# Seesaw Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Seesaw the right Student Information System solution for you? Explore 89 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/204060/Seesaw/reviews --- Seesaw 4.7 (89) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/204060/Seesaw/alternatives/) 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 # Reviews of Seesaw Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews IA Isaac A replacement teacherEducation Management, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Also, during my time as a tutor at an English academy thanks to Seesaw I was able to keep students engaged in interactive activities, such as pronunciation recordings and writing exercises, which helped reinforce their language skills effectively.“ July 31, 2023 EP Elizabeth P TeacherPrimary/Secondary Education, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I have a harder time managing the folders and getting my students to organize things.“ June 10, 2024 NW Neal W Production LeadPrinting, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I like that I can see specific lessons that my son has worked on, there are student journals and daily check-ins that give you a snapshot of what he was working on that day. If he has multiple classes he has a journal for each class.“ December 15, 2023 SC Sylvie C CSRMedical Devices, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I cannot download any of the pictures posted.“ January 4, 2024 IA Isaac A replacement teacherEducation Management, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Another thing that I liked is that as a teacher I was able to provide immediate and personalized feedback through comments and digital evaluations, which encourages more effective and collaborative learning and finally, another utility of this tool is its integration with other tools for creating of digital portfolios and the possibility of involving parents in the educational process.“ July 31, 2023 BH Ben H ManagerEducation Management, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The video uploading can be flakey, especially from iPad.“ February 6, 2023 HR Halie R Occupational TherapistEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Great way of connecting with families as I don't always have a phone (numerous buildings throughout the day).“ September 24, 2024 MB Megan B Medical Office Manager Hospital & Health Care, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “App doesn't allow me to upload longer videos (over 1 minute), had a hard time with some permissions with the IT support at my son's school. “ February 26, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 89 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Jamie S. Family Involvement Coordniator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It's great for what it is!" December 5, 2022 4.0 I have used SeeSaw as a parent with a child in school and as an admin. As an admin, it's alright. It is difficult to pull things up sometimes and you have to know how you want things to go out but as a parent I liked it allot! Pros I like that it is well known, a free app for parents, and that it gives a great avenue to keep parents up to date. Cons I don't like that it seems to have software kinks and isn't totally user friendly on the admin side. I wish it had a better look and that you could have an admin log in on the app. Reason for choosing Seesaw I did not. I inherited that decision at work. Review Source KR Katie R. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing communication and assessment tool!" October 21, 2024 5.0 Fantastic! I use to give my students practice assignments everyday and test their learning. Pros I like the ability to communicate with parents easily and the assessment feature is amazing! Cons I love all aspects! However, I would like our current reading program, Wonders, to sync with Seesaw automatically. Switched from [ClassDojo](https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/) Seesaw has more features like the ability to use assessments that grade automatically and it is way more user friendly. Review Source LB Lauren B. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use and assign things to students" December 1, 2023 3.0 Pros It’s easy to assign activities to students. Can easily search what you are looking for. Cons Some functions are for difficult for student to drag objects. Review Source JF Justine F. Teacher E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw into Innovation!" June 3, 2022 5.0 Seesaw will tie together any educational needs. Do not think twice about giving them a try! Pros Seesaw is an educational software that rockets student learning to the highest level. As a teacher, the platform offers streamlined instruction, progress, and endless collaboration opportunities! Cons I don’t like that the messaging between students and parents isn’t there. Alternatives considered [ClassDojo](https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/) Reason for choosing Seesaw Seesaw puts forth differentiation, student voice, and innovation in learning. The opportunities are endless! Switched from [Google Classroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/186631/Google-Classroom/)[Edpuzzle](https://www.capterra.com/p/229864/Edpuzzle/)[ClassDojo](https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/) We made the switch from ClassDojo in order to mainstream learning in one platform. Seesaw offers activities,collaboration, and organization for education. Review Source FN Fiona N. coordinator of Innovation Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool for parents and students" September 1, 2022 5.0 Great tool for both teachers and families Pros Seesaw is a great learning tool. Students have a portfolio that they continue to create over they elementary years. It is easy for students to access and share their work. It is a safe way to share information with parents. and keep a digital copy of students learning growth over the years. It is helpful that parents only get to see their child's work to protect the privacy of the rest of the classroom. Cons The stream is challenging to navigate it would be better if there could be tabs of folders to keep things organized. It is babyish for older students. although advertised, it is not really usable with middle and high school students. Alternatives considered [ClassDojo](https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/) Reason for choosing Seesaw Seesaw had better features. Switched from [ClassDojo](https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/) Simple, easy to use and it had the learning activities that were very useful during the pandemic lockdown. Review Source KA Kristen A. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for elementary " August 11, 2023 5.0 Seesaw is a fantastic way to keep students and parents engaged. Pros I loved how easy it was for students to access Seesaw on their own, especially during remote learning. It’s also a great way to keep families in the loop because of the messaging system. Having the activity library is another great feature. We could easily find activities to use as is or change to fit our needs. Being able to save them and organize them within our personal library is very helpful too. Cons It’s clunky to add links and pictures/video lessons within a lesson/activity, but once you get the hang of it, it is definitely worth it. Switched from [Google Classroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/186631/Google-Classroom/) Our school required that we use Seesaw for K-2. Review Source BH Ben H. Manager Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent for parental engagement" February 6, 2023 5.0 It's excellent, and has allowed us to bring parents into the classroom experience. It has also helped massively with remote learning. Products like Teams are too advanced for out primary aged children. Seesaw has the perfect level of communication and interaction, along with the ability to create, submit and feedback on pupil work. Pros Schools are a black box for most parents. Seesaw allows them to see what's happening in class, almost as it happens, and give praise and feedback now hat they see (if we allow). Evidencing all those little things that otherwise aren't written down is easy. Cons The video uploading can be flakey, especially from iPad. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/)[Showbie](https://www.capterra.com/p/170007/Showbie/) Reason for choosing Seesaw The ease of use for our children, and the ease of management oversight. Review Source KL Kristin L. Educator Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Seesaw: Perfect platform for younger distance learners" December 22, 2020 5.0 Seesaw has been perfect for our younger grades; it is versatile and intuitive, allowing kids to largely navigate the platform on their own (making kids, teachers, and parents happy)! Pros Seesaw is an intuitive, kid-friendly platform that can be easily utilized in remote instruction. Teachers can post videos, activities, and other lessons, and students can respond in a variety of ways: typing, writing, voice record, video, photos, etc. Cons I don't think there are many drawbacks. Students can navigate this easily enough that a 6 or 7 year old can largely handle their work without too much parent involvement. Switched from [Google Classroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/186631/Google-Classroom/) We needed something more kid-friendly and intuitive than Google Classroom for our younger grades during distance learning. Review Source HR Halie R. Occupational Therapist Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Occupational Therapist Seesaw Review" September 24, 2024 4.0 Great way of connecting with families as I don't always have a phone (numerous buildings throughout the day). Pros Great way to connect with parents/caregivers. Cons I'm a related service, and it is time consuming to add each individual student/family. Review Source AZ Amy Z. COTA Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Communication tool" October 7, 2024 5.0 Seesaw has been a great asset to our school district. It was a great form of communication with parents during Covid. As well as assigning work to students during distance learning and continuing now. Pros The communication with team members and parents alike. Cons I can't think of any specific dislikes in particular Review Source SA Summer A. Owner Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "School liaison software" August 2, 2021 4.0 The software was given to us by the school during the online learning experience. It was supposed to allow children to know what they should be doing and what assignments were given. As parents we were given the parent access. There is a general feed where you can find some of the information. I do not know why all the information and postings are not there. There is also a journal section, where each teacher had a file that they would use per subject and where assignments and feedback was found. There is also an inbox section where messages with teachers are found - but if the