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Gradelink vs Skyward Student Management Suite Comparison (2026)

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Gradelink

Skyward Student Management Suite

Overview

NEW: See our redesigned parent and student portals! Gradelink is an easy-to-use student information system to help your private school save time, improve enrollment, and fulfill its mission.

Skyward’s Student Management Suite is a student information system that helps schools manage curriculum, student records, grades, attendance, reporting, and more. The platform stores student data in a centralized repository, so multiple users can access the information simultaneously

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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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

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

121

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

30000

Per year

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

734

556

156

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

87%

would recommend this app

4.2

157

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

69%

would recommend this app

Pros

“I appreciate being able to communicate with all of the students and their parents within the Communication means, for it serves as great reminders to hit all deadlines, whether special events, or reminding parents about State Testing. ”

Tina G.

Director of Admissions and Development

“We greatly appreciate the online enrollment option and the communication tools to do automated phone calls, texts, and emails.”

Melissa B.

Superintendent

“We use it for everything in the school - communications, attendance and grades, lunch billing, discipline, lesson plans, enrollment, and more!”

Sheila C.

Director of Development

Pros

“It really helps with managing grades to see if you need help of to improve and it is really fun to go on to compete with who has the best grades”

Austin K.

SHUT UP

“Overall, I really enjoyed learning how to use this tool and even showing parents and students how to use to stay on top of their grades, advocating for themselves and parents to stay in the know.”

Teresa L.

Counselor

“Support has been excellent, it easily integrates with ClassLink and MFA, and the system has been extremely easy to maintain and upgrade.”

Ben S.

Infrastructure Architect

Cons

“We use the system to send texts when there is a delay or cancellation due to weather and constantly have problems with people (staff and parents alike) not receiving the alert.”

Amy D.

Vice Principal

“The only thing I don't like is that copying lesson plans from previous years has a lot of steps. Unless I am missing some training, you have to click through a lot of buttons to find past lessons, then copy, then click back through all the buttons to get to the current week to paste. If you only have to do one lesson, it might be worth it, but if you are trying to copy a week or two for a whole unit, it gets too unmanageable.”

Tiffany M.

First Grade Teacher

“The APP is not great and I do get some parent feedback on not liking how the app looks and is not super useable on their phones, specifically the glitching and finding grades, assignments, and other features, including the bill pay and so forth.”

Abby R.

Principal

Cons

“Every time I try to log in it forgets my password and I have to contact I.T. for a reset and even if I remember my password it will still not let me log in if I log out after that.”

Amanda W.

Sub

“There could be so many useful reports added but it's like they started developing it and then just suddenly stopped and called it good.”

Kara L.

Director of Business Services

“Horrible UI, bad graphics and design, slow and clunky, features that just don’t work, overpriced”

Noel W.

IT Managment