Widely used commercial systems that provide functionality comparable to the Grader Tool include
Each of these systems provides a wide variety of grade keeping and reporting functionality. In terms of such functionality, the goal for the Grader Tool is to provide the important core features found in these tools, not the full range of features found in all of them. The Grader Tool does not provide all of the functionality found in the other systems, but focuses on certain features. The Grader Tool improves certain features found in these other systems, as well as having features not included in the other systems. These include: