a multi-school learning management system
PROJECT OVERVIEW
What this app does
A learning management system for multiple schools across the San Francisco Bay Area, with each participating school serving approximately 500 students. It enables school administrators to manage school users and enrollments, teachers to publish courses, materials, and assignments, and students to access learning content, submit work, and review grades and feedback.
As a platform administrator, I can provision a school with its initial administrator so that the school can begin using the system
As a school administrator, I can create school users and enroll students in courses so that the roster is ready for learning
As a teacher, I can create a course and publish learning materials so that enrolled students can access instruction
As a teacher, I can create assignments for a course so that students can complete assessed work
As a student, I can view my enrolled courses and published materials so that I can study course content
As a student, I can view an assignment and submit my response so that my teacher can review it
As a teacher, I can review submissions and record grades and feedback so that students receive an assessment
As a student, I can review my submitted work, grade, and feedback so that I can understand my result
The following user counts are projected totals after one year of growth
5
platform_admins
Operator accounts responsible for provisioning and reviewing participating school tenants.
15
school_admins
School-level administrators who create school users and manage course enrollments.
160
teachers
Teachers who own courses, publish learning content, create assignments, and grade student submissions.
2000
students
Students registered through participating schools who access courses, learning materials, assignments, submissions, and feedback.
COST BREAKDOWN
How your requirements become a plan and a price
Momen doesn't give a vague quote: it first sizes the project's actual demand for each capability and resource, then costs each item out. The numbers in the 'Project demand' column below — their scale assumptions and derivations — are detailed in Scale & sizing
Minimum viable plan
BASIC
An ongoing, external-facing institutional LMS requires multiple workflows, persistent publishing, and professional school branding.
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PROJECT DEMAND
ALLOWANCE PROVIDED (COMPOSITION)
AI points add-on
x 0
0 points
not purchased
(plan/kit 1.0M points)
No requirement
$ 0
Outbound data transfer add-on
x 10
384.79 GB/mo
500GB × 10/year, amortized monthly
(plan/kit 2.00 GB/mo + add-on +382.79 GB/mo)
Add-on fills +382.79 GB/mo gap beyond plan/kit
$ 29.17
Object storage
add-on
x 2
198.79 GB
100GB × 2/year, amortized monthly
(plan/kit 2.00 GB + add-on +196.79 GB)
Add-on fills +196.79 GB gap beyond plan/kit
$ 5.83
Database storage add-on
x 1
457.29 MB
10GB × 1/year, amortized monthly
(plan/kit 200.00 MB + add-on +257.29 MB)
Add-on fills +257.29 MB gap beyond plan/kit
$ 8.33
single-tenant kit
x 0
3 req/s
not purchased
(plan/kit 5 req/s)
Covered by plan/kit (margin ~67%)
$ 0
Basic
x 1
Basic is the minimum viable plan
Basic
(Plan tier: BASIC)
See minimum viable plan above
$ 39
plan + add-ons · usage-based · no development cost
WHY MOMEN
Your options for this project
In the table below, the 'monthly infrastructure' for the self-built / AI routes is derived from the AWS list prices shown below, sized against this project's actual usage. Figures cover infrastructure and operations only — AI usage is billed separately and excluded here, so they don't match the $82.33/mo all-in above.
Current usage sizing
AWS list pricing
120.91 GB (first 100GB free)
Internet egress → 10.88
198.79 GB-month
S3 Standard → 4.57
0.46 GB-month
RDS gp3 storage → 0.05
2 × db.m6g.large (Multi-AZ) × 730h
RDS PostgreSQL db.m6g.large → 232.14
2 × t4g.large × 730h
EC2 t4g.large → 98.11
Total ≈ $345.76 / mo
Pure cloud resources
DEVELOPMENT COST
MONTHLY CLOUD INFRA ($/MO)
MONTHLY TOTAL (INFRA + OPS, EXCL. AI USAGE)
Traditional outsourcing / build in-house
about $130,000 - $180,000
≈ $346
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $2,346
Infra $346 + ops ~$2,000
4-6 months
5 / 5
Vibe Coding
about $20,000 - $27,000
≈ $346
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $1,846
Infra $346 + ops ~$1,500
hours
5 / 5
AI full-stack generation
about $8,000 - $11,000
≈ $346
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $1,846
Infra $346 + ops ~$1,500
hours
3 / 5
Off-the-shelf SaaS / vertical solution
$0
N/A
Priced per seat, not by cloud infra
≈ $16,000+
Per-seat pricing, tens of thousands of users
days
1 / 5
Momen
Recommended
$0
$82
All-in: egress / storage / auto-scaling; excludes AI usage
$82
hours
5 / 5
Servers, databases, traffic and storage are inherent infrastructure costs for this project — you pay them whether you outsource, use Cursor or Lovable, or build it yourself (self-built runs ≈ $345.76/mo at AWS list prices, often more), on top of the dev and ops staff you'd need to hire. Momen bundles all of it into $0/mo all-in and removes the need for an ops team.
