Infinite Campus vs. Skyward Student Management System

Infinite Campus

Skyward Student Management System

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Infinite Campus	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	Infinite Campus headquartered in Blaine offers their student information system (SIS) to educational institutions, boasting onboarding support, parent and student portal, grade book and academic planner, and access to the platform's inbuilt LMS Campus Learning.	N/A
Skyward Student Management System	Score 7.7 out of 10	N/A	Skyward, headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, offers the Skyward Student Management System, a k-12 student information system which provides classroom tools (e.g. gradebook, attendance tracking, etc), Family Engagement tools with portal, as well as admin and student services task management.	N/A

Pricing

Infinite Campus

Skyward Student Management System

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Infinite Campus	Skyward Student Management System
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Infinite Campus	Skyward Student Management System
Considered Both Products	Infinite Campus JD Jennifer Dilly Teacher Chose Infinite Campus I find these other products to be much more simplified in their set up and user friendly where with Infinite Campus, it requires a good amount of time and patience to acclimate to the set up and arrangement of content. Also, the other products I have reviewed are more appealing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus I think we should see these platforms as a tool that can be mixed and combined for getting better results. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus When I used SAMs in the past, there were several times that my data was "lost." Reports weren't as user-friendly as the reports on Infinite Campus. Navigation through the different functions is much easier on Infinite Campus. Incentivized Helpful? Chrisse Olsson Gifted Facilitator/Intervention Specialist Chose Infinite Campus Infinite Campus has performed [comparably] because it can house many different data collections all in one place. It is easy to look up students and can help staff in different [capacities] with reporting, uploading data for student profiles, and [sharing] with others in our … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus Tyler is a very versatile program. However, it is extremely cluttered, and many parents are overwhelmed by trying to navigate it to the point where they will not even use it. Tyler SIS allows parents to see similar information in addition to their child's grades, but the volume … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus Synergy, PowerSchool. Infinite Campus was definitely the "Cadillac" when looking at other systems. Other systems look and felt clunky when stacked against Infinite Campus. Although the company is not local, they FEEL and ACT as though they are right next door. Incentivized Helpful? CW Carl Winter Teacher Chose Infinite Campus Infinite Campus is a little more difficult to learn to use than eSchool was. However once you're used to it does have some features that eSchool did not such as the homepage. From the homepage I can take attendance and enter grades. It allows you to sort by graded, ungraded and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus Infinite Campus and Google Classroom serve different purposes for my job, so they really aren’t comparable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus Infinite Campus was easier for us to see the benefit of when making a purchasing decision. The competitors we were considering came as components of larger models and it became confusing to us which benefits of the products would be available to us only purchasing their student … Incentivized Helpful? Melanie Strom Technology Assistant/Registrar Chose Infinite Campus Our district has not evaluated other products--we have been on Infinite Campus since its inception. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Infinite Campus I've only ever used IC. Incentivized Helpful? Brad Owens Special Education Teacher Chose Infinite Campus Infinite Campus has more features that were needed for our district, like the ability to use a standards-based grading system, and attach students' IEPs directly to their profile. They grading system would have been hard to write on Skyward because they don't have the … Incentivized Helpful? Barbara Davis Spanish Instructor Chose Infinite Campus This system is more fluid, and more reliable. I did not select IC but it is a good product and I am pleased our district uses it. Incentivized Helpful? Craig Barnum Executive Director of Digital Literacy Chose Infinite Campus While PowerSchool has a rich feature set, we found the cobbled-together nature of the tool can make support problematic. The Infinite Campus toolset is much more internally tightly integrated -- many fewer user touches than PowerSchool. Incentivized Helpful? Casey Erway Affective Needs ParaEducator Chose Infinite Campus I much prefer Infinite Campus to Google Classroom. For all of the