Alma SIS
About Alma SIS
Alma SIS: The Future-Ready Student Information System for PreK-12 Schools
Alma is a modern, intuitive, and future-ready student information system (SIS) designed to streamline school operations, enhance family engagement, and empower educators with the tools they need to drive student success. Built for PreK-12 schools and districts of all sizes, Alma provides a secure, flexible, and efficient platform that simplifies student data management, attendance, grading, communication, and compliance—all in one place.
Seamless School Management with Powerful Features:
Alma eliminates administrative burdens with an intuitive interface and powerful automation tools that make it easy to manage everything from daily tasks to long-term planning. With fewer clicks and seamless workflows, educators and administrators can spend less time on paperwork and more time focusing on student growth.
• Attendance & Scheduling: Effortlessly track student attendance, create schedules, and manage classroom assignments.
• Gradebook & Assessments: A fully integrated, flexible gradebook that adapts to traditional and progressive grading models.
•State Reporting & Compliance: Robust reporting tools simplify compliance, ensuring schools meet state and district requirements.
•Data-Driven Insights: Advanced analytics provide real-time data on student performance, attendance trends, and engagement metrics.
Designed for Educators, Administrators, and Families:
Alma goes beyond managing student records—it strengthens connections between schools, teachers, students, and families. By providing clear, real-time insights and communication tools, Alma ensures that everyone stays informed and engaged in the learning process.
• Educators: Spend less time on administrative tasks and more time teaching with tools that streamline grading, attendance, and communication.
• Administrators: Gain better visibility into school-wide operations with centralized student data and reporting.
• Families: Stay involved in student progress through an intuitive parent portal with access to grades, assignments, and school communications.
Seamless Integrations for a Connected Learning Environment:
Alma is built to work with the tools schools already use. As the first SIS to partner with Google, Alma seamlessly integrates with Google Classroom, along with other mission-critical apps like Microsoft Teams, Canvas, and Schoology.
• Sync assignments, grades, and attendance across multiple platforms.
• Eliminate redundant data entry with direct integrations.
• Ensure smooth transitions between SIS and LMS tools.
Secure, Scalable, and Configurable:
Security and reliability are at the heart of Alma. Our platform ensures student data remains protected while providing the flexibility schools need to customize workflows and configurations.
• Cloud-native architecture for enhanced security and performance.
• Configurable features that adapt to each school’s unique needs.
• Scalable for districts and networks of any size, from individual schools to statewide implementations.
World-Class Customer Support and Continuous Innovation:
Alma is more than just software—it’s a partner in education. Our world-class support team ensures schools always have access to expert guidance, training, and technical assistance. Plus, Alma’s continuous updates keep schools ahead with the latest innovations in student information systems.
Discover the SIS That’s Built for the Future
Alma simplifies school operations, enhances communication, and delivers powerful insights—all in a secure, intuitive platform. Whether managing attendance, grades, compliance, or engagement, Alma removes barriers so educators can focus on what truly matters—teaching and learning.
Empower progress. Spark potential.
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Key benefits of Alma SIS
Alma SIS is the future-ready solution for PreK-12 schools and districts.
• Save Time and Resources: Alma automates administrative workflows, reducing time-consuming manual tasks and minimizing errors. With features like attendance tracking, fee collection, and student data management, schools can operate more efficiently while cutting unnecessary costs.
• Enhance Teacher Effectiveness: Alma empowers educators with intuitive tools to support their instructional approach. From curriculum design and assignment management to progress tracking and seamless Google Classroom integration, Alma ensures teachers spend less time on administrative tasks and more time focusing on student learning.
• Strengthen Communication and Engagement: Built-in communication tools connect teachers, administrators, students, and families in real time. With automated notifications, report card customization, and student progress tracking, Alma fosters meaningful connections that enhance family engagement and student success.
• Maximize Flexibility and Customization: Schools can tailor Alma to fit their unique needs, whether adjusting bell schedules, designing personalized report cards, or configuring rubrics for specific classes. This flexibility ensures that Alma works seamlessly for institutions of any size or structure.
• Optimize Multi-School & District Management: Alma’s district-wide package supports unlimited schools at no extra cost, providing administrators with a centralized system to oversee reporting, student records, and compliance. A single sign-on (SSO) simplifies access, making data management across multiple schools effortless.
• Streamline Admissions and Enrollment: AlmaStart transforms the enrollment process from inquiry to registration, making it easier for schools to collect the right information while automating workflows. This eliminates redundant paperwork and ensures smooth student onboarding.
• Ensure Security and Scalability: Alma is a cloud-based, secure platform that protects sensitive student data while offering scalability for schools and districts of all sizes. With ongoing updates and enhancements, Alma remains a future-ready solution that evolves with the changing needs of education.
Alma SIS is more than just a student information system—it’s a powerful tool that helps schools streamline operations, support educators, engage families, and improve student success with ease.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Pricing starting from:
Not provided by vendor
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Alma SIS: 119
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Ease to use.
Reviewed on 2022/10/08
Alma educate my child and take my responcibility.
Alma educate my child and take my responcibility.
