Both help groups organize. Propolis is built for Florida co-ops that also need payments, scoped teacher access, and scholarship-aware families.
| What you need | Propolis | Homeschool-Life |
|---|---|---|
| Class registration for co-op terms | Included | Class registration included |
| Open enrollment with applications, approvals, and a waitlist | Included | Registration only — no application/approval or waitlist workflow |
| Sections and classes with capacity and grade bands | Included | Classes with basic registration limits |
| Shared online calendar | Included | Online calendar included |
| Community forum | Threaded messaging and targeted announcements instead | Forum included |
| Attendance per class day | Included | Not included |
| Teachers see only their own sections and students | Included | Not included |
| Family and student directory | Included | Member directory included |
| Invoices and online payments via Stripe | Included | Basic accounting — no Stripe-native billing |
| Targeted announcements by class, grade, or role | Included | Email/forum posts to the whole group |
| Volunteer hours tracked per family | Included | Not included |
| Statewide marketplace of tutors, classes, and providers | Included | Not included |
| Florida scholarship (Step Up / FES-EO) reimbursement tracking for families | Included | Not included |
| Pricing | $75/mo flat for the whole co-op | $9.95 per family per year (about $0.83/family/mo) |
Homeschool-Life details reflect their published pricing and feature list; confirm current details on their own site before deciding.
Propolis is built around Florida homeschooling — scholarship tracking, reimbursement deadlines, and a statewide provider marketplace.
Directors, teachers, and families all work from the same clean interface on a phone or a laptop.
One monthly price for the whole co-op. No per-family fees and no per-registration fees as you grow.
Invoices for tuition and class fees are collected online through Stripe, right next to your roster.
Teachers get their own sections, students, and assignments — and nothing else.
Propolis came out of running Berean Arrows, so the workflow matches how co-ops actually operate.
Homeschool-Life charges $9.95 per family per year, which works out to roughly $0.83 per family per month. Propolis Hive Pro is $75 per month flat for the entire co-op, with no per-family or per-registration fees.
Homeschool-Life covers an online calendar, a community forum, basic accounting, and class registration. It does not include scholarship or ESA tracking, a provider marketplace, teacher-scoped views, or Stripe-native billing.
If your families use Florida scholarships such as Step Up or FES-EO, Propolis adds reimbursement tracking and a statewide provider marketplace on top of co-op operations. Homeschool-Life is a lower-cost option for groups that only need a calendar, forum, and simple registration.
In Propolis, teachers only see their own sections, students, and assignments. Homeschool-Life does not offer teacher-scoped views.
No per-family fees. No per-registration fees.