Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Clever

The 20 closest education identity management alternatives to Clever, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Clever? The closest matches are ClassLink, Clerk and CleverReach. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Clever

Clever clever.com

Clever

Top 1K · #998 English 17 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Clever provides single sign-on, rostering and identity management for K-12 schools, giving students and teachers one secure login to their educational applications and syncing student data with edtech vendors.

Who it’s for
K-12 schools, districts and edtech companies
Business model
Fees charged to application partners

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Clever’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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LiveRampTeachers Pay TeachersInstructureLinewizeCloverIXLGoGuardianilluminateed.comClerkClassLink

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Clever

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Clever, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    ClassLink classlink.com Top 1K English

    ClassLink | Identity & Access Management for Education

    ClassLink is a provider of identity and access management products offering instant access to apps and files with SSO, class rostering, account provisioning, and analytics.

  2. 02
    Clerk clerk.com Top 10K English

    Clerk | Authentication and User Management

    The easiest way to add authentication and user management to your application. Purpose-built for React, Next.js, Remix, and “The Modern Web”.

  3. 03
    illuminateed.com Top 10K English

    Illuminate Education - Addressing the Whole Child

    Let’s transform education together. Get answers to your questions to increase student and educator success.

  4. 04
    GoGuardian goguardian.com Top 10K English

    GoGuardian | Engaging Digital Learning for Schools

    GoGuardian empowers K-12 leaders with effective tools to create safe and engaging learning for every student.

  5. 05
    IXL ixl.com Top 10K English

    IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish

    IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K–12. Used by over 18 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 20,000 topics, covering math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Interactive questions, awards, and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

  6. 06
    Clover clover.com Top 10K English

    POS Solutions for Food & Beverage Businesses | Clover

    Run your restaurant with Clover’s food & beverage POS solutions. Manage orders, payments, and staff for full-service, quick-service, and specialty dining.

  7. 07
    Linewize linewize.net Top 10K English

    Linewize

    We help schools advance beyond free provision to build safe and smart digital communities that protect and support students in their digital lives.

  8. 08
    Instructure instructure.com Top 1K English

    Instructure: Leading EdTech for K–12, Higher Ed & Business

    Empower learning with Instructure’s LMS and edtech solutions for K–12, higher education, and businesses. Discover Canvas, Impact, and Mastery to drive success.

  9. 09
    Teachers Pay Teachers teacherspayteachers.com Top 10K English

    Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans | TPT

    World’s most popular online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use today.

  10. 10
    LiveRamp privacymanager.io Top 10K English

    Data Collaboration Network for the AI Era | LiveRamp

    Connect every signal, platform, and agent to power and prove intelligent marketing with the data collaboration network for the AI era.

  11. 11
    Okta okta.com Top 1K English

    Secure Identity for Employees, Customers, and AI | Okta

    The Okta and Auth0 Platforms enable secure access, authentication, and automation — putting identity at the heart of business security and growth.

  12. 12
    Imagine Learning edgenuity.com Top 10K English

    Online Curricula and Solutions | Imagine Learning - Imagine Learning

    Research-backed K–12 curriculum, assessment, intervention, tutoring, and professional learning solutions designed to help every student succeed.

  13. 13
    Edmentum edmentum.com Top 10K English

    Edmentum

    Flexible Learning Paths.Proven Outcomes.Future-Ready Students. Edmentum’s K–12 solutions accelerate growth and achievement, from foundational learning…

  14. 14
    Khan Academy khanacademy.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    non-profit educational organization

  15. 15
    Typing.com typing.com Top 10K English

    Learn to Type | Type Better | Type Faster - Typing.com - Typing.com

    World's most popular free typing program! Typing.com’s K–12 typing curriculum features touch typing, digital citizenship, coding lessons, and games.

  16. 16
    AppsFlyer appsflyer.com Top 1K English

    AppsFlyer | Modern Marketing Cloud

    Unify measurement, deep linking, data collaboration, and AI across mobile, web, CTV, console and beyond. Make smarter decisions, optimize every channel, and prove impact with the platform built for modern marketing.

  17. 17
    ParentSquare parentsquare.com Top 10K English

    K-12 Family Engagement Platform for Schools | ParentSquare

    The family engagement platform that reaches every family. Communications, websites, attendance, and payments. Trusted by over 42k schools and 22M students.

  18. 18
    Auth0 auth0.com Top 1K English

    Secure Authentication & Ship Faster | Auth0

    Secure users, AI agents, and more with Auth0, a production-ready authentication and authorization platform built to help you ship faster and drive sign-ups.

  19. 19
    DMAC Solutions dmac-solutions.net Top 10K English

    DMAC Solutions | Software for Texas Educators K-12

    DMAC Solutions offers online testing, data analysis, appraisals, student documentation and planning tools tailored to the needs of Texas educators. Developed by the Region 7 Education Service Center, DMAC aligns with state mandates and standards, simplifying tasks for K-12 public and charter schools. Discover efficient, Texas-specific solutions for your school today!

  20. 20
    Padlet padlet.com Top 10K English

    Padlet - Visual Collaboration for Creative Work and Education

    Beautiful boards and canvases for visual thinkers and learners. Used by 40 million people worldwide. Get started for free.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to clever.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Clever uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Clever is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.clever.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
Fonts
Tag managers
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
Security
  • reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
CDN
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fdc85957c4bf-HAM
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js?ver=1.0.0
Hosting
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_spf.google.com include:am…
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_spf.google.com include:am…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=JfLmlB47OGvuAY3B
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=71bebef5-d6bd-4be4-bb1a-371b4fb5354a
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=b95M_eJWY9Clc_mpT4fi2vHX0uHheHfx53wlHKNv--M

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