# YellowFolder Reviews **Vendor:** YellowFolder **Category:** [Special Education Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/special-education) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 53 ## About YellowFolder 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 ## YellowFolder Reviews ### 1. Records search and storage made simple **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arjit Y. | Computer Science Grader, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 11, 2020 **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. **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. **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. ### 2. New User Experience - our district has jumped right in with YellowFolder. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2019 **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. **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. **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. ### 3. A great way to organize paperwork **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tracey R. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 17, 2018 **What do you like best about YellowFolder?** Yellowfolder is a great way to organize paperwork and make it accessible to users anywhere. It is wonderful to be able to access special education paperwork for multiple kids from home without having to take big bulky folders home every night. **What do you dislike about YellowFolder?** The biggest drawback is the program isn't always smart enough to recognize where to put documents, but there is an easy way to place it in the correct folder. **Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder:** It is a great product and allows access to files from anywhere. It is a great way to go paperless **What problems is YellowFolder solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to access information on hundreds of students without going to each school building and searching through a folder. It is saving time-and trees! ### 4. Yellow Folder is amazing, a very time-saving program to organize and simplify school records. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wendy L. | Special Education Paraprofession/ Administrative Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2019 **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. **What do you dislike about YellowFolder?** Nothing at all to dislike about this program. **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. ### 5. Happy with YellowFolder **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather M. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2018 **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 **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. **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. **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. ### 6. Get rid of paper records! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vernon D. | Technology Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2018 **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. **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. **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. **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. ### 7. Excellent Service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Drew M. | Assistive Technology Coordinator, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2018 **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. **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. **Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder:** This is a simple-to-use, user-friendly platform to help make your school more paperless. **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. ### 8. YF review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2018 **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. **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. **Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder:** Yes, it simplifies mass folders and files and makes them accessible to multiple people **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 ### 9. Yellow Folder **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2018 **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! **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. **Recommendations to others considering YellowFolder:** Get familiar with the layout so you can navigate it quickly and easily. **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. ### 10. Administrative Assistant of Student Records **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Courtney B. | Administrative Assistant, Education Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2018 **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. **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 **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 **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. ## YellowFolder Discussions - [What Happens if YellowFolder Goes Out of Business or If We Want to Use Another System?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/general-3bebaef3-4eab-4f2e-b98d-6924c7828911) - 1 upvote - [Who Owns the Records/Documents Placed on the YellowFolder System?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/general-d3eacbf6-6593-4ed0-a769-5e224593802a) - 1 upvote - [How is the YellowFolder Solution Different From Other Electronic Record Management Systems?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/general-b442341a-718d-4afa-bf58-5299230a1c0e) - 1 upvote - [What Formats are the Documents Stored As?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/general-7fd7d572-3c0f-4105-8ea8-9e31fbdd2486) - 1 upvote - [How Secure is the YellowFolder System?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/general-894479be-65c2-4701-afb2-934d2062db0d) - 1 upvote - [View YellowFolder pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/yellowfolder/reviews/yellowfolder-review-986554?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-21+15%3A56%3A20+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=8895d3b9-13d7-41ea-aa2c-685e4d64884c&secure%5Btoken%5D=72fb7ef14eba35fa93fecf4b5b5e3495345886ff5c30d964c24821166e054a5c&format=llm_user) ## YellowFolder Features **Special Education Feature Questions** - Student Data Management - IEP Creation - Goals & Objectives Library - File Sharing - Meetings Tracking - Medicaid Billing - Regulatory Compliance - Custom Workflows - Reporting Capabilities - Integrations / APIs ## Top YellowFolder Alternatives - [Skyward Student Management Suite](https://www.g2.com/products/skyward-student-management-suite/reviews) - 3.8/5.0 (177 reviews) - [Frontline Special Education Management Software](https://www.g2.com/products/frontline-special-education-management-software/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (43 reviews) - [Embrace](https://www.g2.com/products/embrace/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (27 reviews)