The business descriptions

The first step in our comparison is to describe the two businesses. Both target the education market, providing software based solutions for primary and secondary school learning, but using different software business models that affect how they provide their solution and hence how they operate.

IXL Learning

Based on the SaaS model, this is a web-based software service for children to learn and practice math skills required by their school curriculum. The service tackles the school curriculum requirements by providing access to a large number of math activities that children, parents, and teachers can pick and choose from. The interactive activities are made more appealing to parents and teachers by tracking the child's progress in order to provide access to reports that identify what progress has been made during the child's engagement with the online activities.

Nextpoint

Using the software supporting a service model, Nextpoint operates a traditional tuition agency...