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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PowerSchool SIS

    Score6.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The PowerSchool Student Information System covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, attendance, reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more for K-12 schools and districts. It is easy to use and boasts an industry-leading gradebook, PowerTeacher Pro. Users enjoy a fully web-based SIS that is flexible, configurable, and scalable with real-time updates on any operating system, browser or device.N/A

    Visier People

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Visier aims to give organizations a "Workforce AI Edge:" A set of AI-powered capabilities that help leaders understand the relationship between people and work, elevate employee productivity, and win by adapting to change faster. The company offers people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation. All Visier technology is underpinned by its Real-time People Data Platform, which uses AI to unlock the business-transforming potential of people data, work data, and the fusion…N/A
    Pricing
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Considered Both Products
    PowerSchool Group LLC
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    Visier
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of PowerSchool Student Information System and Visier People
    Feature
    PowerSchool Student Information System
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Registration Management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Roster Management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Customization7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Student Data Security9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community Support7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Class Scheduling9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance Support7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Analytics
    Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of PowerSchool Student Information System and Visier People
    Feature
    PowerSchool Student Information System
    -
    Ratings
    Visier People
    8.0
    50 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Automated data collection00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Data analysis00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Data integration00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
    Predictive analytics00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
    Benchmarking00 Ratings6.749 Ratings
    Report designer00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Pre-built content00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
    Data management00 Ratings8.748 Ratings
    Self-service insights00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (32 ratings)
    8.7
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PowerSchool SISVisier People
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    PowerSchool Student Information System is a cool software that can be highly recommended to anyone who is living in the educational management space. It is proven that this software can reduce your manual workload massively if you use it right. Plus it is really worth the price you pay. Especially if you are in the administrative field, this software will help you to minimize manual efforts put into student registrations, staffing recruitment, and main resource management processes.
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    Visier
    Visier People is well-suited for organizations that require the ability to record thorough information on analytics of the company, and to have the change of measuring training's productivity impact. The software isn't well-suited for those who tend to feature a lot of models into the software as the platform doesn't record/support most models, so some data isn't able to be recorded.
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    Pros
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • PowerSchool houses student or staff information that can be easily accessed by those teachers and administrators who need the information. This allows everyone to go to one place to access information.
    • Parents can view their child's grades at any time with their protected login on a parent portal. This allows teachers to keep parents informed and involved in their child's progress at school. When everyone works together it increases our students' chance for success.
    • PowerSchool offers videos to train new users. When we have new employees, the videos can be accessed at any time the employee needs as opposed to them waiting for someone to help them.
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    Visier
    • The database is very complete and detailed, thus being able to enhance a deep analysis of each user.
    • The Visier dashboard is extremely attractive and friendly, helping staff understand every detail of the analyzes conducted on the company's workforce.
    • Despite not being a great and complete solution to work with HR within this platform, however, data can be shared to exchange information between the head of each department of the company and HR staff and to speed up the analysis process and determine what to do with a low-performing employee.
    • It excellently determines the productivity of each employee and also determines risk by monitoring patterns and behavior.
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    Cons
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • Does not consistently communicate with related software such as Illuminate for Special Education Students.
    • Drop down menus frequently refresh as data is entered which slows down the user's ability to enter information.
    • Icons are sometimes unclear and not easily understandable. Word labels for some items might be more effective.
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    Visier
    • Visier is a people analytics tool, so all data points are tied to employees. It can be difficult to analyze data points that aren't tied to employees (e.g., certain job data) since the data is driven by people metrics.
    • Visier releases updates quarterly. While this cadence does provide room for updates and enhances to be implemented in the tool throughout the year, other software providers operate on a more continuous update schedule.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    We would be starting over at square one if we did not continue our PowerSchool subscription. We do not have a program in a place that would take its place.
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    Visier
    It is a software with great resources, it increases the possibility that the entire workforce is productive, it gives us quick answers, it is the most powerful workforce analysis software that exists so far.
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    Usability
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    Great features, but it can feel very cumbersome at times
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    Visier
    Visier People makes it very easy for all end users to go in and see, pull, or dig in to their data where previously my team would have to pull or schedule a report of the data to each user. It is also very fast in updating charts/analyses when changing or adding filters, which makes the ease of use better. Last, the charts and analyses are very visually appeasing, making users want to use the platform more.
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    Support Rating
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    Overall, I have not had to use support for PowerSchool Student Information System because our school district gives us training in each area in which we will be utilizing PowerSchool Student Information System. In terms of in-user support, I feel that there is mild to moderate user support that is built into PowerSchool SIS.
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    Visier
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Visier
    Visier can move as quickly or as slowly as the client needs. The topic-by-topic approach separates the project in clear phases and allows for focus on specific data. Depending on the size of the implementation team, implementation could move more rapidly if the subject matter experts are responsible for the individual topic data sets.
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    Alternatives Considered
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    I have heard good things for Infinite Campus and Skyward. I would [evaluate] each of them and see what fits your needs. Each has their strengths and weaknesses and so picking the right one for your needs is important. PowerSchool [Student Information System] does have some great features, but lacks some fundamental reports and functions to make it top notch.
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    Visier
    Visier People has a user-friendly interface and easy-to-use virtualization as compared to other similar tools available in the market. It also provides multiple prebuild templates for HR and workforce analytics which reduces the time and effort required for manual implementation. It can seamlessly be integrated with other ranges of HR and business systems to make it easier for organizations to centralize the workforce and HR data for analysis.
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    Return on Investment
    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • It has created shortcuts for all staff members, saving us time.
    • In creating shortcuts and combining many different systems into one, it is saving our school money.
    • It has created a safety net for teachers because grades and student information is stored electronically, which means teachers not having to worry about losing or misplacing their grade books.
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    Visier
    • In one case, we were able to realize a 25% reduction in turnover in a key job group by leveraging the insights we derived from Visier workforce analytics.
    • In one case, we were able to identify key turnover trends that would place a business' strategy at risk (due to the fact that turnover was in revenue-generating roles).
    • In both businesses I've used Visier, we were able to significantly reduce manual reporting (by more than 80%), enabling our data analysts to do more consultative work (vs. query generating work) with HR business partners.
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    ScreenShots

    PowerSchool SIS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Student attendanceScreenshot of Standards-based gradingScreenshot of At-risk dashboardScreenshot of Parent view of student schedule

    Visier People Screenshots

    Screenshot of Visier People: Learning helps make sense of the complex learning landscape.  Visier People helps spot trends in the sea of records from micro-learning and self-sourced learning activities being pursued by a workforce, and gives shape to the thousands of xAPI statements from LRS. The platform centralizes learning records and identifies which sources are producing the most compelling training to understand the full impact of all a workforce's learning activity.Screenshot of Visier People: Organization provides foundational insights for the organization around employee demographics, diversity, organizational structure, starts, and exits - as well as benchmarking against other Visier organizations with Visier Benchmark’s 10 million+ employee records.Screenshot of Visier People: Workforce helps find the optimal balance when an organization is powered by the hourly worker. Unifying labor data - time, pay, safety, productivity - Visier People helps to discover how hours worked, productivity, and employees’ well-being connect together. Users can then take action on insights into absenteeism, case management, overtime, and worker safety.