PowerSchool Student Information System vs. SchoolPRO

PowerSchool Student Information System

SchoolPRO

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
PowerSchool SIS	Score 8.4 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
SchoolPRO	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	N/A	$250 one-time fee

Pricing

PowerSchool Student Information System

SchoolPRO

Editions & Modules

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Basic: $250
one-time fee

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
PowerSchool SIS	SchoolPRO
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	PowerSchool Student Information System	SchoolPRO
Considered Both Products	PowerSchool SIS Sachi Subaran Administrative Support Manager Chose PowerSchool SIS Each software I used in my career had special features which were specifically unique for them. PowerSchool Student Information System was an impressive software that offered the ability to ease student registrations and admissions online using web forms where students and … Incentivized Helpful? JM Juvy Mojares Teacher Chose PowerSchool SIS We only used PowerSchool Student Information System in the entire district for many years. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS Price and features way back just were much better in PowerSchool. We have not evaluated much in the recent years. Incentivized Helpful? Spencer Cook Director Of Technology Chose PowerSchool SIS I have heard good things for Infinite Campus and Skyward. I would [evaluate] each of them and see what fits your needs. Each has their strengths and weaknesses and so picking the right one for your needs is important. PowerSchool [Student Information System] does have some … Incentivized Helpful? MS Marie Smith Computer Science Teacher 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 Helpful? HS Heather Skulan Compliance Auditor Chose PowerSchool SIS None Incentivized Helpful? DT David Tchozewski Director of Information Technology Chose PowerSchool SIS I have been a PowerSchool Student Information System user since 2003 and we were one of the very first districts to adopt it. Since I have used it for so long, entertaining the idea of moving to another platform is not on the table. Incentivized Helpful? BW Ben Westby Educator Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool Student Information System does a great job of organizing information in ways that other educational software does not. Incentivized Helpful? Whitney Garnai, M. Ed. Special Educator Chose PowerSchool SIS I have used Desire 2 Learn (D2L) and Synergy Student Information System (Synergy SIS) and PowerSchool Student Information System stacks up against them this way: Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS We moved away from Jupiter because we found that Jupiter did not handle all aspects of the school that we needed it to. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS I was a huge advocator for Boardingware and worked closely with them to try and create a more well-rounded program for the private school I worked at, but definitely think PowerSchool works best and most effectively for public school. In terms of grading PowerSchool works much … Incentivized Helpful? PW Pamela Wisecup Teacher Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool replaced an old version of Apple School. PowerSchool outperforms Apple's product and is so much easier to use. It was even simple to convert the old Apple student files to the PowerSchool system for a seamless transition. Once we transitioned, we were able to see … Incentivized Helpful? Meg Inscoe Elementary School Teacher 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 Helpful? Terica Bergan Data Services Coordinator Chose PowerSchool SIS Our previous SIS went out of business, and we needed something fairly soon. PowerSchool was the SIS that had the best ability for our state reporting. We liked what we heard from other states and districts about the innovation and continued improvement by PowerSchool. Admin, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS Nothing stacks up against PowerSchool in terms of usability and flexibility. Every other product I have used has not come close to the user friendliness of PowerSchool, nor they do not allow immediate flexibility. Incentivized Helpful? Ai Ashe Hampton City Schools Chose PowerSchool SIS We used a different grade management system over 5 years ago that was efficient but not as user-friendly as Powerschool. I cannot remember the name of that application. Our school system has been using PowerSchool for over 5 years and so far it has served our purpose. Each year … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS As noted, I think it would be hard to find anything else that is better than this tool for your school or district, this SIS is really the total package. It has a great teacher grade book, and while there are always things that can be improved, because you can customize it, the … Incentivized Helpful? Erika Muller English Teacher 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 Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS We found that PowerSchool Student Information System provided the platform we needed to manage student information, assignments and grades, school schedules, etc. Although Schoolnet provided assessment and instructional management tools, it did not allow us to keep track of the … Incentivized Helpful? Steve Bynum Data System Specialist Chose PowerSchool SIS I have used a product called SASI. It does not compare to this at all. SASI was a site based system and the backend was not a true database. I have also use Sungard Pentamation before. Although it was a centralized system, it wasn't as user-friendly and the interface was has to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS PowerSchool Student Information is the gold standard for Student Information Systems. They know what they are doing, how to serve K-12 schools and school districts. The other Student Information Systems did not meet our districts minimum standards for the needs that we have, … Incentivized Helpful? JK Jennifer Kauffman English Teacher 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 Helpful? Joanne Riker Teacher 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 Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PowerSchool SIS The systems seem to stack up pretty well, however we have stuck with PowerSchool mostly due to our history with the product. The cost and feature set differences wasn't substantial enough to warrant a migration. The amount of work involved with training staff and end users is … Incentivized Helpful?	SchoolPRO No answer on this topic

