Comparison
Schedull vs Peñalara GHC
Peñalara GHC has been generating timetables for Spanish schools since 1993 and reports around 5,800 centres, with connectors to regional administration systems and a mobile app teachers use to report absences. It is a Windows program with a web and mobile companion. Schedull is a browser app for the same job, with an AI assistant, a wider export set and prices published at every school size. If your centre depends on regional data flows, GHC is hard to beat. If you want the whole timetable to live in a browser, Schedull is the closer fit.
Last updated: August 25, 2026 ยท Reviewed by the Schedull product team
Best fit
Both tools generate a full school timetable. The decision is usually about where the work happens and what the centre has to connect to.
| Need | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Data has to move to or from a regional administration system | Peñalara GHC | GHC publishes integrations with regional platforms such as SÉNECA, PLUMIER XXI, SICE and SAUCE. Schedull has no such connectors. |
| The timetable should live in a browser, on any machine | Schedull | Schedull is a web app. GHC's planner and editor are a Windows program, licensed per installation. |
| Teachers should report their own absences from a phone | Peñalara GHC | GHC App lets teachers request an absence from the mobile app and shows duty schedules. Schedull records absences in the coordinator's workspace only. |
| Describing the setup in plain language instead of filling forms | Schedull | Schedull's assistant drafts classes, subjects and rules from a description and shows them as changes you apply or discard. |
Feature comparison
Last checked: 25 August 2026. Peñalara GHC details come from its own public pages, listed under Sources. Recheck them before a purchase decision.
| Area | Schedull | Peñalara GHC |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Web app in the browser. Nothing to install and nothing to keep in sync between machines. | Windows program (Planner, Engine and Editor) plus GHC App on web, iOS and Android. |
| Interface languages | English and Spanish. | Spanish and English. |
| Setup and data entry | Guided setup with four starting points: from scratch, from a template, from a spreadsheet, or from last year's project. | Desktop planner with data import and a visual editor for strict and flexible conditions. |
| Imports | Excel, OpenDocument, CSV and zip files, plus reverse import that rebuilds classes, subjects and teachers from a finished timetable grid. | Imports data and transfers to other academic management applications, including regional platforms. |
| Teacher availability | Six levels per period, from unavailable through neutral to strongly preferred, so part-time patterns and mere preferences are not the same input. | Teacher availability, classroom preferences, meetings and supervision duties. |
| Mandatory rules and preferences | Mandatory rules and weighted preferences at subject, class and teacher level: avoid a period, avoid a day, cap lessons per day in periods or minutes, keep lessons consecutive, same break for every class, tutor obligations, reduce teacher gaps. | Strict and flexible conditions weighted by criteria the centre sets. |
| Split groups and co-teaching | Split groups run in parallel with their own teacher and their own allowed rooms; a lesson can also require two or more teachers at once. | Handles overlapping timetables and other activities alongside teaching. |
| Classrooms and buildings | Allowed rooms per subject and per split group, room availability on the same six-level scale, and movement penalties between buildings. Professional and Premium. | Classroom preferences are part of the planner. |
| Before generation | A feasibility check runs first and blocks a run that cannot succeed, naming the class, teacher or room that makes it impossible. | Not described as a separate pre-generation check on the public pages. |
| After generation | A run report lists every preference the timetable had to break, so the result can be judged instead of just accepted. | Reports on staff assignments, preference compliance and tutors. |
| Manual editing | Conflict-checked drag and drop, with edit sessions you can leave and resume before committing. | Drag and drop editor with conflict detection and assisted move combinations. |
| Daily substitutions | Absence workspace on top of the published timetable: record an absence over a date range, see the lessons it hits day by day, and resolve each one with cover, supervision, a merged class, a cancellation, or no action. Cover suggestions are ranked and say why. No notifications yet. | Absences and substitutions manager in GHC App. Teachers report absences from the mobile app, duty schedules are shown, and changes update in real time. |
| Sharing and publishing | Publish a timetable to a shared day, week and month calendar inside the app. There are no public links and no student or family portal. | GHC App publishes timetables to staff and students on web and mobile. |
| Exports | Excel, OpenDocument, PowerPoint, PDF, PNG zip and CSV zip, by class and by teacher. Professional and Premium; Basic cannot export. | HTML, PDF, CSV and Excel, plus transfers to other academic management applications. |
| AI assistance | An assistant that turns a plain description into draft setup and rules, always as a change set you apply or discard. Metered at 5, 20 or unlimited messages a day by plan. | Assisted move combinations in the editor. No conversational assistant described. |
Pricing comparison (last checked: 25 August 2026)
Both vendors publish prices, which makes this the most direct pricing comparison of the six. Schedull bills annually per school with a first-year discount; GHC bills annually in teacher bands, with a lower renewal price than the first subscription. GHC prices below are the published figures including Spanish VAT. Currency shown on the Schedull pricing page depends on your region.
