Best Exam Scheduling Software in 2026
Updated
In short: OpenEduCat is ranked #1 of 37 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of UniTime and EMS Academic Scheduling. The best-ranked option with a free plan is UniTime. The lowest first paid tier on this page is OpenEduCat at $2.42/mo.
Coordinating exams across students, courses, rooms, and invigilators means balancing several scheduling rules at once. Compare automatic timetabling with course, room, and invigilator constraints, plus student conflict rules and maximum exams. Deployment, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing can also affect what suits an institution. OpenEduCat, UniTime, and EMS Academic Scheduling are among the software represented. Consider which constraints your exam process must accommodate and how much scheduling control or scale you need, then weigh those needs against the listed features and costs.
37 exam scheduling software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Exam Scheduling Software, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 7 of the 25 on this page have a public API.
- 01 OpenEduCat API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.4$2.42/mo
- 02 UniTime API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.1Free
- 03 EMS Academic Scheduling API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.8
- 04 Optime Exam API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.8
- 05 Oakslot API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$499/mo
- 06 Skoolia API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.7$24.92/mo
- 07 Wise Timetable API yesOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 6.6€90/mo
- 08 SchoolKit Exam Timetable Builder API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 09 FET API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.7Free
- 10 Sonet Examination Management System API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
- 11 UniversiTools Schedulers API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
- 12 GNWebSoft Exam Management System API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3
- 13 aSc Timetables API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 14 Cloudilya Examination Management ERP API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 15 Schoolyi API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 16 Untis API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 17 EMS Student Management Software API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 18 Muhexa Assessment Planning API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 19 SEAtS ONE Timetabling API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 20 AI Assessment & Examination Automation API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 21 Apakademia API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 22 Astra Schedule API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 23 Syllabus Plus API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 24 T-Plus Exam API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 25 TimeEdit Exam API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
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Questions about this list
Which exam scheduling software is ranked first on Inferse?
OpenEduCat is ranked #1 of 37 with a score of 7.4. UniTime is second and EMS Academic Scheduling third.
How many of these have a free plan?
4 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, OpenEduCat has the lowest first paid tier we found: $2.42/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.