Features

PowerSchool Student Information System

SchoolPRO

Student and Faculty Administration

Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
	PowerSchool Student Information System 8.5 Ratings 3% above category average	SchoolPRO - Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Online Registration Management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Roster Management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Platform Customization	7.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Student Data Security	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Community Support	7.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Class Scheduling	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting	7.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Compliance Support	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	PowerSchool Student Information System	SchoolPRO
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.5 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	PowerSchool Student Information System	SchoolPRO
Likelihood to Recommend	PowerSchool is great for schools to keep track of student information, schedules, and grades. It integrates with other programs to make setting up classes easier and faster. PowerSchool gives teachers a singular place to find information or input students' grades. It also has an app for parents or guardians to use to check their student's grades which is very useful. Incentivized AA Amber AuBain Teacher Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	PowerSchool houses student or staff information that can be easily accessed by those teachers and administrators who need the information. This allows everyone to go to one place to access information. Parents can view their child's grades at any time with their protected login on a parent portal. This allows teachers to keep parents informed and involved in their child's progress at school. When everyone works together it increases our students' chance for success. PowerSchool offers videos to train new users. When we have new employees, the videos can be accessed at any time the employee needs as opposed to them waiting for someone to help them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	The user interface could be more intuitive. Because of the many features, it can sometimes be difficult for administrators to find what they are looking for. A recent upgrade allowing for more flexibility in the relationship between students and parents was long in coming and didn't go very smoothly. We are now dealing with a ton of clean-up after the upgrade. Even after we have cleaned everything up, there is still a ways to go before PowerSchool is on par with other SIS systems in that area. In their defense though, they are actively working on getting caught up. Incentivized Isa Dunaway Web Administrator / Registrar Read full review	No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	The district is unlikely to change systems due to the cost of training and tech support to facilitate such a switch. Incentivized HS Heather Skulan Compliance Auditor Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Great features, but it can feel very cumbersome at times Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Overall, I have not had to use support for PowerSchool Student Information System because our school district gives us training in each area in which we will be utilizing PowerSchool Student Information System. In terms of in-user support, I feel that there is mild to moderate user support that is built into PowerSchool SIS. Incentivized Whitney Garnai, M. Ed. Special Educator Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Each software I used in my career had special features which were specifically unique for them. PowerSchool Student Information System was an impressive software that offered the ability to ease student registrations and admissions online using web forms where students and parents could submit and upload their information and necessary documents to the school/institute with just a few clicks. Even though this feature is available on a few other similar software, PowerSchool Student Information System was the only software that was specialized in this area. Incentivized Sachi Subaran Administrative Support Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Having one system within the school district is beneficial. Teachers are able to access a variety of information and also do input all within the same program. Communication with parents has been impacted greatly, as they always have information at their fingertips without teachers having to call or email them with a grade update. Parents are able to check student's grades at any time. Incentivized Joanne Riker Teacher Read full review	No answers on this topic
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