teacher has not messaged first you can not message. I think the software has some really good ideas... but I think they could make it more organized and easier to use. Pros I am able to follow up on what the assignments are and whether or not my child had submitted the homework. I can see the teacher's comments about this too. Cons It is strangely set out. Sometimes you find information in the "home" section, sometimes in the "journal" section and sometimes in the inbox section and sometimes not at all! Teachers will say they have posted something, some of the kids will receive it and some not. I genuinely do not know if this is a software issue or user issue. I was not happy that I could not directly message the teacher, especially in an emergency to say that the child was locked out of the online system, or chromebook had glitched or whatever. I feel that the software is "bitty" as though they had several good ideas and threw them together but that those ideas dont particularly communicate with each other. If the teacher had not messaged the child in the inbox then you would not be able to communicate with them. The organisation of the material is kind of chaotic. It would be better had things be arranged in folders rather than one long feed of assignments and uploaded student work. The only way that my child who was 8 and using this could upload his material was to use his camera on the chromebook to take a picture of the work as he held it up.... I can't imagine how frustrating that must have been for the teachers. Review Source ML Melissa L. Teacher E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw heehaw!" February 25, 2021 4.0 Pros This product was a lifesaver Especially during the beginnings of the pandemic when we were all scrambling to get information to the kids and collecting it without seeing them in person staying apart. It was a lifesaver. Whatever the price it was it was worth it. Cons Especially during the beginnings of the pandemic when we were all scrambling to get information to the kids and collecting it without seeing them in person staying apart. It was a lifesaver. Whatever the price it was it was worth it. However, scheduling for it to appear on the lesson plans at all it’s a good feature but I did not know how to do it by myself so I did it wrong many times in the beginning and we set a lot of time it would be nice to have a feature video that would demonstrate how to do certain functions because I didn’t wanna waste anyone’s time to show me so I have to play around with it by myself. Review Source JM John M. Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Seesaw - A life saver for Home Schooling! " January 27, 2021 5.0 Fantastic experience using SeeSaw over the past 12-18 months. Absolutely love it, but more importantly, so do my kids. It really is an amazing introduction to collaboration tools my kids will be exposed to in future work environments e.g.) Microsoft Sharepoint; Google GSuite; etc. Pros Love Seesaw for managing homeschooling for my primary school children. In particular, I love that my children are gaining a simple and easy introduction to 'collaborative working'. This is thanks to Seesaw's great interface, alerting tools, and managament overview tools (brilliant for 'helicopter parenting', where we can see multiple children (all ours) from the single interface & login). Cons There's not much that i don't like about Seesaw, but small issues such as clicking 'document hyperlinks' on certain devices (Amazon Fire Tablets) doesn't seem to work (thus have to copy the link on another device, and email it to the Amazon Fire device). But small issues such as this does not detract from what is a fantastic collaboration platform for Teachers, Children, and Parents! Thank you SeeSaw. Review Source SL Suzanne L. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw for the classroom" May 19, 2020 5.0 I love using Seesaw in my classroom. Students pick it up quickly and easily. Parents do not have a problem using it and are more likely to because they can see their child's work instantly. A child can upload their work through the day, and it is quick for me to review and approve. This makes it a great communication tool between school and home also. Pros This is user friendly. Parents and students have no problem using it. It is great to communicate and keep the parents involved in their child's schoolwork. Cons Seesaw and Schoology cannot be used together. If I could create something on Seesaw and post or link it to Schoology, that would be wonderful. Review Source LJ Lauren J. Associate Director of Alumni Engagment Fund-Raising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product to be more connected to my child's education" November 30, 2022 4.0 Pros I love the staff can share photos, messages and timely communication on this platform and receive timely notifications and app alerts. Helps with conversations with my children about their day to know what they ate, what projects they are working on etc. Cons Nothing really - overall great platform to get a snapshot inside the classroom. Review Source DH Denice H. Kindergarten Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw: Easy to Use and a Great Way to Stay in Touch with Families" August 10, 2021 5.0 I can't imagine not using Seesaw now that I have used it for a number of years. I text with parents and share pictures so they can feel like part of the classroom community. This year, we did many activities and posted them so kids had a real audience for their work. My early readers love recording themselves reading . . .they are