About Lynx
Lynx is a student bus scheduling and fleet maintenance platform for school districts and bus contractors. The cloud-based platform offers features including GPS tracking, online trip ticketing, routing, fuel tracking, driver management, a web portal for staff, driver web portal for inspections and viewing routes, and integration with student information systems (SIS) for safe and secure student transport.
Lynx users can create bus routes using the drag and drop interface, adding and removing individual students to reflect changes in daily pick-up and drop-off schedules. Special circumstances relating to students on each route can be added such as allergies, medical concerns, special needs, and custody issues.
Create full routing scenarios with your student data, i.e. completely from scratch!
Lynx maintains a record of parent or guardian contact details, as well as route times and home location to help maintain the safety and security of passengers. Reminders of changes to students' normal routing schedule, such as vacations, appointments, and alternative pick-up routines, can be added to ensure all students are accounted for on each trip.
With Lynx's fuel tracking feature, users can see miles per gallon data and information on when and where each tank refill took place. The bus maintenance feature provides reports on vehicle maintenance, depreciation, open work orders, inspection schedules, and more.
Key benefits of Lynx
Keeps your school bus routes organized and accessible to staff. Improves route efficiency and saves time and money for the school district. Easy-to-use interface. Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.
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- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Exceptional Service
Reviewed on 2021/04/07
[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] are always extremely helpful with troubleshooting any issues and...
[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] are always extremely helpful with troubleshooting any issues and updating the program to help the routing software be more efficient for our transportation department. We just recently asked for some help in creating new routes and they were extremely fast importing the data and getting the information back to us quickly!
Pros
This routing software is extremely easy to use and set up for your specific needs.
Cons
Our county is unique in that we use a lot of fire numbers as addresses. Makes it harder for Lynx to pinpoint the correct address.
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Lynx
Reviewed on 2020/02/12
Lynx helps me on a daily basis with keeping my data accurate and current and is a huge time saver...
Lynx helps me on a daily basis with keeping my data accurate and current and is a huge time saver because managing the data is usually simple and easy to learn.
Pros
I like the ease of use and the personal Tech Support.
Cons
I don't understand when searching a particular student and I use the drop down to choose the different categories that can be included, some of the categories that I would like are not listed as an option, however many others are that I'll likely never use.
Response from Lynx Software
Good morning Pat!
Please contact us if you have any questions or are having any problems with the software. We want to help!!
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Lynx Review
Reviewed on 2020/02/18
Overall, Lynx does what we wanted it to do. It is a little more complicated than we expected but it...
Overall, Lynx does what we wanted it to do. It is a little more complicated than we expected but it houses the data we needed it to house and we can generate reports out that we needed it generate. It is not a very nice looking, user centric program but it does a lot of heavy lifting.
Pros
The functionality of the software for the price is very good. It gets the job done that we needed to have done. The different report and search options are very helpful. After you are trained it is relatively easy to use. The customer support is outstanding.
Cons
The data sync is a little clunky. It would be nice if it were cloud based with a better connection to our student information system. The end user interface is not very user friendly or intuitive. When we have questions this generally results in a call to support. However, the support team is always excellent. It is just time consuming to have to call in everytime.
Response from Lynx Software
Thank you for the review and your honesty Kevin! We've made several improvements to the data sync which is now based in the cloud. We are seeing drastically reduced issues. We continue to improve the user interface but transportation logistics is inherently complicated. We will always do our best to serve you!!
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
best software for $
Reviewed on 2020/02/13
been using for over 16 years,ive had the option to purchase the more expensive softwares and ive...
been using for over 16 years,ive had the option to purchase the more expensive softwares and ive stayed with Lynx, it does what they say it will do.Customer service is second to none
Pros
easy to use, contains all the information in one software that a transportation director needs
Cons
navigation of reports is a little tricky
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Lynx: the software that is computer friendly and easy to use.
Reviewed on 2020/02/11
start up went great, wonderful training experience, and fantastic support
start up went great, wonderful training experience, and fantastic support
Pros
Hard to limit it to one thing. The remote support is fantastic. They respond very quickly to emails and calls. I also love the videos that are setup to take you through step by step when you are in unfamiliar areas. I have used other software's that were not user friendly.
Cons
At this time I do not have anything that I don't like about Lynx
Lynx FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Lynx.Q. What type of pricing plans does Lynx offer?
Lynx offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$1,795.00/one-time
- Free Trial: Available
Pricing starts at $1,795 annually. Pricing is based on the number of users, student enrollment, and size of fleet. Contact Lynx for more pricing information.
Q. Who are the typical users of Lynx?
Lynx has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000
Q. What languages does Lynx support?
Lynx supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Lynx support mobile devices?
Lynx supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Lynx integrate with?
Lynx integrates with the following applications:
Infinite Campus SIS, JMS, Power School, Skyward Student Management Suite, Synergy
Q. What level of support does Lynx offer?
Lynx offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep)
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