# Connect Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Connect Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 24, 2025

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Connect

## What is Connect?

Virtual classroom software for teaching languages. Sanako Connect combines the most powerful features from traditional language labs and modern virtual classroom software solutions. It is the ultimate language teaching solution for professional language teachers. It allows synchronous and asynchronous teaching in the same solution. You can use it online or onsite to run language classes more efficiently and increase the students' options for speaking and actually using the target language.

## What is Connect used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 29 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

76%

Neutral

10%

Negative

14%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### Connect

3.9 (29)

VS.

[4.9 (14)](https://www.capterra.com/p/212660/SEDUCA/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

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Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.4 (29)

Ease Of Use

4.9 (2,892)

Value For Money

4.0 (18)

Value For Money

4.9 (1,864)

Customer Service

4.1 (23)

Customer Service

5.0 (1,850)

## Connect alternatives

[4.8 (164)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135075/Classe365/reviews/)

Starting price

$100.00

Per User, Per Month

[Google Classroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/186631/Google-Classroom/)

[4.6 (2,892)](https://www.capterra.com/p/186631/Google-Classroom/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

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[Lessonspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/214057/Lessonspace/)

[4.5 (217)](https://www.capterra.com/p/214057/Lessonspace/reviews/)

Starting price

$9.00

Per User, Per Month

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[Canvas](https://www.capterra.com/p/127214/CANVAS/)

[4.6 (4,308)](https://www.capterra.com/p/127214/CANVAS/reviews/)

Starting price

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## Features

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

Attendance Tracking

5.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

File Sharing

4.5 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Two Way Audio & Video

4.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Presenter can see and hear participants and vice versa.

Virtual Classroom

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Classes/sessions accessible via web browser of built-in video conferencing

Chat/Messaging

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Content Management

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Connect 29 features

Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups

Supports learning paths that combine in-person classes with online/virtual courses

Sub-room created within virtual meeting/class

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Developing custom training courses for educating employees or for teachers to create courses for their students

Import and export data to and from software applications

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Track student's scores and grades on course materials

Allow the audience to interact or engage with the content

Organize and track educational activities

Ability to chat online in real time

Broadcast live or pre-recorded presentations, including slides, videos, and multimedia content, over the internet

Broadcast live video streams

Engage in direct, instant messaging with customers, users, etc.

Record live video calls to play later

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

Digitally share screen view with others

Identifying your own learning needs, setting goals, finding the necessary resources, and evaluating your own knowledge

Record active support and chat sessions for auditing and training

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

Real-time, interactive learning experiences where participants engage in learning activities simultaneously

Presenter can see and hear participants and vice versa.

Presenter can see and hear participants and vice versa

Connect with meeting participants remotely over video

Supports various video file formats

Classes/sessions accessible via web browser of built-in video conferencing

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Features

3.9 (29)

3.9

Based on 29 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.0 (18)

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Value for money

4.0 (18)

4.0

Based on 18 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.1 (23)

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

4.1 (23)

4.1

Based on 23 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

3.9

Based on 29 reviews

Filter by rating

5(9)

4(13)

3(3)

2(3)

1(1)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

AA

Amy A.

Director of World Languages

Education Management

### "Sanako Connect (not only!) for Virtual Foreign Language Classes"

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

February 17, 2023

It's just a great product! Upgrades are standard; they are never satisfied with what they have. They are always improving based on feedback. This year's product will be even better the next year.

Pros

The customer service is hands-down the best in the business. Connect can be accessed on any device anywhere. It's so versatile.

Cons

I can't think of anything I don't like.

Switched from

[Audacity](https://www.capterra.com/p/214605/Audacity/)

better connection, more versatility, more features

Reasons for choosing Connect

Customer service, price, upgrades, versatility.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

February 20, 2023

Thank you for the review! It's great to hear that you have enjoyed using our product!

SB

Shawn B.

