# Finalsite School Websites Reviews **Vendor:** Finalsite **Category:** [School Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/school-management-software) **Average Rating:** 3.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 24 ## About Finalsite School Websites Finalsite makes it easier for schools and districts to market their schools, manage communications and enrollment, and strengthen their online presence — helping school communities to connect, engage — and thrive. Finalsite products and services include a robust content management system, award-winning website designs, school mobile app, email marketing tools, an enrollment management system, data integration, training, support and marketing consulting. With a 98% customer satisfaction score and a 96% retention rate year-over-year, Finalsite is the choice of over 700 NAIS member schools and 4000+ school districts in the U.S., and international schools and universities in 115 countries around the world. ## Finalsite School Websites Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users love the **easy navigation** of Finalsite School Websites, making browsing a pleasant experience. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **backend composer** of Finalsite School Websites to be lacking in user-friendliness and intuitive design. (1 reviews) - Users find the **backend composer difficult to navigate** , leading to challenges in usability and overall satisfaction. (1 reviews) ## Finalsite School Websites Reviews ### 1. You get what you pay for **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew M. | Director of Information Technology, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2025 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** The overall quality of the end product is beautiful on the eyes. The navigation through the website is so easy. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** The backend composer portion is not super user-friendly. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our previous web provider was very outdated. The website looked like it was neglected by the previous generation. Finalsite allowed us to build an advanced and modern website. ### 2. Clean and easy to use, intuitive design **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2024 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Our website looks great, is easy to update and learn to master, and has powerful features that enable us to do what we would like to do. Finalsite has a responsive team that has been very helpful. Our website and the tools we use from Finalsite also integrate with our LMS software. Making quick changes or ensuring things are up-to-date is easy. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Pricing is relatively expensive when looking at other providers, there are a lot of packages and add-ons that you have to really assess whether you want or not. Otherwise you could end up paying for add-ons that you don't use enough to warrant. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Communications, marketing, and providing information about our school is all on Finalsite. It is a great tool for communicating with our families and for marketing our admissions. ### 3. Complicated, bait and switch, high pressure sales. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2024 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** So far nothing. Their templates are nice but their examples often feature custom templates that they don't disclose are custom until you sign a contract. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** We were contacted by Finalsite in October of 2023 because they purchased Blackboard. Their sales persons stated that they would no longer support Blackboard templates but we could get a free website redesign if we signed a new contract before the end of 2023, otherwise we would have to pay $10,000-15,000 to redesign our site and it was mandatory. We never had any issues with Blackboard so we decided to go with it. After signing the contract before the end of the year we were given a project manager and team who would migrate our content. We were shown templates during the pre-contract phase and examples of websites using those templates. We picked out our favorite template prior to signing the contract but after we signed the contract we were told that it was a custom template and would cost extra even though it was one of their examples. Our project manager has pushed and pushed us to do their training courses in the middle of the year and the courses are not short and not well put together and this was totally an unplanned project. After doing a couple trainings while proceeding through the process of migration it became incredibly clear how unuser friendly this website would be to manage. The content manager is incredibly complicated and all over the place. Simple things like adding pictures to a page require you to go to multiple locations that aren't very clearly labeled vs how simple Blackboard was to use. The migration process has not been simple at all. They put a lot of expectations on the customer and do not provide clear instructions and when you ask questions, they refer you to a training course that could be long and not actual answer questions. We've run into numerous issues so far during the migration process and thus far are not impressed at all with any of the process, migration, ease of use or customer service being provided to use. I feel like we were shown bright lights and stars but once we signed the contract we have been left in darkness and confusion. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Finalsite to have a web presence and so for its not solving any of our issues, only creating more and costing a lot of money. ### 4. conversion is complicated and time consuming, and Finalsite provides little support **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** There is nothing to like so far, and we're several weeks into conversion from Schoolpointe to Finalsite **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Conversion support is almost non-existent. Finalsite cannot accommodate what seem like minimal adjustments to the theme designs. It's very inflexible -- no pull down menus where we need them, blinding white backgrounds that look unprofessional, etc. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Right now, the converted Finalsite site is nowhere near as functional as our current Schoolpointe site is. ### 5. Not user friendly, horrible customer service and ruined our web presence. **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** MR A. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** I honeslty have nothing positve I can share, I could not be more disappointed. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Our experience left us wanting more. They honestly destroyed our website and forced us into a product that doesn't work for our school district. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** They are not solving or benefiting our school website in any way and way over priced. ### 6. Finalsite Integration with PhotoShelter Is Great Asset **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emma W. | Digital Communications Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** What's most helpful about Finalsite is the ability to manage our website, email communications, and internal constituents in one place. The data is integrated seamlessly, which allows us to communicate effectively with current and prospective families. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Some areas of Finalsite are rather outdated (Forms Manager, Registration Manager, etc.) and don't seem to get the same level of support/resources as other modules do. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finalsite is helping us solve the problem of communicating with families and keeping them informed and engaged in our content. The integrated user experience allows them to connect to different parts of school life. ### 7. Excellent tool - you get what you pay for. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2023 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** The tools are simple to use with some practice. They are designed to work together great to build a powerful website. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** When you try to manipulate the tool to work differently than it was designed, it doesn't always work well. You have to think outside the box to make some things work. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides us with a reliable and engaging website. We have the tools necessary to attract and retain customers and digitally market effectively. ### 8. Finalsite Provides a Great CMS **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel C. | Creative Director, Education Management, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2021 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Finalsite is a great tool for website management that is constantly updating features and improving core functions. Tech support is also very responsive and knowledgeable. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** There are still several old systems in place, and the migration process is not quick or easy. In the end, I think it's worth it to be on better tech, but it would be nice to have a better process. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** Finalsite is a really good tool for building and maintaining websites, with some education-specific tools and features. It is being frequently updated and has many high-quality partnerships. Just know that with any website transition there will be a lot of work migrating what you had on another platform into the new system. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finalsite is a great solution for our website needs. It is a fully functional CMS, and has deep website building features. The system also has shared content blocks, which cuts down on the amount of time needed to maintain things across pages. ### 9. Easy Access for web **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tyler W. | Digital Media Specialist & Video Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** I can easily post news stories and accompanying media. I find the ease of use to be the best feature. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** We experimented with a "hero" image for a long time and this constantly created issues in terms of image or video size, resolution, etc **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** definitely give it a shot for ease of use and ability to teach others how to use it **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** They have helped us roll out a new website that has drawn rave reviews and is easy for faculty, staff, students, and parents to navigate. ### 10. FinalSite for Schools **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Laurie B. | Operations Manager at Mann Family Early Childhood Center of Wilshire Blvd. Temple, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** It is easy to use, but not very user friendly as far as the creative aspects....it doesn't allow you do to much design of your own. It keeps you limited to the restraints of the software itself **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Creative aspects. I am very limited in where I want to place a photo, or a table etc. It does not allow one to do much of the actual creating, it's very limited in this sense. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** more customizing for your customers **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** None really. It does not seem to differ much from the way our old website was set up. ### 11. We miss Finalsite **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Genifer R. | Vice President, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** We switched from Finalsite to Blackbaud to reduce the number of platforms. Finalsite was more intuitive and easier to use when making changes to the website. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Their teacher portal was outdated and clunky for parents to navigate, but that was 5 years ago. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finalsite provided our parents with an interactive website and portal, but it lacked some of the functionality that we received by switching to Blackbaud. ### 12. A review on finalsite **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Neha R. | Finance Subject Matter Expert, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 02, 2022 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** It is a very good tool for building websites as well as to maintain them.It consists of a lot of education tools and is up to date. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** The migration process is not that quick and easy. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** It comes with shared content blocks which helps to reduce the amount of time required to maintain things. ### 13. good for software and management **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** I like how easy it is to create different kinds of pages and all the easily available accurate data **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** I wish there was a bit more customizability when it came to widgets **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We realized it is a good tool and helps us solve issues with our communication platforms. It helps us be more productive ### 14. We have used final site for years for our school website **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jan W. | Accountant , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Easy to use and flexible to meet our unique needs. We have multiple campuses with varying admissions and website needs. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Not much. If anything customer service can be difficult to get ahold of at times. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been able to reach a larger audience with a. Professional platform. The market information has been helpful as well. ### 15. Finalsite - Great provider of school software and services **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel S. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** What I like the most about the provider is their way of simplifying communications from school to home; involving alumni and the management of complex requirements in terms of computer security. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Since the objective is minimalist, it becomes a method that does not allow scalability. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** If you are looking for web solutions as an educational organization, this provider becomes a good option, as it clearly interprets the scope of many institutions and has excellent support. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had the opportunity to implement it in a freelance project that I made for an educational institute in the locality in which I live. Inquiring I could see that I would provide the necessary tools to create a website that is easy to administer with marketing and recruitment purposes. ### 16. Finalsite Review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Arts and Crafts | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 21, 2019 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** I enjoy designing websites and applications for different markets. Finalsite has several different widgets, layouts, templates, and designs that allow me to be able to incorporate those into my design and not have to do all the back-end and front-end development. It saves time and helps trigger my own ideas. