# Edsby Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Edsby the right Gradebook solution for you? Explore 148 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/122855/Edsby/reviews --- Edsby 4.3 (148) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/122855/Edsby/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Edsby Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews RT Romil T IT HelpdeskEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Really good for parents to keep track of everything their kids are doing.“ April 8, 2024 JZ Jessica Z Science TeacherPrimary/Secondary Education, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Not being able to sort chats, rename a group message, or thread messages makes it difficult to organize messages.“ October 4, 2022 PV Pauline V High School TeacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It is utilized by students, staff and families on a daily basis to keep us connected and organized while providing the opportunity to communicate with each other at a time that suits one's schedule.“ October 11, 2022 RK Royston K TeacherEducation Management, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Not being able to remove groups from MY GROUPS that are not relevant to my teaching activities is a minor issue. “ October 4, 2022 PV Pauline V High School TeacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It is an online system that provides the opportunity to plan, create, support and stay connected to each student and their family.“ October 11, 2022 MS Marc S TeacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “There are frequent problems with sending attachments to students.“ October 4, 2022 ET Elaine T High School teacherEducation Management, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “From the voting buttons, to notifying us when messages have been read and the classroom rosters sheets; Edsby is an Awesome classroom management tool - easy to use too!“ October 12, 2022 AB Andrea B TeacherEducation Management, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “On many screens where an information bubble pops up - it remains there no matter what is clicked on and you have to reload the page to make it go away.“ April 26, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 148 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use IU Isley U. Grant Coordinator Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Educational Software that fulfills all your needs!" December 14, 2018 5.0 Pretty much everything a teacher could need in one easy package! Pros The gradebook is maybe my favorite feature of this powerful educational software. Not only does it meet all government compliance standards, but it's also so easy to use that you will be able to pull student/parent info and view report cards in minutes! Cons A little clunky when viewing assessments by class (have to open them separately), but nothing remotely serious in this fantastic software. Review Source PV Pauline V. High School Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Edsby for the Classroom" October 11, 2022 5.0 Overall, Edsby has become part of our daily routine at home and school. It is utilized by students, staff and families on a daily basis to keep us connected and organized while providing the opportunity to communicate with each other at a time that suits one's schedule. Pros Edsby is an educator's dream tool for the classroom. It is an online system that provides the opportunity to plan, create, support and stay connected to each student and their family. Uploaded grades in the Edsby grade book are live as they are shared with a click so students have access to their overall grades at all times. Students have access to their results all semester long versus waiting for midterm and final reports. This enables students to access their learning outcomes and goals while gaining a better understanding of course weighting. As an educator, you can send a broadcast out to students and their parents to update them on upcoming field trips, projects and learning goals. A daily journal keeps students focused on what needs to be submitted as well as insight for students who may miss a day of classes. Edsby interconnects every aspect of learning in the classroom into one multifaceted online program to support the entire educational journey for both the student and the teacher. Cons The learning curve was not that hard and it did not take long to integrate this into our school community Looking back it was worth the effort to get everyone on board. Review Source Response from Edsby October 27, 2022 Thanks, Pauline. JH Jennifer H. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Does the job, could be better" June 12, 2020 3.0 Overall, Edsby is a decent product that managed all of the basics, but there is much that can be improved upon. It would behoove the developer to sit with an actively working teacher over time and see how the product is working and find the gaps that could be improved. Pros I like the ability to be able to copy an assignment to multiple classes rather than creating it multiple times. I also like the ability to create assignments student can complete online with auto grading. That is a huge time saver. Cons There were quite a few things that could be improved. The reporting of progress alerts was not the best and the presentation of a line graph as the first view for students as opposed to actually seeing the list of assessments with scores was always problematic. Many students never figure out to click on the next tab and never had a good grasp on their scores. Also, there were some features that were really handy that I NEVER knew about in 3 years of using this product, until all