Populi vs PowerSchool Comparison

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Populi

School Management Software

4.4 68 user ratings

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PowerSchool

School Management Software

4.3 604 user ratings

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Overview

Description	Populi is an advanced college management solution that provides everything you need in one spot to keep things operating smoothly at your institute, college or organization. It provides tools to manage and monitor student information, online learning, and much more, all at one place and with a single platform. With Populi, you can maintain the privacy, security, and backup of your data with an actively monitored, firewalled, encrypted, password-protected environment. With Populi, academics, billing, reporting, and much more are all covered. It additionally automates maintaining and managing student billing. You can automate charges by integrating tuition and fees with course registration. Users additionally get the option to maintain online payments, financial aids, contributions, and a general ledger. With just a few clicks, you can send a text message to everyone who has opted in, as well as an email to everyone else in case of an emergency. You can send papers, pdfs, pictures, and anything else you can think of to anyone. Each user gets access to shared files as well as their own filespace with Populi. Read more	PowerSchool is a consolidated edutech software where the entire ecosystem functions differently. The technology is unified at every stage, from back-office to classroom to home, thus bringing everyone at the same level to unlock the students' potential. This platform works as a bridge between parents, students, and educators. The platform offers various educational elements such as Social-Emotional Learning, Virtual Professional Development, Blended Learning, and Hybrid Scheduling & Attendance, which help the user equip for back-to-school. The platform offers Schoology Learning designed for K-12 users wherein the users can post updates, collaborate, and have discussions. PowerSchool allows the users to build their standards-aligned assessments, which can help identify instructional gaps as to what the students should know and their actual abilities. The platform prepares the teachers for blended learning and helps manage information such as grades, attendance, demographics, and schedules. Users can access a variety of video courses. PowerSchool helps empower the teachers to expand classroom capabilities, thus giving educators a comprehensive view of performance at every level. Read more
Pricing Options	Free Trial Available Starts at $199.00.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Custom plan.
SW Score & Breakdown	85% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 91% Reviews 80% Momentum 60% Popularity 72%	98% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more 97% Reviews 97% Momentum 77% Popularity 95%
SaaSworthy Awards	Not Available	# 1 Most Worthy # 1 Fastest Growing

Features

Total Features	18 Features	22 Features
Common Features for All	Academic Reporting Helps writing and giving shape to academic reports or scholarly topics Admissions Management Helps to manage important aspects of school admission and automates admission process Assessment Management Helps to assemble data for evaluation or assessment purpose, to refine programs and take strategic decisions Attendance Tracking Helps to quickly and easily track the attendance Behavior Management A behavior tracking tool that facilitates fostering positive student attitude/ behavior Bookstore Management Helps to manage and automate order process of a bookstore and also ensures stock management Classroom Management Assists teachers in keeping the students organized, focused and on the right path by simplifying and automating the management process Clinic Management To support integration, automation, and coordination of manual operations in a healthcare facility provided at the school. Curriculum Management Helps to do curriculum mapping, student assessment, program evaluation, review and revise curriculum Enrollment Management Helps in collecting, analyzing and utilizing data to take strategic decisions for enhancing the enrollment of a learning institution Event Calendar Manages in storing and notifying important events digitally Facility Management Helps in automating and monitoring systematically all aspects of an establishment or the school building management Faculty Management (Staff) Helps to record electronically and accessing quickly all relevant data concerning the teaching staff and non-teaching staff Financial Management Handles functions like management of cash and utilisation of funds Fundraising Management Provides step-by-step guidance on planning cost effective fundraising strategies and much more Higher Education Automates and integrates the process of offering higher education to students. Housing Management Helps in dealing and staying updated with every minute details about the school housing responsibilities K-12 Supports the education from kindergarten till the 12th grade in a systematic manner by automating the process Library Management Helps in managing, recording, accessing and documenting library activities and information in a digital form Parent Portal Facilitates parents or guardians get access to grades, assignments and attendance records of their wards Scheduling Manages and helps to prepare schedules in an appropriate and timely manner School District Helps to stay connected automatically and digitally to the local school district for administrative help/guidance Special Education Helps in providing learning aid & manages certain aspects related to students with special needs Student Information (Records) Helps in systematically storing and monitoring vital data concerning the students Students Portal Helps students in accessing information about school programs and as such academic related matters through a login page + 15 More - Show Less	Academic Reporting Helps writing and giving shape to academic reports or scholarly topics Admissions Management Helps to manage important aspects of school admission and automates admission process Assessment Management Helps to assemble data for evaluation or assessment purpose, to refine programs and take strategic decisions Attendance Tracking Helps to quickly and easily track the attendance Behavior Management A behavior tracking tool that facilitates fostering positive student attitude/ behavior Bookstore Management Helps to manage and automate order process of a bookstore and also ensures stock management Classroom Management Assists teachers in keeping the students organized, focused and on the right path by simplifying and automating the management process Clinic Management To support integration, automation, and coordination of manual operations in a healthcare facility provided at the school. Curriculum Management Helps to do curriculum mapping, student assessment, program evaluation, review and revise curriculum Enrollment Management Helps in collecting, analyzing and utilizing data to take strategic decisions for enhancing the enrollment of a learning institution Event Calendar Manages in storing and notifying important events digitally Facility Management Helps in automating and monitoring systematically all aspects of an establishment or the school building management Faculty Management (Staff) Helps to record electronically and accessing quickly all relevant data concerning the teaching staff and non-teaching staff Financial Management Handles functions like management of cash and utilisation of funds Fundraising Management Provides step-by-step guidance on planning cost effective fundraising strategies and much more Higher Education Automates and integrates the process of offering higher education to students. Housing Management Helps in dealing and staying updated with every minute details about the school housing responsibilities K-12 Supports the education from kindergarten till the 12th grade in a systematic manner by automating the process Library Management Helps in managing, recording, accessing and documenting library activities and information in a digital form Parent Portal Facilitates parents or guardians get access to grades, assignments and attendance records of their wards Scheduling Manages and helps to prepare schedules in an appropriate and timely manner School District Helps to stay connected automatically and digitally to the local school district for administrative help/guidance Special Education Helps in providing learning aid & manages certain aspects related to students with special needs Student Information (Records) Helps in systematically storing and monitoring vital data concerning the students Students Portal Helps students in accessing information about school programs and as such academic related matters through a login page + 19 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS
Modes of Support	Business Hours Online	Business Hours Online
API Support	Available	Available

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.4/5 68 user ratings	4.3/5 604 user ratings
Rating Distribution	Excellent 52.9% Very Good 36.8% Average 8.8% Poor 1.5% Terrible 0%	Excellent 44.7% Very Good 46.9% Average 5.5% Poor 1.2% Terrible 1.8%
User Sentiments	Not Available	Extensive Integrations, Customization Options, User-Friendly Interface, Comprehensive Student Data Management Inconsistent Database Structure, Poor Data Import/Export Functionality, Subpar Customer Support, Complex Customization Process
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Available Starts at $199.00.	Free Trial Not Available Offers Custom plan.
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Populi $199.00 $199.00 per month	PowerSchool Custom
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