Google Classroom vs. Synergy Education Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Classroom
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$0
per month
Synergy Education Platform
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
Edupoint Educational Systems offers the Synergy Education Platform, a K-12 integrated student information management and LMS, featuring grade and attendance management, RTI and special education, mobile app and parent engagement, and other features.N/A
Pricing
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Editions & Modules
Education Fundamentals
$0
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Standard
$3
per student/per year
Teaching and Learning Upgrade
$4
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Plus
$5
per student/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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Community Pulse
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Considered Both Products
Google Classroom

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Synergy Education Platform
Features
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Classroom
7.9
56 Ratings
4% below category average
Synergy Education Platform
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.248 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.536 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content5.139 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly5.954 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications8.042 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments8.255 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management8.232 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration7.843 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics8.939 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning7.949 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Student and Faculty Administration
Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
Google Classroom
-
Ratings
Synergy Education Platform
8.9
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Roster Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Platform Customization00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Student Data Security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Community Support00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Compliance Support00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Small Businesses
iSpring Learn
iSpring Learn
Score 9.5 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 9.7 out of 10
Jenzabar ONE
Jenzabar ONE
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 9.7 out of 10
Schoolmint Hero
Schoolmint Hero
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(76 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ClassroomSynergy Education Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
Synergy is well-suited for seamlessly bridging enrollment and student information. Other organizations I have worked at used two separate platforms for this purpose. Synergy also merges, seamlessly, parent contact functions, using one platform.
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Pros
Google
  • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
  • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
  • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
  • IEP and 504 are accessible
  • student information is easily found in one place for teachers and administration
  • Please update this process it is very slow
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Cons
Google
  • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
  • It doesn't have parental control feature.
  • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
  • More education tools
  • Improve and cleaner design
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Usability
Google
Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Reliability and Availability
Google
We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Support Rating
Google
Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Implementation Rating
Google
It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Alternatives Considered
Google
I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
I like how synergy has everything in one place.
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Scalability
Google
It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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Edupoint Educational Systems
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
  • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
  • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
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Edupoint Educational Systems
  • it takes longer to do everything because it involves to many clicks to enter data and save it
  • longer time
  • because it does not autosave, you have to start from scratch if you hit the back button or change the screen
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