ABAKU SMS · School Management System · v1.0

The school platform that doesn't make you fight with technology.

Run your institution from a single platform — on-site, online or hybrid. Your students enroll themselves, pay themselves, upload their own documents. Your staff does the work that matters.

✦ New: includes 2 AI support agents →
  • +80 modules built in
  • 9 distinct roles
  • 3 modalities supported
  • Everything included
+80Built-in modules
9Distinct roles
3Modalities supported
100%Your data, always exportable
This simple

What does the School Management System do for your institution?

Three things, done really well. Everything else exists so these three run themselves.

1

Enrolls by itself

Prospects open a link, fill in their data and pay. They're enrolled on the spot with zero staff involvement — documents get uploaded later, inside the platform.

2

Charges & invoices by itself

Automatic payment schedules; payments by card, cash at stores, Stripe, PayPal or Mercado Pago, and CFDI e-invoices stamped in seconds. No manual entry.

3

Follows up by itself

Grades, documents, announcements and reminders flow between students, teachers and staff on their own.

What is ABAKU SMS

Not just another school system. It's the whole operation.

ABAKU SMS is the result of years working on the administrative side of educational institutions. Every module is here because it solved a real pain, not because it looked nice in a demo.

Origin

Born in real school operations

ABAKU SMS wasn't designed by a sales team: it was built by people who ran schools. Every one of its 80+ modules exists because it solved a real pain for a registrar, a teacher or a director.

  • 100% self-service enrollment
  • Payments, CFDI invoicing and reports
  • Digital student records
  • Groups & schedules with student choice
Your rent covers it all

One payment, zero surprises

ABAKU SMS is rented as a service: your monthly fee covers every module, managed hosting, backups, human support and every new update. No "that module costs extra".

  • Every module — no tiers, no paywalls
  • Hosting, security and backups included
  • Updates at no extra cost
  • Human support by email and WhatsApp
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Running, not a mockup

ABAKU SMS v1.0 runs with real data in real institutions. Ask for a demo with your name and email and a copy that is yours alone lands in a minute — no scheduling, no "we'll call you".

  • Works on-site, online or hybrid
  • Your own demo, ready in a minute
  • Your data exportable anytime
  • Up and running in under 24 hours

You don't buy ABAKU SMS — you rent it as a service. Your monthly fee puts you on a train that keeps moving, without paying more every time it reaches a new station.

Everything it does

Over 80 modules, grouped by what they solve.

From an applicant's first click to the certificate, and from tuition fee to invoice. Tap any feature to see exactly what it does — everything is included in the subscription.

Enrollment

Students get in on their own

Applicants register, pay and receive their login without your staff typing anything.

See in detail →
Academics

From curriculum to certificate

Programs, cohorts, groups, grades and certificates, in your school's own words.

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Records

Every person, their papers and what they agreed to

One record per person, the documents you request and the rules they accept.

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Finance

From tuition fee to invoice

Fee schedules, online payment, cash desk, scholarships, invoicing and the money dashboard.

See in detail →
Store

What you sell beyond tuition

Certificates of enrollment, ID cards and uniforms: paid for and delivered without a queue.

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Communication

Announcements, help and teamwork

Official announcements, a ticket help desk, staff chat and emails that go out by themselves.

See in detail →
Moodle

Your virtual classroom, connected

If you use Moodle, the SMS creates accounts, enrolls and organizes your courses. Moodle is contracted separately.

See in detail →
AI

Agents that know your system

Two support agents included, running on your school's AI key.

See in detail →
System

Your brand, your rules and security

Who sees what, security, backups and updates — without touching code.

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Star feature

100% self-service enrollment

Students open the link, fill in their data and pay: by card, in cash at thousands of stores across Mexico (OXXO, 7-Eleven, Circle K, pharmacies and more), with PayPal, Mercado Pago or Stripe. They're enrolled on the spot; documents get uploaded later, at their own pace, from their panel. When you arrive Monday morning, 5 new students are already waiting in your system.

And it works the same for on-site schools or schools without a virtual classroom: applicants can also pay at the school's cash desk, and free programs are supported.

  1. 1. The prospect arrives from your site or social media
  2. 2. Fills a guided form on their phone or computer
  3. 3. Pays: card, cash at stores, PayPal, Mercado Pago or Stripe
  4. 4. Receives their credentials by email — already enrolled
  5. 5. Signs in and uploads documents at their own pace
  6. 6. You see everything, complete, in your panel
See the full module →
Groups and schedules

They enrolled themselves. Now which group do they land in?