| Plan or aspect | Schedull | Peñalara GHC |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Annual subscription per school, 40% off the first year. | Annual subscription per school, in bands by number of teachers. No perpetual licence. |
| Free option | No free plan. A free week of Premium, card required, and an institutional trial request. | Free demo limited to 10 teachers and 15 days, on up to 3 installations. |
| Around 10 to 15 teachers | Basic: 59.99 the first year, then 99.99 a year. No exports and no classroom planning on this plan. | GHC Optimum up to 10 teachers: 97 EUR to subscribe, 65 EUR to renew. |
| Around 30 to 50 teachers | Professional: 149.99 the first year, then 249.99 a year, with exports and classroom planning. | GHC Optimum up to 50 teachers: 449 EUR to subscribe, 297 EUR to renew. |
| Large centres | Premium: 239.99 the first year, then 399.99 a year, unlimited teachers. | GHC Optimum up to 150 teachers: 889 EUR to subscribe, 587 EUR to renew. Above 150 teachers is quoted. |
| Installations | Any browser, no installation limit. | Up to 10 installations on the paid subscription. |
Strengths and limitations
Where Peñalara GHC is stronger: it connects to the regional administration systems Spanish public centres already use; teachers can report their own absences from a phone and see their duty schedule; the substitutions workflow has had years to mature; and at ten teachers or fewer it renews for less than Schedull's cheapest plan.
Where Schedull is stronger: nothing is installed or licensed per machine; teacher availability is a six-level scale rather than a yes-or-no box; a feasibility check refuses an impossible run and names the cause; the assistant drafts setup and rules from a plain description; exports cover six formats including PowerPoint and PNG; and a large centre pays 399.99 a year rather than 587 EUR.
Which should you choose?
Choose Peñalara GHC if your centre is inside a regional platform such as SÉNECA, PLUMIER XXI, SICE or SAUCE and the timetable has to travel between them, if you want teachers reporting absences from their own phones, or if you are a small centre of ten teachers or fewer where the renewal price is lower.
Choose Schedull if you would rather work in a browser than maintain a Windows installation, if teacher availability in your centre is a matter of degree rather than a yes or no, if you want to be told a timetable is impossible before you wait for a run, or if you need Excel, OpenDocument, PowerPoint, PDF, PNG and CSV exports on a single paid plan.
FAQ
Is Peñalara GHC free?
There is a free demo limited to 10 teachers and 15 days on up to 3 installations. Full use is an annual subscription priced in bands by teacher count, published on the Peñalara site. Checked 25 August 2026.
Does Schedull connect to SÉNECA, Rayuela or PLUMIER XXI?
No. Schedull has no connectors to regional administration platforms. It reads Excel, OpenDocument and CSV files and can rebuild a project from an existing timetable grid, and it exports in six formats, but any transfer to a regional system is manual. If that transfer is a requirement, GHC covers it and Schedull does not.
How do the two handle a teacher who is absent tomorrow?
Both cover it. In GHC the teacher can request the absence from the mobile app and the centre reorganises the day in the web app, with changes visible in real time. In Schedull a coordinator records the absence in the substitutions workspace, sees every lesson it hits, and assigns cover from a ranked list that says why each teacher is suggested. Schedull does not yet send notifications, so the centre still has to tell the covering teacher.
Can several people work on the same timetable?
Neither product is a shared editing tool in the way a spreadsheet is. GHC licenses up to 10 installations on one subscription, so several machines can hold the program. In Schedull a project has a single owner and there is no way to invite a colleague. If your school splits timetable work across several people, verify this carefully in both products before deciding.