Socio

WhatsApp-first school software · India

You told parents to install an app. Half of them didn't.

Socio runs your entire school through WhatsApp — on your school's own number, with your school's own name. Parents, teachers, drivers, wardens, and security need nothing new. Only the office sits through a one-time setup.

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Your

school's own WhatsApp number — you own it, you keep it

0

apps for parents, teachers, or drivers to install

40+

office modules from admissions to payroll

S

St. Mary’s School

School name · no personal number

Good morning. Menu for Priya, Grade 6A.

Transport

Bus 12 is 4 minutes from your stop. Open the map link for live GPS.

Your

school's own WhatsApp number — your name, your brand, yours to keep

0

apps for parents, teachers, or drivers to install

5

role-based WhatsApp journeys — parent, teacher, driver, warden, security

40+

office modules from admissions to gate to payroll

Why WhatsApp wins every time

App-based school software fails at the last step: getting people to use it.

The problem isn't the features — it's rollout. Traditional school software is an app you must push onto a community. Socio is a WhatsApp number the community already trusts. Only the office sits through setup. Everyone else just gets a message.

Your number

App-basedA vendor-owned business number parents don't recognise. If you leave the software, the number goes with it.

SocioYour school's own WhatsApp number. Your name. Your brand. You own it — it stays with you forever.

Install

App-basedEvery parent, teacher, and driver must download a new app and find it again next week.

SocioNothing to install. No Play Store rollout to manage.

Train

App-basedWorkshops on how to pay fees, mark attendance, or start a trip. New staff means training again.

SocioMenus in a chat they already know. No WhatsApp training required.

Onboard

App-basedLogins, OTPs, password resets, missing accounts. Thousands of parents, thousands of tickets.

SocioYou set up the office. People join when they message the school number.

Usage

App-basedThe app sits unused. You cannot tell who saw the notice. Operations stall.

SocioFee updates, bus alerts, leave requests, and gate passes arrive where people already look.

Contact

App-basedA parent group, or a teacher’s personal WhatsApp. Numbers leak. Nobody owns the thread.

SocioOne-to-one with the school name. The office sees every conversation in one inbox and replies as the school.

Messages

App-basedLocked SMS or notification packs you keep paying whether you send or not.

SocioRecharge WhatsApp credits when you need them. Pay for messages you actually send.

Scale

App-basedMore students means more installs to chase. Adoption falls as the school grows.

SocioMore students still means WhatsApp. The same channel keeps working as the school grows.

The admin side of the promise

Admins work in Socio. Every school role gets a simpler way in.

The WhatsApp experience is only one half of the platform. The admin workspace is where the school sets the rules, reviews the work, and keeps the official record.

Admin workspace

Monday, 08:42

School live

Open approvals

12

4 need attention today

Fee collection

₹8.4L

62 receipts this week

Today’s work

5 areas

2 admissions waiting for documents
3 staff leave requests to review
Route 4 is live
Parent outreach: 5 unread

What stays with the office

Tota AI

Ask, review, and act from the admin console.

HR and payroll

Staff records, leave, attendance, documents, and payslips.

Finance desk

Fee schedules, payments, receipts, expenses, and settlements.

Documents and reports

Keep the school record ready when someone needs it.

01

Set up once

Admin creates the school, classes, people, routes, fees, and rules in one workspace.

02

People are already on WhatsApp

Parents, teachers, drivers, wardens, and security are already using WhatsApp. No new app, login, or training to roll out.

03

The office stays in control

Approvals, payments, attendance, messages, and documents are recorded in one school workspace.

01School-owned conversations. Messages stay tied to the school, not a staff phone.

02Clear accountability. Approvals, payments, and delivery status are visible.

03No forced bundles. Add transport, hostel, or WhatsApp credits only when needed.

04One office inbox. Parent and staff conversations stay with the right school team.

05Built for every role. Admins, teachers, drivers, wardens, and security each get the right flow.

06Ready to scale. One campus or several, the operating model stays familiar.

Five roles. Your number. Zero new apps.

Every school role gets a WhatsApp journey — all on your school's own number.

One WhatsApp number — yours, registered to your school. Parents, teachers, drivers, wardens, and security each get the right menus from the first message. English or Telugu. No personal staff numbers. No parent groups. No extra app.

They never install Socio. They message the school and see the school name, not a staff phone.

  • Attendance, grades PDF, homework, weekly timetable
  • Check the fee balance and pay in the chat (UPI / card). Receipt PDF on WhatsApp
  • Live bus GPS and approaching-stop alerts
  • Request a gate pass, arrange early pickup, or authorize a pickup person
  • Submit leave requests and attendance disputes
  • Talk to school, one-to-one with the office, in this chat
  • Announcements, calendar, PTM, feedback
S

St. Mary’s School

School name · no personal number

Good morning. Menu for Priya, Grade 6A.

Transport

Bus 12 is 4 minutes from your stop. Open the map link for live GPS.

Your number · your name · your school

Parents message your school's own WhatsApp. The office sees every thread.

Every message comes from your school's own WhatsApp number — the one you registered, the one parents already saved. No vendor number, no staff mobile, no group chat. The office sees every parent thread in one inbox and replies as the school. Private, accountable, and yours to keep.

What the parent sees

S

St. Mary’s School

School name · no personal number

Talk to school

Type your message. The office will reply in this chat, not a group.

Priya has a fever. Can she leave at 1pm?

Noted. Early pickup is approved. Show this chat at the gate.