Japanese Instructor

Education Management

### "It just keeps getting better and better!"

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

9/10

February 12, 2023

This is a great solution for those who want a language lab with out the physical space. We went from a physical lab to a virtual one. I would say one of the best things about being a user is that Sanako is very responsive when you have a problem and does listen to feedback. As a consumer, it's nice to know that they are listening and constantly improving. If it's an idea they're working on, they've always let me know or at the very least let me know it's been added to the list of requests. In a nutshell, it's a great virtual language lab with support to match.

Pros

There are so many features. The two I use the most are the ability to have students record themselves doing a language task or the ability to record a conversation between two or more students. Those two functions have a lot of little co-current features that make the activities better for me as the person planning them. On feature I really like is the ability to put a maximum length on a recording. I have students do short, practice presentations in my Japanese class. Being able to set, and inform my students that they have a limited amount of time helps with encouraging practice and fluency. It also prevents what should be a short recording from going on too long.Not only can you set a maximum length, you can also allow students unlimited recordings or limit them to only a couple of tries. Additionally, you can download the files and then use them as exemplars or discussion of common mistakes. Also, students can also be allowed to download their recording as well. When doing pair/group activities you can set the recorder to record all participants. Super handy. If you're not recording, but instead doing a pair/group activity, you can make announcements to the entire class as the teacher. You can also pop into the group and see how things are going. Or, studnets can send you a message on Sanako and ask for help.

Cons

There are only a few things that I find frustrating. One is the ability to mass delete groups/pairs. I can go through and do them one by one, but I feel there should be a button to send them all back to the main group like the physical labs had. Mayb it is there and I haven't found it yet. I am loving playing around with the Pronounce activity feature. My biggest frustration is Japanese is finicky. I wish there was a feature that would allow me bold or somehow denote what the particles are so when the computer reads the sentences, it would know it's a particle. Also, there have been a few instances where it's reading something in kanji incorrectly, so a way to put in a correction for the reading would be great too. I haven't tried this yet, but if something is put in parenthesis, is it read too? If not...keep it that way. I would love to be able to put something in the target language, and then the translation in parenthesis or brackets, so students know what they are saying. Then if this can be done, it should be in the instructions or somewhere very visable.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

February 13, 2023

Thank you for the feedback. We really appreciate learning about those development points you mentioned. This is super helpful for our product development.

HW

Heidi W.

Nursery Manager

Education Management

### "Brook Farm Children's Nursery"

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

February 6, 2023

As an early years setting we are so happy that we have transitioned to Connect. The team are very professional, very friendly and knowledgeable. They are always on hand to help with any issues that we may have. The reports produced are amazing and are extremely efficient. Iconnect has made tracking children's learning and development so much easier for our team and the parents LOVE the app.

Pros

All aspects of Connect and iConnect are extremely useful in our setting. In particular we find the reports produced for children's registration, financial and children's development very efficient. The iConnect app enables us to communicate effectively with parents and about their child's day and next steps in development.

Cons

It would be useful to have face-to -face training upon implementation to help settings use the system to it's potential.

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JM

Juana M. V.

Spanish I teacher

Education Management

### "I have not been able to use this product. "

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

May 25, 2021

Bad

Pros

When I first went to the training I was very excited about it. When I tried to assign to my students, it did not work for us. I tried to get help and still was not able to use the product. This is where I am right now.

Cons

When we got ready to use it, would not work for us. I looked for help and until this day I am not able to use it.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 26, 2021

Thank you for the review. Sorry to hear that you have had such problems when using Sanako Connect. It would be really helpful to receive more information about the nature of these problems so we can solve them for you. We would need to understand in more detail what did not work in the product and how were you not able to use it. Thanks for any additional information you can provide us about this problem. Again, we are sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.

YL

Yrama L.

Dcente

Higher Education

### "Valutazione Sanako Connect"

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

9/10

May 25, 2021

L'uso di Sanako ci ha consentito di "usare il laboratorio senza essere in laboratorio". In questo periodo di didattica a distanza, è stato strumento didattico fondamentale, un plus nella nostra offerta formativa.

