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The $26,000 Question

A one-page brief for district decision-makers. Cost comparison, privacy & compliance, and the pilot path.

Updated April 2026

The Problem Cost Comparison Why It's Free Privacy & FERPA What's Included Deployment Accessibility The Ask Contact

The Problem

Your teachers are juggling 5–7 different EdTech subscriptions:

Text leveling
Newsela, Diffit
Gamified quizzes
Kahoot, Quizizz
Interactive lessons
Nearpod, Pear Deck
Accessibility tools
Read&Write, Immersive Reader
Reading assessment
Amira, Literably
AI content generation
MagicSchool, School AI

Annual cost for a typical school site: $20,000–$30,000.

Each tool requires separate logins, separate training, separate data-sharing agreements, and separate renewal negotiations. Most collect student data your district is already struggling to govern.

The Solution: One Open Platform

AlloFlow is a single, open-source platform that combines all six categories — plus specialty clinical tools that typically aren't even part of the subscription stack because districts can't afford them.

Capability Typical Tool Typical Cost AlloFlow
Text leveling Diffit $3,000/yr ✓ Included
Gamification Kahoot $3,000/yr ✓ Included
Interactive lessons Nearpod $5,000/yr ✓ Included
Accessibility suite Read&Write $4,500/yr ✓ Included
Oral fluency assessment Amira $3,000/yr ✓ Included
AI content generation MagicSchool $5,000/yr ✓ Included
TOTAL (top 6 rows) ~$26,000/yr $0
The rows below are additive value — clinical tools most districts can't afford in the first place, not subscription replacements:
AAC / symbol boards Boardmaker $500+/student ✓ Symbol Studio
PDF accessibility remediation Human services $5–25/page ✓ AI pipeline + Knowbility referral
Psychoeducational report writing Q-Global / Q-interactive $500+/clinician ✓ Report Writer

Why It's Free

AlloFlow is licensed under AGPL v3 — the same license as Linux.

No subscription fees

Zero cost forever. Not freemium, not a trial.

Public, auditable code

Your IT or security team can read every line on GitHub.

No vendor lock-in

Self-host, fork, or walk away. The code is yours.

Built by a school psychologist, for educators. The catch? There isn't one.

Privacy & Compliance

Concern Answer
Where does student data go? Nowhere. All data stays on-device in the browser's local storage.
Do students need accounts? No. Join via 4-character session codes. No PII ever required.
Is it FERPA-compatible? Yes. No PII collection, no external databases, no third-party data brokers.
Google Workspace for Education integration? Runs inside Gemini Canvas with your district's existing Workspace DPA covering it. No new data-processor relationship.
Can we self-host? Yes — three deployment paths (see below).
What AI model powers it? Google Gemini via your district's Workspace account. District controls the key; no shared API billing.

Your IT department can deploy AlloFlow on district infrastructure — no vendor servers, no new data agreements, no procurement gridlock.

What's Included

115+ integrated tools on a single UDL-aligned platform, spanning:

For teachers

Fullpack generates leveled text, glossary, quiz, visual organizer, lesson plan, and scaffolds from any source text in one click. Live Session pushes resources to student devices with per-group differentiation. 18-language UI + offline TTS in 40+ languages.

For students

Adventure Mode RPG with XP + AI-illustrated scenes. Boss Battle / Escape Room / Democracy / Jeopardy cooperative learning games. Immersive Reader with RSVP, karaoke highlighting, bionic reading, oral fluency coach.

For SPED, SLPs, BCBAs

Symbol Studio (AAC): AI-generated PCS symbols, board builder, Carol Gray social stories, 14-language boards. BehaviorLens: full FBA/BIP suite with 6 IOA methods, 5 sampling types, preference assessments. Word Sounds, StoryForge.

For school psychologists

Report Writer with 17 assessment presets (WISC-V, WIAT-4, BASC-3, Vineland-3, BRIEF-2, Conners-4, WJ-IV, KABC-II, DAS-II, CELF-5, KTEA-3, SRS-2, GARS-3, BOT-2), fact-chunk PII scrubbing, self-healing accuracy audit. Student Analytics: RTI tier classification, CBM probes. PDF Accessibility Pipeline: 5-auditor triangulated AI audit with ICC/Cronbach's-α.

STEM Lab

85+ simulations across math, life/earth/space science, physics/chemistry, CS/tech, and creative/applied labs. Includes RoadReady driver's ed, Space Explorer roguelike, LLM Literacy Lab, AppLab generative-AI mini-app builder.

SEL Hub

30+ tools aligned to CASEL's 5 competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision-making. Growth Mindset Workshop, Restorative Circle, Ethical Reasoning Lab, Culture Explorer.

See the full feature index for every tool, grouped by UDL guideline.

Deployment Options

1. Gemini Canvas

Zero install. Teachers launch AlloFlow in Google's Gemini Canvas on their Workspace account.

No IT ticket required. Simplest path.

2. Self-hosted Firebase

District-controlled cloud. Hosts as a static site on your district's Google Cloud.

Deploy guide on GitHub.

3. School Box (air-gap)

Fully offline. Ollama LLM + local DB + local TTS + SearXNG on district hardware. Zero external API calls.

In development with Tyler Despain of Physher. For the strictest data-sovereignty requirements.

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA

5,608+ aria-labels across 97 files at 98%+ code-level coverage. VPAT published April 2026. Runtime verification with screen-reader users in progress via partnership conversations with Knowbility.

Offline TTS

Two engines: Kokoro (English) and Piper (40+ languages). Audio never hits cloud APIs.

Reading supports

Dyslexia fonts (OpenDyslexic, Lexend), color overlays (Irlen), bionic reading, reading ruler, RSVP speed reader.

Keyboard + multilingual

Full keyboard accessibility; no mouse-required interactions. 18-language UI with community-contributed translations.

Documents: VPAT 2.5 · WCAG AA Audit Report

The Ask

Pilot AlloFlow in 3–5 classrooms for one semester.

$0
cost to try
0
procurement paperwork (it's open-source)
0
IT burden (runs in browser via Canvas)

If it works, expand. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing. Pilots launching Fall 2026 — early-pilot districts receive direct support from the creator and help shape the roadmap.

Email about a pilot

Who's behind it

Aaron Pomeranz, PsyD

School Psychologist, Portland Public Schools (ME) & Developer

  • • Clinical focus: students with executive-function, attention, and learning differences
  • • 126+ passing automated tests verifying scoring, PII scrubbing, RTI tier classification, assessment-preset integrity, and pure-helper invariants
  • • Full WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit completed April 2026 (130+ files verified, ~1,070 conformance fixes shipped)
  • • Active partnership conversations: Knowbility (WCAG + AccessWorks usability testing), Holly Clark (AI-integration PD), Physher (School Box deployment)

Email: aaron.pomeranz@maine.edu
GitHub: github.com/Apomera/AlloFlow
License: AGPL v3 (open source)

"Differentiation shouldn't depend on budget."