Teachers can sign up for a free trial (no time limit) to experience the features of the Online Judge. A subscription fee is required to make the Online Judge available to students.

Fees for School Year 2026/27 (accounts valid until 2027-09-30)

Free Trial
(Unlimited time)
Individual Student License School License
(Basic version)
School License
(Full version)
License fee (HKD) Free $240
per student
$2500 (HKACE School Member)
$3500 (non-member)
$4500 (HKACE School Member)
$5500 (non-member)
Student licenses N/A 1 per student
(cannot be reassigned)
Unlimited Unlimited
Full-time teacher licenses Up to 3 Up to 3 Up to 10 Up to 10
Instructor licenses N/A N/A N/A Up to 2
(can be reassigned)
Student features N/A Identical across all subscriptions: Code (online IDE)
Learn Python and C++ series, DSE Exercises, SQL Exericses,
Competition Past Problems etc (See task catalog)
Basic school admin features Solutions and test data for Learn series and DSE Exercises
User management N/A Groups only Classes and Groups
Assignments and completion reports
Advanced features N/A Task hosting and quizzes
Quick reports
Scoring-mode reports
Export reports to Google Sheet
Guide New school sign-up Purchase/Renew/Upgrade

For enquires about HKACE school membership, please email ask@hkace.org.hk or call/WhatsApp 24066683.

If a school has a paid subscription and does not wish to renew it, it will be downgraded to Free Trial.

For detailed license terms, please refer to the HKOI Online Judge Terms of Use.