The frontend can be generated with AI tools (Cursor, Lovable, etc.); the hard part is the backend — auth, database, scaling, data security and ops. Momen delivers a production-grade backend as a BaaS: keep the vibe-coding speed on the frontend, while the backend runs on proven infrastructure — reliable, with no self-hosting or ops.
SCALE & SIZING
What scale this estimate assumes, and how the numbers are derived
Cost depends heavily on usage volume. First see the key assumptions and business scenarios this estimate uses, then the full calculation derived from each scenario for every resource — all adjustable to your real situation
We assume the education-product anchor of about 2,000 enrolled learners because the description provides a per-school size but does not state how many schools will initially participate, and regional market size should not be treated as confirmed adoption. A modest supporting pool of teacher, school-administrator, and platform-administrator accounts brings the stable registered-account estimate to 2,180. If your actual business operations differ, such as having a confirmed school count or importing existing district rosters, this parameter can be adjusted accordingly.
We assume a standard linear-growth rollout because a multi-school learning platform typically adds schools, classes, and users progressively rather than launching with a full pre-existing regional dataset. The equivalent accumulation period is therefore set to 225 days. If your actual business operations differ, such as a brownfield launch with complete historical school data, this parameter can be adjusted accordingly.
Weekly Assignment Deadline Peak
Weekday Student Learning
Weekday Student Learning
Weekday Student Learning
4
times/month
2.55 req/s
Peak load
We assume assignment deadlines create a thirty-minute concentrated window once per week because students commonly submit shortly before a stated due time. This is modeled independently from routine learning because the narrow deadline window creates materially different request concentration and write behavior. If your schools use rolling deadlines or allow broad submission periods, the duration and frequency can be adjusted accordingly.
Main impact: Peak Concurrency
The scenarios above set the assumptions for each resource; below is the full calculation derived from them. Click to expand each item.
DEVELOPMENT SCOPE
How this app works
What exactly does this budget support? Broken down by business scenario, showing the pages, data tables, automation flows and AI assistant behind each one
A teacher opens an assignment queue, reviews one student's work, and records a grade and feedback.
Platform Schools Page
users
A student reads an assignment, submits a response, and later reviews the stored submission and feedback.
Platform Schools Page
users
A student opens the dashboard, selects an enrolled course, and reads its published materials.
Platform Schools Page
users
A teacher reviews assigned courses, creates a course, and publishes its initial learning content and assignment.
Platform Schools Page
users
A school administrator reviews the roster and course list, creates an account, and enrolls a student.
Platform Schools Page
users
provision_school
Platform staff review existing tenants and provision a new school with its initial administrator.
Platform Schools Page
users
provision_school
page
data_table
action_flow
Submission Review Page
Allows teachers to browse assignment submissions, inspect student work, and record grades and feedback.
Assignment Detail Page
Shows assignment requirements, accepts student work, and displays the student's submission and assessment result.
Course Learning Page
Displays published course materials and downloadable learning documents to enrolled students.
Student Dashboard
Shows each student the courses in which they are actively enrolled.
Teacher Course Management Page
Allows teachers to review their courses and publish course records, materials, and assignments.
School Administration Page
Provides school-level roster management, account creation, and course enrollment controls.
Platform Schools Page
Allows platform administrators to review school tenants and provision a new school with an initial administrator.
FAQ
What you might want to know about this project
The Q&A below is generated by AI based on this project's type, features and scale
Are video classes, messaging, or AI tutoring included?
Does the design support multiple independent schools?
What most affects storage and file-delivery usage?
How is the number of participating schools estimated?
Copy to discuss with AI
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