Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
UP
Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SchoolMessenger Review"
5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

All important information pertaining to my school district is loaded into one place. This allows teachers and staff to receive news first before the public. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

I haven't had any trouble with SchoolMessenger as of yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Verified User in Education Management
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very effective, very user friendly"
5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

One of the best features of School Messenger is ease of use. Very intuitive, and easy to send messages effectively. Includes detailed reports and account of all messaging attempts. Also, very easy to simultaneously send messages in a second language and send push notifications to websites and social media. Another strong benefit of School Messenger is the robustness of the App. I can schedule and send messages and have access to the full features through my phone when I am away from the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

There are many steps included to sending a messaging. When communicating during a crisis, time is a critical factor. I wish there were a way to streamline the messaging during a crisis. Like an option to send a "quick message to all..." feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael H.
MH
Michael H.
Senior Support Technician
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"School Messenger is a capable platform for communication to Parents and Staff"
4/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

We were able to communicate quickly and easily to our parents, students and staff with just a few clicks when needed. We were able to extract any field out of our SIS that we wanted to be able to communicate by (Bus Number, EL status, etc). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

We had to do a lot of custom scripts to pull the information from our Student Information System as there was no API available for the SIS we were using (Chalkable). I am sure they have APIs available for other Student Information Systems, but we really had to work to get the data in. Also, in the end because we were so large, we needed a dedicated support person we could contact, and while they told us they would give us one, in the end we did not wind up with a single source contact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
UP
Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"School Messenger - A great communications software!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

School Messenger is very easy to use, with a minimal training time. It's a great way to send mass emails, texts, or phone messages, and there is good support from their customer service team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

There is nothing to say that we particularly dislike, but some training items will take a bit longer to work through, like manually loading a user vs. PowerSchool rolling them over. The only other item to note about School Messenger vs. other communication platforms is that texts are limited to 160 characters whereas others like Alert Solutions will allow you to go over that and have multiple texts send out the full message. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephanie S.
SS
Stephanie S.
Technology Support Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome Notification System!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

It is very user friendly and easily manageable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

We have had some issues with the social media links but we have managed to work around that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RA
Raffaele A.
Psycologist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Very simple to use it"
5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

perfect software to manage communications between trainers, pupils and parents. strength is simplicity of use and versatility. i have just tried version free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

it is a bit expansive , an some time there are lag but i know that is for my bad connexion internet . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SB
Sushma B.
Data Sharing Master Between end users.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best tool to notify all in school."
4.5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

School Messenger school notification helps to notify all the parents.

Even for all the notifications school management can easily use this in either of the way.

It can be for student notifications and even for management too.

It is very easy to pass the message to all the student with a single shot.

Student and management data can be maintained easily.

Teachers can provide any idea or notification through this.

It helps for the both management and to all the parents in sharing the messages and notification. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

We need to invest initial for the first time setup.

We need different partition to share the notification to the students and management separately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An app that has good potential"
2.5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

The concept of this app is great. Being able to send real time messages to parents phones is a great way to deliver urgent notifications such as school closings or emergencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

Although this app has potential, there are many things that need to be fixed. It is super laggy and slow. You receive a notification but then it takes minutes to open it and view it. This can obviously be bad if that message was an urgent one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MM
Margaret M.
Registrar/Librarian
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to Use and Timely"
5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

Working with support to set this up for our school report card eblast was an awesome experience. They took the time to walk me through the process and to help with adjusting our report to fit the requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

It took a bit of time, more than I expected, to adjust our report. But once done, it works every time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Verified User in Education Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Never seen like it before."
5/5
What do you like best about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

It enables us to reach parents with ease through the various formats that they like, it allows one to monitor response of parents to calls and the capability to call back those that are busy after sometime is amazing, it's automated which makes work easier for the admin. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SchoolMessenger School Notification?

It's complex to learn and could be expensive for a small school. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.