the e-learning took place and there became a sea of information to sort through. Although overall a decent product, I could continue... Review Source Response from Edsby July 7, 2020 Thanks for the feedback, Jennifer. Glad you, like many teachers at SDHC, recently learned about other things Edsby can do beyond just report cards. Thanks for the suggestion of making the student "My Work" line graph not the default student view of assessments on browser logins. We're constantly receiving educator feedback and improving the product. Appreciate you taking the time. JZ Jessica Z. Science Teacher Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent LMS that organizes learning in one place" October 4, 2022 5.0 Overall, I have had an excellent experience with Edsby because of how it organizes all of the important educational resources into one place. I also appreciate how many different features it offers, including courses and groups, and look forward to trying them all out in greater depth. Pros Edsby is a one-stop shop for educators. It combines all the basic everyday functions, like taking attendance, updating daybooks/lesson plans (journal), and assessing learning, into one convenient place. The journal feature is especially useful as it allows students to follow along with a course if they are absent, saving teachers from needing a "what you missed" folder. In the journal entry, teachers can type up the class agenda, include links to resources, and attach any necessary documents. For evaluation, the Edsby Gradebook allows teachers to set up course breakdowns at the beginning of the year (easily copy from one section to another) and then create a wide variety of assessments that directly get entered into the Gradebook or formative assessments that allow educators and students to track learning over time without impacting a grade. Edsby also allows users to select various methods of assessing learning, such as letter grades, percentages, learning skills, creating rubrics, or simply entering a "mark out of". Then a variety of reporting formats are available, including generating a report of incomplete assignments or filling in report card comments. Edsby also allows for creating whole courses that can be shared between teachers, a feature I am still exploring. Outside of courses, Edsby's groups allow for collaboration between teachers and students. Professional Learning Communities are especially useful and allow teachers to share resources. Cons Though Edsby's messaging feature is convenient for communicating with students and parents, the interface is not as well organized or sophisticated as other messaging platforms. Not being able to sort chats, rename a group message, or thread messages makes it difficult to organize messages. The Edsby phone app is also difficult to use. The interface is clunky, making it difficult to navigate to the pages one is looking for. Switched from [PowerSchool](https://www.capterra.com/p/175664/PowerSchool/) Switched schools Review Source Response from Edsby October 7, 2022 Thanks for your review, Jessica. Glad that Edsby is checking so many boxes for you. JB Jon B. Asscoaite Director of IT, Data Innovation and Administration Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Edsby - best of breed and most comprehensive LMS" December 9, 2021 4.0 Overall: Excellent! The support is not always as good as it should be, but that is really the only weakness. The product is second to none. Pros Comprehensive - it does it all. See https://www.edsby.com/comparisons/?locale=en SO easy to use. The least number of "clicks" of any LMS for a given task. I actually had 2 teachers hug me in the halls after implementing Edsby - it is so much better than muddling along with "freeware" or the many other partial options out there. Cons There is a constant development of new features, which is great, but is one more thing to keep track of! Reason for choosing Edsby Better at every task !! ... other than online course delivery, but there it integrates with MS Teams, so we use that for the online and collaborative components. Review Source CB Cristina B. Teacher E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Edsby Feedback" November 11, 2018 4.0 Overall I would continue to use edsby in hope that it becomes less glitchy through final stages of piloting of new features, however I would not recommend its use to staff members who are not digitally strong or for staff members who have special education students as it is currently difficult to incorporate many students into the platform. For some teachers, there is a larger amount of patience, unreliability, and problems at this point. Pros I appreciate the interconnectedness of all features and the flexibility of features. The features strongly support teaching practices through Ministry outlined documents such as "Growing Success". The Classroom (Parent & Students), and gradebook are very powerful features. The team is quick to apply feedback to make improvements to workflow and many time-saving features. Edsby offers the ability to collect qualitative data and process it quickly and easily in a manner that students, teachers and parents can understand. The capacity of the calendars and classroom river feeds far surpass many other platforms currently available. Students can have access to a modern classroom and new ways of learning that will support their learning immediately and in the real world. Cons The software often has bugs, and difficulty running some scripts. The platform sometimes creates redundancies through teachers and students. The number of redundancies sometimes make it difficult(slow) to use the platform efficiently. Ex. The form to adjust staff assignments and student assignments