Compare Iluminate Education and PowerSchool - May 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Iluminate Education or PowerSchool?

Iluminate Education is more expensive to implement (TCO) than PowerSchool, and PowerSchool is rated higher (84/100) than Iluminate Education (62/100).

Looking for the right K-12 Education solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Iluminate Education Vs. PowerSchool

Iluminate Education: We are here to create tools to promote educator and student success. At the heart of Illuminate are educators just like you: we are a team of former school administrators, teachers, district technologists, instructional coaches, special education instructors and curriculum directors. But we have also got technology smarts with rockin designers and ...

PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the leading Student Information System (SIS) in North America with over 40 million users including students, parents, teachers and administrators. Established in 1997, Apple acquired the PowerSchool platform in 2001 and from then to 2006 expanded enrollment from 1 million to 3.5 million students. Pearson plc acquired the platform ...

Who is more expensive? Iluminate Education or PowerSchool?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of K-12 Education software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Iluminate Education and PowerSchool.

Iluminate Education accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Iluminate Education is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of K-12 Education software. PowerSchool price starts at $30 per month , When comparing PowerSchool to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average K-12 Education software cost.

Bottom line: Iluminate Education cost is around the same cost of PowerSchool.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Iluminate Education Vs. PowerSchool based on some of the most important and required K-12 Education features.

Iluminate Education: We are still working to collect the list of features for Iluminate Education.

PowerSchool: We are still working to collect the list of features for PowerSchool.

Target customer size

Iluminate Education's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and PowerSchool's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.