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FACTS vs PowerSchool Comparison (2026)

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Overview

FACTS is a scholarship management software that helps private and faith-based schools consolidate student information, manage enrollment processes, and handle financial aid assessment services. It enables teachers to create custom lesson plans, record attendance, and review student report cards.

PowerSchool is a cloud-based K-12 platform, which helps schools and district organizations efficiently manage operations, support educators, and engage students with student information systems, learning management solutions, school business operations software, and more.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

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  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.2

57

5

4

3

2

1

30

19

2

1

5

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
66%
would recommend this app

4.3

181

5

4

3

2

1

102

52

18

3

6

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
70%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Ease of use for parents and teachers; customizable fields; multiple grade scales to accommodate advanced and honors courses; easy report card process; allows different gradebook types for different grade levels; Premier Integration gives our families one place to go.”
MK

Melissa K.

Director of Applications

“The platform effectively manages tuition, including Grant & Aid, while conveniently housing medical and classroom information all in one place.”
CC

Carla C.

Director of Advancement and Admissions

“I have been working in schools using FACTS for 9 years and every year I find more and more short cuts to save time, but also to save vital information that I can access in a moment.”
ES

Ellen S.

Counselor FACTS Specialist

Pros

“It gets the job done and the new updates make everything more streamlined in terms of accessing information and utilizing it to build classes.”
KC

Kyla C.

Teacher

“It's not that PowerSchool was ineffective, rather as it has grown into more from just the attendance tracking and the SIS side the number of add-ons and features has grown and the pricing became a little outside of our range.”
DJ

Devin J.

Administrator

“A simple no frills data management app that is able to hold student info.”
SP

Steven P.

Operations Manager

Cons

“The Reports are my only real complaint, that and not having two-way communication with students and parents as an option.”
RS

Rebekah S.

Administrative Director

“It was hard to log in, and there was nothing to do about it but ask the tech guy to change your password”
FW

Fitzgerald W.

your mom

“It isn't the most robust system so if you are a school that needs custom work done on transcripts, etc., the FACTS may not be the best fit.”
SS

Simon S.

Director of Technology

Cons

“It’s frustrating enough that it is required to do the whole application in one sitting.”
NW

Nicole W.

School counselor

“it won’t save any of my data to apply for a career.”
NW

Nicole W.

School counselor

“I can find most things I need but reports are something that is still more difficult than Aeries”
CL

Chareen L.

School Secretary

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features110
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Management
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in LMS
  • Cafeteria Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Class Registration
  • Class Scheduling
  • Classroom Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Content Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discipline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Event Calendar
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Financial Management
  • For Classroom
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Forms Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Gradebook
  • Grant Management
  • HR Management
  • Independent/Private
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Interview Management
  • K-12
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Learning & Development
  • Learning Management
  • Mobile App
  • Onboarding
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Payments
  • Parent Portal
  • Parent/Student Portal
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Polls/Voting
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Raise Hand
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recommendations
  • Records Management
  • Recruitment Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Report Cards
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reviewer Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Scheduling
  • School District
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Self Service Portal
  • Session Recording
  • Skills Assessment
  • Special Education
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Succession Planning
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Management
  • Transcripts
  • Transportation Management
  • Tuition Management
  • Video Call Recording
  • Video Support
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features36
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Management
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in LMS
  • Cafeteria Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Class Registration
  • Class Scheduling
  • Classroom Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Content Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discipline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Event Calendar
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Financial Management
  • For Classroom
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Forms Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Gradebook
  • Grant Management
  • HR Management
  • Independent/Private
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Interview Management
  • K-12
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Learning & Development
  • Learning Management
  • Mobile App
  • Onboarding
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Payments
  • Parent Portal
  • Parent/Student Portal
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Polls/Voting
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Raise Hand
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recommendations
  • Records Management
  • Recruitment Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Report Cards
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reviewer Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Scheduling
  • School District
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Self Service Portal
  • Session Recording
  • Skills Assessment
  • Special Education
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Succession Planning
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Management
  • Transcripts
  • Transportation Management
  • Tuition Management
  • Video Call Recording
  • Video Support
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations14
  • Bloomz
  • Canva
  • Canvas
  • Finalsite Apply
  • Google Classroom
  • Gradelink
  • Intuit Field Service Management
  • Mandarin M5
  • Moodle
  • Pikmykid
  • RevTrak
  • Rycor
  • SNAP Health Center
  • SchoolAdmin
  • SchoolPass
  • Schoology
  • Sycamore School
  • TimeClock Plus
  • Veracross
  • Total integrations6
  • Bloomz
  • Canva
  • Canvas
  • Finalsite Apply
  • Google Classroom
  • Gradelink
  • Intuit Field Service Management
  • Mandarin M5
  • Moodle
  • Pikmykid
  • RevTrak
  • Rycor
  • SNAP Health Center
  • SchoolAdmin
  • SchoolPass
  • Schoology
  • Sycamore School
  • TimeClock Plus
  • Veracross