Pros
We bought it with my friends who has brother or sister ages under 14 so we discovered it is useful for their education life and psychology.
Cons
Videos sometimes lose their charm for the children who has hyperactivity problem.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
One site for all functions, that's every teacher needs
Reviewed on 2024/06/21
Most of the time it's fantastic. I can check the report and study progress not only for this year,...
Most of the time it's fantastic. I can check the report and study progress not only for this year, but many years ago. And I can see students' progress for other subjects also, it helps me to have an overall vision and understanding to the student's study condition.
Pros
One site for all functions
On alma teachers can take attendance, record study progress, make report card, contact parents and students easily through email automatically, report incident. Parents and students can check the attendance, study progress and contact teacher as well.
Cons
Sometimes it's out of service. It happened many times already. Showed a Bad Gateway.
Response from Alma Technologies
We are so happy to hear your teachers, parents and students love using Alma! In regards to the Bad Gateway error, we are surprised and sorry to hear you had this issue. Being able to access Alma when you need it is of the utmost importance to our team! Alma has an above 99% uptime standard. We have not had ANY unplanned extended downtime in several years. Typically, when a Bad Gateway error is being seen by a school it is a local network error and not a company wide issue. If you ever see that again, please let our support team know right away so they can help triage the issue!
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Used for an elementary, has great services, could be improved.
Reviewed on 2018/06/24
Pros
I LOVE the customer service. They are always willing to work with us and help us adapt the program to what we need. I love the many different reporting features and how they each have a unique description that helps me find exactly what I need. I also like that I can star the reports I frequently use. I like that I am able to easily fill in grades in the "gradebook" tab, as well as having the opportunity to quickly report final grades at the end of the term. I am also happy with the ease in resetting a password for a user who has forgotten theirs as well as the quick ability to change a username. I appreciate that many users can have access to the same information (meaning a student and both of their parents can have their own accounts but access the same information on their child). I think overall I am mostly impressed with Alma's support team, how quickly and professionally they respond, how they will not let me leave the conversation until they are satisfied that all of my questions have been answered and my concerns resolved, and I love that they are constantly updating, making the website better, and then sending out an email with all of the updates and detailed instructions on how to utilize them.
Cons
I feel the website could be slightly more user friendly. There are often times it takes longer than I would like to access the information that I need (a lot of clicking through redundant tabs and not a lot of short cuts). I also wish it was easier for parents to understand the website. I don't like that there is no easy way for a parent to access a student's missing work, instead having to look through each class and assignment to see what has and has not been turned in. I also wish there was a way for us, as administrators and teachers, to see exactly what the parents see. It is hard to give advice and support to a parent when their screen looks different from mine; and I often don't know if they can see everything that I can, like all of the notes and assignment descriptions and what not. Otherwise, I am mostly happy with Alma.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Alma: Customizable, User-Friendly SIS (Strongly Recommend)
Reviewed on 2024/11/19
Alma is a superb SIS that serves our school better than any previous platform. As a small,...
Alma is a superb SIS that serves our school better than any previous platform. As a small, innovative school, we have been able to customize the platform to fit our needs–from proficiency grading and report cards to internal reports and external messaging. The customer service is always tremendously responsive and helpful. Ten out of ten, would recommend.
Pros
Innovative and intuitive SIS that serves all stakeholders of our school well–from students and families to teachers and administrators.
Cons
Similar to other SIS platforms, the admin approval process for progress reports and report cards can be time consuming.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Alma Joy! Sweet as Chocolate
Reviewed on 2024/08/02
5 Star! I work with report cards and transcripts. My families love the electronic report cards...
5 Star! I work with report cards and transcripts. My families love the electronic report cards sent right to their email for their convenience.
Pros
User friendly. Thinks how I think. Attractive. Love the webinars. Everyone in Customer Engagement and the Techs are so sweet and caring.
Cons
Can't really think of anything at this moment.
Alma SIS FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Alma SIS.Q. What type of pricing plans does Alma SIS offer?
Alma SIS offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Not Available
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Q. Who are the typical users of Alma SIS?
Alma SIS has the following typical customers:
11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Alma SIS support?
Alma SIS supports the following languages:
Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Q. Does Alma SIS support mobile devices?
Alma SIS supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Alma SIS integrate with?
Alma SIS integrates with the following applications:
Acorn, ActionAlly, Alexandria, Amplify, Blackboard Learn, Branching Minds RTI/MTSS, BusBoss, CANVAS, ClassLink, EDULOG, Edgenuity Courseware, Edval, Enrich, Enriching Students, Finalsite, Follett Destiny Library Manager, Foodservice Suite, GG4L Connect, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drive, HealthOffice, Intercom, Kindful, LINQ, LinkIT, McGraw-Hill Connect, Microsoft Teams, Modern Campus Message, Mosaic, One Call Now, Parchment, ParentSquare, Pivot, ProMed, Remind1, Renaissance, Salesforce Platform, School LunchTime Software, Schoology, Thrillshare, Versatrans, Xello, eTrition, i-Ready, pivot
Q. What level of support does Alma SIS offer?
Alma SIS offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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