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At a Glance
Google for Education
Google for Education
Star Rating
(312)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (48.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS
Star Rating
(736)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (65.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about PowerSchool SIS
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Google for Education vs PowerSchool SIS

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Google for Education easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Google for Education overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Google for Education meets the needs of their business better than PowerSchool SIS.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Google for Education is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google for Education over PowerSchool SIS.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google for Education
No pricing available
PowerSchool SIS
No pricing available
Free Trial
Google for Education
No trial information available
PowerSchool SIS
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
250
8.5
583
Ease of Use
9.1
251
8.0
583
Ease of Setup
8.8
60
7.2
291
Ease of Admin
8.6
57
7.7
314
Quality of Support
8.8
220
7.9
519
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
52
8.2
299
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
240
8.0
554
Features by Category
K-12 Student Information SystemsHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
Not enough data
7.9
213
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.3
107
Not enough data
7.0
92
Not enough data
8.8
191
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
105
Not enough data
8.0
164
Not enough data
6.8
101
Platform Data
Not enough data
7.9
156
Not enough data
8.2
178
Not enough data
7.9
161
Not enough data
8.0
148
Not enough data
8.8
197
Agentic AI - K-12 Student Information Systems
Not enough data
Not enough data
Student Information Systems (SIS)Hide 1 FeatureShow 1 Feature
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Student Information Systems (SIS)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google for Education
Google for Education
PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS
Google for Education and PowerSchool SIS share no categories
Unique Categories
Google for Education
Google for Education is categorized as Other Education
PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS is categorized as K-12 Student Information Systems
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google for Education
Google for Education
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
24.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
48.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
27.5%
PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
16.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
65.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
17.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Google for Education
Google for Education
Education Management
36.3%
Primary/Secondary Education
26.5%
Higher Education
18.6%
E-Learning
4.2%
Information Technology and Services
2.0%
Other
12.4%
PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS
Education Management
57.8%
Primary/Secondary Education
29.1%
Higher Education
4.1%
E-Learning
1.4%
Non-Profit Organization Management
1.3%
Other
6.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Google for Education
Google for Education
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Susan T.
ST
Susan T.
Verified User in Education Management

Google for Education is excellent and our entire school uses it. My teaching team utilizes everything we can from Google for education from the forms to the Google Drive, to Google Slides. We organize classes and students and scores and create tests and...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
GH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Interface was not the user friendly. Please change.

PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Stacey B.
SB
Stacey B.
Verified User in Education Management

The historical grades are easy to look up for students. We have also created our own Grad progress screen to view students's progress along the way. The attendance and demographics pages are easy to navigate and find what I need. I guess the overall program...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Education Management

Database structure is extremely inconsistent - FirstName in one spot First_name in another and fName in another - everywhere you look things are like this. Disastirous user interface akin to reading the whitepages, but not alphabetical. Online support is...

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Discussions
Google for Education
Google for Education Discussions
My question is how possible for Google to know all the things in past accurately
1 comment
Patrice D.
PD
To know things from the past with precision, when you do a search, the service offers a bunch of answers, choose a certain given number, you will notice...Read more
What is Google for Education used for?
1 comment
Dr Sonu A.
DA
I use Google for Education for online tutoring. The Google Classroom and Google Meets experience is smooth with the added benefit of sharing docs with ease.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Google for Education has no more discussions with answers
PowerSchool SIS
PowerSchool SIS Discussions
Can PowerSchool SIS help our district meet the demands of parents and families who want to be engaged with a student’s progress at a high level?
4 comments
Official Response from PowerSchool SIS
Yes. In fact, PowerSchool SIS customers report a 20% reduction in teacher time spent on parent communications.* Additionally, PowerSchool SIS: • Provides...Read more
What is PowerSchool?
3 comments
Joy C.
JC
As a user on a daily basis of Powerschool it is a key tool that connects all staff and combines the data for all students. From reporting attendance by the...Read more
How can I get other useful resources for transcript template
3 comments
KD
There are many templates available on PowerSource through the community. You can also build your own pretty easily with a little HTML knowledge. Read more