What the office sees

Parent outreach

One inbox · all parents

  • Priya's father

    Can she leave at 1pm?

    16:18

    New

  • Arjun's mother

    Fee receipt received, thank you

    10:12

  • Meera's mother

    Bus was late at stop 4

    07:40

Reply from here. The parent still sees the school name on WhatsApp, never a personal number.

  • No group chat

    Each parent has a private thread. Other parents do not see the message.

  • Your number, always

    Your school registered it, your school owns it. Staff phones stay private. Parents see your name, not a person.

  • One office platform

    Operations, records, and parent messaging live together. The desk answers without handing out numbers.

Money without the queue

Parents pay fees on WhatsApp. The ledger updates in the office.

Parents can view their balance, pay by UPI or card, and receive the receipt as a PDF in the same WhatsApp thread. No school app and no cash queue. The office can still accept cash when needed. Finance keeps the invoices, receipts, and settlements on the admin side.

S

St. Mary’s School

School name · no personal number

Pay fees

Term 2 balance: ₹12,400. Pay in this chat using UPI or card. Receipt comes here as PDF.

Pay now

Payment received. Receipt is attached. The office ledger is updated.

Transport that people actually use

Live bus tracking without a second app

The driver starts the trip in WhatsApp. Location comes from the phone they already carry. Parents get an approaching-stop alert and a map link in the same chat. The office sees routes and live trips on the desk.

18

stops on Route 4

04 min

to the next stop

Live trip

Route 4 · Morning run

On route
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School gate
Stop 4
Bus 12 · 32 km/h

Today’s route

07:10–08:25

School gate

Departed 07:10

Lake View Road

Passed 07:36

Stop 4 · Green Park

Arriving in 04 min

St. Mary’s School

ETA 08:14

Parents receive the next-stop alert in their existing school WhatsApp chat.

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We walk through your school size, modules, and WhatsApp setup. No sales pressure. Just the product.

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Nothing gets lost

Every WhatsApp message is on the record

This is not a blind bulk blast. Socio logs who the message went to, what it was, and whether WhatsApp delivered or read it. A failed fee receipt or a missed bus alert is visible. The office can act.

Message log

Today · school number

  • 07:12

    Bus approaching stop

    Parent · Priya, 6A

    Read
  • 08:40

    Attendance reminder

    Teacher · Sharma

    Delivered
  • 10:05

    Fee receipt PDF

    Parent · Arjun, 8B

    Read
  • 14:22

    Trip started

    Driver · Ramesh

    Read
  • 16:18

    Leave approved

    Parent · Meera, 3C

    Failed

40+ modules · one office workspace

Everything the office needs to run the school. WhatsApp users never see this screen.

The Socio desk covers admissions to payroll, gate to hostel, and the outreach inbox where the office talks to every parent and staff member on WhatsApp — without sharing a single personal number. One platform, every function.

Admissions

  • Admissions
  • Students
  • Enrollment documents

Academics

  • Classes & sections
  • Curriculum
  • Timetable
  • Exams & grades
  • Attendance
  • Homework
  • Academic calendar

HR & payroll

  • Staff profiles
  • Attendance & leave
  • KYC documents
  • Payroll & payslips

Finance

  • Fee schedules
  • Payments & receipts
  • Expenses
  • Billing & settlements
  • Fee pay on WhatsApp

Operations

  • Transport
  • Hostel
  • Gate overview
  • Approvals
  • PTM scheduling
  • Reports & documents
  • Feedback
  • Guest passes & pickup
  • Room allocation & mess roll call
  • Route and driver management

Communications

  • Talk to school (parent WhatsApp)
  • Parent outreach inbox
  • Staff outreach
  • Templates & notices
  • Announcements

More

  • Tutor materials
  • Knowledge base
  • Audit history

Simple, honest pricing

One plan. Per student. Add only what you need.

The platform subscription covers everything — admissions to payroll, gate to parent messaging — all on your school's own WhatsApp number. Buses, hostel, and WhatsApp message credits are separate. Exact INR rate on the walkthrough call.

Platform subscription

Full platform · per enrolled student

One price covers every office module and all five WhatsApp role journeys — on your school's own number. Monthly or yearly. No feature tiers, no hidden limits.

  • Admissions & enrolment documents
  • Academics — timetable, attendance, exams, homework
  • Finance — fee schedules, payments, receipts, expenses
  • HR & payroll — staff records, leave, payslips
  • Gate — guest passes, pickup authorisation
  • Communications — parent inbox, staff outreach, notices
  • Reports & audit history
  • WhatsApp menus for all 5 roles
  • Your school's own WhatsApp number & name

Pricing

Per student

Monthly or yearly

Buses and hostel billed separately. WhatsApp credits in a separate wallet.

Apply now ↗Ask about pricing

Add-ons — pay only if the school needs them

Not bundled into the platform plan. Add buses, hostel, or WhatsApp credits only when the school uses them.

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Add-on

Buses

Billed per bus. Add only if the school runs transport. Drivers manage trips on WhatsApp, parents get stop alerts, the office sees live routes.

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Add-on

Hostel

Billed per hostel student. Wardens manage passes, room allocation, and mess roll call on WhatsApp. Add only if the school has a hostel.

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Credits · recharge when needed

WhatsApp wallet

Top up message credits separately. No recurring pack. Quiet months, spend nothing. Busy months, recharge and send.

All prices in INR. The walkthrough covers your exact student count, add-ons needed, and monthly vs yearly cost before you commit to anything.