Individual Subscription vs. School License Cost Comparison

Whether you're a teacher who already pays for an individual plan, or an admin trying to decide whether it's time to consolidate, the numbers below answer the same question from both sides.

What an Individual Teacher Plan Costs and Covers

An Individual Teacher plan is $79/yr (promo pricing, normally $95/yr) and covers exactly one person's account. It includes the full K-5 library across Math, Reading, and Grammar & Writing, with every worksheet tagged to the CCSS standard it covers.

It's a genuinely good fit for a single teacher paying out of pocket, or for a school not ready to commit to a staff-wide purchase yet. What it doesn't include is anything staff-wide: no branding option, no shared billing, no coverage for a colleague down the hall.

What a School License Costs and Covers, by Tier

A School Site License covers a whole staff under one price:

| Tier | Staff Covered | Annual Price | |---|---|---| | Small School | Up to 10 teachers | $499/yr | | Medium School | 11-30 teachers | $999/yr | | Large School | 31-75 teachers | $1,999/yr | | District | 75+ teachers or multiple schools | Custom quote |

It includes the identical library as the Individual Teacher plan, plus staff-wide features an individual account doesn't have: school branding on worksheets and answer keys, and one billing relationship covering everyone.

Side-by-Side Cost Table at 5, 10, 20, and 40 Teachers

Here's what it actually costs to cover a given number of staff both ways, individual plans multiplied by headcount versus the applicable license tier:

| Staff Count | Individual Plans (headcount x $79) | School License (applicable tier) | Difference | |---|---|---|---| | 5 teachers | $395/yr | $499/yr (Small School) | Individual plans cheaper by $104 | | 10 teachers | $790/yr | $499/yr (Small School) | License cheaper by $291 | | 20 teachers | $1,580/yr | $999/yr (Medium School) | License cheaper by $581 | | 40 teachers | $3,160/yr | $1,999/yr (Large School) | License cheaper by $1,161 |

The crossover point sits somewhere between 5 and 10 teachers. Below that, individual plans can be the cheaper raw number. Above it, the license pulls ahead and the gap widens the more staff you add.

That said, raw price isn't the only variable. A school with 6 teachers might still prefer the Small School license for the coordination and branding benefits below, even if 6 individual plans would technically cost less on paper.

Feature Differences Beyond Price

Price is the easiest thing to compare, but it's not the only difference between these two paths:

• Branding: A school license lets you add your school's own name and logo to worksheets and answer keys, so materials sent home look like they came from your school. Individual accounts don't have this option.
• Single billing contact: One purchase, one renewal date, one person responsible for it, instead of a dozen or more separate subscriptions renewing on different dates with different cards attached.
• No coordination overhead: Nobody has to track who has an account and who doesn't, or chase down reimbursements from staff who paid individually.
• New hires get access immediately: A staff-wide license means a teacher hired in October has access on day one, without needing a new individual signup and payment.

Those aren't dollar amounts, but they're real costs in staff time that individual subscriptions carry and a license removes. For the fuller narrative version of this same decision, framed around which fits your school rather than a pure cost table, see site license vs. individual subscription: which does your school need.

How to Migrate From Individual Subscriptions to One School License

If your staff already has a mix of individual accounts and you're ready to consolidate, the process is straightforward:

1. Count total staff who'd use the library and pick the matching tier.
2. Purchase the School Site License through "Get Started" (card) or "Request a quote" (purchase order, District tier).
3. Individual subscribers can let their personal plans lapse at their next renewal date rather than canceling mid-term, since there's no penalty either way.
4. Staff use the same login process going forward, just under the school's single account instead of their own.

There's no data loss or downtime in that switch, it's simply a change in who's paying and how many people are covered.

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Ready to compare the exact numbers for your staff size? Get Started with a self-serve School Site License, or request a quote for a larger rollout.