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PowerSchool vs Skyward Student Management Suite Comparison (2026)

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PowerSchool

Skyward Student Management Suite

Overview

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.

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 screenshots yet

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

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

4.3

181

102

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

70%

would recommend this app

4.2

157

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

69%

would recommend this app

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.”

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.”

Devin J.

Administrator

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

Steven P.

Operations Manager

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

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

Nicole W.

School counselor

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

Nicole W.

School counselor

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

Chareen L.

School Secretary

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