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Pricing

Priced by the semester.
Quoted by the academic year.

Higher-ed pricing leads with per-student / per-semester — the way registrars and bookstores already think about course materials. If your department wants unlimited cohorts, an annual site license is available as a parallel option. Workforce-development cohorts are priced separately, per seat. Multi-year and consortium agreements available.

Pricing at a glance

$20 / student
Per semester · standard band
$6,000 / yr
Course site license · unlimited students
From $60 / seat
Workforce cohorts · per seat

Multi-year, department, and consortium agreements available. Scroll for full breakdown.

Higher-ed — primary model

Per student, per semester

Pay only for the students you actually enroll each term, billed to the institution or department on a standard PO. Volume bands kick in automatically at 30 and 100 students per semester — there are no hard seat caps that force a tier upgrade mid-term.

Smaller sections

Under 30 students per semester
$25 per student / per semester
Roughly $750 / section / semester at 30 students
  • All published simulations
  • AI grading + transparent rubrics
  • Privacy Mode + FERPA-aligned handling
Most common

Standard course load

30 – 100 students per semester
$20 per student / per semester
Roughly $4,000 / academic year at 100 students/term
  • All published simulations
  • AI grading + transparent rubrics
  • Privacy Mode + FERPA-aligned handling

Multi-section / large enrollments

100+ students per semester
$15 per student / per semester
Custom academic-year quote at 200+ students
  • All published simulations
  • AI grading + transparent rubrics
  • Privacy Mode + FERPA-aligned handling

Quoted in academic-year terms (Fall + Spring). Summer terms billed pro-rata. Volume discounts compound for multi-year commitments.

Self-quote

Which rail is right for you?

A worked comparison for three realistic enrollment shapes. Per-student totals assume an academic year of Fall + Spring (2 semesters) and the volume band that applies at that enrollment. Site-license totals are flat annual rates.

Live quote

Type your own enrollment

Numbers update in real time using the same volume bands ($25 under 30, $20 at 30–100, $15 at 100+), the published Course License rate, and the dept-wide Department License ($15,000/yr flat). Increase "Courses" to scope a multi-course department deployment.

1 course · 120 students/term/course · 100+ volume band ($15/student/term) · 2 terms/yr

Per-student PO
120 × $15 × 2
$3,600 / yr
Cheapest rail
Course License
Flat annual
$6,000 / yr
Department License
Flat dept-wide annual
$15,000 / yr
Recommendation: Submit a per-student PO billed against actual enrollment — saves $2,400 vs the next-cheapest rail (Course License).

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We'll send the inputs, all three rail totals, and the recommendation so you can paste it into a PO request.

Scenario A — Pilot

1 section · 28 students / term

A single instructor testing FWA in one course before broader adoption.

Per-student / per-semester
28 × $25 × 2 terms
$1,400 / yr
Under-30 band ($25 / student / term)
Course License (annual)
$6,000 / yr
Flat rate, unlimited within one course
Cheapest: Per-student PO
Save $4,600 vs a Course License. Submit a per-student PO billed against actual enrollment.
Most common shape

Scenario B — Course-wide

4 sections · 120 students / term

Every section of one course, one academic year — the example most buyers ask about.

Per-student / per-semester
120 × $15 × 2 terms
$3,600 / yr
100+ volume band ($15 / student / term)
Course License (annual)
$6,000 / yr
Flat rate, unlimited within one course
Cheapest: Per-student PO
Save $2,400 vs a Course License. The Course License only wins here if you expect enrollment to grow past ~200 students/term mid-year.

Scenario C — Department

6 courses · 4 sections / course · 30 students / section

A business or management department running FWA across 6 courses for a full academic year — 720 students/term across the department.

Per-student PO × 6 courses
120 × $15 × 2 × 6
$21,600 / yr
100+ volume band ($15 / student / term), counted every term in every course
Course License × 6 courses
$6,000 × 6
$36,000 / yr
One flat-rate Course License per course, scoped to a single course each
Department License (annual)
Flat dept-wide annual
$15,000 / yr
Cheapest rail
Break-even: Department License wins at 3+ courses at this enrollment shape
At 4 sections × 30 students × 2 terms per course, every Course License costs $6,000/yr — so the $15,000/yr Department License beats N × Course License once N ≥ 3, and beats N per-student POs once N ≥ 5. At 6 courses you save $21,000 vs Course Licenses and $6,600 vs per-student POs.

