Why schools look past ExamSoft.
- 1
Your students sit on paper as well
Print student packs with QR pages, scan them back, and mark beside the online exams.
- 2
Marking takes your weekends
AI suggests marks with reasons, part by part, and teachers release.
- 3
You run practicals
Code, SQL, PHP websites and Office files are marked by their tests and contents.
Paper exams and OMR
Paper exams, marked by Friday.
Hand out paper the way you always have. Scan the stack when it comes back; every page finds its student, and AI marks the answers for a teacher to check.
What you keep
- Secure online exams
- Question tagging and analysis
- Proctoring rules per exam
- Exports for your records
Why SparkMentis wins
- Paper and screen in one place: the same paper prints or runs online.
- AI marking with reasons, for typed and scanned answers.
- Practicals: code, SQL, PHP websites, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and design apps.
- The whole school year around exams: lessons, homework, attendance, parents.
Where to start.
Switching from ExamSoft
Is SparkMentis an ExamSoft alternative?
For schools and colleges that want online and paper exams with AI marking in one place, yes.
Does SparkMentis lock the device?
It runs in the browser with full screen, tab-switch limits and screen recording; it doesn't lock the operating system.
Can exam bodies use SparkMentis?
Yes. Exam-only schools get sittings, centres, sealed papers and fair results across shifts.
Other comparisons
Across SparkMentis
See it with your school.
Tell us about your school and we'll walk you through a term with your own classes and papers.