Bildena School
School management with the timetable built in: registers, grades, letters, fees and a family app
Quick Overview
| Company | Bildena GmbH |
|---|---|
| Category | School Management Tools |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| EU Presence | EU (Germany) |
| Data Location | Germany (Contabo GmbH, Munich; application, database and backups). Optional AI assistant runs on Google Cloud Vertex AI, EU multi-region, with the Claude model; Lettermint B.V. (Netherlands) sends e-mail. |
| Open Source | No |
| Pricing | Published on the vendor's pricing page: €5 per student per year, with a minimum of €1,000 per school (so schools below 200 students pay the minimum). Every student above 1,000 costs half. Students are counted once a year on 1 October and invoiced a year in advance. Staff, parent and student logins are free and unlimited. 20% off per school from 3 schools. All modules are included in the one price (schools can switch modules off, the price stays the same). Prices are in EUR; German customers pay statutory VAT included, customers elsewhere pay the same amount without German VAT (reverse charge or not subject to German VAT). First month free with every feature, no card needed. Universities and school districts get a quote. |
| Free Option | First month free, every feature, with the school's own data, no card needed |
| Replaces | PowerSchool, SIMS, Untis |
Detailed Review
Bildena School is a web-based school management system from Bildena GmbH in Berlin, aimed at primary and secondary schools and school groups.
It puts the timetable at the bottom of the stack and builds the rest on it: registers that know which lesson is on, cover that knows who is free, letters and consents in each family's language, grades and reports, and a parent and student app that runs in the browser and on a phone. Finance, enrolment with e-signature, all-day care and an accounting export are in the same product.
The pitch is breadth at one published price. It costs €5 per student a year with a €1,000 minimum, every module included, and unlimited staff, parent and student logins.
That is unusual on this page, where Schulmanager Online is the only other tool with a visible price table, and groups get 20% off per school from three schools. The vendor says the product has settings for ten school systems, among them Germany, England, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, the United States and the UAE, with marking scales, report periods and fees set per school system rather than built as separate screens.
The contracting entity is Bildena GmbH in Berlin. Terms and the data processing agreement fall under German law, the application and database run in a German data centre, and the school signs an Art. 28 GDPR agreement at registration.
The assistant is the one part that leaves that setup: when switched on it uses Google Cloud's EU region, and the vendor's own data processing agreement notes the link to the US parent. It is on by default for a new school, so a data protection officer should decide on it before go-live. Support is by e-mail in English, German and French, with a 99.5% monthly availability target in the terms.
What Bildena School does well
- Timetable solver, cover and duty rota included in the one price
- Price published on the website: €5 per student, €1,000 minimum
- Staff, parent and student logins are unlimited and free
- Hosted in Germany, with an Art. 28 GDPR agreement signed at registration
- Covers finance, enrolment and care, which some registers on this page leave to separate products
Where Bildena School falls short
- Newer than Arbor, SIMS, Untis or Pronote, with no customer references shown on the site
- Country depth is unproven next to tools built for one national system, such as Pronote or Arbor
- No ISO certification is claimed on the vendor's pages
- The AI assistant is on by default for a new school and uses a Google Cloud EU service
Standout feature. It builds a solver-based timetable into the school system itself and states a per-student price on its website.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bildena School?
Bildena School is a web-based school management system from Bildena GmbH in Berlin, aimed at primary and secondary schools and school groups.
It puts the timetable at the bottom of the stack and builds the rest on it: registers that know which lesson is on, cover that knows who is free, letters and consents in each family's language, grades and reports, and a parent and student app that runs in the browser and on a phone. Finance, enrolment with e-signature, all-day care and an accounting export are in the same product.
Where is Bildena School based?
Bildena School operates from Berlin, Germany, which places it under EU (Germany).
What does Bildena School cost?
Published on the vendor's pricing page: €5 per student per year, with a minimum of €1,000 per school (so schools below 200 students pay the minimum). Every student above 1,000 costs half.
Students are counted once a year on 1 October and invoiced a year in advance. Staff, parent and student logins are free and unlimited. 20% off per school from 3 schools.
All modules are included in the one price (schools can switch modules off, the price stays the same). Prices are in EUR; German customers pay statutory VAT included, customers elsewhere pay the same amount without German VAT (reverse charge or not subject to German VAT). First month free with every feature, no card needed. Universities and school districts get a quote.. First month free, every feature, with the school's own data, no card needed.
Who is Bildena School best for?
Schools wanting timetable and records in one. It builds a solver-based timetable into the school system itself and states a per-student price on its website.
What are the drawbacks of Bildena School?
Newer than Arbor, SIMS, Untis or Pronote, with no customer references shown on the site. Country depth is unproven next to tools built for one national system, such as Pronote or Arbor. No ISO certification is claimed on the vendor's pages. The AI assistant is on by default for a new school and uses a Google Cloud EU service.
Is Bildena School a good alternative to PowerSchool?
Bildena School is built as a European alternative to PowerSchool: School management with the timetable built in: registers, grades, letters, fees and a family app. It will not be a like-for-like feature match in every respect, so check the review above for where the two genuinely differ before switching.
How does Bildena School compare to other School Management Tools?
Bildena School is one of several European School Management Tools we cover. It is most often compared with PowerSchool, SIMS, Untis.