Pros

Il fiore all'occhiello di Sanako Connect sicuramente sta nelle potenziali attività di esercitazioni da portare avanti per perfezionare le abilità di produzione, interazione e comprensione orale. Inoltre, poter usufruire della piattaforma per la didattica dell'interpretariato consente agli studenti di svolgere esercitazioni guidate, ma anche autonome, quindi un'ulteriore risorsa per aumentare le loro competenze tecniche e linguistiche.

Cons

Ci sono alcuni elementi che speriamo possano essere migliorati quanto prima: la possibilità di salvataggio della bozza su server, in maniera tale da evitare perdita del materiale in caso di black out. Sarebbe anche gradita la gestione separata di alcune funzioni che sono concepite solo come di gruppo (quali, ad esempio, collect). Questo, per consentire la gestione di una singola prova anche mentre la classe è impegnata in un'attività. Viceversa, sarebbe utile poter avere come docenti la possibilità di fare il download di tutte le prove in un solo click, senza dover andare su ogni singolo studente. In questo caso, specialmente in caso di esercizi valutati con gruppi numerosi, il lavoro del docente verrebbe agevolato notevolmente.

Reasons for choosing Connect

L'azienda è un ottimo punto di riferimento per quanto riguarda la serietà e affidabilità che ha sempre dimostrato, quindi, quando ci è stato presentato il prodotto, sapendo di poter contare su un'attenzione personalizzata e professionale, non abbiamo avuto dubbi: abbiamo testato e fatto l'abbonamento.

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Response from Vendor

May 28, 2021

Thank you for the review! Great to hear that you have enjoyed using our solution. We will definitely take your suggestions and improvement ideas into consideration as well.

MF

Mario F.

Teacher

Education Management

### "Teacher using Sanako"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

May 24, 2021

I was already using other products that worked well for me and I did no see the benefit of migrating to this new software.

Pros

User friendly. Lots of support from vendor.

Cons

I did not see the difference with other similar tools. Some students indicated that they had difficulties logging in with the same username and had to create another one.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 25, 2021

Thank you for the review. This is really helpful to us in product development.

MV

Marco V.

Teacher

E-Learning

### "Love it."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 24, 2021

It has been a great experience. I don't know what I would have done without it. Thank you.

Pros

The most impactful feature is how easy it is to use.

Cons

I like everything about it. My use might be minimal, but for my immediate purpose it is the best tool that I have.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 25, 2021

Thank you for the great review. It's awesome to hear that you like the product.

MG

Maria G.

Spanish teacher

E-Learning

### "Unable to get students to record"

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

2.0

2.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

May 22, 2021

Poor, I got support from the company but it did not work.

Pros

It has some neat features but I was not able to use it. Not user friendly.

Cons

Only one time at the beginning of the year I was able to get one student to record from cell phone. Non compatible with laptops.Poor

Switched from

[Microsoft 365](https://www.capterra.com/p/227157/Microsoft-365/)

Not able to record students from laptops.

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 25, 2021

Sorry to hear that you have experienced some problems with recording. Any issues like this should be resolved already and we hope that you can try our product again in the future.

TR

teresita r.

teacher

E-Learning

### "great!"

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 22, 2021

I'm very happy using this software

Pros

very easy to use , and has a lot of self material

Cons

overall I'm very happy and I can't think of anything I don't like about this software

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 25, 2021

Thank you for this great review! It's great to hear that you enjoy using our product.

RH

Ruth H.

German Teacher

Education Management

### "From Lab to productive learning."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

May 22, 2021

I am a foreign language teacher and I found it in the Hybrid teaching platform we find ourselves in presently due to the Pandemic to have been extremely useful.

Pros

It is easy to use with Google classroom. It was like being in an actual language lab. Grading was also made easy... I felt students progressed in language learning.

Cons

I just need more practice and write more assignments .. hoping I will have time this summer to be better prepared for in person learning. Away with the online learning!!!

Review source

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Response from Vendor

May 25, 2021

Thank you for the review!

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