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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Classroom

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $0

    per month

    PowerSchool SIS

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The PowerSchool Student Information System covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, attendance, reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more for K-12 schools and districts. It is easy to use and boasts an industry-leading gradebook, PowerTeacher Pro. Users enjoy a fully web-based SIS that is flexible, configurable, and scalable with real-time updates on any operating system, browser or device.N/A
    Pricing
    Google ClassroomPowerSchool SIS
    Editions & Modules
    Education Fundamentals
    $0
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Standard
    $3
    per student/per year
    Teaching and Learning Upgrade
    $4
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Plus
    $5
    per student/per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ClassroomPowerSchool SIS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google ClassroomPowerSchool SIS
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Classroom
    Google Classroom beats all these other tools in how they can integrate with other websites and educational resources.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Classroom
    Google Classroom is free and easy for all. It's also easy to integrate other Google platforms with. It helps transfer grades from one place in Google to another. I currently use PowerSchools for grade recording, and have used Infinite Campus in the past. These are great for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Classroom
    Google Classroom provides some of the same features that Canvas it does. It feels much easier to implement with younger students and allows them to be familiar with this type of platform before jumping into Canvas. Canvas does have more details in their features, but we feel it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Classroom
    I was not involved in the decision to purchase it for our school, but I do use other Google products personally and enjoy them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Classroom
    Paid solutions such as Powerschool Learning do provide a wider range of features and integrations, but Google Classroom is still a very powerful tool. If you're already a G-Suite user, it is a no-brainer. It's free, and is ready to use once your Google Users are created. It …
    Incentivized
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    PowerSchool was the learning management system that was in place when I started at this institution but I approve of it. It definitely does help simplify the amount of work that goes into the grading process. Grades can easily be calculated as long as a proper setup has been …
    Incentivized
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    PowerSchool has many more features than Blackboard such as attendance, grades, performance review standards platform, lunch, etc. Blackboard makes it easy to find a parent’s email or phone number quickly which is not in PowerSchool.
    Incentivized
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    Each of the above products has great features, but PowerSchool has features that each of the above products has, all in one system. This means that you could more easily use JUST PowerSchool without needing extensions and other systems to supplement features. This is less …
    Incentivized
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    I used Blackbaud at a different school system so there was not a choice or selection. I feel that it was pretty similar to PowerSchool so I had a very smooth transition from one platform to the other. The gradebooks felt very similar, along with the recording and reports …
    Incentivized
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    PowerSchool blows the other Student Information System that my school used out of the water. The other Student Information System was a glorified grade book/report creator, and had no other function. PowerSchool has so many functions and elements inside of one program that it …
    Incentivized
    Chose PowerSchool SIS
    I used Infinite Campus previously while working at a different school. My position was the same at both schools. PowerSchool is more user-friendly than Infinite Campus for those staff members who are not strong with utilizing technology. Infinite Campus allows users to print …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google ClassroomPowerSchool SIS
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Google Classroom and PowerSchool Student Information System
    Feature
    Google Classroom
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    PowerSchool Student Information System
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content5.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly5.754 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments8.155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management8.132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration7.743 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning7.749 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Google Classroom and PowerSchool Student Information System
    Feature
    Google Classroom
    -
    Ratings
    PowerSchool Student Information System
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google ClassroomPowerSchool SIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (76 ratings)
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.9
    (14 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)