Procurement output — per-student rail

One PO per academic year, billed against actual enrollment.

Best when enrollment is below ~500 students/term, or when you want to start with a single section and scale only if the pilot lands. Volume bands apply automatically — you won't need to renegotiate mid-year.

Procurement output — annual site license

One flat-rate annual PO — Course, Department, or Institution / Site.

Best when enrollment is above ~500 students/term, when you want unlimited cohort headroom without re-counting each semester, or when your finance office prefers a single predictable line item.

Math is rounded for clarity; final quotes confirm the exact volume band, summer-term pro-ration, and any multi-year discount. Want a custom scenario for your real enrollment numbers? Ask for a side-by-side quote.

Higher-ed — secondary option

Department / Site license

A flat annual rate for departments that want unlimited cohorts without counting heads each term. Quoted per academic year; the monthly-equivalent figure is shown only as a reference for budget comparisons.

Course License

$6,000 / academic year
≈ $500 / mo equivalent
Typical fit: A single course, all sections, one academic year
  • Unlimited students within one course
  • All published simulations + Simulation Builder
  • Akme AI authoring guide
  • Sandbox Mode for instructor preparation
  • Student feedback surveys + analytics
Best fit for departments

Department License

$15,000 / academic year
≈ $1,250 / mo equivalent
Typical fit: A whole department or program, multiple courses, one academic year
  • Unlimited students across the department
  • Multi-section analytics & cross-course comparison
  • Faculty onboarding workshop
  • Priority support
  • Privacy Mode for IRB-sensitive deployments

Institution / Site License

Custom annual quote / academic year
Multi-year and consortium terms available
Typical fit: Whole school, system, or consortium — multi-year preferred
  • Everything in Department License
  • SSO and LMS integration
  • Dedicated success manager
  • Co-authored custom simulations
  • Standard DPA, HECVAT-lite, and security questionnaire on file

"Typical fit" is guidance, not a hard ceiling — you won't be forced to upgrade mid-semester because a section ran larger than expected.

Different buyer — parallel rail

Workforce-development pricing

For 260F-funded community-college cohorts and corporate L&D programs. This is a separate rail with its own buyer (workforce dean, training director) — not a third tier of the higher-ed offer.

15–25 seats
$75–$100
per seat
Total: $1,125 – $2,500
25–50 seats
$60–$75
per seat
Total: $1,500 – $3,750
50+ seats
$45–$60
per seat
Total: Contact for quote

Consortium discount: 15% off for multi-company, multi-district training programs.

Compliance & procurement

Built to clear your security review.

Every plan ships with the same data-handling, privacy, and access-control posture documented in our public Security & Compliance overview. We map directly to the questions procurement, registrar, and IT typically ask.

FERPA-aligned

We treat enrolled student records as education records under FERPA §4 of our Security & Compliance overview. Institutional agreement, school-official designation, and a documented data-minimization stance are standard.

Privacy Mode

Instructors can run any cohort in anonymous-enrollment Privacy Mode — students join via opaque codes, no PII is collected or transmitted to AI providers, and grades stay inside your LMS of record.

SOC 2 roadmap

SOC 2 Type II is on our 2026 roadmap. Today we provide a written controls overview, sub-processor list, encryption-in-transit/at-rest details, and a security questionnaire response for your review.

For procurement: we can provide a signed DPA, a vendor risk questionnaire (HECVAT-lite), our Security & Compliance overview (sections 1–8 covering data classification, technical security, FERPA, third-party integrations, access controls, and incident response), and references from current customers. Email doug@futureworkacademy.com and we'll respond within one business day.

All plans include FERPA-aligned data handling, transparent rubrics, instructor override authority on every AI score, and Privacy Mode (anonymous enrollment).