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Alma SIS vs Blackbaud K-12 Solutions: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 2,036 reviews from School Management users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Student Management
4.5
Electronic Payments
4.0
Attendance Tracking
4.8
Admissions Management
3.9
Student Information/Records
4.8
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Feature ratings
Student Management
NA
Electronic Payments
NA
Attendance Tracking
3.0
Admissions Management
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Student Information/Records
3.5
User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews310
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.1
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.6
4.1
User reviews12
Ease of use
3.4
Functionality
4.1
Value for money
3.7
Customer support
4.1
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Best for

Thousands of K-12 schools and districts across 60 countries and 48 states are using Alma's groundbreaking student information system to transform their learning communities. Are you next?

Independent (private) schools

User reviews
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Tom J
Principal
4.0

Tom J.: My name is Tom. I am the elementary principal at Kingsway Christian Schools, and we use Alma SIS, and I would rate it a 4 out of 5. Prior to using Alma, we were using Blackboard in our elementary school. For us, Blackboard was a bit clunky and it was difficult to navigate and didn't really make communication smooth when we're trying to communicate between school and our community. We chose Alma because it was user-friendly, it was really easy for our teachers to learn how to use it, how to communicate with families, everything's been organized really well, and their customer service has been very helpful. We decided to bring Alma in a whole year early so we could get used to the functionality, make sure we were really confident before we rolled it out across our campus. That was really seamless. We always had good communications with implementation specialists, and the rollout went really well. I would just recommend that you do your homework, you look at what's out there. For us as an elementary school, the ease of use and being able to communicate really seamlessly is really what we needed and it met our needs. It could be different depending on your school community as well.

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Alma SIS

Top Features
37/44
  • Assessment Management
  • Bookstore Management
  • Cafeteria Management
  • Facility Management
  • For Higher Education
  • Housing Management
  • Library Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Calendar Management
  • Class Scheduling
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Financial Management
  • Independent/Private
  • K-12
  • Learning Management
  • Online Calendar
  • Online Payments
  • Parent/Student Portal
  • Progress Reports
  • Records Management
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • School District
  • Self Service Portal
  • Special Education
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
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Blackbaud K-12 Solutions

18/44
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Alma SIS
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Blackbaud K-12 Solutions
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Alma SIS
  • By Alma Technologies
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
Blackbaud K-12 Solutions
  • By Blackbaud
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1981
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