Bildena Scheduler · Standard
Published€490a year
per school, whatever its size
- Substitution and duty planning included
- Student-based scheduling: Pro, €990 a year
- Several schools under one account
- AI assistant and pre-solve checks
← CompareBildena vs Prime Timetable
Both run in your browser. Only one goes this deep.
Prime Timetable is a clean, affordable web timetabler with a generator developed over 35 years. Bildena runs in the browser too — the difference is everything around the class timetable: students, substitution, duty, and schools with more than 100 teachers.
No capOn teachers
IncludedSubstitution and duty
Per studentClash-free timetables
100+Ready-made schools
Where Bildena is stronger
Beyond the class timetable.
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Substitution and duty planning
Cover for absent teachers and a solver-assigned duty rota are included. Prime's website doesn't mention either.
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Timetables for individual students
Course blocks and electives with student-level clash checking — beyond dividing classes into groups.
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No teacher cap, several schools
Prime's plans cover up to 40 and 100 teachers. Bildena has no cap and runs a group of schools from one account.
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A solver that explains itself
Impossible timetables come with the clashing rules named, and ~65 checks run before you solve.
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Ready for your school system
More than 100 ready-made schools in 8 countries, and an interface in English, German and French.
Where Prime Timetable is stronger
To be fair.
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Price
Third-party listings put Prime at about $149 and $299 a year. Bildena starts at €490.
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A 35-year-old generator
Prime's engine has been developed over 35 years.
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Offline on paid plans
Prime's commercial plans can work offline. Bildena needs a connection.
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Simplicity
Fewer concepts to learn if all you need is the class timetable.
Moving from Prime Timetable
Four steps, inside your free month.
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Copy out your data
Classes, teachers, subjects and rooms, into a spreadsheet.
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Import into Bildena
Upload Excel or CSV, map the columns once, preview before writing.
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Add what you couldn't model before
Students, electives, substitution rules and duty places.
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Solve and compare
Put the result next to your Prime timetable during your free month.
Honestly: There is no direct Prime file import — your data comes across through Excel or CSV.
Price
Prime costs less. Here's what the difference buys.
Prime publishes plan tiers capped by teacher count; third-party listings give the prices. Bildena is one price per school, with no cap.
Prime Timetable
Third-party listing$149–299a year
Basic up to 40 teachers · Premium up to 100 — prices per third-party listing
- Web app on all devices
- Premium support on every plan
- Free plan for a 30-day evaluation
- Multi-year discounts
Sources: Prime Timetable — home · Prime Timetable — pricing · Prime price, third-party listing (unverified)
Same browser. See how far the engine goes.
Both products start with a free month: every feature, with your own school's data, and no card needed.