Infinite Campus vs. PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Infinite Campus
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Infinite Campus headquartered in Blaine offers their student information system (SIS) to educational institutions, boasting onboarding support, parent and student portal, grade book and academic planner, and access to the platform's inbuilt LMS Campus Learning.N/A
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
Score 8.4 out of 10
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eSchoolPLUS is a student information system for managing student demographics, grades, scheduling & attendance, discipline & report cards, and other information in k-12. eSchoolPLUS was developed by Sungard K-12 Education which was acquired by PowerSchool in March 2017. It is now owned and supported by PowerSchool.N/A
Pricing
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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Infinite Campus
Chose Infinite Campus
Infinite Campus is a little more difficult to learn to use than eSchool was. However once you're used to it does have some features that eSchool did not such as the homepage. From the homepage I can take attendance and enter grades. It allows you to sort by graded, ungraded and …
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
Chose PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS effectively allowed for access to all data, while enabling links to other critical PowerSchool platforms like Kickboard, Enrollment, and other software platforms.
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Features
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Student and Faculty Administration
Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
Infinite Campus
8.6
5 Ratings
1% above category average
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
8.4
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology8.53 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Online Registration Management9.34 Ratings5.01 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting8.44 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Roster Management8.75 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Platform Customization7.65 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service7.25 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Student Data Security9.34 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Community Support8.54 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Class Scheduling9.54 Ratings9.01 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting8.84 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compliance Support9.64 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application7.65 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Infinite CampusPowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(19 ratings)
9.9
(6 ratings)
Availability
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7.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
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8.0
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Support Rating
9.3
(6 ratings)
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Product Scalability
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Infinite Campus
Infinite Campus is very easy to use when it comes to looking up personal student information as well as taking attendance. However, it is less suited for making it easy for users to find specific language testing data, ensuring the viewer feels confident in finding the correct webpage based on what they are looking for as well as being properly set up for the viewer to feel confident in arranging a progress report easily as well as quickly. Lastly, Infinite Campus could better enable the user to copy progress reports in bulk versus the current set up of having to go into each student's progress report individually to print.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
It is well suited for Charter Schools. I say charter schools because most charts are built from the ground up, and using a specific set of tools from PowerSchool will help all departments to work seamlessly together. The hardest part of the education process is being able to track your own payroll, PD, overtime hours, emails and messages, grades and documentation for students. Schools in perpetual existence have a hard time converting all their documents and processes to a brand new portal. However, new schools, private schools, charter schools, even new online universities would have an easier and much more effective time purchasing and using every single tool that comes from PowerSchool. I believe that it is bigger than just using eSchoolPLUS for education, but using efinance, and atrieve are important also. In terms of eSchoolPLUS it is useful in all schools because it does make the teacher's jobs easier. Managing curriculum, lesson and grade data is quick and easy and engagement is relatively simple on the website and on my mobile iPhone.
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Pros
Infinite Campus
  • It is very clean (not cluttered with information and buttons)
  • It keeps all personal information in one spot
  • The message center is helpful, and it is easy to see when there is a new message
  • The breakdown of attendance is done very well
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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • One-stop resource for student data, from test scores to medical alerts.
  • Parent information, including contact and custody details, are readily accessible.
  • Clean and easy-to-use format makes finding what you need very easy.
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Cons
Infinite Campus
  • The Gradebook is just so busy, even though it does contain all the grades/information you need, I find it very hard to find data/information just because of the sheer numbers and drop downs that I have to go through to get to what I want.
  • Not very user-friendly for first time users - takes many tries and searching around to get to where you want. Gets easier as you use it, but they could attempt to make it more user-friendly for the novice/first time users.
  • I'd like to see the drop-down menu for the classes broken up into separate folders/files for each group (ie. ELA, Social Studies, Science, Math). Then it wouldn't be just rows and rows of classes that make my eyes run them all together and hard to find the ONE I am looking for.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • It can be difficult to find information when first beginning with it.
  • It can take many steps to perform one task.
  • Can run slowly on certain networks.
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Reliability and Availability
Infinite Campus
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PowerSchool Group LLC
This would be the same reasoning as in the previous question. It is all about having enough bandwidth to run it across your district and buildings.
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Performance
Infinite Campus
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PowerSchool Group LLC
Reports do run in a reasonable amount of time based upon the number of entries you are working with. You are also able to continue working on other areas while the report is being created so your device is not tied up during this process.
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Support Rating
Infinite Campus
I haven't reached out to Infinite Campus for technical support. We have in-school people who are trained to help us out in the event of a problem. We have had a couple of times where the system has gone down unexpectedly, but our school IT professionals were able to sort it out.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
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Alternatives Considered
Infinite Campus
Synergy, PowerSchool. Infinite Campus was definitely the "Cadillac" when looking at other systems. Other systems look and felt clunky when stacked against Infinite Campus. Although the company is not local, they FEEL and ACT as though they are right next door.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS effectively allowed for access to all data, while enabling links to other critical PowerSchool platforms like Kickboard, Enrollment, and other software platforms.
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Scalability
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PowerSchool Group LLC
There are days when PowerSchool can be very slow when loading. You definitely have to make sure you have the bandwidth in your district to run the platform appropriately.
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Return on Investment
Infinite Campus
  • Infinite Campus helped us to successfully meet our goals in the last Strategic Plan of establishing an electronic communication framework for academic progress between the district and parents.
  • Issues with integration, or lack thereof, has resulted in loss of productivity and ultimately revenue since countless hours are dedicated to grading inputs that would have otherwise been spent on fulfilling other institution needs.
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PowerSchool Group LLC
  • Our Return on Investment is high, as it makes our jobs easier, allowing us more time to troubleshoot and train staff instead of digging for student information.
  • Overall our business objective is to store and access student information quickly, efficiently, and securely. eSchoolPLUS allows us to do that.
  • eSchoolPLUS has no negative impact on our ROI. Sometimes, after an update, there is a learning curve and bug fixes that need to be worked around, but in general, it is a great product and there is little downtime for our organization.
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