XTutio and Oases Online
XTutio and Oases Online,fact by fact.
Oases Online is a management system for tutoring centres, test preparation and after-school programmes, made in Florida since 2003. XTutio runs an Australian tutoring centre in one login, with the parent and student apps, staff tools and child safety built in. Here is how they compare, fact by fact.
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Side by side
Fact by fact. Checked 17 October 2026.
| XTutio | Oases Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Australian tutoring and coaching centres, at the centre, online or in families' homes. | Tutoring centres, test preparation companies, after-school programmes and other session-based providers. |
| Based in | Sydney, Australia. | Florida, United States (LanBlue, Inc.), in the software business since 2003. |
| Where records are stored | Sydney, Australia. | Servers in data centres in several countries, its site says; the countries are not named. |
| How the price works | Per student, per month, in Australian dollars. No charge per tutor, campus or parent. | By the number of active students: from $99 a month for up to 25 active students (its site shows no currency). |
| Free trial | 30 days. | Not listed on its site; it offers a live demo. |
| Setup fee | None. | Not listed on its site; three free set-up sessions are, with optional paid extras. |
| Scheduling, billing and tutor pay | Yes. A lesson is charged when the roll is marked, and the pay run is built from lessons taught. | Yes: scheduling with tutor matching, invoicing, and payroll from completed sessions. |
| Taking payments | Direct debit through Airwallex, with your centre as the merchant. | Through Stripe, with a 0.25% Oases fee on each payment. |
| Accounting | A built-in Xero connection. | Not listed on its site (payroll exports are). |
| Parent and student accounts | A parent app and a student app in your centre's name and colours. | A parent portal with session notes, messages, homework status and online payment. |
| Learning for students | Spelling and reading, maths drills, maths tools, typing and languages, with progress for parents and tutors. | Assessments from a partner, Achieve, in language arts and maths, at a cost per student, and free SAT and ACT practice tests. |
| Online lessons and whiteboard | Built in: an online classroom with a shared whiteboard and a waiting room. | Through partners Pencil Spaces and Lessonspace, or any meeting link. |
| Staff email, documents and slides | Built in: a mailbox for each staff member, and 8 tools in all. | Bulk email and text messages from the system, charged per message; no staff mailbox listed. |
| Working with children checks | Checked when a lesson is booked, warning or blocking as your centre chooses. | Not listed on its site. |
| Home tutoring safety | Addresses shown only around a tutor's lesson, check in and out, a help button and a lone-worker timer. | Not listed on its site. |
| Integrations | 13 connections, set up inside the app. | Named partners: Stripe, Pencil Spaces, Lessonspace, Mailchimp and Achieve. |
| Developer API | An API that reads your centre's records and adds enquiries, plus webhooks, switched on for each centre by XTutio. | Its site links to API developer documentation. |
| On a phone | Runs in the browser on phones and tablets, and installs to the home screen. | Not listed on its site. |
Oases Online is a trade mark of its owner. XTutio is not affiliated with or endorsed by Oases Online. Stripe, Pencil Spaces, Lessonspace, Mailchimp, Achieve, SAT, ACT and other names on this page are trade marks of their owners. Every fact about Oases Online on this page comes from oasesonline.com, read on 17 October 2026, and may have changed since; check oasesonline.com for current details.
Where Oases Online fits
A fair answer.
Reporting for funded programmes
More than 70 standard reports and custom reporting, its FAQ says, for programmes that report to funders.
Tutor matching
Matching on subject, specialist skills, location and availability, its site says.
A long track record
In the software business since 2003, with its own developers, its site says.
Where XTutio fits
Built for Australian centres.
Everything in one login
Staff email, documents, the online classroom and the whiteboard are part of the portal, not separate tools to connect.
Learning, not only admin
Families get spelling and reading, maths drills, typing and more under your centre's name.
Australian child safety built in
Working with children checks at booking, no private channel between staff and a child, and home visits with a help button.
Moving across
Set up in five stages, each checked.
Bring families, students and tutors in from a spreadsheet, with a template for each and a preview before anything is written. Every setup step checks your real data before your centre opens.
Get your centre ready
Required: 5 of 6 done- Your centreWho you are and where you teach.4/4
- What you teach and chargeYour prices, and the terms families pay on.2/5
- Connect and bring your data acrossEmail, payments, the tools you already use, and your families.3/5
- EmailNo email connection yetConnect emailNeeded
- PaymentsFamilies cannot pay online. Invoices still go out, and have to be paid another way.Set up online paymentsRecommended
- Other connectionsTeachworks connectedDone
- Running beside TeachworksLessons read only while you switchDone
- Bring your families across184 families brought acrossDone
- Your peopleWho runs the centre and who teaches in it.2/3
- Your admin team2 admins can sign inDone
- Tutors and pay rates3 tutors have no pay rateSet pay ratesRecommended
- Two-step sign-in for all staffAdmins use two-step sign-inDone
- OpenCheck what was left out, then open.
In short
XTutio and Oases Online
Oases Online is a management system for tutoring centres and after-school programmes, made in Florida since 2003, with data in several countries, its site says. XTutio is built for Australian tutoring centres, with records stored in Sydney, Australia, and adds parent and student apps, staff tools and child safety.
Questions centres ask
Can we move from Oases Online to XTutio?
Yes. XTutio's spreadsheet import brings in families, students and tutors, with a template for each and a preview before anything is written. Book a demo and we will walk through your own records.
Where is each one's data stored?
XTutio's records are stored in Sydney, Australia. Oases Online: its site says its servers are in data centres in several countries, which it does not name.
Oases Online, Stripe, Pencil Spaces, Lessonspace, Mailchimp, Achieve, SAT, ACT, Airwallex are trade marks of their owners. XTutio connects to or names them to describe what it does and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