reasons that I have previously explained, I much prefer Infinite Campus to Google Classroom. I still, however, utilize Google Docs and things of that nature but as far as a grade book type of program or software, … Incentivized Helpful? Michele Roy Special Education Teacher and Current Interim Site Director Chose Infinite Campus I heard about Gradelink from my Site Director and our HQ team, but I have never used Gradelink. I was told we use Infinite Campus because it has more of the tools our program needed for our various sites and varied student population across the state. Our three YCA sites are … Incentivized Helpful? Delbert Adair Physical Education Teacher Chose Infinite Campus Infinite campus has many more features than any attendance program I have used. Incentivized Helpful? Sheila-Shira Reiss Speech & Language Pathologist Chose Infinite Campus I did not choose Infinite Campus. The district chose it and I'm glad they did. Incentivized Helpful?	Skyward Student Management System Bill Black Commercial Art Teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System To be honest, I would prefer that our school switch to the Google platform entirely, so that all elements are self contained. Many if our teachers use GC for classroom activities and then need to re-enter grading info into Skyward Student Management System, as there is no way … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Skyward Student Management System I don't access to all of students' information in Google Classroom. I only get their student number. With Skyward Student Management System, I can access background information, which often gives me insight into student behavioral challenges. What I really enjoyed about working … Incentivized Helpful? AD Andrew Defever Teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System I was not part of the selection team, which was done at the ISD level, but it was selected over others for its ability to integrate many different functions and features into one platform. So, instead of having to purchase multiple products to accomplish all we need, Skyward … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Skyward Student Management System It's been too long for me to compare these systems when it comes to features, however, again, Skyward keeps everyting under one login and one system. This helps save a lot of time when pulling reports or doing datamines. You don't have to have multiple logins for multiple … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Skyward Student Management System Skyward is built for the schools, easy to use and cover almost everything that school business needs. Ahead of the game functionality-wise compared to the others. Incentivized Helpful? Scott Herring Database Support Specialist Chose Skyward Student Management System We have used Tenex and Lettergrade and have evaluated Powerschool, Saphire, ClassMate, and Pentamation. Incentivized Helpful? Isha Gangopadhaya First grade teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System Igpro was pretty much the same as Skyward but Skyward is a platform which has multiple usage. A lot of goals can be achieved simultaneously on Skyward unlike the old system. Incentivized Helpful? Liz Swarczewski 5th Grade Teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System Skyward is used differently at our school than GoGuardian. GoGuardian is used to monitor student use of technology during school hours, and Skyward is used to track student data such as attendance, uniform, tardy arrivals, grades, and behavior. Overall, Skyward's interface is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Skyward Student Management System Skyward is a better program because of the ease of access and again the increase in efficiency that allows anyone anywhere to access the information. This saves on time which I have found that PowerSchool did not allow for in the least. Skyward would be the better product … Incentivized Helpful? Lindsay K. Riessen Art Teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System I, personally, have not used other Student Management Systems, but having used Skyward, I do not necessarily feel any overwhelming desire to seek out the competitive software programs. Skyward does what it says it will and provides my school district with an easy and organized … Incentivized Helpful? Lucinda Fox Database Coordinator Chose Skyward Student Management System Skyward is far above Harmony. With Harmony we had to be on two different versions, Harmony Client and Harmony Web base. Web base would not work with our office personnel only teachers. The two different platforms rarely talked to each other causing errors. Incentivized Helpful? Brad Owens Special Education Teacher Chose Skyward Student Management System I think Skyward does really well compared to Infinite Campus. They both have the capability to see students’ information, behavior history, and academic history from the district. However, Infinite Campus has a slight edge on the grade book in the way that it can customize a … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Infinite Campus

