# Sycamore School Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Sycamore School Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Student Information System products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/75048/Sycamore-Education/alternatives --- # Sycamore School Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Sycamore School ## What is Sycamore School? Sycamore School is a 100% cloud-based SIS with transparent pricing that gives you a complete, mobile-friendly system for one low price, with no modules, add-ons, or hidden costs. Along with its powerful student information management features, Sycamore includes admissions, finance management, academic tracking, distance learning, and much more. Our support response time is measured in minutes, not hours or days, and teachers love our "Chat Live with Support" feature. ## What is Sycamore School used for? [Gradebook](https://www.capterra.com/gradebook-software/)[Student Information System](https://www.capterra.com/student-information-system-software/)[Classroom Management](https://www.capterra.com/classroom-management-software/) Overall rating Based on 55 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 91% Neutral 4% Negative 5% Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Sycamore School?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.sycamoreeducation.com&name=Sycamore School) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Sycamore School 4.4 (55) VS. [4.8 (74)](https://www.capterra.com/p/197828/DreamClass/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $99 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (53) Ease Of Use 4.7 (74) Value For Money 4.7 (29) Value For Money 4.9 (71) Customer Service 4.8 (49) Customer Service 5.0 (74) ## Sycamore School alternatives [4.7 (114)](https://www.capterra.com/p/155900/Classter/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (448)](https://www.capterra.com/p/133283/Alma/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.9 (7)](https://www.capterra.com/p/108971/School-wide-Management-System/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.8 (164)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135075/Classe365/reviews/) Starting price $100.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Class Scheduling 3.5 (2) 0.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Schedule in-person or online classes Course Management 3.0 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, organize, and assign courses to users Grade Calculations 4.0 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Using different formulas/functions to determine grades or scores for student's performance in various exams or assessments. Parent/Student Portal 4.0 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Online gateway through which parents and students can view material and communicate with teachers Alerts/Notifications 4.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Attendance Tracking 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups Sycamore School 38 features Handle the registration and admission process for existing and new students Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests Track the attendance of specific individuals or groups Manage cafeteria operations such as menu creation, payment processing, order intake, or vendor management Online registration for classes Schedule in-person or online classes Plan and schedule lessons and maintain students' behavior in the classroom Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat Create, organize, and assign courses to users Map out the subjects that comprise courses of study Allow staff users to manage and track disciplinary interactions with students and to view individual student's discipline records Manage the enrollment and onboarding of all new members and accepted applications Manage the maintenance of building facilities Track and manage staff profiles, recruitment, schedules, productivity, career development and performance Plan, manage, and track the financial activities of an individual or organization The software is designed for classrooms Using different formulas/functions to determine grades or scores for student's performance in various exams or assessments. Track student's scores and grades on course materials Software designed for private/independent schools Software designed for kindergarten through 12th grade schools Tool for educators to create, organize, and manage class lesson plans efficiently Manage all in-house operations of the school library Online calendar of upcoming events/activities viewable to members and visitors Accept and process online payment transactions Portal for parents to see and update childrens' info, track progress & more Online gateway through which parents and students can view material and communicate with teachers Document and report the progress of ongoing projects Create, manage, and distribute student reports that document their academic progress and achievements View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Plan availability and assign specific time slots for tasks and resources Software designed for school districts Create lists of student grades, transcripts, class lists, course schedules, etc. to be shared with instructors and administration Allow media to be embedded in the question or answer options Create tools to measure student retention of learning material and lessons Export text transcripts for the chat between two or more individuals Features 4.4 (32) 4.4 Based on 32 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.7 (29) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available [View all Pricing Plans](https://www.capterra.com/p/75048/Sycamore-Education/pricing/) Value for money 4.7 (29) 4.7 Based on 29 reviews ## Integrations [ PayPal](https://www.capterra.com/p/207944/PayPal/)[ Mailchimp](https://www.capterra.com/p/110228/MailChimp/)[ Twilio](https://www.capterra.com/p/180158/Twilio-Communications-Platform/)[ PayJunction](https://www.capterra.com/p/70932/Paperless-Payment/)[ SparkPost](https://www.capterra.com/p/82543/SparkPost/)[ Clever](https://www.capterra.com/p/209736/Clever-Portal/) ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.8 (49) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.8 (49) 4.8 Based on 49 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.4 Based on 55 reviews Filter by rating 5(33) 4(17) 3(2) 2(2) 1(1) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent BK Bill K. Principal Education Management ### "Sycamore School" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 November 7, 2022 Pros I like the variety of features that Sycamore has available. From attendance to correspondence, Sycamore has all the features that a school might need. Cons Sycamore is very click heavy. To find a feature generally requires several clicks, and may not be where you think it would be. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor February 9, 2023 Thank you Bill! We want to make it easy for schools to find everything they need to run their school at a price point that makes sense. Thank you as well for the feedback. We are excited to slowly release features in our 3.0 environment which will address some of the feedback above! SB Stephen B. IT Manager Education Management ### "An SIS Worth Considering" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 April 14, 2022 Sycamore School has been a great tool for our school. It has everything we need without the expensive price tag. It can be laborious to navigate and use at times so training is really important when implementing this product. Pros It has many features and lots of options giving it great customization. Cons It can be hard to navigate and find what you need. Switched from [FastDirect Communications](https://www.capterra.com/p/93029/FastDirect-Communications/) We needed greater customization and more features built into a single platform. Sycamore School has a great admissions tool and gradebook. It keeps great data records and is device friendly. Overall, it could do more than our previously implemented tool. Alternatives considered [PowerSchool SIS](https://www.capterra.com/p/154883/PowerSchool-Student-Information-System/) [FACTS](https://www.capterra.com/p/148464/FACTS/) Reasons for choosing Sycamore School It offered similar features at a much more affordable price. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 19, 2022 Thank you Stephen! We are happy to have you as part of our family! We are excited to address your navigation and data search concerns in our new 3.0 interface in the coming months! JK Joshua K. Teacher Education Management ### "Clunky, Outdated" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 2.0 2.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 March 16, 2022 Pros I really cannot be positive. It looks like an early 90' s site, where more and more junk accumulated on to it. Cons Menus are redundant and hard to navigate. Day long classes are restricted to grading all subjects with the same exact categories. The system glitches, does not updated posted grades after, say, dropping a lowest grade. Pass a note is obnoxious and nearly useless as a communication tool. If using the website for attendance, and a student comes in late, you have to go through multiple windows just to mark them present. Integration is a joke. There is no organization for uploaded files that can be navigated, and trying to use it with Google Classroom was a tedious, painful joke. The email feature is way out of date and grossly insecure (one must disable security features in gmail for it to work) I could go on, but it is like death by a thousand paper cuts. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 19, 2022 We are so sorry that you feel this way Joshua. We understand sometimes frustrations can come from an interface. Listening to your voice as well as many other happy customers, we have decided to make changes to our interface and ease of access to data in Sycamore 3.0. Part of this new interface is already available going to sycamore.school. We are very excited to be releasing more modules to this interface soon. KR Kenny R. Administrator Education Management ### "Exceptional School Management System" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 3, 2020 We have had a great working relationship with Sycamore. They are always responsive and very knowledgeable in solving our problems. They are a great partner. Pros We really value the ease of use with Sycamore and the various needs that the system meets. The Sycamore team is always looking for ways to improve. They also are always looking for creative ways to manage the daily demands of running a school. Cons Overall we have been very satisfied with Sycamore and their team of developers. There is nothing that we like least about Sycamore. Switched from [PowerSchool](https://www.capterra.com/p/175664/PowerSchool/) PowerSchool was very complicated and not very user friendly. Plus it was very expensive. Now in all fairness it has been several years ago so I'm sure a lot has changed with their product. Reasons for choosing Sycamore School Sycamore was the best value for the lowest price. It also met all of our needs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 8, 2020 Thank you so much for your review Kenny. We value your school and your input! We love to help schools out there simplify their system needs. KG Kathleen G. Secretary Education Management ### "Using Sycamore Daily" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 2, 2020 The problems we have been able to solve mainly are having the ability to look up information at a few clicks of the computer. We have the ability to see many needs for our students and our faculty. Pros The features that are most useful to me are the attendance and ease of updating when students are tardy or leave early. Our daily health screening is something that has been helpful with our new guidelines. Cons ALL the Clicks to get to where we need to be. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 7, 2020 Thank you for your review Kathleen! We are so happy that the new COVID checklist is of benefit to schools like yours! Feedback from our schools is always welcome and we use that feedback to always try to improve our product. Hopefully you'll enjoy working in the pieces of Sycamore 3.0 as it comes out. Feel free to always reach out to support for help as well as offer us suggestions on how to improve. MS Marie S. School Secretary Primary/Secondary Education ### "Very Easy to Use" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 December 2, 2020 Pros Very easy to use once you know how to use the software. The On-Boarding one-on-one contact was greatly appreciated during the start-up process. The Support Ticket team is very responsive. I enjoy the ease of the Online Help, the only troublesome part of that is not all of the features being presented (maybe the Online Help just needs to be updated?). Cons Have yet to be able to fully integrate our Google Classrooms with Sycamore, so the teachers aren't able to use that feature as they would like. Feels like some features could be simpler to get to. Alternatives considered [Gradelink](https://www.capterra.com/p/118900/Gradelink-SIS/) Reasons for choosing Sycamore School We are a small private school. Budget wise, options were narrowed down to either Gradelink or Sycamore. Based on the webinars and presentations done by both companies to the staff, Sycamore won during a majority vote process by the staff. