Cognaxa vs the incumbents.
An honest side-by-side against Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and Brightspace. We only claim what we ship today, and we only mark a competitor "no" when the gap is publicly documented or commonly reported by switching customers.
| Feature | Cognaxa | Canvas | Blackboard | Moodle | Brightspace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | |||||
| PostgreSQL Row-Level Security tenancy Tenant isolation enforced at the query planner, not middleware. | |||||
| Single codebase multi-tenant | Partial | Partial | |||
| Cloud-native, containerized deploy | Partial | ||||
| On-prem / private cloud option | Enterprise | ||||
| Security & Compliance | |||||
| Database-level tenant isolation (RLS) Enforced at the query planner — not application middleware. | |||||
| Two-factor authentication | Partial | ||||
| Activity audit logging | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | |
| SIEM / audit log streaming | Partial | Partial | Partial | ||
| Assessment & Proctoring | |||||
| Native AI proctoring (no third-party iframe) Face detection, object recognition, and audio anomaly inside the same product. | |||||
| Server-synced exam timer (anti clock-tamper) | Partial | Partial | Partial | ||
| AI essay grading with confidence scores | Partial | Partial | Partial | ||
| IELTS-style speaking / listening assessments | |||||
| Integration | |||||
| Public REST API + webhooks | Partial | Partial | |||
| Operations | |||||
| Published uptime status page | 99.9% | Partial | 99.9% | ||
| Direct founder-to-customer escalation | Partial | ||||
Expert-guided migration
Migrate off Canvas, Blackboard, or Moodle with founder-led engineering support. Timelines are scoped to your exam calendar, integration footprint, and pilot scope.
Securely transfer Canvas .imscc, Blackboard .zip, or Moodle .mbz dumps to our staging environment.
Our engineers map your historical data to Cognaxa, preserving student attempts and cumulative GPA history.
We verify every module and assessment for visual fidelity before your institution flips the switch.
Considering a switch? See the Cognaxa migration playbook →
Have a specific comparison question?
If there's a capability you're weighing that isn't in this matrix, ask us — and we'll tell you the truth, including where we're behind.