This is where most systems hand you back the spreadsheet. ABAKU SMS builds groups two ways — and you choose which, down to the individual group.

Assigned mode

You place them

You create the group with its shift, capacity and room, give it a schedule and place students: one by one or the whole cohort at once — the norm in high school, where a single section takes every subject together.

Self-service mode

They choose

You open the enrollment window and each student builds their own schedule from their panel, seeing live capacity: pick, drop, pick again. The norm at undergraduate level — and the end of queues at the registrar's office.

The mode is decided in three layers: one default for the whole institution, an override per term when that semester works differently, and a per-group flag. Both modes can coexist in the same term.

And students cannot enroll themselves wrong

When the student chooses, the system stops them. When you place them, the registrar wins — on purpose: exceptions are your job, not a form's.

Both modes Capacity with waiting list Capacity 0 = no limit. Once full, the next students drop into a waiting list on their own and whoever has waited longest gets in the moment a seat frees up. Two people cannot take the last seat at once, however simultaneous the clicks.
Both modes Schedule clashes The system compares schedule against schedule and flags the overlap. A student choosing on their own can't enroll in two groups that clash unless they confirm it.
Self-service only Prerequisites You define the sequence per subject, and each prerequisite can be mandatory (blocks) or advisory (warns only). A student enrolling themselves cannot skip it and sees what is missing; you can still place them, because exceptions exist.
Self-service only Re-enrollment rules Optional and yours: payments up to date, cap on failed subjects, maximum load per term. They are checked when a student enrolls themselves and say exactly why they cannot — they never block you.

🔌 And if your campus lives in Moodle, turning on sync mirrors each group as a cohort — the student is never provisioned twice.
🗓 Semester, four-month term, trimester, two-month term, yearly or by modules; morning, afternoon, evening, mixed or Saturday shifts. Set in the guided setup on first login and adjustable later.

Star feature

No more loose photos over WhatsApp

Your school decides which documents it asks for — from students and from teachers — and everyone uploads them from their own panel, on a computer or phone. The school reviews them on screen and verifies or rejects them with a reason. And before uploading, the student accepts your letter of commitment; your school rules, at login or at enrollment.

  • Your list: each school asks for its own, starting from a suggested list for its type of school.
  • Students upload: from their panel, on a computer or phone — or the school does it for them if they handed it in on paper.
  • The school validates: verify or reject with a reason, and the student sees in their panel what to fix.
  • Letter of commitment: written by your school and accepted before uploading; it is recorded.
  • Rules and policies: with numbered articles, versions and a record of who accepted what.
See the full module →
What's new

The latest in ABAKU SMS

The system updates itself at no extra cost. This is what arrived in the latest versions.

Online payments through four gateways

Stripe, PayPal, Mercado Pago and Conekta, by card or in cash at OXXO and other stores. Your students can also pay from abroad, in the currency of each charge.

Cashier shifts that open by themselves

Several cash desks, shifts that open and close on their schedule, simple charging or full cash-up, partial payments and printed receipts. How each person paid is recorded: cash, card terminal, bank transfer or deposit.

Guided term setup

On first login, a seven-step assistant sets up how your school works: terms, grading periods and their weights, grading scale and passing grade, which each subject can adjust. The menu shows only what you will use.

Certificates verifiable by QR

Design diplomas, certificates and awards online; they are issued automatically when a student passes and carry a QR code anyone can verify, no account needed.

Scholarships and waivers

Scholarships show up in every installment, any installment can be waived with a stated reason, and students always see their real balance.

Student services

Proof of enrollment, academic transcript and digital ID card: students pay online or at the cash desk and download them with their QR code.

Announcements that also reach Moodle

When you publish an announcement you choose where it appears: only in the SMS, only in Moodle — as a pop-up when entering the classroom — or both (with the ABAKU plugin for Moodle).

AI assistant

Ask your data questions in plain language. It works with your school's own AI key: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or Mistral.

AI agents included

And now it comes with two AI support agents

At no extra charge from ABAKU. They answer how-to questions on the spot, at any hour, and hand anything outside their scope to your team.

