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Google Classroom vs Jamf School: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 24th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 969 reviews from K-12 users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Student Portal
NA
Attendance Tracking
NA
Student Information/Records
4.4
Learning Management
4.6
Gradebook
4.4
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Student Portal
NA
Attendance Tracking
5.0
Student Information/Records
4.3
Learning Management
NA
Gradebook
NA
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews2,846
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.4
4.7
User reviews21
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.5
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Free version
Free trial
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

K-12 schools, educators, and students.

Jamf School provides teachers and IT administrators with a convenient tool to manage student and classroom devices. For teachers, it ensures management of all devices when delivering digital lessons.

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pros & cons
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Ali A
Customer Specialist
5.0

Ali A.: Hi, I'm Ali. I used Google Classroom for around four years before I stopped being an English teacher. And I have used Google Classroom through public schools, secondary schools and academies as well, English academies. I give Google Classroom five out of five. It make my life easier in a classroom and also online classes. Before Google Classroom, we only used Google Meet, but it was not as a classroom, it was just students coming online and just using their books, and I have my book in front of me and just showing them or guiding them through. But I haven't used any other software or application like Google Classroom. It's the first one that I have used and it really proved to be really, really easy and protective for my work. I chose to use Google Classroom, it became really necessary for me and for my school as well once the pandemic started and during the pandemic, the schools and everything became 100% remote. And the students could not stop studying, obviously, so that's why we had to bring everything to their homes using Google Classroom. And obviously there are other applications which have the same functionality, but in my case, I've used Google Classroom and I did not look for anything else because it was perfect for me and easy to use and I could not have any complaint about it. Right, getting started in Google Classroom. I'm an IT person, my major is in IT informatics, and so it was nothing difficult. Although I had some colleagues would have some questions about how the functions work and everything, but for me, overnight, I figure it out how it works and it was pretty simple to be honest, and it was nothing too complicated. Once I started using, just everything was smooth. If someone would like to start or thinking about using Google Classroom, I would advise, go ahead, obviously, because it made my life easier in the moment I really, really needed. I still use it from now and on, just not regularly as it was before. But someone who would like to start using Google Classroom, I would say, first, discover. You create classrooms and play around a little bit with it because you will learn a lot once you realize how much it can do for you. Creating classrooms, creating assignments, all those things. Because what I like about Google Classroom is it's connected. It's like everything is connected to Google, which is Google Drive is integrated as well, Google Meet, you can integrate in Google Meet as well. It's just everything is there, even the Google Calendar. So when you create classes online or in classrooms, you will see what classrooms are coming. It's just everything is there for you and you cannot miss it. I would say advice will be play around with it and just discover and you'll be grateful with it, seriously.

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Google Classroom

Top Features
10/41
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Blended Learning
  • Calendar Management
  • Classroom Management
  • Contact Management
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Document Management
  • Email Management
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Event Calendar
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Financial Management
  • Forms Management
  • Independent/Private
  • K-12
  • Library Management
  • Online Payments
  • Parent Portal
  • Payroll Management
  • Progress Reports
  • Records Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Student Portal
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • API
  • Class Scheduling
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Course Authoring
  • Gradebook
  • Learning Management
  • Student Information/Records
  • Third-Party Integrations
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Jamf School

9/41
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Google Classroom
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
Jamf School
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
Google Classroom
  • By Google
  • Located in United States
Jamf School
  • By Jamf
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2002
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