Skyward Student Management System

Student and Faculty Administration

Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Infinite Campus 8.6 Ratings 4% above category average	Skyward Student Management System 6.9 Ratings 18% below category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology	8.50 Ratings	5.90 Ratings
Online Registration Management	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting	8.40 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Roster Management	8.70 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Platform Customization	7.60 Ratings	3.10 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service	7.10 Ratings	6.30 Ratings
Student Data Security	9.30 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Community Support	8.60 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Class Scheduling	9.50 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting	8.90 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Compliance Support	9.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application	7.50 Ratings	9.50 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Infinite Campus	Skyward Student Management System
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (0 ratings)	7.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.3 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Infinite Campus	Skyward Student Management System
Likelihood to Recommend	As a classroom teacher, I love not having to rely on just a handwritten grade book anymore. When I input grades, I can print the updated grade book whenever I choose. This keeps my workload down since I don't have to write it in the grade book and then put it on the computer. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Skyward SMS is well suited as a Student Management System for anyone who wants to drive their organization based on data. The capabilities of using the fields available as well as adding our own custom forms make data collection extremely easy. Reporting abilities take that data and allow us to make sense of what has been collected Incentivized Scott Herring Database Support Specialist Read full review
Pros	It is very clean (not cluttered with information and buttons) It keeps all personal information in one spot The message center is helpful, and it is easy to see when there is a new message The breakdown of attendance is done very well Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Skyward does well with managing the students' information. It was easy to find a student's schedule, grades, behavior record, or family information because it was all separated out. Another strength is the system’s way of requesting time off. All of the steps are laid out in a organized manner, and you can check the status of the request with one click. Skyward also pairs well with other applications. Whenever I need a substitute for a class, Skyward links me to Aesop (the absence software) and allows me to put in the request. When I’m done, Skyward updates automatically with that information. Incentivized Brad Owens Special Education Teacher Read full review
Cons	Infinite Campus does not integrate seamlessly with our learning management system. This is a big deal in that using Infinite Campus means our faculty and staff are asked to do more (fatigue) and there is more room for error to occur. Infinite Campus' platform is not visually appealing nor does the site design use enough colors and distinction to clearly convey progress to a user. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Skyward's reporting can get confusing so it would be nice if it was cleaner and possibly came with some common reports other schools use too. Skyward's GUI is out of date and needs a refresher. Skyward can have compatibility issues after an update. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It is the system I am most comfortable with, so having to learn a new system outweighs any problems I have with Skyward. Incentivized AD Andrew Defever Teacher Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It takes some time to get used to navigating the features and layers, but once you know your way around it, it's pretty good. Incentivized AD Andrew Defever Teacher Read full review
Support Rating	I haven't reached out to Infinite Campus for technical support. We have in-school people who are trained to help us out in the event of a problem. We have had a couple of times where the system has gone down unexpectedly, but our school IT professionals were able to sort it out. Incentivized CW Carl Winter Teacher Read full review	Overall great job, issues were taken care of. People in support do care. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Yes, I was part of the implementation team. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	I find these other products to be much more simplified in their set up and user friendly where with Infinite Campus, it requires a good amount of time and patience to acclimate to the set up and arrangement of content. Also, the other products I have reviewed are more appealing to the eye with their color content/contrast, background themes/colors and engaging colors which make the experience enjoyable and calming. Incentivized JD Jennifer Dilly Teacher Read full review	Skyward is used differently at our school than GoGuardian. GoGuardian is used to monitor student use of technology during school hours, and Skyward is used to track student data such as attendance, uniform, tardy arrivals, grades, and behavior. Overall, Skyward's interface is more user-friendly than GoGuardian. GoGuardian requires even more clicking around to find what you are looking for Incentivized Liz Swarczewski 5th Grade Teacher Read full review
Return on Investment	Positive impact: Allows us to keep our pacing guides up to date for weekly meetings and information dissemination. Positive impact: Allows us to provide our counselors, students, and parents with informative progress reports in a timely manner. Negative impact: Takes more time away from our other duties when it takes so long to find the data/information I'm looking for amongst all the classes I need to go through just to get to the one I need. They really should look at a better way to arrange/group the drop down menu for the classes. Incentivized Michele Roy Special Education Teacher and Current Interim Site Director Read full review	I believe that we have had a great Return on our Investment as we have been using this software at a district-wide level for several years now and it keeps being an effective management software system for our students and families. Incentivized Lindsay K. Riessen Art Teacher Read full review
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