Already set up

Internal support for your staff

Office staff, cashiers, coordinators and teachers ask how to do something in the system — a cash-up, a certificate, the term setup — and the agent walks them through it step by step.

You switch it on

Technical support for your students

Answers your students' how-to questions: how to pay, where to see their grades or how to get into Moodle. Your school decides whether to turn it on.

They run on your school's own AI key — OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or Mistral: your school pays usage directly to the provider and you control the cost.

Additional agents

Want AI to do more for your school?

Admissions and information for your website and WhatsApp, a Moodle course designer, social media, friendly payment reminders and more: see the full catalog of AI agents.

See the AI agents

They cost less than hiring someone to answer · we quote them in writing

Modality

Your school, however it operates

ABAKU SMS adapts to your educational model. It won't force you to change how you teach to use the system.

On-site

Groups with shift, room and capacity, a cash desk with receipts and installments, and a digital ID card with a QR anyone can verify.

Online

100% remote enrollment, online payment with invoices from the student panel, Moodle integration and a ticket help desk.

Hybrid

Best of both worlds. Run on-site and online groups in parallel with a single record of grades and payments.

Integrations

Connects with what you already use

ABAKU SMS doesn't reinvent what already works: it integrates with the services your institution knows. E-invoicing is local — Mexico today — and for payments, besides the local gateways, Stripe and PayPal accept payments from other countries.

ConektaCards and cash at thousands of stores: OXXO, 7-Eleven, Circle K, pharmacies and more.
StripeCard payments from Mexico and from abroad, in the currency of each charge.
Factura.comCFDI 4.0 stamping straight to Mexico's SAT, per payment or monthly global.
MoodleEnrollment sync and Moodle health monitoring via web services.
PayPal · Mercado PagoMore ways for your students to pay, already wired into the same checkout.
AI assistantQuery your data in plain language with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or Mistral (bring your own key).
Payments and invoicing

Your gateway, your account, your money.

ABAKU SMS is not a payment gateway or a tax-stamping provider: it connects to yours. You open your own account with the processor and invoicing provider you choose, connect it, and that is it — your students' money lands in YOUR account, it never passes through us.

ABAKU SMS charges no transaction fee

Not a cent per payment, per enrolled student or per invoice issued. What you pay for ABAKU SMS is your subscription, full stop. We will never sit between you and your money.

The fee that does exist belongs to the gateway

Payment processors charge their percentage for processing, and your invoicing provider charges for issuing. That is normal for online payments anywhere in the world — they would charge it without us — and we tell you how much before you sign anything.

We walk you through signing up

Getting approved by a processor is paperwork: incorporation documents, tax ID, bank account, proof of address. We tell you what they will ask for, in what order and how long it usually takes, and we stay with you until the first test payment lands.

And we explain how it works

Why a cash payment takes a while to confirm, what happens with a refund, how to reconcile against your bank statement, when a consolidated invoice makes sense. Without that, the system does the right thing and nobody understands why.

Already have a payment account or an accountant who issues invoices? It connects and nothing changes for you. Don't have one? We tell you how to open it — but the account is always in your institution's name.

We take care of the server

You run the school. We look after the rest.

What no school should have to watch over comes already solved — and in plain view, so you don't have to take our word for it.

Backups every night

Incremental, with fifteen days kept. A screen tells you whether they are working; to recover something, you ask support.

Updates without surprises

They arrive by themselves in their window, with a prior backup and automatic rollback if something fails. At no extra cost.

Every version, checked

Every version ships with the full inventory of the system up to date — screens, buttons and actions — and carries checks that each module does what it promises.

Security built in

Two-step verification by role, antivirus for everything people upload, lockout after failed attempts and an audit trail of who did what.

Moodle

Already using Moodle? The two platforms talk.

ABAKU SMS connects to your Moodle: on enrollment, the student gets an account and is enrolled in the subjects of their period, with a queue that retries by itself if Moodle doesn't respond.

Important: the SMS does not include Moodle. They are two platforms, contracted separately, that connect to each other.

  • Account and enrollment when the sign-up is confirmed
  • Each student only in their period's subjects; a withdrawal suspends, never deletes
  • Queue with automatic retry every minute
  • Or the SMS builds the categories, courses and groups in Moodle

No Moodle yet, or fed up with your current one?

