Learning and careers decision
WA School Reports
A technical user can build a useful, privacy-preserving replacement in about a week of work; the SCSA-alignment and token commerce are prompt engineering and straightforward integrations rather than durable moats.
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$10/mo
$120/yr
Read off the official pricing page.
$100one-off38 h to build
$30/mo3 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 4 seats.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All WA School Reports alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Teacher selects student and subject, set achievement level/tone/length, add notes → backend fills a prompt template and calls an LLM to generate a draft → show editable draft, consume one token, allow export.
What it still won’t have
- SCSA-tuned prompt library and ongoing prompt improvements
- Token commerce UI/UX polish and one-off purchase UX
- Priority support and teacher-facing content (guides, examples) produced by the vendor
- Any site-specific moderation or legal review carried out by the vendor
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 4 seats.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a single-tenant web app (Node.js + Express backend, PostgreSQL, React frontend) that replicates the WA School Reports core flow: 1) account auth (email), student list with anonymised codes, and token balance; 2) token purchase API endpoint (simulate payments with Stripe test mode) and token-pack management; 3) server-side prompt templates for subjects/year levels and achievement scales and an LLM adapter (OpenAI-compatible API) with request/response logging and token consumption accounting; 4) responsive editor UI to pick subject/year/achievement, enter teacher notes, generate a draft, edit, and export as PDF; 5) basic admin pages to view purchases and audit logs. Out of scope: training a proprietary model, multi-school tenancy, and official SCSA validation. Include error handling, input validation, automated tests for backend endpoints, and deployment scripts (Docker + managed DB).
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Build verdict base78
- An open-source build was found+5
- 5 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- Evidence score89
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 5
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productWA School Reports (home)
- official pricingWA School Reports Pricing
- official docsWA School Reports Features
- open sourcelangchain-ai/local-deep-researcher
- open sourcezi-yue-1129/DATAGEN
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.