The Classplus alternative that costs 70% less

Classplus is a legitimately good product. It helped thousands of Indian coaching institutes get onto mobile, and it runs stable infrastructure. We don't pretend otherwise. But after talking to dozens of coaching owners who switched from Classplus to Igniter, four clear patterns emerge — and all of them are about money and control, not features.

One: The annual contract. Classplus is sold as a yearly or multi-year agreement, priced between ₹15,000 and ₹50,000+ depending on scope, often with a revenue share layered on. Coaching businesses are seasonal — JEE coaching has dead months, CA coaching has exam cycles — but the bill arrives every month regardless. Several switchers told us they paid for 3+ months a year when they weren't actively enrolling students.

Two: The setup fee and app-publishing fee. Classplus quotes these separately on top of the subscription — typically ₹10,000–₹50,000 one-time. Institutes often only discover this when the sales contract arrives.

Three: The revenue share. Many Classplus contracts include a 3–10% cut on every paid course sale on top of the subscription. That means a ₹1,000 course on Classplus can leave you with ~₹850 after platform + Razorpay fees. On Igniter, that same ₹1,000 leaves you with ₹930.

Four: Sales-led onboarding. Classplus requires a demo call, a custom quote, and a signed agreement before you can launch. Teachers running small institutes often don't want to talk to a salesperson — they want to try the product and decide. Igniter is self-serve: click, upload logo, APK generated, done in 60 seconds.

We're not going to pretend Classplus has zero advantages. If any of these apply, staying with Classplus or picking it over Igniter may be the right call:

• You've signed a multi-year contract and the exit penalty is bigger than the annual savings. Wait till renewal, then migrate.
• You need on-ground relationship managers for sales support, which Classplus's enterprise tier includes. Igniter is self-serve; we help over email/chat but we don't send account managers to your office.
• Your institute is deeply integrated with custom Classplus workflows (ERP integration, proprietary attendance hardware, etc.). Moving would require rebuilding those integrations.
• You do very high revenue (₹2 crore+) and have already negotiated a custom Classplus enterprise rate that's lower than 5%. At that scale, pricing parity is real — contact Igniter sales for a custom quote.

For every other situation — small to large coaching institutes under ₹2 crore/year, teachers running home tuition, content creators launching their first paid course, YouTubers selling to their audience, new coaching startups — Igniter is meaningfully cheaper and easier to launch. The switch is free and takes 3–7 days.

We've moved dozens of coaching institutes off Classplus. The playbook is the same:

• Day 1: Sign up on Igniter (free, 60 seconds). Upload your logo and set your brand colors. Generate your branded APK.
• Day 2: Export your course catalog, student list, and payment history from Classplus. (Their export feature is limited; we have a CSV template that auto-maps.) Import into Igniter.
• Day 3: Bulk-upload your recorded videos to Igniter's hosted video library. Our system auto-DRMs them.
• Day 4: Set up live class schedules, mock tests, and payment gateway (Razorpay integration is one-click). Test the full student flow.
• Day 5: Send a migration notice to students with the new app link. Run both apps in parallel for a week if you want belt-and-suspenders safety, then deprecate Classplus.

Our team helps with data migration at no cost. Contact support once you've signed up and we'll assign an engineer to your transition.