cannot be edited by admin since it can only be opened to all schools. Staff have access to more student records and other staff records that they should not. Looking forward to a sufficient solution to this problem and more consideration for classrooms that have different structures (ex. Special Education, students with modified schedules or schedules that are continuing to change). Review Source Response from Edsby November 29, 2018 Thanks for the candid feedback. Researching your issues, I learned Edsby had some problems at your district -- YRDSB, 123,000 students on Edsby at 200 schools! -- the first few months of this school year (2018-2019) but we're confident we've solved many of them. Re: staff access to student panoramas in some cases (such as in groups), we're looking at making all of these cases customer-configurable. Many private school customers demand Edsby give teachers access to all information on every student in their school, everywhere, but some public districts want more restrictive policies. Making this work exactly the way each customer wants it is something we're committed to. It just takes engineering time and prioritization with everything else desired in Edsby. Look for improvements an upcoming release. Thanks for taking the time to write. VR Verified Reviewer Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Worst LMS I have used" April 26, 2020 2.0 Very poor. If we were not required to use this for our school district we definitely would not Pros The ability to make online quizzes/tests that auto-grade and enter into the gradebook Cons Where to begin... I'm amazed that any LMS software does not have an import/export feature for it's test bank. I've had numerous times that multiple choice test questions had blank answers when the students took the test - although this should be 'impossible' since when MANUALLY typing in each question and answr choices, it will not let you save a blank answer. When cross-posting assignments, some propagate when edited and some do not. But nothing on the entry screen tells which ones. There is no way to enter in a test/quiz grade manually for students that require alternative testing methods - unless you change the online submission type to 'none' - which then deletes the info for all of the students that took the online test. and there are NO UNDO options. On many screens where an information bubble pops up - it remains there no matter what is clicked on and you have to reload the page to make it go away. For assignments with a letter grade - there is no option to give a ZERO - and a U does not calculate in as a zero. New pinned items go at the bottom when they should show at the top - or at least give an option without having to manually drag it. Anytime I have opened a ticket with support - I either get no answer, an answer that is later contradicted when I ask for more detail, or a "working as designed" with absolutely no offer to consider that ALL of our teachers would logistically prefer a feature to function differently Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Acting Vice-Principal, B.A. Parker Public School & Geraldton Composite High School Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent Student Management Tool" November 9, 2018 4.0 I've used Edsby as a teacher and a school administrator. As a teacher, Edsby has been an excellent tool to collect evidence of learning and calculate final marks. It's also been a very useful tool for communicating with students and their families. As an administrator, Edsby is very useful for accessing student contact information. We use it as an attendance management tool and the feedback has been positive. Pros Ease of access; ease of finding information; ability to tailor content specific to school's needs; user interface for administrators and end users Cons Wait times to speak with customer service can be frustrating Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of Human Resources Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great application" March 20, 2018 5.0 Pros It helps a lot and helps keep up with grades and is very useful. I would consider it because it doesn't stop working it is fast just remember your user name and password and your grades will pop up Cons My only complaint is it works only in portrait mode which is tedious but aggravating. I wish this could be fixed Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Law Student Higher Education Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Engaging Tool; Highly Recommended " May 25, 2020 5.0 Strong communication tool for our kids/teachers. During Covid-19, this has been especially helpful. Pros We like how the software really mimics conventional social media platforms. My kids are loving it because it feels similar to the accounts they are using on others sites. As a parent, the communication capabilities are really slick. Cons Some teachers have complained about the way that other students are interacting with their instructors. It seems like students may have the tendency to be too casual while using this. My kids haven't had this problem, but I can understand how this issue frustrates some of the teachers. Review Source CD Cynthia D. lead teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I use Edsby as a teacher in high school." September 26, 2017 3.0 everything is now in one place. the privilege of spending way more time entering marks and calculating final percentages Pros I like that 'everything" is in one place. I like that communication with parents (theoretically) is streamlined. Cons I hate the gradebook. It is inflexible and does not give me the information I want. I don't like that every change is communicated so precisely to parents (for