Alma SIS
About Alma SIS
Alma builds critical SIS tooling that significantly improves K-12 school operations and empowers educators to foster better student outcomes, so we can help you create the greatest generation of educators, so that they can create the greatest generation of students.
Impressively designed and easy to use, Alma provides the industry's best SIS, including: mobile, fees, admissions, enrollment and registration, student demographics, attendance, advanced scheduling, discipline, grades, state reporting, custom report cards, parent portal, student portal, standards-based grading, and more.
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
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Key benefits of Alma SIS
Alma is an integrated student information and learning management system that automates school management workflows, helping these institutes to save time and money.
The tool helps school administration in processing student data and workflow management by providing features such as a contact database, data management, medical records management, attendance tracking and fee collection.
The product empowers teachers with tools to support their instructional approach by offering features such as course management, curriculum design, progress reports and assignment management, as well as integrating with Google Classroom.
Schools can design report cards, change bell schedules and identify unique rubrics per class as per their requirements using the extensive customizable options offered by the software.
Alma also offers a district package that supports unlimited schools at no additional fees and provides access to reporting and school details with a single sign-on per user.
From inquiry through enrollment, Alma Start transforms your entire admissions and registration experience.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premises
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Alma SIS: 118
Alternatives
PraxiSchool
Google Classroom
PowerSchool
Skyward Student Management Suite
Reviews
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Alma the soul of your education
Reviewed on 01/07/2021
For a long school year such as a semester or a full year it has been phenomenal as a portfolio for...
For a long school year such as a semester or a full year it has been phenomenal as a portfolio for classes with my students
Pros
As a teacher I can say that Alma is one of the best virtual classrooms that I have tried, it is an all-in-one and something that I love is the management of evaluations and students without having to resort to any other external platform.
The function that I use the most is evaluative management since right there I can check my lists for the student report card system as well as the grade assigned to the same task and document
Cons
It is difficult to say that Alma has something bad, rather something not so good and that is first-hand integration, but once learned it is phenomenal
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Alma has been transformational
Reviewed on 08/11/2023
Incredible. I was astounded by the amount of support I have received from Alma in setting up,...
Incredible. I was astounded by the amount of support I have received from Alma in setting up, using, and expanding our use of the programs. They meet the needs of our school and help us learn how we can use Alma to its full potential. The customer service team is dedicated to making sure that we are getting the most out of our investment. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Alma.
Pros
We switched to Alma from PowerSchool and it has made a major difference. Alma was able to be set up to match the needs of our school, as opposed to other SIS that we had to work to match their set up. The support from the Alma implementation and customer service teams is unmatched.
Cons
There is little to say in the negative about Alma. Whenever there has been an issue, the customer service team makes a note of it and tracks it as a feedback ticket. I have seen these get passed to their developers and new features have grown out of those. Alma takes their customers' needs seriously and works to create a great product.
Alternatives Considered
MySchoolReasons for Choosing Alma SIS
PowerSchool customer service was terrible. It was a poorly designed product. It did not meet the needs of our school.Reasons for Switching to Alma SIS
One of the major reasons we chose Alma was the Alma Start feature, along with the pricing. Once we got into using it, it was clear we had made the right choice.Response from Alma Technologies
Thank you for your glowing review of Alma! We're delighted to hear about your positive experience and the transformative impact Alma has had on your school. Your acknowledgment of our tailored support, customer service, and the effective transition from PowerSchool is greatly appreciated.
It's rewarding to know our efforts in customization and responsiveness to feedback are making a real difference. The success of features like Alma Start and our approach to meeting your specific needs reaffirms our commitment to excellence.
We're proud to be your chosen SIS and are dedicated to continuously enhancing our services. Your trust in Alma is invaluable, and we look forward to further supporting your school's journey.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Alma SIS Review
Reviewed on 09/08/2024
We are going on our second year with Alma SIS, I am pleased with it. I haven't had much experience...
We are going on our second year with Alma SIS, I am pleased with it. I haven't had much experience with a lot of SIS vendors but Alma is very user friendly and like I said the tech support is great!
Pros
Alma SIS has some of the best tech support, one on one access all the time. They are always considering feedback and ways to implement when possible.
Cons
Some of the things that I request for feedback don't always get completed but they have their reasonings for that.
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
The absolute worst year I've had as a professional school counselor.
Reviewed on 23/02/2018
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Pros
You can log in quickly. The people who have come in to assist with how horrific this year has been have been mostly humble and at least tried to help.
Cons
Absolutely impossible to have what we need at our hands as high school counselors. Everything is laborious or actually impossible to do. It has taken MONTHS to get even tiny bits of advances to make this usable. Transcripts, which are an essential piece for our kids, took 6 months to have functioning, and they're still inaccurate. Scheduling is months behind because the programming is inept for a school this size. It lacks confidentiality and privacy that's important for our students. Household units are not available, access to other buildings makes it impossible to know who has siblings and other people living in their home, which poses a safety issue when filing reports to CPS, report cards are still completely wrong and inaccurate. I could truly go on for an awfully long time, but I digress.
At the end of the day, I think I can vouch for every person in my building when I say that this program was rolled out in a deplorable way, changes and improvements are slow and sometimes non-existent, and it's made me reconsider even working in this corporation due to how terrible this system is. A program in its infancy has been detrimental to every single stakeholder in this corporation, and I've been disappointed since the first day of training in August.
Response from Alma Technologies
We truly appreciate you taking the time to help us improve the Alma experience. Change can be difficult, and while most Alma users have had positive experiences, we are continuously improving because our mission of serving educators like you is our life work. Along those lines, we have the industry's leading response time to customer inquiries by a factor of 10.
We love working with your corporation because of the positive impact it is having on its students -- and we know its an organization you can be proud to be a part of.
Other similarly-sized districts in the Alma family currently enjoy the flexibility, security and power our platform provides - and we'd love to explore how we can bring you to that same opinion.
Your account manager will reach out to set up a time to go over (and fix) any issues needing attention.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Well-Designed User Experience
Reviewed on 14/06/2024
Friendly and effective customer support.
Friendly and effective customer support.
Pros
Very strong design-sense, and improving their app-center interface. Customer Service is fantastic.
Cons
Their admissions platform needs to advance to include billing/tuition.
Alma SIS FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Alma SIS.Q. What type of pricing plans does Alma SIS offer?
Alma SIS offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
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Q. Who are the typical users of Alma SIS?
Alma SIS has the following typical customers:
11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Alma SIS support?
Alma SIS supports the following languages:
Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Q. Does Alma SIS support mobile devices?
Alma SIS supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Alma SIS integrate with?
Alma SIS integrates with the following applications:
Acorn, ActionAlly, Alexandria, Amplify, BSM Illuminate, Blackboard Learn, Branching Minds RTI/MTSS, BusBoss, CANVAS, ClassLink, EDULOG, Edgenuity Courseware, Edval, Enrich, Enriching Students, Finalsite, Follett Destiny Library Manager, Foodservice Suite, GG4L Connect, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drive, HealthOffice, Intercom, Kindful, LINQ, LinkIT, McGraw-Hill Connect, Microsoft Teams, Modern Campus Message, Mosaic, One Call Now, Parchment, ParentLink, ParentSquare, Pivot, ProMed, Remind1, Renaissance, Salesforce Platform, School LunchTime Software, Schoology, Seesaw, Thrillshare, Versatrans, Xello, eTrition, i-Ready, pivot
Q. What level of support does Alma SIS offer?
Alma SIS offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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