Honest comparison

Students of Timor vs Eskooly

They built a great product. So did we. Here's where each shines — and why Timorese schools tend to land on us.

Balance scales comparing two school platforms

Built where



Students of Timor

Built in Dili. Tetum is a first-class language, not a translation. Bus routes assume Dili traffic and Liquica pickups.


Eskooly

Built overseas. Tetum not officially supported. Generic feature set across 200+ countries.



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Price for a public school



Students of Timor

$0 software. Keycards $5 each (optional). Bus+meals $10/student/year (optional).


Eskooly

Free tier available globally; paid tiers in USD price points sized for OECD economies.



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Features unique to Students of Timor



NFC + QR keycards

NFC + QR keycards

$5, branded with school crest.


SOTcoin rewards

SOTcoin rewards

Real micro-economy of behaviour incentives.


Timor-tuned bus tracking

Timor-tuned bus tracking

Routes built around Dili, Baucau, Ermera, Liquica.



Head-to-head

Module-by-module

The honest score by feature area. We include where Eskooly is better, too.



Attendance

SoT: NFC tap, QR, manual — works offline, parent push on check-in. Eskooly: solid manual + bulk; no NFC keycards.


Grades & report cards

SoT: MoE-format report cards out of the box. Eskooly: highly configurable but you build the MoE format yourself.


Cafeteria & meals

SoT: pre-orders, SOTcoin, allergy alerts via keycard. Eskooly: no built-in cafeteria module.


Library

SoT: keycard + QR loans, parent reminders. Eskooly: catalogue-only.


Bus tracking

SoT: live GPS Timor-tuned routes, pickup/alight push. Eskooly: bus management exists; live tracking only on enterprise tier.


Worldwide footprint

Eskooly: 200+ countries, English-first support 24/7. SoT: Timor-Leste only.



Where Eskooly wins

The honest tradeoffs



Global support

If you have campuses outside Timor-Leste, Eskooly’s footprint is much larger than ours.


Pre-built integrations

Eskooly has years of integrations with global LMS, payment and SSO providers. We have fewer.


Pricing tiers

Eskooly’s per-module pricing lets you start tiny. SoT is free or full — there’s no in-between.



22
modules
2
apps (Parent + Teacher)
$0
forever, for the software
100%
Tetum + English coverage
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