example if I change a grade, it adds a comment - isn't changing the grade enough? I can add a comment if I want to.) I don't like that each item gives parents the percent it is worth out of the total. It takes away from my professional judgement and allows parents and students to calculate their overall percent which is something our board has opted NOT to tell parent.s Review Source Response from Edsby September 28, 2017 Cynthia, did you know you don't HAVE to share grades, averages or weightings with parents in Edsby? It's up to you. Select the options you'd like in each classes' setup form. Enter the class, and click the setup option in the top menu. Your district has chosen some options consistent with their overall policy, but you as a teacher still get flexibility to exercise your professional judgement. MV Martien V. Secondary Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good products" November 8, 2021 5.0 Interaction with students and parents. Pros Collaboration and having all tools in one package are very important to me. Cons Moving between different aspects is a bit clumsy. E.G. from planner to gradebook to report card. Allowing separate windows is helpful. Review Source WL Will L. Director of Program Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product" December 5, 2019 5.0 Edsby allows us to centralize all learning-related communication into one management system quite effectively. Pros Really like the electronic reporting system that allows parents and students to see students' cumulative learning via Edsby accounts. Communication with all stakeholders occurs very easily and reliably through Edsby, by way of class posts to share assignments, messaging, and sharing of results of assessments. Edsby has an unmistakable and positive influence on learning climate in school culture. Cons Messaging allows user to see current feed. It would be helpful to be able to search for particular information in feed sent previously. Locating and linking to curriculum expectations in Edsby's Planner requires a fair amount of scrolling. I found this feature easier to use prior to August, 2019. Review Source EH Elizabeth H. Educator (High school teacher) Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I use Edsby as my class website, to track student marks and as my complete daybook. " September 26, 2017 4.0 The best part for me is the Course Plan with the daily organization allowing me to include PPTs, videos, notes, etc... Pros I like the organization of the Course plan as I appreciate the daily record of my notes and resources. I appreciate the interactive aspect of the wall for classroom participation. It's helpful that handouts can be posted to reduce photocopy waste especially since students often interact comfortably with online text. Cons The online platform that I used to use for my class website was a lot more visually appealing. The Grade book aspect is a little not-userfriendly and has less functionality that the previous program I used. I would REALLY appreciate the ability to separate formative assessment from summative. For example, I like to use the online multiple choice questions the gauge their thinking as we go; however, when I am looking at their marks, I do not want them to be included. It is significant enough that I will either stop using the online quizzes or I will choose another software for keeping track of marks. Review Source MC Malissa C. teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Edsby for Gradebook" March 10, 2021 4.0 Overall, Edsby does have some features that are really great. The gradebook and report card are the easiest I have ever used. I would recommend if those features are important to you. Pros I mainly use Edsby for it's gradebook and report card features. I find it very easy to work with and like to it auto-saves information that is input. Cons It is not as user friendly for students and parents as it is for teachers and administration. It freezes and locks students out often. Review Source AS Adrianna S. Teacher Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I like that it's very similar to Facebook, a medium most people are familiar with." September 26, 2017 4.0 Keeping parents informed quickly and easily. I try to post photos every day. Pros It's pretty easy to use. Similar layout to Facebook, which most parents are familiar with. Students can login pretty easily and get around. Cons Tech glitches: signing on via iphone app, parents being able to post replies to posts, parents getting personal messages sent, etc. Review Source Response from Edsby September 27, 2017 Thanks, Adrianna. Re: some of your probs, are you using the latest version of the Edsby apps? And did you know parents can participate in your classes and reply to posts if you let them? In the Edsby class setup form, under Class Options, the Parents pull-down menu includes an option to let parents "enter class and participate." JB Jan B. teacher E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Teacher's Point of View Review" March 22, 2020 4.0 Very good. Simple way to communicate with staff and parents and it is a record of that communication that can be easily sought out and reviewed. Pros I like preparing exams on the site that can be graded automatically and sent to the grade book. I like that they can be timed or not. The fact that a teacher could build a huge library of tests that simply are dropped in to the right spot at the right time is very efficient. Cons There are a lot of steps and boxes to tick when using the exam bank capability. Review Source LA Lisa A. Parent Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Daily Classwork Progress" October 13, 2016 4.0 My children have been using Edsby in their