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ACTIVE Educate School Management Software Review
Product Snapshot
Product Pricing
Contact vendor directly for pricing information.
Technology
Cloud-based, mobile-friendly SaaS; Capterra also lists an on-premise deployment option. No additional hardware requirement is claimed by the vendor.
Customer Focus
Public K-12 schools and school districts, private schools, and specialty schools such as language, music, dance, art and vocational schools, plus childcare centers; used by small through enterprise organizations.
About ACTIVE Educate School Management Software
ACTIVE Educate is ACTIVE Network's cloud-based registration, payment and school administration product line for K-12 schools, districts and private and specialty schools. Offerings include Camp & Class Manager for online registration, ACTIVE Reserve, and Point of Sale, with integrated school accounting, student fee management and an online school store via Blue Bear Software. ACTIVE Network is owned by Global Payments.
About the Company
Active Network, founded in 1999 and now owned by Global Payments (headquartered in Atlanta, US), provides activity and registration management software. Its Blue Bear Software school administration products are part of Active Network.
ACTIVE Educate School Management Software Key Features
Program management
- Online registration and participant data collection
- Program tracking
- Parent communication tools
- Mobile-friendly features
Payments and accounting
- Secure online payment processing
- School activity fund accounting
- Student fee collection
- Online school store
- Point of Sale
Administration
- One administration system for school or district
- Integrated product suite
- Reporting and insights
Pros
- Complete integrated suite covering registration, payments, accounting and store
- Cloud-based with mobile-friendly features
- Reviewers find it easy to use with a clean interface
- Fast payment processing integrated with campus financial systems
Cons
- No public pricing; quote-based only
- Per-registration pricing considered expensive by a reviewer
- Limited synchronization with third-party systems reported
- Knowledge base criticized for poor answer matching
Overall
ACTIVE Educate suits K-12 districts and private or specialty schools that want one integrated cloud system for registration, payments, fee accounting and an online store. The main trade-off is quote-based pricing that reviewers consider expensive on a per-registration basis, plus reported limits in third-party integrations and knowledge-base quality.
ACTIVE Educate School Management Software FAQ
How much does ACTIVE Educate School Management Software cost?
The vendor does not publish pricing for ACTIVE Educate School Management Software. Contact the vendor directly for a quote.
What costs beyond the subscription should I budget for?
Not publicly disclosed. Reviewers mention an add-on for ACTIVE insurance that was charged on orders, and per-registration pricing that one reviewer found significantly more expensive than competitors' per-season models. Implementation and support costs are not published.
Who is ACTIVE Educate School Management Software best suited for?
It is aimed at public K-12 schools and school districts as well as private and specialty schools (language, music, dance, art, vocational) and childcare centers, for online registration, secure payments, program tracking and parent communication.
What are the alternatives to ACTIVE Educate School Management Software, and how do they compare?
Alternatives named by ACTIVE customers in reviews include Class Juggler, MINDBODY, Regpack and Studioware, and iClassPro is a comparable class-management product. TrustRadius reviewers chose ACTIVE for faster performance and integrated payment processing versus their previous systems; a Capterra reviewer considered ACTIVE's per-registration pricing more expensive than competitors' per-season pricing. Detailed comparisons are not publicly disclosed.
How long does it take to implement ACTIVE Educate School Management Software?
Not publicly disclosed. No vendor or third-party source retrieved states implementation timelines.
How easy is ACTIVE Educate School Management Software to learn and use?
Reviewers describe the software as very easy to use with a clean, user-friendly interface, and praise easy season/session setup and year-over-year comparisons. Capterra rates it 4.6 out of 5 from 14 reviews. One TrustRadius reviewer criticized the knowledge base for poorly connecting questions to useful answers.
What does ACTIVE Educate School Management Software integrate with?
The product suite is integrated within itself (Camp & Class Manager, ACTIVE Reserve, Point of Sale, plus Blue Bear school accounting, student fee management and online school store). A TrustRadius reviewer said it works with their campus financial system for booking payments, but wished for synchronization with EMS, StarRez and other software; a full integration list is not publicly disclosed.
What support is included, and what costs extra?
Capterra lists support as 24/7 live representative and chat, available in the United States and Canada in English. A reviewer reported having to repeat identifying information to customer service. Costs for premium support are not publicly disclosed.
Last reviewed: November 4, 2026
