Software Comparison
MicroCampus vs HiSawyer
HiSawyer is a marketplace for discovering kids' classes and camps. MicroCampus is a school management platform for running your program day-to-day.
HiSawyer is a discovery and booking marketplace — a place for families to find local kids' classes, camps, and activities, and for activity providers to get listed and accept bookings. It's closer to an Eventbrite for children's activities than a school management platform. MicroCampus is what you need after families find you: the platform you use every day to take attendance, collect tuition, communicate with parents, manage enrollment, document student progress, and run your school.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | MicroCampus | HiSawyer |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Recurring tuition billing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Parent messaging portal | ✓ | ✗ |
| Student records & profiles | ✓ | ✗ |
| Progress reports & portfolios | ✓ | ✗ |
| Enrollment management | ✓ | ~ |
| Hybrid schedule support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Donations & fundraising | ✓ | ✗ |
| Direct Stripe tuition collection | ✓ | ✗ |
| Public school landing page | ✓ | ✓ |
| Class discovery marketplace | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ = Yes · ✗ = No · ~ = Partial or limited
Who HiSawyer is best for
HiSawyer makes sense if your primary need is marketplace visibility — getting discovered by new families searching for classes in your area. If you offer one-off enrichment classes, seasonal camps, or drop-in sessions and want to list them publicly for families to browse and book, HiSawyer's discovery model can help drive new enrollments.
Who MicroCampus is best for
MicroCampus is what you need to actually operate your school or program: collect ongoing tuition, track daily attendance, send messages to families, manage student records, run your enrollment process, and document academic progress. Once a family is enrolled, HiSawyer has nothing to offer — MicroCampus handles everything that comes next.
Where MicroCampus stands out
Features built specifically for microschools, learning pods, and alternative programs.
Discovery vs. day-to-day operations
HiSawyer helps new families find you. MicroCampus handles everything after that: attendance, tuition, messaging, records, progress documentation, and enrollment. These tools solve different problems — and most schools need both.
Ongoing tuition collection, not one-off bookings
HiSawyer is built for booking a single class or camp session. MicroCampus is built for collecting monthly tuition from an ongoing roster of enrolled families — funds go directly to your own Stripe account.
A real parent portal
MicroCampus gives enrolled families a portal to view attendance, upcoming events, messages, payment history, and student progress. HiSawyer doesn't have an ongoing parent relationship layer after the initial booking.
Academic documentation built in
Progress reports, student portfolios, learning plans, and a gradebook — MicroCampus covers the academic documentation that microschool families expect. HiSawyer has no tools for tracking learning outcomes.
MicroCampus Pricing
Seed
$24/mo
Up to 15 students
Grow
$39/mo
Up to 30 students
Thrive
$69/mo
Up to 60 students
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