Alma SIS Pricing Plan & Cost Guide

Alma SIS streamlines PreK-12 operations with tools for attendance, grading, communication, and compliance. Secure, intuitive, and integrated with Google and key apps, Alma reduces admin tasks so educators can focus on student success. Flexible, efficient, and built for the future of education.

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We are using Alma to solve several business problems. Firstly, Alma enables us to manage our library/media collections and resources more efficiently and effectively. This includes providing our users with easy access to electronic resources and print materials, along with tracking and managing our collection. Additionally, Alma allows us to better serve our patrons by providing them with a more intuitive and user-friendly interface for searching, discovering, and accessing our library materials.The benefits we have realized with Alma include improved organization, ease of access and access to electronic resources, increased collaboration, and improved user experience. Alma has made it easier to manage our library materials, given our patrons greater access to resources, and allowed us to provide more personalized services. Additionally, Alma has allowed us to easily share resources between users and collaborate with other libraries in our area. Finally, Alma has enabled us to provide our patrons with a more intuitive, user-friendly interface for searching, discovering, and accessing our library materials.

"Experience the Power of Alma's Innovative Software Platform!"

The transition from a different software was pretty smooth. Support has been helpful. Our teachers are happy with the system. Parents haven't complained. No real hidden fees (unless we want to have them add custom fields or custom reports). We are happy with Alma, and looking forward to ongoing development of additional functionality.

Great user interface

Our biggest benefit with Alma in the last two years was when they implemented their online enrollment process. At the time, we were considering moving from Alma to PowerSchool to gain this function as we were still doing paper application and enrollment. PowerSchool was quoting $20,000 to provide this, and that was a discounted price! Alma's online enrollment was brand new, but I spent a month going through their Study Guide to create our first process. The online support was a huge help! At the end of that 30 days, I was able to confidently recommend to our Head of School that we say "no" to PowerSchool and stick with Alma. This feature and many others have only improved since then. We appreciate that Alma charges us less and lets us create this and other processes for ourself. 

Great value, excellent support

Was the right move at the right time (web based - SAS)


Good if your users are not picky

It is a solid experience with great people who know a large amount about data bases and most school systems.  We do get a bit frustrated with some of the miscommunications over CALPADS and a few of the reports.

Great Potential

Great product

Glad we're using Alma

What incredible feedback, James! Thank you so much and we look forward building on all of your school's successes!

Our overall experience has been satisfactory. We rarely have the "drama" we dealt with when using our previous software. Keeping up to date more quickly and making changes to make the teacher use more efficient and faster would be of big help.

Alma: A Teacher's Point of View

I am able to quickly get in touch with my students at any time regarding any matter that needs to be addressed. 

Easy to use and provides an enjoyable experience. 

My Honest Review

We moved from a very expensive and ridiculously difficult system to this one and it has made things so much easier.

So far we use Alma mainly for the Grade Book and Attendance and it works really well. 

Attendance has gone through some changes since we signed up in September 2015 and this has caused a little confusion but once you understand what's happening (contact support) it's quite simple to use. Don't let this deter you though because I've already been assured that changes are coming.

Speaking of which you won't get empty promises from these folks. I've requested a couple of updates since we signed up and some were even implemented within a couple of weeks.

Everyone is nice to you when they're trying to get your money. The true test of a company's motives is the way they treat their customers after the sale. Well Alma have passed this test with flying colors.

Every user (teacher and admin) has direct access to support so queries are usually dealt with pretty quickly since there is no need for support requests to go through me :)

One of the best things you can do when you get started is to go through the online documentation in the support area. Many of my questions were answered right there. Be warned though - you may need to actually read :O

As far as I can tell there is no perfect system out there (and I tried a ton of them before I found Alma) but with the constant improvements, beautiful interface and top notch customer support you'd be hard pressed to find a better solution.

Creating reports cards was actually enjoyable and teachers were very pleasantly surprised by the simplicity of the process on their end.

We also haven't been compelled to adopt all the modules at once. Adopting one small section at a time has made transitioning from our old, very outdated processes quite smooth and I for one can't wait to dive into the other features like parent portals and school fees.

You guys have a fan for life here :)

Love this tool. Love the customer service even more.

Hi Ricky, 

We have LOVED working First Baptist Christian School and we look forward to many more years together! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. As you said, we are constantly improving the platform and we will keep you updated with any changes. 

Thanks!
Elizabeth 

Great Value!

An Education Driven Product!

Pros: Price can't be beat; extremely user friendly; best customer service ever experienced - they listen to your needs and try to give you exactly what you want and they respond immediately; personal training for your school; help available by email and phone; product still being developed so as a customer you have a lot of input; live demo when deciding to use or not

Cons: No accounting or student discipline record keeping options; admin privileges are all or nothing - you cannot give someone admin privileges for just one task without giving them access to all admin privileges; product still being developed so had to wait for certain features

My experience with Alma has been great! We're a new school, so have an extremely limited budget. We had expected to have to settle for a grading program and Excel or Access for the admin. Alma was the perfect choice for us! They have been so helpful and fast with their customer service.  They are new, so are still working out the kinks, but each time they change something, it just makes our use of the program easier. Alma is so user friendly, I could have learned the program by just exploring on my own, but the live tutorial for our school saved me the time. Alma only charges for certain features and even those costs are nominal. There are only a couple more features I'd like to see in Alma, the financial and discipline record keeping. Other than that, it's got everything we have needed this year.

