Affordable AI Documentation for Schools and Educators: Platform Pricing and Educator Discounts
Grounded Scribe Team
12 Mar 2026
Summary
Schools pay a platform fee from $99/month — it scales with enrolment ($99 for up to 500 students, then +$50 per additional 500) — plus per-seat AI Scribe licensing with volume discounts of up to 20%. Individual educators outside of schools get 20% off standard pricing through our Educator Pricing Program, verified with an .edu.au email address.
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Why Pricing Transparency Matters in Education
Schools and educators operate under tight budgets with rigorous procurement processes. Unlike private practice, where a single practitioner can trial software independently, school purchases often require quotes, approval chains, and clear justification of value. That is why we have designed our pricing to be straightforward, predictable, and easy to present to decision-makers.
This post breaks down exactly what schools and individual educators pay, with worked examples so you can build a business case without needing to book a sales call first.
School Platform Pricing
School pricing has two components: an enrolment-based platform fee and per-seat AI Scribe licensing.
Platform Fee: From $99/month (scales with enrolment)
The platform fee starts at $99/month for schools with up to 500 students and increases by $50 for each additional 500 students (501–1,000 = $149, 1,001–1,500 = $199, and so on). It gives your school access to the full student support infrastructure:
- Student wellbeing case management and referral tracking
- Internal and external referral workflows
- Parent and guardian consent management
- NCCD evidence collection and categorisation
- Centralised documentation across counsellors, psychologists, and wellbeing staff
- Audit trails for compliance reporting
This fee applies once per school. It is set by your school's enrolment — not by how many staff members use the platform.
Per-Seat AI Scribe Pricing
Each staff member who needs AI-powered documentation gets an individual seat at standard tier pricing:
| Tier | Sessions/Month | Price/Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | 30 sessions | $19/month |
| Core | 60 sessions | $39/month |
| Pro | 120 sessions | $69/month |
| Max | Unlimited | $99/month |
Schools can mix and match tiers across staff. A school psychologist conducting dozens of assessments per week might need a Pro or Max seat, while a wellbeing officer doing lighter documentation work might only need Plus.
Volume Discounts
Per-seat pricing drops automatically based on total seat count:
| Seats | Discount |
|---|---|
| 5 to 9 | 10% off per seat |
| 10 to 19 | 15% off per seat |
| 20 or more | 20% off per seat |
Discounts apply to the AI Scribe seat component only. The platform fee is not discounted — it is set by your school's enrolment, from $99/month.
Worked Examples
The platform fee in each example is set by the school's enrolment (from $99/month for up to 500 students, then +$50 per additional 500 students).
Small school (~300 students) — 4 counselling staff on Core:
$99 platform + (4 x $39) = $99 + $156 = $255/month
No volume discount applies under 5 seats.
Mid-size school (~750 students) — 8 staff on Core:
$149 platform + (8 x $39 x 0.90) = $149 + $280.80 = $429.80/month
The 10% volume discount saves $31.20 per month on seats.
Large school (~1,200 students) — 12 staff (4 on Pro, 8 on Core):
$199 platform + ((4 x $69) + (8 x $39)) x 0.85
= $199 + ($236 + $312) x 0.85
= $199 + $465.80 = $664.80/month
The 15% discount saves $82.20 per month across all seats.
Multi-campus or district (~1,800 students) — 25 staff on Core:
$249 platform + (25 x $39 x 0.80) = $249 + $780 = $1,029/month
That works out to roughly $41 per staff member per month, inclusive of the enrolment-scaled platform fee.
Educator Pricing Program (Individual Educators)
Educators who are not part of a school subscription can access an approximately 20% discount on individual AI Scribe plans through our Educator Pricing Program:
| Tier | Standard Price | Educator Price |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | $19/month | $15/month |
| Core | $39/month | $30/month |
| Pro | $69/month | $55/month |
| Max | $99/month | $80/month |
To qualify, you need an active Australian .edu.au email address. Verification takes less than a minute during registration, and the discount is applied automatically to your subscription. Re-verification is required annually to confirm ongoing eligibility.
The Educator Pricing Program is designed for individual school counsellors, school psychologists, learning support coordinators, and other education professionals who want to use the platform independently. If your school later adopts a full school subscription, your account transitions seamlessly.
The Cost Comparison Schools Should Be Making
The real question is not whether the platform costs money. It is whether that cost is less than the current cost of manual documentation workflows.
Consider a school with 8 wellbeing and counselling staff. Each spends an estimated 6 to 8 hours per week on documentation, referral paperwork, consent follow-ups, and NCCD evidence gathering. At an average hourly rate of $55 for support staff time, that is roughly $2,640 to $3,520 per month in labour dedicated to administrative tasks.
At $379.80 per month for 8 seats with the student support platform, the software costs less than a single day of that administrative labour. The time recovered goes back to direct student contact, which is the outcome every school leadership team wants to see.
Flexible Payment Options
School subscriptions support standard school procurement processes. Subscriptions can be paid via credit card, and schools can request invoice billing for bank transfer within standard payment terms.
Getting Started
For schools: Visit For Schools to see the full platform overview, or register your school to begin setup. School administrators can configure staff seats, assign tiers, and manage billing from a central dashboard.
For individual educators: Register with your .edu.au email and the educator discount is applied automatically during onboarding. No discount codes or manual applications required.
If you need a formal quote for your school's procurement process, reach out through our support page and we will prepare one within 24 hours.
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