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ThinkWave Educator vs Gradelink Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Teachers use ThinkWave Educator gradebook software to easily record and calculate daily results. Parents and students stay involved with Grades Online. ThinkWave Administrator makes it easy for schools to manage grades, attendance, and reporting.

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.

  • 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

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

17

Per month

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

Starting from

121

Per month

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

User reviews

4.2

16

5

4

3

2

1

10

3

1

0

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
69%
would recommend this app

4.7

734

5

4

3

2

1

556

156

19

1

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
87%
would recommend this app

Pros

Not enoughreviews yet

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. ”
TG

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.”
MB

Melissa B.

Superintendent

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

Sheila C.

Director of Development

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

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.”
AD

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.”
TM

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.”
AR

Abby R.

Principal

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 years ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 months ago

Key features

  • Total features24
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Atttendance
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Built-in LMS
  • Cafeteria Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Class Registration
  • Class Scheduling
  • Class Summary
  • Classroom Management
  • Cloud
  • Communication Management
  • Contact Database
  • Course Management
  • Curriculum Management
  • Curve Scores
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Discipline Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Event Calendar
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • Financial Management
  • For Classroom
  • For Higher Education
  • For Labs
  • Grade Calculations
  • Gradebook
  • Independent/Private
  • Individualized Assessments
  • K-12
  • Lesson Planning
  • Messaging
  • Mobile App
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Payments
  • Parent Portal
  • Parent/Student Portal
  • Performance Metrics
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Records Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Report Cards
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • School District
  • Special Education
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Teacher Dashboard
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transcripts
  • Weighted Assignments
  • Total features65
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Atttendance
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Built-in LMS
  • Cafeteria Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Class Registration
  • Class Scheduling
  • Class Summary
  • Classroom Management
  • Cloud
  • Communication Management
  • Contact Database
  • Course Management
  • Curriculum Management
  • Curve Scores
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Discipline Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Event Calendar
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Fee Collection
  • Financial Management
  • For Classroom
  • For Higher Education
  • For Labs
  • Grade Calculations
  • Gradebook
  • Independent/Private
  • Individualized Assessments
  • K-12
  • Lesson Planning
  • Messaging
  • Mobile App
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Payments
  • Parent Portal
  • Parent/Student Portal
  • Performance Metrics
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Records Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Report Cards
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • School District
  • Special Education
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Teacher Dashboard
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transcripts
  • Weighted Assignments

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
  • ClassLink
  • Google Classroom
  • Microsoft 365
  • PaySimple
  • Renaissance
  • Schoology
  • Total integrations6
  • ClassLink
  • Google Classroom
  • Microsoft 365
  • PaySimple
  • Renaissance
  • Schoology