Awesome Program!

Hi Karyn, Thank you for the kind words! The good news is we will have a discipline feature available for next year! We will not have a full accounting tool next year but we are building a fee tracking tool. If there are other features that could benefit Pleasant Grove don't hesitate to let Karen know. We are always adding new features! 

good solution for schools on a budget

Much easier to use that Rediker where our faculty had given up trying.  The promise of improved reporting and a flexible custom reporting application has not been met.

Better than Rediker

Alma is powerful, feature-rich and there exists no significant initial learning curve for teachers and students alike. For school administrators it is still pretty hard to setup correctly though. Especially, if your school is not a typical US school. In that case your requirements might differ, but Alma can and did definitely help with almost any situation imaginable.

Alma's recent April'2016 upgrade is wonderful.  I can just click and enter a grade right into the 'live' gradebook. I have missed this feature so much since my experience with Engrade. I am super happy about these and other recent developments. In fact, we probably use only 50% of the system's capabilities, because Alma could make a better case of training its user base e.g. by means of tutorials and webcasts.

At this price point, Alma is going to succeed and spread like a wild fire. It is that good.

In terms of vision, mission and execution Alma is far ahead of the competition

Hello, 
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a meaningful review! Your feedback is very constructive. First, we are so happy to hear  that you think very highly of our product. Our gradebook updates have been a big hit and we are constantly releasing new improvements as each week goes by. 
We are currently in the process of revamping our help docs and have created several video tutorials over the past year. Looking to learn more about a particular feature? Feel free to reach out and I will be glad to send our video tutorials your way! 
Regards, 
Kelly 

So far Alma has met the vast majority of our needs as a school. The platform is continuing to grow and expand with refinement and features, but most importantly, it is the approach to integrate administrative tasks like class set up and scheduling together with learning management. While this isn't unique, the user-friendly design is. 

The design is what makes Alma stand apart from other platforms in this space, and if virtually anyone with basic computer-literacy can set up, organise, and manage a school with current data, then Alma is wildly succeeding. This is the biggest hurdle to using any system and the threshold for difficulty is relatively low. 

Not all processes are intuitive and it takes some playing to see just exactly how Alma has designed their system to work, but it is far easier than any competitors that I have used such as Power School. For small schools, especially ones with little to no budget, Alma is an adequate, if not incredibly decent solution. 

I'm looking forward to see what changes are coming for the next school year. I would definitely recommend Alma to schools similar to ours and need a school-wide solution to interact with all of their stakeholders.

A great start for a well-designed platform.

We have been using Alma for several months now and are very pleased with it. Our school is not a regular school. We are a private k-12 school that has been in operation for 40 years. To aid us with accreditation we began searching for an LMS and SIS. Alma did an amazing job working with us to set up our non conventional systems of grading and scheduling. The people we have interacted with have been excellent and customer support has been phenomenal.  

Pros: Easy to use, great support and a good price. Huge value.

Cons: Some of our weird situations aren't handled but they have done a great job working with us. 



We are putting our whole school on it as soon as possible. 

Better than we could have imagined. 

Mark, you know how much we love working with you! You always provide us with insightful feedback and help us to improve the product. We look forward to the whole school community using Alma! 

Great team tool 

Pro: great staff; very responsive customer service and training.
Pro: the system is very easy to use, and very robust - it has a lot of features
Pro: far less expensive than the other programs we investigated
Pro: they did our data entry for $2 per record

Con: none

Overall impression: we are so happy to be rid of our old system and have something user-friendly and robust. 

Really happy with the whole Alma experience

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback, Matt! We're happy to hear you're pleased with Alma, and look forward to continuing to support you and your school in the future.

We had previously used Gradelink and we're happy with it until the price went up drastically.  We searched for an alternative and found Alma and are so glad.  The platform is much more user friendly and required no lengthy training sessions.  Customer support was always readily available and very helpful.  We won't be looking anywhere else for our SIS.

Great first year!

Hi Patsy, Thank you so much for the kind words! It has been a pleasure working with New Hope Christian Academy this year and we are looking forward to a continued successful partnership for many more years to come :)

Our school has been very pleased with Alma. It is easy to use for both teachers and parents. Alma continues to add features and elements improving their product. They have been very receptive to our suggestions. Compared to other school management software options we think Alma is a great value. 

An Excellent Product

Hi Brett! We will continue to improve our product because of users like you who give us thoughtful suggestions and insights. We look forward to another great year with The Stonehaven School!

Absolutely love working with this company. They are always there to lend a helping hand when frustrated. They are also working hard on making their software simple and accessible. As a company, they take feedback and in their updates make changes. The company is constantly adding new features! Price is great. 

A Work In Progress, but Progressing Beautifully! 

Hi Zenab, 
We love working with your school as well! Thank you for the positive feedback and we will work hard to continue making you as happy as ever! :)

Director of Curriculum and Instruction

We have reduced our printing costs, improved communication with parents, and successfully submitted our PIMS state reports. Communication with Alma has been great.

Head of School

Good, reliable functionality and meets all our basic needs at a reasonable cost.

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