Piazza AlternativesQ&A & Online Education Services like Piazza

Piazza is described as 'A Q&A platform for students and their instructors' and is a Q&A service in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Piazza for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and SaaS apps. The best Piazza alternative is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Discourse or Moodle. Other great apps like Piazza are Osvitalab, Booklet, Acadly and Hypersay Slides.

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  1. Discourse icon
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    Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. A modern forum, everything's been redesigned to be easy.

    69 Discourse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
    • Discourse is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Piazza.

    • Discourse is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Piazza.

    • Discourse is Free Personal and Open SourcePiazza is Free and Proprietary
  2. Moodle icon
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    Moodle is an open source tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. To work, it needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company.

    138 Moodle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
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    Comments about Moodle as an Alternative to Piazza
    ThunderFox
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    Moodle is a learning management system, not a q-and-a platform. Moodle is meant for keeping track of assignments, turning in work, etc., while Piazza is meant for asking questions and getting answers

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    • Moodle is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Piazza.

    • Moodle is Free and Open SourcePiazza is Free and Proprietary
  3. Frappe LMS icon
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    Easy to use, open-source Learning Management System.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Frappe LMS is the most popular SaaS alternative to Piazza.

    • Frappe LMS is Free and Open SourcePiazza is Free and Proprietary
  4. Osvitalab icon
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    Osvitalab delivers all the necessary features to start online learning. Easy setup and based in the cloud. Customer & Tech support is included default in all plans. Perfect for Education business, Infobusiness, Private Teachers, and Corporate training.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Osvitalab is the most popular commercial alternative to Piazza.

    • Osvitalab is Paid and ProprietaryPiazza is Free and Proprietary
  5. Booklet icon
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    Booklet is a asynchronous discussion forum as an alternative to chat. It sends calm, automated summaries to everybody so that they stay informed and engaged - without having to stay logged in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Acadly icon
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    Acadly helps educators boost engagement inside and outside the classroom, and record attendance at the tap of a button. It is free for higher education, and saves students thousands of dollars per semester on expensive polling app subscriptions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Hypersay is a platform for interactive presentations that massively increase engagement. Keep your audience engaged with polls, questions, private notes and live slide sharing. Store, enrich & deliver presentations from your cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  8. Prulu icon
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    Prulu stores, organizes and presents your class Q&A in a simple, intuitive interface equipped with a smart search engine - and it's free. Check it out.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Prulu as an Alternative to Piazza
    Guest
    Positive
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    Almost identical features. Allows students to post questions, instructors or students to view and answer. Instructors can make announcements. Etc.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Prulu is Free and ProprietaryPiazza is also Free and Proprietary
  9. ForumFree icon
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    ForumFree allows you to create a forum or a blog in a few simple steps. You have a completely free site that also allows you to earn money with advertising. You can use one of the themes already created by our users, or you can customize your own.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Sensei is the WordPress LMS plugin by Automattic, the makers of WooCommerce and Jetpack. Effortlessly create immersive and interactive online courses.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
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