange calendar to show teachers available in case of covering, but it is not possible so I need another tool to do this.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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