# Page 16 | Alma SIS Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 16 - Is Alma SIS the right School Management solution for you? Explore 451 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/133283/Alma/reviews --- Alma SIS 4.6 (451) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 16 - Reviews of Alma SIS ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 376-400 of 451 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KA Kendra A. Principal Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Alma Review from Elementary Principal" January 28, 2021 5.0 Positive! Pros I appreciate the customer service, the ease of using this tool, the ability for parents to easily add their information and also be able to interact with teachers through Alma. Cons I wish that "email teachers" would allow for me to add additional names to the email box. I hope that Alma will add a student data warehouse feature. Review Source JS Jillian S. Principal Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My teachers love this platform!" October 30, 2018 5.0 Pros Alma is user-friendly and makes processes easier for my teachers. They love how easy it is to submit report card grades. Families love how easy it is to contact teachers. Cons There are a few bugs that need to be worked out, but Alma support has been very responsive. Review Source RP Rachel P. Teacher Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I've used many online grading systems, and Alma is my favorite so far. " June 22, 2018 4.0 Pros I like the layout/formatting. It just made sense and was very easy to navigate. There were so many features for teachers that are valuable day-to-day and also in the long term. Cons When I was submitting grades, there was no key for what the letters I could give stood for. (Ex: "g" = "growing") I know that each administrator sets these up and needs to communicate them to teachers, but it would be helpful to have a key for each set in case teachers forget. Review Source BH Becca H. Executive Assistant Used the software for: ### "Works well for our school!" March 10, 2016 4.0 Alma is a user-friendly service that provides all that we need as a school. On Alma we keep our school calendar up-to-date, teachers create class assignments and submit grades, we generate report cards, and more. The customer service is great, and there is always somebody available within just a few hours to answer questions. The only hard part has been getting all parents and teachers on board. If everybody used Alma it would be way more effective. Some parents and teachers are still holding on to former tools, so we are hoping to make Alma a required service for all families and faculty so it can be used in the most effective way possible. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 24, 2016 I am so happy you are pleased with your experience! It can be hard to move the whole school community over to one platform. But now that some of your teachers have been using Alma for two years maybe they can help the other faculty that have yet to make the transition. We also have a Parent Toolkit you can share with your parents to let them know a little more about who we are. ZW Zach W. Teacher Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Once the structure and pages are learned, Alma is very user-friendly. " June 28, 2018 4.0 Pros Easy repeat functions in grading, which makes grading 30 of the same assignment move more quickly and easily. Cons It is difficult to adjust the settings of a class once assignments have been entered, and if an assignment is accidentally entered under a wrong category it alters the entire grade. Review Source DB Darrin B. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Alma" January 14, 2021 4.0 Pros I like the fact that I have access to all my students info, such as grades and contact information easily. Cons You can not set up a modified grading scale for a student, who needs one, once they are in a class without setting up a separate class for that student. Basically teachers need to be able to have access to setting up grading instead of just being forced to use the system set up already. Review Source MH Margaret H. Second and third level Teacher Used the software for: ### "I have been able to record student assessments, then they are ready for report cards." June 10, 2015 4.0 Pros Easy to record assessments, attendance, and comments. All grades are ready for final report. Correct wording appears on report. Cons We have multi-age classrooms, and differentiated. Assignments are different for groups of students, and the class list looks as though some students didn't complete the assignment, when it wasn't assigned . Review Source Response from Alma Technologies June 11, 2015 Hi Margaret, I am happy to hear you found attendance and report cards easy to use! As far as the gradebook concern you have, you can mark the assignments as "N/A" (Not Assigned) for the students that are on a different level rather than "Not Turned In". N/A will not count against the student. It records in your gradebook as if that assignment does not exist for those students. I hope that helps! I am sorry to see you only gave us 3 stars for customer service. If there is anything we can do to improve our customer service for you please let us know! We take pride in being very responsive and listening to all of our users :) HW Heather W. Front Desk Assistant Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I use the software to input data as an administrative assistant." March 2, 2018 5.0 Pros Very easy to go to the student's profile. If you are working on a specific section, like attendance, you don't have to click through to the tabs every time you change the student profile. The same section is ready to go when you are inputting information for multiple students. Cons It did take me awhile to figure out what reports were useful to my needs - better description of the report options. Review Source MS Marni S. Used the software for: ### "Great UI, responsive customer service, continual improvment, great software!" February 1, 2016 5.0 The UI is beautiful. Alma has really helped us to implement their system for our school. As the year progresses we are learning how to best use the software. Their customer service is excellent. They are building the product and adding features so they are very interested in our feedback. The UI is very simple and intuitive for the most part. As an IT support person I appreciate their interest in using feedback to make Alma even more intuitive and useful for staff. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 22, 2016 I love that you can see how much we listen to our customers! It is feedback from our users that helps us to continue to build a product that benefits teachers and administrators. Thank you and keep the feedback coming! BL Brent L. Administrative Assistant Used the software for: ### "Great customer service! User-friendly interface." June 9, 2015 4.0 Alma has been great overall. It's quite a step up from the software we used last year. A lot of the teachers are pleased. We've encountered some glitches here and there, but the customer and tech service has been phenomenal and fast! The report card feature is pretty great--it makes it quite easy to get report cards done and out to parents (and without having to use ink and paper!). A couple teachers have complained about the inputting of grades being time-consuming. Overall though, the we've been quite pleased. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies June 11, 2015 Hi Brent, Thank you for the feedback! We are working on streamlining the assignment and grading process, so hopefully your teachers will find the process faster next year. I do love to hear that you found the report card process to be fast and easy! That is our main goal when building each feature. We look forward to another great year with you and the entire Arches team! KN Kelley N. teacher Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Teacher using Alma" January 20, 2021 5.0 For me, as a teacher, very easy to use. Great syncing feature and easy to input grades and attendance. It is also very easy to find email address for parents and input comments. Pros I like this software because it is easy to use and very easily syncs up with Google Classroom, which is the platform we use at our school. I am just beginning to use it so don't know all the features but I have used other software and this is really easy to use. Cons We, as a school have had some problems with the grade card issues and getting out comments and grades to sync up. It seems to have taken a lot of time to make this happen. I am not on the admin side but have heard a bit of frustration. Review Source MB Mark B. Digital Media Arts Teacher Used the software for: ### "Better than we could have imagined. " March 18, 2016 5.0 We have been using Alma for several months now and are very pleased with it. Our school is not a regular school. We are a private k-12 school that has been in operation for 40 years. To aid us with accreditation we began searching for an LMS and SIS. Alma did an amazing job working with us to set up our non conventional systems of grading and scheduling. The people we have interacted with have been excellent and customer support has been phenomenal. Pros: Easy to use, great support and a good price. Huge value. Cons: Some of our weird situations aren't handled but they have done a great job working with us. We are putting our whole school on it as soon as possible. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 30, 2016 Mark, you know how much we love working with you! You always provide us with insightful feedback and help us to improve the product. We look forward to the whole school community using Alma! TL Tom L. IT Manager Used the software for: ### "Excellent Customer Service From the Alma Team" March 10, 2016 5.0 We are still in the implementation phase with Alma, but I wanted to leave a review based on the wonderful on-boarding experience we have had. Every contact, from the first sales call to the most recent message from our customer engagement rep, has been incredibly positive. The platform itself is intuitive and enjoyable to use. I can't wait to get it fully implemented so I can write a more in depth review. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 22, 2016 Thank you for the kind words, Tom! The Naval Academy has been very easy to work with also and we look forward to you and your team diving into the platform deeper! We hope you will continue to be impressed :) DC Deana C. 5th and 6th grade Teacher Used the software for: ### "Excellent" March 28, 2016 5.0 I am thankful we decided to go with Alma. I have been teaching for 27 years and using the old fashioned method of attendance and record keeping. The pencil! Alma has been easy to learn, and convenient to use. Thanks A;ma for making my life as a teacher easier! Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 30, 2016 Hi Deana, We should be thanking you for the kind words and feedback you provide us! We started Alma with the idea to improve a teachers day and to make the tasks teachers have to do easier so they can spend more time with their students. I am so happy we have achieved that for you! Thanks! Elizabeth CM Chelsea M. Writer/Editor Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great team tool " April 1, 2018 5.0 Pros This is a tool that is a smash up between Asana or BaseCamp and Slack. It's a great price-per-user for a small team. Cons This isn't as detailed as Asana or BaseCamp, so if you're looking for something with more personalization go with that instead. Review Source HM Hannah M. Office Manager Used the software for: ### "User-friendly and great customer service!" June 11, 2015 5.0 We have been very pleased with Alma. Implementation was easy and customer-service is extremely responsive. The report card feature has simplified the administrative process and made it easy for records to be available to parents at any time. Parents enjoy up-to-date information about their children's progress in class. I highly recommend Alma! Review Source Response from Alma Technologies June 11, 2015 Hi Hannah, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am so pleased that you are finding Alma is saving your team time! We look forward to another successful year with The Stonehaven School :) AM Alyce M. Administrative Assistant Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review for Alma" May 4, 2020 5.0 So far, the use is easy, there are may help options, study guides and the staff is very friendly and helpful. Pros this software is very easy to use and figure out. Cons Nothing yet, I am excited to really start working with it. Review Source CC Carolina C. College/Career and Academic Counselor Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Counselor Review" January 19, 2021 5.0 Excelelnt tool. Pros Friendly, compatible to Google classroom Cons I am not sure if I know what all the features are.Still in the process of learning. Review Source CS Cheri S. Teacher Used the software for: ### "I'm a classroom teacher and use it daily." March 30, 2016 4.0 Pros: web. based, easy to toggle between classes Cons: missing features - seating charts, student health flags for such things as allergies. Information is hard to read for grades (I lose the students name as I move across.) I'd like to publish grades without having to mark each student received or not turned in. (If I don't enter a grade it should automatically say not turned in and have a 0.) Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 30, 2016 HI Cheri, Thank you for the feedback! We are working on some improvements for the gradebook. And seating charts has been a common request - I'll let our product team know! We do currently have the flags for allergies or other important health information! You can ask an admin at your school to input those for you. Elizabeth JG Jean G. teacher, middle school ela/sci Used the software for: ### "New Customer Likes Alma Features" June 10, 2015 4.0 Navigating Alma took some coaching, but once I did I found it easy to use and very handy. I like that I can weight assignments by category, that averages are automatically calculated, and that I'm able to review past trimesters and quickly compare them. I also like being able to override the calculated average when I feel it's appropriate. What I wish is that I could input assignments directly onto the gradebook, saving the step of creating the assignments. Overall a very good product and experience. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies June 11, 2015 Hi Jean, Thank you for taking the time to leave us feedback! We truly love to hear from and listen to our customers. We are working toward streamlining the assignment and grading process even further. We will keep up updated! BB Bonita B. Administrator/Instructor Used the software for: ### "Use of lessons" March 24, 2016 4.0 I truly like NextLesson and will continue to use it. I teach Project Lead The Way Engineering classas and because my lessons are so focused on engineering, I don't always have time to cover other needed subjects and holidays. I have used NextLesson and have provided extra credit assignments on the following topics: Pi Day, St. Patrick's Day, Black Heritage Month and March Madness! My students have enjoyed the extra well-planned lessons. I have also used lessons to enhance the PLTW lessons like the skyscraper lesson or Pi Day's lesson. NextLesson is actually coming to my school to teach staff how to use more NextLesson lessons. This is long awaited and can only heighten our offerings for student success. Review Source VR Vermary R. Teacher Used the software for: ### "The software was challenging to master. Teachers were confused due to clear direction." June 21, 2015 4.0 The support staff was prompt, however seemed to have difficulty providing immediate responses. Many of the teachers that had difficulty met and discovered we were having the same problems. The support staff kept us motivated to continue. It was challenging to know or follow correct procedures since the lack of clear directions was the problem. An online step by step procedure manual would improve teacher hick ups. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 22, 2016 Thank you for the feedback. We try to answer all questions as clearly and quickly as possible. We do have Help Docs located under the "?" in the upper right corner of the platform. I hope that between the Help Docs and our support team we answer all of your questions in a timely manner. JW James W. Teacher Used the software for: ### "User Unfriendly" March 24, 2016 1.0 Pro- have people ready to hear your concerns, but don't fix the concerns Cons-very user unfriendly, takes to long to use Review Source Response from Alma Technologies March 28, 2016 Hi James, Thank you for the feedback. While it may not seem like we are listening -- we are. We have heard and logged all of the suggestions you have made and you will be happy to see many of them available this week. We will be releasing gradebook improvements and shortcuts which should cut down on the amount of time you spend grading tremendouslyI Please don't stop giving us suggestions on how we can improve Alma. Some things take time to build so it may not seem like changes happen quickly but we are always working on improving the user experience. Thanks, Elizabeth LL Lisa L. Administrator Used the software for: ### "Great First Year-Great Customer Service-Great Product!" June 11, 2015 5.0 This is our first year using any kind of administrative software and while we didn't use all the features of ALMA this year, we look forward to growing into all the benefits of the software. I did a search of many different software products and found Alma to be the most easy to use, aesthetically pleasing and the customer service is unbelievable. They are very open to suggestions and the needs of our school. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies June 11, 2015 Hi Lisa, We pride ourselves on good customer service so I am pleased you feel that way as well! I believe with each new feature you incorporate into your usage Oxbow will see all the benefits Alma has to offer. we are looking forward to another great year with you and your team! JA Jose A. Middle School-Coach Used the software for: ### " Growing with us" March 31, 2016 4.0 We have been working with Alma almost for two years, and we can say that it is easy to work with its platform. We know that at the beginning it was designed for american school, but day by day this company has been improving some changes according latin-american schools interests, this has been great. We hope that Alma will continues growing and giving a better service for all of us. Review Source Response from Alma Technologies November 18, 2016 Dear Jose, Thank you for recognizing that we are constantly trying to meet the needs of ALL of our schools, regardless of what country you are in! Thank you for taking the time to send in your feedback and we will continue to work towards make improvements that will put a smile on your face! Best, Kelly