Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Canvas LMS
Canvas LMS clearly comes out ahead of Seesaw on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Seesaw Learning | Instructure |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Education & EdTechDevelopment | DevelopmentMarketingEducation & EdTechSales & CRM |
| Categories | edtech-lms | edtech-lms |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Canvas LMS
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| Feature | seesaw | canvas-lms |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Family Communication | ||
| Administrative Dashboards | ||
| Core Instructional Tools | ||
| Advanced Analytics | ||
| Customizable Curriculum Library | ||
| Assignments | ||
| Digital Portfolios | ||
| Course Creation | ||
| Everything In Seesaw Lms | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Family Communication | ||
| Discussions | ||
| Full Access To Seesaw Library Content | ||
| Everything In Free-For-Teacher | ||
| Gradebook & Progress Monitoring | ||
| Institutional Branding | ||
| Instructional Ai Tools | ||
| Mobile App Access | ||
| Premium Instructional Tools | ||
| Quizzes | ||
| School & District Dashboards | ||
| Sis Integrations | ||
| Schoolwide Activity Library | ||
| Third-Party Tool Integration | ||
| Sis Integration |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Canvas LMS comes out ahead overall, though Seesaw can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Seesaw and Canvas LMS offer a free tier.
Canvas LMS is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
