LiveSchool vs SchoolData Success Plans

LiveSchool is a behavior management platform for K-12 schools and districts, built around tracking behavior and using points and rewards to support positive school culture. Its tools include behavior tracking, a rewards store, House Points, hall passes, and family engagement, with support for PBIS and SEL programs. Parents, guardians, and students can use the service for free, while schools pay for staff users. The free Pilot plan covers one grade level for up to one school year. Starter is listed at $49 per staff member per year for 40 staff, and Premium is $99 per staff member per year for 40 staff. Subscriptions require at least 10 staff and a 12-month term. Educators, students, and families can sign in through a browser or use the LiveSchool Next app on iPhone, iPad, and Android. The platform supports roster synchronization and single sign-on through Clever and ClassLink. LiveSchool says it complies with FERPA and COPPA and describes encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, and default deletion of student records within 60 days after service ends, subject to legal or data-sharing requirements.

SchoolData Success Plans is a web application for K–12 schools organizing behavior interventions around antecedents, behavior and consequences. It guides educators through research-based strategies, records incidents and charts details such as time and location to reveal patterns. Districts can customize the behaviors available for incident logging. Educators create student-specific success plans with goals and accommodations, then measure their impact. Students can participate through coaching questions and contribution tracking. A scheduling table shows which students need breaks, helping interventionists plan support. Plan details appear automatically on staff Homeroom Dashboards. Success Plans is included in SchoolData’s Student Plans bundle, which coordinates several K–12 plans in one system; the bundle says plans are designed with the law in mind and include built-in fail-safes to help ensure compliance. SchoolData offers a personalized walkthrough without commitment and says most demos take 30 minutes. Its structured onboarding lasts 12 weeks and covers orientation, data connections, training, configuration, validation and handoff. Pricing is on request, with a 14-day trial listed.