Frontline ERP vs KEV School Finance Platform

Frontline ERP brings human resources, finance, and payroll together for K-12 school operations. Its connected workflows cover recruiting and employee management through retirement, as well as budgeting, procurement, and payment. HR tools include position planning, compensation, benefits, onboarding, and digital employee documents. Finance and payroll features include a K-12 chart of accounts, simulated budget scenarios, journal-entry attachments, and automated pay calculations. Procurement supports configurable compliance routing and notifications for requisitions, purchase orders, and vendor management. The system tracks restricted funds, budget against actuals, and audit trails, and provides state and federal reporting with live data dashboards. The California offering is intended for school districts and County Offices of Education; the Texas offering includes TSDS, TRS, DOE, and CRDC reporting. Frontline says the product connects with Frontline SIS for real-time data and is built for AWS Cloud. It is a cloud-based web product. Frontline was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Pricing is on request, and the product page invites prospective customers to request a demo.

KEV School Finance Platform brings school payments, accounting, and reporting together through SchoolCash for K–12 districts. Schools can manage fees, fines, and fundraising across locations, while finance teams use standardized charts of accounts, district-managed vendor lists, disbursement controls, purchase order tracking, and guided reconciliation. The platform handles cash, checks, cards, and digital payments, tying transactions to students and general ledger codes. Collections, handoffs, deposit preparation, and reconciliation are time-stamped. SIS connections sync enrollment and roster information for fee assignment and balance updates; listed ERP integrations include PowerSchool, Munis, Oracle, Skyward, and Sparkrock. KEV says it provides more than 50 prebuilt reports, including tools for state reporting such as GASB and 1099s. Parents can manage fees for multiple students, receive reminders, and complete payments, signatures, and forms in one checkout. The service is cloud-deployed and web-based. KEV lists PCI DSS Level 1 certification, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, FERPA and COPPA compliance, and FINTRAC registration. Implementation includes configuration, workflow and permission setup, integration, and role-based training. Pricing is available on request; prospective customers can request a personalized demo.