Orah vs Ruvna
Orah + Ruvna = ✅

The best school safety software alternative to Ruvna

Orah accounts for every student faster, with real-time location awareness updated throughout the day using routine processes your school already runs.

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Trusted by 500+ independent schools
"I think of [our SIS] as our filing cabinet—a system where you're shuffling through papers and a million different links trying to find information. Orah is our daily platform, where attendance is taken, pastoral notes are tracked, and everything is easy to navigate. The communication between the two is almost instantaneous—there’s no delay like we’ve experienced with other programs. Our SIS houses all the information, but Orah gives us the insights, graphs, and real-time data we actually need to understand attendance better."
‍- Sarah Steele, Dean of Students & Head of House, Ridley College

Trusted by 500+ Independent Schools

Why schools choose Orah over Ruvna
Why schools choose Orah + Ruvna

Intuitive & easy-to-use

Everyone can pick Orah up and use it in minutes, Schools who have made the switch to Orah cite how much easier the platform is to use.

Consolidate 5+ tools

Manage attendance, emergencies, late arrivals and dismissals, visitor management and student leave. Each touchpoint updates a students location.

Know where your students are

Orah consolidates 5+ tools to keep student locations updated so you have an up-to-the-minute picture of where your students are and where they're supposed to be, which is especially important in emergencies.

"It was pretty seamless…within three or four weeks, we pretty much had everybody taking it [attendance] in Orah."

- Nicole Jules, Assistant Head of School for Student Affairs, University School of Nashville

What's the difference?

Reflects product capabilities as of Mar 2026.
Category Feature Orah Ruvna Notes
Accountability / Emergency Core
Real-time student accountability during emergencies Yes Partial Orah: schools start an emergency roll with real-time awareness of where students are because Orah tracks student location throughout the school day.
Unlimited events & drills Yes Yes
Group-wide messaging Yes Yes
Unlimited notifications Yes Yes
Safety document hosting Partial Yes Orah: stores emergency plans and notes (not positioned as a full document library).
Scheduled drills Yes Yes
Real-time check-in Yes Yes
Panic signals Partial Yes Orah: emergency alerts available (not positioned as a dedicated panic button).
SIS integration (emergency roster sync) Yes Yes Orah: supports Blackbaud and Veracross SIS connections.
Student self check-in Yes Yes
View by roster / grade / name Yes Yes
Emergency dashboards & readiness analytics Yes Partial Orah: dashboards and drill time trends.
Attendance & Daily Ops Core
Seamless in/out tracking Yes No Ruvna: does not provide day-to-day in/out tracking.
Teacher input attendance Yes No Ruvna: does not support teachers taking attendance period-by-period.
Period-by-period attendance Yes No Orah: built for period attendance to keep student location current throughout the day.
Digital student IDs Yes Yes
Kiosk check-in Yes Yes
Location check-in (non-GPS) Yes Yes Orah: check-ins and location updates without GPS (privacy-first).
Scheduled absences / lateness Yes Yes
Automated attendance (continuous accountability without teacher input) Yes No Orah: student location stays current via rolls, passes, kiosks, and check-ins. Ruvna: does not provide automated, day-to-day attendance coverage.
Automated attendance alerts & thresholds Yes Partial Orah: triggers when late, missing, or unaccounted.
Attendance analytics dashboard Yes Partial Orah: real-time insights and trends.
Boarding + day attendance alignment Yes No Orah: unifies dorm and classroom attendance.
Leave passes & off-campus tracking Yes Partial Orah: full pass workflow. Ruvna: limited pass support.
Two-way attendance sync to SIS Yes Yes Orah: can push roll and pass attendance back to SIS.
Attendance system-of-record modes Yes Partial Orah: can run in different SIS modes depending on school needs.
Reason codes / reason-based attendance mapping Yes Partial Orah: reason mapping supports accurate reporting.
Extended
Activity & co-curricular attendance Yes No Orah: sports, trips, study sessions.
Parent-requested absences workflow Yes No Orah: portal and approvals.
Pastoral notes linked to attendance Yes No Orah: proactive care signals.
Communications Announcements
Send to faculty & staff Yes Yes
Send to parents Yes Yes
Send to students Yes Yes
Unlimited texts / emails / phone calls Partial Yes Orah: SMS and email built in. Phone calls available via integration.
Open & click tracking Partial Yes Orah: delivery tracking with limited click analytics.
Custom groups Yes Yes
Upload attachments Yes Yes
Automated alerts by attendance/emergency events Yes Partial Orah: event-driven alerts.
Singlewire (InformaCast / Visitor) With Orah + Singlewire
Emergency notifications triggered from an Orah emergency roll Yes Yes Orah: integrates with InformaCast for multi-channel emergency notification.
911 Connect integration Partial Yes Orah: available via Singlewire ecosystem where supported.
Unlimited visitors Yes Yes
Self-serve kiosk access Yes Yes
Photo capture Yes Yes
Scheduled visitors Yes Yes
Driver’s license scanning Yes Yes
Personalized badge printing Yes Yes
Background checks Yes Yes
Insights, Security & Platform Platform
Live dashboards / analytics Yes Partial Orah: attendance and accountability dashboards.
SIS integrations (Blackbaud, Veracross, PowerSchool, TASS) Yes Partial Orah: supported SIS integrations.
Single Sign-On (SSO) Yes Yes Orah: SSO available for Blackbaud ID and Veracross.
SSO enforcement options (optional vs enforced, cohorts) Yes Partial Orah: optional or enforced for staff cohorts or school-wide.
Role-based access control (RBAC) Yes Yes Orah: granular roles and permissions.
Data security compliance (FERPA, ISO 27001, HIPAA) Yes Partial Orah: compliance certifications and security controls.
Audit trails & access logs Yes Partial Orah: audit history and access logs.
Mobile app for teachers Yes Yes
Mobile app for students & parents Yes Partial
Data residency options Yes No Orah: region-specific hosting options.
Boarding-specific workflows Yes No Orah: built for boarding and day school workflows.

Orah is built for Independent Schools

We know that independent schools have different needs and expectiations on them than a public school does. For the past 10 years, Orah has worked with some of the world's top schools to help them keep students safe and accounted for.

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"If we don’t know that our students are safe and they are where they’re supposed to be, then we can’t really do anything else. Orah has made that part of our job much more efficient and much more sound.""

- Ashley McDowell, Dean of Students, Episcopal High School

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"This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day.

It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students."
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- Andrew Wright,
‍Foxcroft Academy, NY, USA
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