uPortal Final Benefits

Benefits

100% Open Source Project

uPortal, unlike our competitors, is 100% free open source software managed by Jasig. Our community has access to all releases of the uPortal software with absolutely no costs. uPortal continuously evolves through contributions from its global community and is supported by resources, grants, donations, and membership fees from academic institutions, commercial affiliates, and non-profit foundations.

Higher Education Focus

 uPortal is built by the higher education community making the software stand out as the leading enterprise portal framework for higher education. uPortal's design considers all use cases of the academic institution making uPortal the most widely used open source portal solution with many successful higher education deployments.

Highly Extensible

uPortal's design principal takes into account the growing and diverse needs of academic institutions...easily configure it to work with your system,  While many implementations are included out of the box, easily pluggable framework allows institutions to customize for their specific business needs.

Community Resources and Support

In addition to robust functionality and advanced technology, many community resources are available through the Jasig community of expert portal developers and enthusiasts. The Jasig community includes many benefits such as free access to maintenance releases, bug fixes, security notifications, and documentation. Jasig hosts many opportunities for users to join community calls, demonstrations, and roadmaps giving the community a chance to gather together and share ideas. While there are many free resources, paid support, custom development and training are available through commercial partners.