Nearpod vs. Textio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nearpod
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Nearpod is an education-focused learning management software solution offered by Nearpod.
$159
per year
Textio
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Textio is job listing optimization software. Textio analyzes the hiring outcomes of over 10 million job postings per month in order to assign a "Textio Score" to the user's job listing, and make suggestions for how to improve the language of the listing to attract better candidates.N/A
Pricing
NearpodTextio
Editions & Modules
Gold
$159
per year
Platinum
$397
per year
Silver
Free
Premium Plus
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per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NearpodTextio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNearpod has a free version for all teachers. There are paid options for individual teachers, as well as schools and districts, for increased features and access.
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Community Pulse
NearpodTextio
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User Ratings
NearpodTextio
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NearpodTextio
Likelihood to Recommend
Renaissance Learning
Nearpod is great for teachers who want data to help gauge how engaged students are during lessons. Additionally, teachers in one-to-one schools can better use these tools with a lesson delivery system like Nearpod. Nearpod is especially effective when a presenter has to deliver information to a large class.
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Textio
Scenarios where Textio is well suited include tackling any organization's needs to go through their written material (in our case, job descriptions), identify potential bias and quickly know how to improve it. Identifying language patterns is Textio's forte, so I would say any language review effort could benefit from it.
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Pros
Renaissance Learning
  • Provide timely and individualized feedback.
  • Allow for the teacher to check for understanding, for the entire class, in one view.
  • Present an array of different interactive lesson items, at the fingertips of every student.
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Textio
  • Job posting review; providing an overall score and recommendations to refine your posting, remove gender bias, and improve the effectiveness
  • Company website messaging
  • Legal compliance
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Cons
Renaissance Learning
  • I would love Nearpod to have more free activities.
  • I would love Nearpod to be free for educators.
  • I would love if teachers could assign homework on Nearpod.
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Textio
  • Price is rather high
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Likelihood to Renew
Renaissance Learning
Goal is to continue our subscription for the 2019-2020 school year
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Textio
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Usability
Renaissance Learning
While there is some learning curve to fully understand and know how to lead a lesson with Nearpod, once mastered successfully, Nearpod lessons are simple to create and deliver. When leading a lesson, it is relatively simple to see how everyone in the class performs and how well they participate and understand.
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Textio
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Support Rating
Renaissance Learning
The support staff for Nearpod is top-notch. I have not had technical issues, but I did have a concern about my bill and they reached out to me nearly immediately to address the problem. I was very satisfied with how they handled the interaction from beginning to end. They did a great job.
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Textio
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Alternatives Considered
Renaissance Learning
I don't know of a product off hand that does what Nearpod can do. Between the library of pre-made lessons, the ability to create your own lesson content, the ability to add interactive content, Nearpod offers a unique engagement platform for instruction
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Textio
We started by using free tools found online, but none could provide the same level of depth and insights that Textio provides
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Return on Investment
Renaissance Learning
  • The impact is awesome. It gives students a digital option other than PowerPoint for presentations.
  • The feedback tool allows you to follow students in realtime.
  • The shallow learning curve made it easy encourage other faculty to try it.
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Textio
  • A more targeted posting to our candidate pool
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