A private ProctorU alternative — without the webcam surveillance.
ProctorU is one of the biggest names in webcam-based exam proctoring. It stops cheating by watching students through their cameras — which students hate, raises real privacy complaints, and leaves teachers defending false-flag accusations.
ExamGuard vs. ProctorU
| Feature | ExamGuard | ProctorU |
|---|---|---|
| Webcam recording of students | ||
| Biometric / face analysis | ||
| Student must install software or an extension | ||
| Works on any laptop browser (one shared link) | ||
| Risk scoring on tab-switch / copy / screenshot | ||
| Identity watermark (traceable leaks) | ||
| Local-first / self-hostable (data stays on campus) | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Honest about what it cannot catch |
How ExamGuard proctors without a camera
Instead of recording students, ExamGuard scores risky in-browser behaviour — tab-switching, copy/paste, right-click, screenshot key presses, fullscreen exits — into a per-student integrity timeline you review. Every screen is tiled with the student's name and roll number, so any leaked screenshot traces back to the source. It raises the cost of cheating honestly, without treating every student like a suspect.
And it is honest about its limits: no browser tool stops every form of cheating, and we say so plainly. What you get is a fair, private layer of integrity students actually accept — and that keeps your institution out of the surveillance-and-privacy headlines.
Switch in minutes, not months.
No student install, no IT project. Build an exam, share one link, done. Free to start.
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