Audience: Seesaw Users
Below is a simplified view of the differences between Seesaw Starter, Seesaw for Schools, Seesaw LMS, Seesaw Instruction & Insights, and Seesaw AI. Additional details on Seesaw subscriptions and what they include are available on our Seesaw Plans page. Additional details for downgraded subscriptions are available in What happens when a teacher account is removed from a paid subscription.
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| AI Hub | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Translation into 100+ Languages (Messages & Comments) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Question Assistant: Limited:Multiple Choice, Drag & Drop, T/F, Polls Premium: Short Answer, Free Response |
Limited | Limited |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Read-With-Me |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Reading Fluency Assessment |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Embedded YouTube Player |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| YouTube Convert & Generate |
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✔️ |
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| AI Messages Assistant |
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✔️ |
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| Convert a Resource |
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✔️ |
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| Translate an Activity |
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✔️ |
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| Generate from a Topic or Prompt |
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✔️ |
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| AI Literacy Lessons | Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons |
Sample Lessons | ✔️ |
| Admin Setting to Opt Out | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Photo, Video, Audio & Drawing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Note, Link & Frames | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Upload PDF up to 10 pages and use Creative Tools | first page only | all pages | all pages |
all pages | all pages |
| Multipage activities and post | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| My Library activity limits | 35 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Present to class for all activities | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Draft and send back work for revision | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Student Groups | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Bulk Instructional Sequences in The Seesaw Library | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Schedule activities and add due dates | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Recurring Activities | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Flexcard |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Focus Mode |
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✔️ | ✔️ |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Student portfolios | |||||
| Journal filtering | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Highlights folders | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Private folders | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Year over year connection | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Download journal archives | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Progress monitoring | |||||
| Formative assessment reporting | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Classroom Gradebook | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Sitewide Standards | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Self-serve Custom Standards | ✔️ |
✔️ |
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| Learning Insights Dashboard | ✔️ |
✔️ |
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Community Lesson Library | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Core Seesaw Library | Sample lessons only | Full access | Sample lessons only |
Full access | Full access |
| Computer Science, powered by Seesaw | Sample lessons only | Sample lessons only | Sample lessons only |
Full access |
Full access |
| Curriculum and standards alignment tool | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ |
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| School or District library | ✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Collections in School or District Library |
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| Seesaw Early Literacy (PreK-2) supplemental curriculum package | Sample lessons only |
Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Seesaw ELD (K-5) supplemental curriculum package | Sample lessons only |
Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Early Literacy British | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Writing Curriculum | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
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| Early Literacy in Spanish | Available for Purchase |
Available for Purchase |
Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter |
Seesaw for Schools |
Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Multimedia attachments - photos, videos, links, and more | 5 item limit | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Read receipts | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Reactions | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Translate into 100+ home languages | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Search for users and content | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher office hours | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schedule message and announcements | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Download personal message threads | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Student Communication | |||||
| Teacher initiated announcements to students | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher student 1:1 and group messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Teacher initiated student messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Family Communication | |||||
| Teacher initiated announcements to connected family members | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher initiated 1:1 and group conversations with connected family members | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Teacher initiated group conversations with connected family members and student | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schoolwide Communication | |||||
| Multi-class messaging | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Partial access | |||||
| Schoolwide or districtwide settings | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Whole school announcements | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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Seesaw Feature |
Seesaw Starter | Seesaw for Schools | Seesaw LMS |
Seesaw Instruction & Insights | Seesaw AI |
| Active Classes | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Teachers per class | 1 | 30 | 30 |
30 |
30
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| Students per class | 35 | 150 | 150 |
150 | 150 |
| Classroom settings | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| Schoolwide settings | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Single Sign-On - Google, Microsoft | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
| CSV Rostering | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Wonde Rostering | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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| District only features | |||||
| Single Sign-On: Clever, ClassLink & Okta | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Rostering Sync via Clever & ClassLink | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| Family Sync via Clever, ClassLink & Wonde | ✔️ | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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| LMS integrations - Canvas, Schoology | ✔️ |
✔️ | ✔️ |
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