Verified User in Education Management
AE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Clean Design, But Billing and Reports Need Improvement"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

I appreciate the bright, clean design though items can be organized better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

I find the process of setting up billing items, creating invoices, updating payments, and retrieving reports to be cumbersome. These tasks feel inflexible and not user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Insaf D.
ID
Insaf D.
Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to Use and Aligned With Our Curriculum, With a Handy Translate Option"
5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

Easy to use ,connected with our curriculum. have translate option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

Need time to set the account but the more you use it the more things get easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"New things to explore."
4/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

The report can easily retrieved and easy to see.

Customer support is remarkable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

Unable to customize date & time of activities or daily report.

Unable to draft bill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Madi K.
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Madi K.
Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Illumine is a great resource"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

It has allowed us as an education provider to keep track of our invoices and be able to make informed decisions for our school. It is highly interactive but needs the users to engage and use it to their full advantage based upon their needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

There are no statements provided. It would be helpful if there was an option to provide statements either by student name and also have an option to provide statements under family name. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from illumine Marketing of Illumine

Hey Madi,

Thank you so much for your feedback — we really appreciate it.

Regarding your point: “There are no statements provided. It would be helpful if there was an option to provide statements either by student name and also have an option to provide statements under family name.”

This has been acknowledged, and I am happy to share that we are already working on a similar feature, which is expected to go live soon.

MM
MJ M.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Not at all user friendly"
0.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

The ability to directly message my parents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

It is confusing and difficult to operate even after training. Generative AI is a plague on our society and actively destroying ecosystems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kristen L.
KL
Kristen L.
Writer & Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great school management software"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

Modern interface, lots of unique features that differentiate it from Brightwheel, especially the learning assessments and progress reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

The app is very different from the desktop version, which is confusing. There are also some features that are hidden in strange places (for example, group communication for teachers is in the Parent Communication area). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"perfect App"
5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

it's easy to use by anyone and there are no bugs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

nothing, I like everything about this app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tania B.
TB
Tania B.
Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Happy User - School Management & Communication Use"
4/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

Illumine support is very responsive and they are always updating their platform and app. The app was the most comprehensive option available at the time when seeking out a suitable app. They were not the cheapest option but due to their willingness to add features we needed, the responsiveness of the team and the many already available features we went ahead with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

They have recently been adding premium options, when signing on with them, it was not communicated to me that there would be added costs for new features. While I understand that it may be fair in some cases to charge extra, this was not part of the original agreement. For the price I am paying, and being an existing customer that is still awaiting features to be configured to work in our setting, I don't agree that we should pay extra for these "premium" features. Some of these are also not entirely new modules but add on features. We have yet to get our Reports to work in the Illumine App configurations as it is not fully customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ashley D.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Having a course to take to learn the system helped in navigating a lot. It is reasonable to use now"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

That it gives parents of the students more detailed information of how the children ate, also that parents are able to respond with comments to announcements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

How many steps it takes to log individual students for toileting. Still getting used to that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zainab A.
ZA
Zainab A.
Kindergarden Coordinator & Little Griffins Nursery Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent Communication Tool for Nursery"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Illumine?

The most important thing that I love about Ilumine is that it is a great communication tool for parents, with ease i can tell all parents or some parents about announcements, about their daily day to day routines and so forth just by a touch of a button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Illumine?

Some of the sections are a little troublesome to use, could be made easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.