--- title: YellowFolder Reviews meta\_title: 'YellowFolder Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 53 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how YellowFolder works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 53 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Education url: https://www.g2.com/categories/education --- # YellowFolder Reviews & Product Details YellowFolder provides a cloud-based, digital file cabinet where your school system can safely store, retrieve and manage all of their Administrative, Employee, Special Education, and Student Records. Solely focused on K-12 schools, the YellowFolder system is built specifically for the needs of a school and is 100% FERPA and HIPAA compliant. We are the largest supplier of digital file cabinet services to K-12 schools in the nation, having over 300 school district partners across the United States. Follow us on Twitter: @Yellow\_Folder Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yellowfolder * * * Seller [YellowFolder](https://www.g2.com/sellers/yellowfolder) Discussions [YellowFolder Community](https://www.g2.com/products/yellowfolder/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Carson Coldiron Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/yellowfolder/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Skyward Student Information System](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Skyward Student Information System") Skyward Student Information System 3.8/5(177) ](https://www.g2.com/products/skyward-student-information-system/reviews) [ ![Frontline Special Education Management Software](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Frontline Special Education Management Software") Frontline Special Education Management Software 4.2/5(44) ](https://www.g2.com/products/frontline-special-education-management-software/reviews) [ ![Embrace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Embrace") Embrace 4.4/5(27) ](https://www.g2.com/products/embrace/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/yellowfolder/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 53 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) GP Gina P. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/18/2018 "Yellow Folder " 4.5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? It is less paper copies - it has one place to find every record or piece of data on a student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? Several steps to get to a specific student Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? We aren't using as much paper as prior to. The amount of space it is saving is incredible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/16/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller AY Arjit Y. Computer Science Grader Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/11/2020 "Records search and storage made simple" 4.5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? Replaces old age document based sharing. Saves time transferring academic records. Had to connect to customer service a couple of times and they were really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? They should a add an feature to access records remotely outside campus and maybe uploading speed can be increased even if they want to charge a bit higher. It’s a bit slow compared to Dropbox and Box while uploading. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? To resolve the clutter of paper files and maintaining them over time. School records are easily saved and retrieved. But still some scope for features to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") AE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/20/2019 "New User Experience - our district has jumped right in with YellowFolder." 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? The overall experience is very user-friendly, especially since the new droplet was introduced. The end user has the ability to select their preference of uploading capability from scanning directly, uploading, virtual printing, or the droplet feature. The box level process of scanning our archive permanent records included a very professional process from the packing and pick up service to the quickly sending records as we are waiting for the box levels to finishing scanning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? We are still in the learning process so we have some learning curves to overcome - however YellowFolder has been great responding to our questions in timely professional manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? We have already regained a complete storage room. We are reducing our paper and supply purchasing. Are students mobility is very high, the electronic cum folders have also prevented us losing moving folders from one campus to the other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic WL Wendy L. Special Education Paraprofession/ Administrative Assistant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/19/2019 "Yellow Folder is amazing, a very time-saving program to organize and simplify school records." 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? I like the accessibility of having the student records available on-line. The online webinars are very informative and give clear, precise directions to make Yellow Folder successful for your records. The staff is always willing to help at any given time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? Nothing at all to dislike about this program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? It gives the school more space! Student records can be bulky and space is always a premium. Also, with access restricted you guarantee who sees confidential information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic HM Heather M. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/27/2018 "Happy with YellowFolder" 4.5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? I like having the student records digitized and ability to control access to the folders. It also makes it easier to send records to other districts. The support team is amazing. The data clerks can reach out with a problem and it always fixed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? The original set up of the folder structure. There was some confusion, but it was worked through. I don't even like to say I disliked it, it was just getting the understanding which takes time and usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: You will need to change the mindset of the data clerks. Make sure they are involved in the beginning. This will make folder setup easier and have them scanning sooner. It was hard for some to give up the paper copies, but once they started scanning and seeing the benefits, they prefered the digital records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? Space and compliance issues. Digitizing student records has helped with the not having to house the records and each campus. Compliance in record maintenance and the file cabinets themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller VD Vernon D. Technology Director Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/21/2018 "Get rid of paper records!" 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? The dashboard is easy to navigate. Their support and training staff are great! OCR scans of the uploaded .pdf files allow the system to electronically file records to match individuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? Occasionally, there are records that don't link to the correct person. The user has to click on the record and select the person matching the record. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: Setting up the correct uploads to YellowFolder is key to success. Each module requires it's own upload of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? We just began using YellowFolder during the summer. We hope to upload stored paper records and shred them. This will free up a lot of storage space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Drew M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Drew M.") DM Drew M. Assistive Technology Coordinator Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/16/2018 "Excellent Service" 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? The staff at YellowFolder have been very helpful to our office getting us started on our paperless journey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? There is nothing bad to report about this company. They do their best to make sure all customers are satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: This is a simple-to-use, user-friendly platform to help make your school more paperless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? We are trying to reduce the amount of paperwork that is in our office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") UE Verified User in Education Management Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/16/2018 "YF review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? Yellow Folder holds a lot of information and can be accessed with advanced searches. It has saved space in our offices by eliminating all the space that file cabinets takes. It also eliminates excessive paper and is available to all the staff to view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? So much information was taken to scan into Yellow Folder from our district that it takes awhile to scan through all the data to locate the pages needed. Also the time involved with logging in and logging out like many of electronic systems. Of course when the system has to be re-booted or has shut down takes away time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: Yes, it simplifies mass folders and files and makes them accessible to multiple people Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? Elimination of so many paper copies and files in the office. All data is in one place. Accessible to many staff Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") UE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/16/2018 "Yellow Folder" 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? I love that I have access to all student files no matter where I am. It saves my back from lugging around giant comprehensive folders! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? I wish the "pre-yellow folder" section could be organized. Students who are in high school may have 800 page packets to comb through to find info. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: Get familiar with the layout so you can navigate it quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? I have access to all files at my fingertips. I have been in meetings where administrators have asked for student's previous testing scores and within minutes I can have them pulled up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Courtney B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Courtney B.") CB Courtney B. Administrative Assistant Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/26/2018 "Administrative Assistant of Student Records " 5/5 What do you like best about YellowFolder? I love the team at Yellow Folder. The are VERY responsive and on top of things. If I need anything I message an have a reply back within minutes They monitor the system closely and if they see a problem or question they will contact me right away. They listen to us the, consumer, and want to make their product the best fit for us and are making strides daily in doing so The system itself is user friendly and I don't feel I need a ,"For Dummies" manual sitting beside me to operate the system. Also the system can be set up to personalize your company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about YellowFolder? I really have nothing to say about disliking this product or the company My experience as been nothing but positive! I have said many times I will be the first person to promote this company and product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder: You will not be disappointed. This company is top notch and one the cares about it's customers. The team is dedicated to making the process easy and painless. I recommend this company 100 percent to anyone in the education setting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you? We are a relative new customer with Yellow Folder. One major issue we are solving is all information in one located area by using this system. Since the system is web based we an access from any where if a question arises and not waiting till in office on net work. This means our employees that work out in the field and who are not in the office on a daily bases can access the files from those locations an not call office or wait for a day they are back in the office. This allows them to complete their jobs fast and effectively. Also our cost and time. Cost on purchasing paper and time to processs/search records as decreased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about YellowFolder? 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