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Pear Deck vs Chamilo
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Pear Deck and Chamilo — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Pear Deck vs Chamilo: at a glance
What is Pear Deck?
Pear Deck opens an AI workflow beta over its assessment data and curriculum.
The standout recent entry is a beta of AI-powered workflows for both Pear Deck and Pear Assessment — content authoring, actionable insights from test data, and curriculum alignment in one beta. The rest of the visible window is a regular monthly cadence of release-notes stubs with no captured detail, often duplicated by the crawler.
What is Chamilo?
Chamilo is racing a Symfony/Vue 2.0 rewrite to GA while hardening the legacy 1.11 line.
Chamilo is running two tracks at once. The legacy 1.11.x line keeps shipping security and bugfix maintenance releases (1.11.38, 1.11.40), several addressing critical vulnerabilities. Meanwhile the 2.0 rewrite, a Symfony backend with a Vue frontend, is grinding through release candidates packed with plugin-system revival, LTI interoperability, ONLYOFFICE and H5P integrations, and a sweep of security fixes including removal of an eval()-based RCE.
Pear Deck vs Chamilo: editorial side-by-side
Pear Deck
2.5EDTECH
Pear Deck opens an AI workflow beta over its assessment data and curriculum.
◆ Current state
The standout recent entry is a beta of AI-powered workflows for both Pear Deck and Pear Assessment — content authoring, actionable insights from test data, and curriculum alignment in one beta. The rest of the visible window is a regular monthly cadence of release-notes stubs with no captured detail, often duplicated by the crawler.
◆ Where it's heading
Pear Deck Learning is consolidating its Deck and Assessment surfaces around an AI layer that ties content authoring to outcome data. The pattern matches a broader edtech theme — turning assessment results into prescriptive next steps — but Pear is leaning on its own data moat (existing decks plus assessment results) to do it.
◆ Prediction
Expect the AI beta to graduate to general availability with curriculum-alignment as the lead use case, since that's what edtech buyers in the U.S. district market currently fund. A tighter loop between Pear Assessment item-level data and recommended Deck content is the natural follow-on.
Chamilo
2.5EDTECH
Chamilo is racing a Symfony/Vue 2.0 rewrite to GA while hardening the legacy 1.11 line.
◆ Current state
Chamilo is running two tracks at once. The legacy 1.11.x line keeps shipping security and bugfix maintenance releases (1.11.38, 1.11.40), several addressing critical vulnerabilities. Meanwhile the 2.0 rewrite, a Symfony backend with a Vue frontend, is grinding through release candidates packed with plugin-system revival, LTI interoperability, ONLYOFFICE and H5P integrations, and a sweep of security fixes including removal of an eval()-based RCE.
◆ Where it's heading
The center of gravity is the 2.0 RC series marching toward a GA that has already slipped past its milestone date. Each RC both ports legacy tools to Vue and re-enables the plugin ecosystem (CardGame, BBB, BuyCourses, XApi, Tour) on the new architecture, suggesting GA-readiness is gated on plugin parity and migration fidelity rather than new features. The parallel 1.11 security cadence signals Chamilo intends to support the old line through the transition.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued 2.0 RCs focused on migration and plugin parity before a GA cut, with the 1.11 line receiving security-only releases in the interim. The volume of security fixes inside the RCs points to a hardening push as a GA gate.
Alternatives to Pear Deck and Chamilo
Other EdTech products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Pear Deck or Chamilo.
Google Classroom
Google Classroom is becoming a Gemini delivery surface as much as an LMS
LifterLMS
After the 10.0 feature push, LifterLMS settles into a steady security-hardening cadence.
Whatfix
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Graphy
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Preply
Preply's feed is language-blog SEO, not product — no release signal to interpret.
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Recent activity from Pear Deck and Chamilo
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoChamiloChamilo 1.11.40: security and bugfix maintenance release
- 1mo agoPear DeckBETA: AI-powered workflows for data-driven instruction, actionable insights, and curriculum alignment ⚡
- 2mo agoChamiloStop logging AI base-provider fallback events
- 2mo agoChamiloBump tar dependency 7.5.3 to 7.5.6
- 2mo agoChamiloChamilo 2.0 RC3: LTI provider, ONLYOFFICE, and plugin revival ⚡
- 3mo agoChamilov1.11.38
- 3mo agoChamilov2.0.0 RC 2
- 6mo agoPear DeckPear Assessment Release Notes: December 1, 2025
- 6mo agoPear DeckPear Assessment Release Notes: December 1, 2025
- 7mo agoPear DeckPear Assessment Release Notes: November 3, 2025
- 7mo agoPear DeckPear Assessment Release Notes: November 3, 2025
- 8mo agoPear DeckPear Deck Release Notes: October 29, 2025
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Pear Deck and Chamilo?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Pear Deck and Chamilo are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Pear Deck better than Chamilo?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Pear Deck and Chamilo are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other EdTech products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Pear Deck?
Top Pear Deck alternatives in EdTech are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Pear Deck alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/pear-deck for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Chamilo?
Top Chamilo alternatives in EdTech are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Chamilo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/chamilo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.