We host and support it for you

Ready in 24 h · Free migration

Built for real people

Every module solves a pain we've lived through

ABAKU SMS was born from years of running educational institutions. Every feature is there because a secretary, a teacher or a director told us "I wish this were easier".

“We used to spend 3 days a month stamping invoices by hand. Now the global invoice issues itself at month-end and we find out when the receipts hit our inbox.”

Administrative coordinator Graduate programs — hybrid

“My teachers enter grades from their phones. The built-in guides saved me from training each one at the start of every cohort.”

Academic director University — on-site

“Students now upload their documents from their panel. My office stopped receiving 40 blurry WhatsApp photos a day.”

Academic coordinator Diploma courses — online
Demo on request

Try it. It's real, and the copy is yours.

No pre-recorded video, no PowerPoint: we spin up a test school just for you, with programs, students, assigned teachers, active payment schedules, scholarships and grades. Leave us your name and email and the access lands in a minute.

Commits you to nothing · yours for three months · what you change nobody else sees, and nothing gets wiped while you use it.

Custom quote

The price depends on your size. That's why we quote it.

ABAKU SMS is billed per user, so a 120-student school can't pay the same as a 3,000-student university. Tell us how many you have and we'll send you your number, not a brochure range.

How billing works
One monthly fee per active user. Nothing on the side.
  • You pay per active user, not per module
  • Every module is included from day one
  • Managed hosting, backups and updates included
  • If your enrollment grows or shrinks, the cost moves with it
The real math
What to compare it to
The honest comparison isn't against other software: it's against the payroll doing that work by hand today.
  • Students enroll, pay and upload their documents on their own
  • Payments reconcile and invoice themselves — nobody keys anything in
  • Receipts, invoices and certificates go out by email on their own
  • ABAKU SMS costs less than the administrative salary it saves you
What we need to quote you
Four answers and we build the number. The rest we cover in the demo.
  • How many active students you have
  • How many teachers and admin staff would use it
  • Modality: on-campus, online or hybrid
  • Whether data has to be migrated from another system

Get your quote

Tell us how many students you have and we'll come back with a quote in real numbers, not an “it depends”.

The quote breaks down everything that does cost money — setup, training and data migration — so nothing shows up as a surprise later.

SMS + Moodle

Need a virtual classroom too?

The pricing above is for the SMS only, which does not include Moodle. If you also add Moodle for your online courses and classes, you get a special bundle price and both platforms are connected from day one.

FAQ

The questions everyone asks, answered.

Yours isn't here? Write to us using the form below.

Where does my data live?
ABAKU SMS is offered as a managed service in our cloud: we handle the server, security, monitoring and backups, so your school doesn't need an IT team. The data belongs to your institution and you can export it anytime.
Does it work if we only teach on-site?
Yes — it ships with a mode built for physical schools: create groups with capacity and schedules, then either place students yourself or open self-service so each student picks their own group and schedule, with waitlists and clash detection. Automatic enrollment works just the same — applicants can even pay at the school's cash desk — and you don't need a virtual classroom. Add the cash desk with receipts and installments, and the digital ID card with QR.
What happens if I stop paying the subscription?
You get a 15-day grace period with automatic notices. Then student access pauses, but your data is kept for 90 days so you can catch up or export.
How long does implementation take?
Under 24 hours: your platform is live, branded and configured the same day. Migrating historical data from another system is scheduled separately and depends on volume — but you can start operating without waiting for it.
Can you train my team?
Yes. Every implementation includes initial training, and almost every module has its step-by-step guide and a help button for each role, so your team can self-train. If you want extra training hours, they are itemized in your quote.
Is there a contract and an exit clause?
12-month contracts with automatic renewal. Exit clause with 30 days' notice after the first quarter. No hidden penalties.
Does ABAKU SMS take a cut of what I charge?
No. Not per payment, not per enrolled student, not per invoice. Your students' money goes straight into your institution's account, with the processor you contract: it never passes through us. The only thing you pay ABAKU SMS is your subscription. The processor does charge its percentage for handling the payment — that is normal for online payments anywhere and they would charge it without us — and we tell you how much before you sign anything.
Do the AI agents cost extra?
The two support agents are included with ABAKU SMS: ABAKU does not charge you for them. The only cost is AI usage, paid directly to the provider with your school's key. If you want additional agents — admissions, social media, a Moodle course designer — they are contracted separately and we quote them in writing; they cost less than hiring someone to answer.
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