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2 Introduction This document is a detailed comparison between NEO and, taking under consideration the features, functionality, and cost of each platform. NEO is a word-class, award-winning learning management system (LMS) for schools and universities. NEO helps schools manage all classroom activities, such as creating and delivering educational content, assessing students, tracking their results, and promoting communication and collaboration between students and teachers/faculty. NEO is a product of CYPHER LEARNING, a company that specializes in providing learning platforms for organizations around the world. is a cloud-hosted LMS. It provides a free Basic version for individual teachers, and a for-fee Enterprise version for schools and districts.

3 User interface The NEO interface has a modern, responsive design that looks sharp and automatically adjusts based on the type of device. It provides attractive tile-based dashboards for students, teachers and administrators, a graphical class catalog, as well as simple pop-out navigation. Many features can be enabled or disabled to suit young children through to college students. It provides rich content authoring as well as a visually attractive way to create and organize lesson material. NEO offers native mobile apps for ios, Android and Windows. The interface is not as graphical as the NEO interface. It is built to function like a social networking site, resembling a Facebook page. For example, there are no tile-based dashboards, no graphical class catalog and no customizable portal. The user interface is not responsive and users must download the mobile app to access their site on the go. The mobile apps only provide a subset of their LMS s functionality. has mobile apps for ios and Android.

4 Ease of use NEO is very intuitive and easy to use. In addition, it includes an online help center with videos, getting started guides, and searchable help content. NEO also has a rapid response support forum where staff members typically respond to questions within minutes during business hours 24/5. is easy to use and understand, includes an online help center, community and technical support.

5 Features NEO provides the range of functionality you'd expect in a modern LMS, such as support for classes (instructor led, blended, self-paced, and micro learning), twelve kinds of assignments, full-featured gradebook, content authoring, beautiful lesson layouts, gamification, automation, learning paths, drip content, adaptive learning, mastery and competencies (including US common core standards and Next Generation Science Standards), question banks, class templates, rubrics, collaboration tools, resources catalog, a customizable portal, and more. NEO supports many important industry standards such as SCORM, Common Cartridge Format, LTI, QTI and LDAP. We also integrate with a wide variety of systems, including Google Drive, G Suite, Office 365, OneDrive, Calendars (ical), Turnitin, Zapier, GoToMeeting, Zoom, WebEx, SIS, Equella, and more. provides a similar feature set, with the main difference being that the features are not as visually attractive, and are a little harder to configure and use.

6 Features Here is a list of key features included in NEO that does not support: User Interface 100% mobile responsive design Customizable visitor portal Support for more than 40 languages Automatic language Graphical dashboards translation of messages Graphical class catalog and forum posts Windows mobile app Branded mobile apps Customizable terminology Content Content sync Learning paths Prerequisite certificates Waitlists Micro learning Seating charts Automation Adaptive learning Waitlists Gamification Compliance Drip content Class ratings and reviews Collaboration Wikis Teams Organizations Public blog Chat

7 Assessment and analytics Personalized assignments Scheduled reports Debates and team Curriculum coverage assignments analysis Comprehensive set of built-in reports Custom reports Integrations MathJax MailChimp GoToMeeting PayPal xapi GoToTraining Authorize.net Equella Zoom Stripe Panopto Skype for Business PayUbiz Unicheck Integration with 1,000+ PayU Latam Integration with your own server CometChat apps via Zapier Other Built-in student help desk Archiving students Terms and conditions Monitor and teaching assistant account types E-commerce functionality SEO features

8 Cost NEO has a free plan and costs about $6 per student per year for its Small school plan and around $7 per student per year for its Enterprise plan. There are no setup fees, cancellation fees, storage fees, bandwidth fees, support fees, or other hidden costs. has a free plan for individual teachers, and a for-fee Enterprise plan for schools and districts. There is no free version that includes administration features that are generally required when using an LMS for your entire school. We have heard anecdotally that the Enterprise plan costs about $8 to $10 per student per year, with a $1,000+ setup fee, an annual maintenance support fee, and a required purchase of at least 500 student accounts.

9 Summary This was a comparison of the most important features between NEO and. NEO is a more attractive, easier-to-use LMS than, at a lower cost for both small and large schools/universities. Schools that don t need LMS power features can choose the NEO free plan, which is beautiful, easy-to-use, and includes the core functionality of a modern LMS. Note that does not provide a free plan for entire schools. Schools that want LMS power features can upgrade from the NEO free plan to a NEO premium plan at any time, which includes a larger set of features compared to at a significantly lower price point. If you require additional information on NEO, please contact us at sales@cypherlearning.com. This comparison was written in April 2018 based on publicly available documentation on both vendors sites. It was prepared as a guide and is not intended to be exhaustive. The comparison information does not constitute any contractual representation, warranty or obligation on our part. Liability for errors, omissions or consequential loss is expressly disclaimed. If you find any information in this comparison guide to be inaccurate, please contact us and we will correct the information.