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Padlet is a rapidly growing platform, claiming to have over 3.25M visitors per day. They are constantly innovating and adding new features to their software. In the month of May alone, there were eight new features released and explanations shared on their "What's New" blog (link). They are among the top 150 sites on the internet world wide.
Initially Padlet was free to use, in 2018 they moved away from the freemium model towards subscriptions. There is still a free option that allows you to try out Padlet and create up to 3 collaborative boards. With their subscription packages they offer a discount for bulk purchases of school accounts, in an effort to make their product more affordable for teachers and schools.
Individual Accounts
Individual Accounts
School Accounts
School Accounts
Features for school accounts
Features for school accounts
Padlet offers numerous features for schools to make their investment tailored to an educational setting. From increased privacy settings to student portfolios to content filtering Padlet has spent significant time on making their product appealing for educators and schools. This link shares all of their school-based features.
Competing Companies
There are a few other companies competing in the same field as Padlet. However, Padlet seems to be the only software with students and teachers at the forefront for their customer base. Below are Padlets largest competitors and reasons why Padlet is better suited for classroom applications.
Flip
Flip
Formerly called Flipgrid. This popular app is structured for users to record a video and upload it to a discussion board. What set Padlet apart is the ability for users to post their response in a variety of ways, video being one of them.
Trello
Trello
Trello is a task management organizer, which allows users to track projects and team members. Most commonly used by companies looking for software to support project management especially for employees working virtually and in different time zones.
Jamboard
Jamboard
Jamboard is part of G-suite making it a convienent choice for schools already connected with Google. It provides the same interactive whiteboard as Padlet, however does not allow users to upload various media to their posts such as videos or music.
Miro
Miro
Formerly called RealTimeBoard. A large company with a reported revenue of $475M Miro is a very similar application to Padlet, serving as a digital whiteboard with templates for users to access. Padlet being a more user friendly, drag and drop version. Miro has integrated office applications such as Slack, whereas Padlet recently made integrations with Google Classroom.
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