elementary, middle and high school for several years now. It is easy to keep up with their school work, upcoming assignments, tests and grades. It is helpful when they are absent since teachers usually post their daily work. It has been a great tool to stay up to date with their progress in each class. Pros Easy to use and view all schoolwork. Stay on top of my children's daily work and know what their grades are. Cons When you open an individual class it will not allow you to view the graph and assignments at the same time. Instead you have to go back to the class to open them individually. It makes viewing much slower. It would be easier if once at the class you could view both. Review Source MB Marlene B. Director of Communications Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Edsby helps our private school build community" October 13, 2016 5.0 In addition to being a very useful learning management tool, Edsby helps members of our school community keep in touch with one another and celebrate each other's successes. It has become the communication tool of choice for students, parents and teachers. There are some added features we would like to see, and we hope to partner with Edsby to make it even more functional. Edsby tech support is responsive to my teaching colleagues' questions, and Edsby has introduced innovations in response to their requests. Pros Good features, mostly intuitive and easy to use. Mostly timely and responsive customer service. -- although they may have set the bar pretty high. :-) Cons I would like a bit more flexibility to customize to meet a specific community need. Review Source CT Candace T. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "All in one" November 9, 2018 5.0 I have been using Edsby with my 3rd graders for 5 years now, and it keeps them engaged in learning, by allowing them to keep track of what they are doing in class at all times. Pros The best part about Edsby is all the amazing features it includes. You can store students grade and share them with students and parents, it's a means of collaboration space for the teacher, student, and parent to stay connected and up to date on student learning and progress. It also allows teachers to create test that can be assigned to students and the grade automatically populates in the grade book. Cons I have no complaints about this software it is awesome!! Review Source JE Jay E. Teacher Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great tool if you buy into it" October 13, 2016 4.0 Although there are always some kinks to work out Edsby is a useful tool for both educators and students, however, it needs a full adoption in order for the true benefits to take effect. I look forward to the continued improvements. Pros Helping kids organize their assignments and work schedules. Cons The app is in need of upgrades and certain glitches are left for too long at times making it difficult to sell people on. Review Source DA Danielle A. Administrative Assistant Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent way to communicate" September 26, 2017 4.0 Pros I like that parents have the ability to be as involved as they want in what is happening at their child's school. It is easy to use, from an administrative perspective, and also from a parent perspective. Students have the ability to stay up to date on all their work, even if they are away. They are able to communicate with their teachers and the administrators of their school. Cons I had a few issues with the classes not having room numbers last year, but that was quickly resolved! As of this moment, there isn't anything I would change. Review Source CA Carolyn A. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Positive with some frustrations" October 3, 2017 4.0 Communication. Pros Communication with parents, students, and staff is easy. I use the calendar daily in order to make note of due dates and provide message reminders regularly. Having an outlet to post important documents is also highly valued. Cons Seeing student marks is challenging; the print versions are poor as printing marks are not visible and print templates lack space to write information. Viewing data could also be more user friendly. It would be nice for learning skills from Report 1 to remain in place for Report 2 as well. Review Source DF David F. IT Admin Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Support staff is Friendly and Knowledgeable " September 26, 2017 5.0 Knowing that parents can view their child's progress realtime. This reduces the costs of time and resources of the front office staff of looking up the student's data / progress and keeping paper copies of records for years beyond. Pros The fact parents can see their children's grades realtime, while the data is safe and secure. Simplicity of use, and a shallow navigation learning curve. Cons Just a thought: having your own or preferred backend for the data for schools starting to work with Edsby for the first time. Review Source SL Sharon L. IB Biology Teacher Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Makes it possible to manage your course and communicate with students and parents easily." May 4, 2017 4.0 It would be nice to be able to send messages to selected groups of students within a class. Currently I can only post a message to the entire class on the home page, or send individual email messages to students or families. Pros Available online and as an app - very portable. Prompt customer support. Email notification when someone has sent a message. Cons Grade calculations are sometimes wonky, particularly at the beginning of the marking period. Messages are forwarded to email, but cannot be answered from there. Review Source Similar Products Featured