Gaggle vs. Clever

Gaggle is the recognized leader in helping K-12 districts manage student safety on school-provided devices and platforms, currently serving 5.8 million students at over 1,500 school districts across the United States. Gaggle Safety Management combines artificial intelligence with trained safety experts to provide real-time analysis and review of students’ use of collaboration platforms for email and schoolwork.

Clever was born of co-founder Dan Carroll’s frustration as a school tech director in Denver. His plans to use technology to save teachers time and personalize learning were stymied by countless CSV files and forgotten passwords. Dan recalls, “I wanted to be an innovator, but I got stuck being a human API.” Software has the potential to empower teachers and create new ways to learn. But one thing must happen first. Everyone must be able to log in—quickly and securely. To solve Dan’s problem, we built a single sign-on portal that now helps 95,000 of U.S.