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 3, 2020 Thank you for the insight into your process Marie! We are so happy to have you all as part of our Sycamore family. Thank you for the shout out to our onboarding specialists. They work hard to ensure our newest members are comfortable and working well in the system. We'll make sure to pass along the praise. SC Shauna C. Administrative Assistant Education Management ### "Easy to Use" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 December 1, 2020 Overall, my experience with the program has been good. The customer service has always been great to help with any issues or questions that we may have, no matter how big or small. Pros Sycamore is a fairly easy school management system to navigate . Cons There have been some features and reports that would be nice to have that aren’t included as of yet. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 3, 2020 Thank you for your review Shauna! We are always excited to help schools keep track of and use their data efficiently. We also appreciate feedback from our front-line users to help improve the experience over time, so we also thank you for your requests for future enhancements to make our product progress along with the needs of our schools. DS Don S. Administrator Education Management ### "Very Intuitive Software to Use" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 1, 2020 Overall, Sycamore School has been a very positive change for our school. The cost of the product initially drew us in this direction. Had we known the quality of the product and ease of use, we would have changed even sooner than we did. We are so glad we changed 3 years ago! Pros Our school was able to implement the Sycamore system without a lot of support. The software is laid out in a way that is intuitive and logical. Most questions that we asked ourselves were easily discovered by our own team. Whenever we had questions that we could not find (rare), the tech support quickly resolved the matter for us. The transition for us was much easier than we thought it could be. The Sycamore software has also been simple for our clients (both students and teachers) to navigate. We used the software as our mail tool during our spring of 2020 change to remote learning. Parents had little trouble navigating around Sycamore to find the instruction and information for remote learning. We never anticipated using it that way, but it did a good job for us. Cons Sycamore has a few idiosyncracies that one has to get used to. Some listings require the user to go back to the beginning of the list after a choice has been made. Little things that I am sure will be refined over time. Switched from [HeadMaster](https://www.capterra.com/p/12021/HeadMaster/) Frustration with the cumbersome nature of the product we were using. Alternatives considered [Gradelink](https://www.capterra.com/p/118900/Gradelink-SIS/) [MySchoolWorx](https://www.capterra.com/p/145881/MySchoolWorx/) [Blackbaud K-12 Solutions](https://www.capterra.com/p/196276/K-12-Schools/) Reasons for choosing Sycamore School The quality features and competitive pricing made Sycamore an obvious choice for us. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 3, 2020 Thank you so much Don! We strive to be here for schools that need their data needs met at a reasonable cost. It's wonderful to see how your school has taken a dive to use our tools to make your transition to remote learning of 2020 more manageable. Thank you for giving a shout out to our wonderful support. They make such a difference for our Sycamore family. DB Debra B. Principal Education Management ### "Bringing Sycamore to Japan" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 1, 2020 My experience has been truly outstanding! Pros I used Sycamore Education for years at a Christian school in Illinois. When I came to Japan last year, I realized that my new school was not using a school management system. I was very happy to have previous experience with Sycamore. As the principal, I was able to address the school board with our great need, and they approved the purchase of Sycamore. Our teachers are very happy to be able to post grades, our parents are happy to have direct access to their child's academic progress on a daily basis, and our office administrator is happy to be able to print report cards in minutes. I continue to be very pleased with the functionality of Sycamore as well as the outstanding customer support! Cons On occasion, a screen pops up notifying me there is an error. When I click on the drop down bar again, the error screen is gone. It's not a big issue, and hasn't slowed us down. This never occurred when I previously used the software. Reasons for choosing Sycamore School I chose Sycamore School because I knew it was cost effective, user-friendly, and efficient. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor December 3, 2020 Thank you Debra for your continued loyalty! Customers and schools like you are a pleasure to help and work with. We are always here to help. Let us know if you need help with anything. MS Melissa S. Director Education Management ### "Streamlines School Functions" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 26, 2020 Overall I like the product. My school has started using more of the functionality of the software and receiving announcements and other important information has been helpful. Pros I like the app for my phone. It streamlines my ability to quickly send attendance to our office. I also like the school directory so that I can easily pull up information for any school family. Cons Sending group emails (batch emails) isn't obvious to me. I wish the email portion seemed more like gmail or other email applications. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor March 30, 2020 Thank you so much Melissa! We are so happy to see many schools like yours finding our system helpful for the tasks you encounter. We thank you for your feedback regarding your experience with batch email. We are always working to make ourselves better and make a better product for our Sycamore family. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/75048/Sycamore-Education/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/proprietary-data-research/) How Capterra verifies reviews Capterra carefully verified over 2.5 million+ reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. 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