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** I do not like the lack of customization ability. I am not able to customize some of the widgets and templates and transform them into the way that is best suited for me and my use cases. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** If you're looking for some design templates and management this product is great and easy to use! **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finalsite provides benefits to all businesses that would want to own a website or webpages in order to share information with customers or capture data. ### 17. Finalsite Web host **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** ease of use! Final site makes it incredibly easy to not only make changes or adjustments to your web page, but to create a new page or form for a page itself. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** I can't seem to find the code in finalsite, which makes it easy, but I personally like to re-code if needed. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** So far so good! You can really "design" your pages, information and payment forms etc the way you want them to look. It's great! **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have a large Parent Association presence and Finalsite makes it easy for even our parents - when given access to make adjustments to Parent Association run events. ### 18. Decent platform for school management websites **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Finalsite has some very easy to use, appealing templates that can be used to help give private and independent schools a very professional appearance online. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Finalsite's limitations to integrate key components of our communication needs ended up being the decision to not continue using their products and services. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** Our organization needed a more robust school management and communication suite. Ensure all of the features you need will be included. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed an integrated communication platform for our school, and tested out Finalsite. The content management system ease of use was quite appealing and the end-user experience is quite professional and user-friendly. ### 19. Overall good product and service. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 17, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Their customer service is very helpful, patient, and timely. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** I can't print from the knowledge base. If I need to follow several steps or print the instructions for later use, the instructions don't print well. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Presenting our District Website in an updated, user-friendly, visually inviting manner. Our Website is easy to navigate so our end users and our staff are finding it more functional and responsive than our prior provider was able to deliver. ### 20. Finalsite: a great timesaver for school web presence **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** The Finalsite infrastructure provides a great foundation for schools to build a great-looking site without a full IT/web development department. The design is modern and clean while catering to the needs of schools. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Since the focus is on simplicity in building and managing sites, it can be lacking in more robust options for design and layout. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** If you're looking for web solutions as a school, Finalsite is a clear winner — their understanding of what educational institutions are looking for is a big benefit. The support is fantastic and they really understand how important keeping your site up-to-date and looking good is! **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our school's website is beautiful and easy to manage, which is an important non-negotiable for marketing and recruiting purposes. Since the web is the first stop for many prospective families, having a great-looking site is a big deal! ### 21. BHS Foundation Use of Finalsite **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Ease of creation of new pages. Ability to create registration and link with payment gateway services. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Photo placement and resizing. Reports can be cumbersome **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** Works particularly well in education industry. Comprehensive, allowing for many features, particularly registrations across a number of different activities. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Clear organization for outreach. Ease of use of registration component resulting in increased registration. ### 22. FInal Site as a k-12 school admin **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** All of the data complied on final site is always accurate and downloads immediately. You can customize everything with ease and did not take long to learn. **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** I dislike the actual formatting of the site. It just does not look pleasant and makes work feel like work. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Surveys, forms and data compilation. Updates really are easy, our school really benefits from finalsite. ### 23. Finalsite is pretty good **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** The ease of using the composer and posting to our website **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** some integration with MailChimp would be nice. **Recommendations to others considering Finalsite School Websites:** None that I can think of. **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to have a comprehensive website using forms and microsites for various departments. ### 24. Love Finalsite **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2018 **What do you like best about Finalsite School Websites?** Customer support, client success managers, user interface, beautiful designs **What do you dislike about Finalsite School Websites?** Pricing can be a bit steep for smaller schools **What problems is Finalsite School Websites solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're able to provide a beautiful website that allows us to successfully provide inbound and outbound marketing for our school ## Finalsite School Websites Discussions - [What does Finalsite do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-finalsite-do) - 1 comment - [View Finalsite School Websites pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/finalsite-school-websites/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-23+10%3A24%3A00+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=a3e6ccd5-8608-4647-8077-fa3062a90245&secure%5Btoken%5D=fb1d8b575290a0384bfbeab12f354c4d71b24195cf5e69a57a95a8746d1f3d0b&format=llm_user) ## Finalsite School Websites Features **Content** - Content Authoring - Rich Text Editor - Versioning - Plug-ins/Widgets/Apps - Approval Process - Content Scheduling - Asset Management - Internal Search - Content Repository **Design** - Breadth of Pre-Built Templates - Mobile - Branding/Themes - Customization **Platform** - User Community - SEO - Flexible Navigation Structures - User, Role, and Access Management - Enterprise Scalability - Internationalization - Dashboards and Reports - API / Integrations **Agentic AI - Web Content Management** - Cross-system Integration - Natural Language Interaction ## Top Finalsite School Websites Alternatives - [WordPress.org](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (9,363 reviews) - [HubSpot Content Hub](https://www.g2.com/products/hubspot-content-hub/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,888 reviews) - [Drupal](https://www.g2.com/products/drupal/reviews) - 3.9/5.0 (405 reviews)