so proud! Pros The ease of use of Seesaw amazes me. It can be used on phones, computers or tablets. I started using it to keep in touch with parents a number of years ago. This year I finally started trying the activities functionality and loved it. There is a free version and a paid version. This year our district paid using COVID funds. I cannot say enough good things about this product. I teach kindergarten, and my "littles" are independent with the tools in no time. Cons I would like to see a behavior tracking function like Class Dojo. Review Source MC Mary C. Instructional Technology Specialist Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw- Easy to Use" January 13, 2023 5.0 Seesaw has been very easy to use for all users including admin, teachers, students, and parents. Our district uses Seesaw as it's primary communication medium between parents and teachers. We have seem huge successes with it, and parent feedback has been very positive. Pros The Seesaw admin dashboard is very easy to manage users, classes, posts, and messages. It is also gives useful statistical data that can help to make informed decisions about teacher usage rates and parent interactions. Cons The messaging feature in Seesaw has been improved but can still be confusing to users. Clarification is often needed for users to distinguish between messages and announcements. Review Source KL Kaleena L. Sr. Communications Consultant Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great way to interact with teacher and student" November 7, 2022 5.0 Pros Seesaw is relatively easy to use. I like how I receive alerts whenever teachers or my children post new content. I also like that I can interact via comments and video responses (or regular email-style messaging). Users can be connected to multiple classrooms and students, which makes setting connected easy. Cons The photos that get posted sometimes look a little clunky. Sometimes it seems like the software isn’t very compatible with phones. Review Source BH Brooke H. Director of Parent Engagement Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Makes my day everyday!" August 13, 2021 4.0 Teachers at our school use this app to provide daily pictures and videos of our children in the classroom. It is such a fun way for me to get updates throughout the work day and feel like I am right in the classroom with them. Pros How easy it is to download and use. Very user friendly. Cons I wish when you went to download a picture- it let you download just one and not the whole series of photos. Review Source PH Patty H. Director of Teaching and Learning Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Students find it easy!" July 16, 2021 5.0 The company provides lots of training materials to use so that folks aren’t able to get up to speed on using it. This makes it simple to onboard new staff, and to find answers you need quickly. Pros Seesaw is very intuitive and easy to use for teachers as well as students. Our students use it weekly, and have become experts on this, showing the adults how to use it. In a year like we just had, transitioning from remote to hybrid and back to in person multiple times, Seesaw was a constant and became an anchor for our district. Cons Nothing here to complain about! Seesaw works as it’s intended to work. We have not had any failures with the product in the three years we have used it. Review Source DB Danielle B. Teacher assistant Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Seesaw for schools " August 14, 2022 5.0 Pros Not only is it a great way to virtually post and submit school work, it's a great way to send messages to parents Cons If your child has more than 1 seesaw teacher, you have to log out and log in to each individual teacher Review Source SC Sylvie C. CSR Medical Devices Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Student learning" January 4, 2024 5.0 It's a nice way to be involved in my children's learning process in her classroom. Pros Being able to see what kids are doing in their classroom is very important Cons I cannot download any of the pictures posted. Review Source LW Liz W. Instructional Technology Integration Specialist Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SeeSaw is Great for Students! " July 21, 2021 5.0 Pros I love the ability for students to add photos, videos, drawings, and audio to show off their knowledge. It's also great for me to add audio. Cons I wish there was a way to save just one page of student work and not the whole zip file. Review Source KK Kimberly K. teacher Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "1st Grade Use" December 17, 2021 5.0 Pros easily shares student work with families and I can see if parents have viewed messages Cons sometimes it is hard to find certain settings and I want to be able to send an announcement to specific parents but not necessarily every parent Review Source KH Karina H. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great for communication in the classroom!" February 23, 2023 5.0 Very good, it has totally changed how we communicate with parents and even students when out of school hours. Pros Seesaw is great for communication with students and parents. I can choose to send announcements, or create two way conversations. Families can message me with questions. It works really well. Cons Giving students pre-made templates is good, but the templates are just a background picture for them to write over. It would be great if elements were editable. For example, asking them to move objects into the correct category. Review Source Similar Products Featured