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About Alma SIS
Alma’s future-ready, cloud-native student information system tools optimize K-12 school operations, empowering educators to improve family engagement and student outcomes.
From daily processes to community-wide communication and state reporting, Alma’s solutions enhance educational best practices.
Our mission is to help create the greatest generation of educators so that they can create the greatest generation of students.
Empower progress. Spark potential.
Alma SIS pricing
Alma SIS does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.
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Alma SIS Reviews
Feature rating
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Maria Elisa
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 21/06/2018
Alma was useful for me as a teacher. It helped me stay organized in my plannings and assessment...
Pros
What I liked the most about this Software is that it helps teachers to stay organized in their daily plannings, but also in the evaluation process.
This was my first year as a teacher, and I loved using ALMA because I got the chance to put all the information that I needed in that Software. Just by clicking on ALMA I could take attendance, find information about my students, update my plannings, follow the CCSS Standards and upload the grades.
Cons
At the beginning of the school year, it was a little complicated for me to understand how ALMA worked. I had to ask many times to the Principal of my school about how to upload my daily plannings and align the assessments to the Standards. However, after a few weeks of practicing, it became easier for me.
Patrick
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 08/11/2023
Alma has been transformational
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.
Reasons 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.
Replied 29/11/2023
Kathryn
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
1
Features
1
Ease of Use
2
Customer Support
3
2
Reviewed on 23/02/2018
Alma is not providing teachers with and easy to use platform for grading, attendance, etc.
Pros
I like that I can look up any student in our school and see that student's schedule and current information.
Cons
1. Our students (Seniors especially) cannot get their current transcripts. This is troubling for many reasons. Perhaps the most important being their choices for scholarships and higher education will be affected by this. Students cannot apply for financial assistance through scholarships without current transcripts. I have personally spoken with at least three students who have missed out on scholarship opportunities, simply because they cannot access current transcripts.
2. Can't see overall student GPA
3. Can't see student class rank
4. Student Mobile usage is very confusing. Can't see grades the way they should.
5. Ease of access is horrible
6. No mobile app, and mobile website is very difficult to read
7. Not organized well
8. When emailing "all students" I cannot exclude certain classes; I can't email multiple classes at once without including EVERYONE
9. For attendance, it is very confusing. If a student is marked present first class, they are marked present for the entire day. This was clearly set up for use in an Elementary School. High School is different. We need to be able to see where our students are throughout the day.
10. Inputting grades takes many more steps than our previous system. There is no way to toggle between students with the keyboard.
11. There should be a way to block certain people from seeing certain information. At the beginning of the school year, student Social Security Numbers were viewable by any teacher or staff in our building.
Response from Alma Technologies
Below we briefly address each of your concerns. But, because your satisfaction is our starting point, we will also follow-up for a deeper conversation about this. We want you to be elated with Alma!
#1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11) We do provide the functionality you're describing and would love to review each item with you. Based on the information you provided, these concerns may indicate further training is needed. Your Account Manager will be in touch soon or you can always contact us through our in-app support.
#5 and 7) Most of Alma¿s users love our ease-of-use, navigation, and access, but as with all things, we can/will keep getting better. Let¿s discuss further.
#4 and 6) Depending on the phone size and the gradebook in use, the experience for viewing student grades on a phone can be less than ideal. We are actively exploring more options.
#8) Great idea! This is the first time we have heard this, so thank you for bringing it to our attention. Your suggestion has been logged
Replied 28/02/2018
Bill
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5
4
Reviewed on 14/06/2024
Well-Designed User Experience
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.
Ingemar
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 19/01/2021
Excellent, Comprehensive, and EASY TO USE
This has made running our school so much easier. I am so glad we switched from the old software.
Pros
We moved from PowerSchool to ALMA and it is sooooo much better!
Everything is intuitive. No paying for extra training for everything. No extra modules being hawked to you every month. No need to pay for someone to "maintain" the software.
It isn't some old Database software that you need to learn equations for. It looks wonderful, is easy to use, and super adaptable.
All of the new additions that you get charged for with other software are free updates with ALMA.
If you do have a problem, ALMA *wants* to hear from you! It's an entirely different relationship.
And it has more features. Because it is a modern piece of software and not something based off of antiquated 90's era software, there are more bells and whistles. New options are being added every couple of months. Often based on what the users have asked for.
This makes my job 100% easier!
Cons
Some things are still a little complicated but it comes with online instructions to help you along.
