Seesaw Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users appreciate the easy communication features of Seesaw, allowing quick and effective interactions with peers and teachers. (2 mentions)

Users value the ease of use of Seesaw, appreciating its simplicity in setup and quick communication options. (1 mentions)

Users appreciate the easy setup and usability of Seesaw, allowing quick communication and sharing within groups. (1 mentions)

Users find the poor navigation in Seesaw frustrating due to clunky older messages and content cluttering the app. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of Seesaw

1. Communication

Users appreciate the easy communication features of Seesaw, allowing quick and effective interactions with peers and teachers.

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Jymie P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Effortless Setup and Seamless Group Communication"

What do you like about Seesaw?

easy to setup & use, quick to open and share, quick to communicate with those in your group

Kristen C.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Seesaw is solid!"

What do you like about Seesaw?

I love the chat functionality of Seesaw. I'm able to communicate with teachers and administrators individually or in select groups in real time if I h

2. Ease of Use

Users value the ease of use of Seesaw, appreciating its simplicity in setup and quick communication options.

See 1 mentions

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Jymie P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Effortless Setup and Seamless Group Communication"

What do you like about Seesaw?

easy to setup & use, quick to open and share, quick to communicate with those in your group

3. Setup Ease

Users appreciate the easy setup and usability of Seesaw, allowing quick communication and sharing within groups.

See 1 mentions

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Jymie P.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Effortless Setup and Seamless Group Communication"

What do you like about Seesaw?

easy to setup & use, quick to open and share, quick to communicate with those in your group

Top Cons or Disadvantages of Seesaw

1. Poor Navigation

Users find the poor navigation in Seesaw frustrating due to clunky older messages and content cluttering the app.

See 1 mentions

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Kristen C.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Seesaw is solid!"

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

One drawback of Seesaw is that older messages and content remain in the app, which can make it feel somewhat 'clunky' at times.

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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 4/28/2026

"An All-in-One Classroom Platform with Seamless Family Updates"

5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

So many ways to post - photos or videos of kids work, posts and updates for families, messaging and announcements. It is an all in one platform for the classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

I have no complaints I have not had technology issues and it was very seamless to set up and has been seamless for families to use as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Seesaw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communication with families, involving the families in their child’s schoolwork, progress and day-to-day activities within the classroom, sending out newsletters for announcements special dates as well as what’s happening in the classroom. I can do all of these things within one platform rather than having to use multiple different platforms, which can get confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jymie P.

Manager

Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/9/2025

"Effortless Setup and Seamless Group Communication"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

easy to setup & use, quick to open and share, quick to communicate with those in your group Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

There isn't really anything i don't like about it. For what its intended for it meets requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kristen C.

Account Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/1/2025

"Seesaw is solid!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

I love the chat functionality of Seesaw. I'm able to communicate with teachers and administrators individually or in select groups in real time if I have a question or concern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

One drawback of Seesaw is that older messages and content remain in the app, which can make it feel somewhat 'clunky' at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica R.

Elementary School Teacher

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/1/2023

"Tech and communication tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

The ease to send group messages to family members and quickly assign on grade level assignments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

That I can't send more than 1 video with pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hannah H.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/31/2023

"Easy to Use for Primary Students"

5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

This is super easy for small children to use. They can take a picture of an assignment and instantly send it to their families. The voice feature helps students who are not yet readers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

It can sometimes be hard to manage. I would love to turn off messaging as I already have too many ways for parents to get in touch with me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zach M.

Social Media Specialist + Process and Efficiency Guy 📈

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/11/2022

"Functional Communication with Limited Bells/Whistles"

4/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

Seesaw is a significantly better option for teacher-parent communication versus a group text (whether a standard text message or a messaging platform like WhatsApp); it can focus on student-specific messages and media like photos and video, as well as general class-level communications. The mobile app is functional, if not slickly designed, and works for what it is intended to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

The interface is a bit clunky, and the media resolution is limited; a UI/UX makeover would do a world of good and entice more parents to use it and become part of the discussion around their childrens' classroom activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Megan C.

Research Assistant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/15/2022

"Seesaw"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

Seesaw is easy for students to access, user-friendly, and customizable for each assignment I want to assign. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

You can only put one video on each slide, so it becomes multiple slides if you have multiple videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Susan P.

Rev Ops Manager

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 1/27/2022

"Seesaw for remote school during pandemic"

4/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

The ability to receive content from the teacher (e.g., documentation, videos, links to external resources, etc.), complete assignments (e.g., worksheet, drawings, recordings, etc.), and more all in one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

Using Seesaw isn't always intuitive. I can easily find the activities we need to complete, getting back to where we need to be for the next assignment causes some confusion. Also, when using our Amazon/Fire tablets, we are unable to download the app. We tried to use the internet to access what we needed from Seesaw, but when we needed to watch a video in Seesaw, we couldn't without the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Seesaw:

I wasn't involved with their implementation, but it feels like thorough training should be provided to teachers on what it can do and how best to teach/communicate to students remotely using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Seesaw solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're in the middle of a pandemic. We have been in and out of school either because cases are high or because we are in quarantine for our own health reasons. The tool is allowing our children to complete contact hours for school so that they can continue learning and promote to the next grade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Julie N.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/8/2021

"Amazing learning Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

I love having the ability to progress monitor students class work. I also like that students are able to respond to prompts in multiple ways to give them more student voice within the classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

I wish there was a way to record a video for instructions. I also believe there could be a better way to display the student activities according to UDL to benefit all learners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Seesaw:

I would try out this learning platform if you want an easy way to hold students accountability by seeing what activities they complete, what standards they are reaching, while giving them individualized feedback Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Seesaw solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to hold students accountable with an easy way to progress monitor each student and the state standards they are reaching her activity. This is also a great platform to use to discuss performance and outcomes during parent teacher conferences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Syed Saad M.

Mathematics Teacher, Software Development Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/13/2022

"Build up an efficient virtual classroom with great features and functionality through Seesaw"

5/5

What do you like best about Seesaw?

The most favorable feature of Seesaw is its simple and intuitive user interface. It has such a user-friendly interface that even my 6-year-old kid can use it effortlessly without any hassles. It has an easy navigation tab in the bottom. I can take real time assessments from my students to track their progress. My students can respond to the assignments in the form of a photo, drawing, video or a link. My students can then edit their photos and videos to make them more interesting. My students can also view the submissions of other students for competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Seesaw?

My students often complain that they receive errors while trying to record a large video for submission. The notifications sent don't lead you to the assignments. Instead, they just open the application and you have to search for the assignment everywhere which is a little bit frustrating for my students Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Seesaw solving and how is that benefiting you?

Due to the pandemic when all the schools were closed and education had come to a standstill, our school was looking for an amicable solution for imparting education to my students. We found Seesaw and implemented it in our organization. Inviting our students to the platform was very easy. Seesaw has helped us a lot in interacting with my students, accepting submissions and responses for assignments. Overall, it has helped us conduct virtual classrooms remotely from our homes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.