--- description: Learn more about SIMS price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: SIMS Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [School Administration Software](/directory/20014/school-administration/software) > [SIMS](/software/134929/sims) # SIMS Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134929/sims Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134929/sims?page=2) > ERP system that covers the administrative needs of schools through financial management and engaging the entire school community. > > Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 9 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses SIMS? Management information tool for primary, secondary, independent, international, special schools and multi-academy trusts that helps with parental engagement, school improvement, and learning gateway. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 9 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Capita Business Services ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Pricing Details**: Contact Capita Business Services for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United Kingdom ## Features - Admissions Management - Assessment Management - Attendance Tracking - Curriculum Management - Financial Management - Online Calendar - Online Payments - Parent/Student Portal - Reporting/Analytics ## Category - [School Administration Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/20014/school-administration/software) ## Alternatives 1. [KINDERPEDIA](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/174857/kinderpedia) — 4.8/5 (165 reviews) 2. [Procare Solutions](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/23486/procare-child-care-management) — 4.6/5 (2749 reviews) 3. [eSkooly](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/183101/eskooly) — 4.4/5 (142 reviews) 4. [brightwheel](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/144060/brightwheel) — 4.7/5 (3254 reviews) 5. [Canvas](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/127214/canvas) — 4.6/5 (4309 reviews) ## Reviews ### "3 years of using" — 3.0/5 > **Waseem** | *18 January 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10 > > **Pros**: Only few things 1- the ability to create custom report is great (sometime) but need a lot of training (which they provide only by money) and need to check the report multiple time to make sure it’s accurate. 2- creating your own template/marksheet is good, but not user friendly at all and one mistake will be disaster. You need to be extremely careful and to make changes to it is very very hard. 3- the functionality of creating report cars for individual is kinda good because it’s allowing you to build report using word and attach the data as tags. But not easy to use also. And has a lot of bugs > > **Cons**: Support is very very bad and it might take up to months to solve issue. And in most of the case they don’t solve or they will let you read 800 pages to find the answer your way. They don’t know the answer to anything Very bad user friendly even for the new product called next gen Very hard to use If you make mistakes you need to do a lot of works to remove it. The software needs training by them which they offer for big price which doesn’t make any sense, company like this should offer training for free Even if you do get trained they won’t cover everything and you will need their help eventually. The contract they hook you up with is quite bad and no exit from it. > > Not good but also not bad except for the wasting time on small tasks to complete. ----- ### "SIMS Feedback" — 5.0/5 > **Sanjiv** | *13 September 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's really good software. Full eco system available with company related to education domain. > > **Cons**: Now this product own by ParentPay group. Need to change the logo > > Awesome Software ----- ### "An amazing teaching tool that I could not live without" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *09 January 2018* > > **Pros**: The ability to take registers, view registers and look at a history of register at the click of a button. The ability to create and run a wide variety of reports on all aspects of school life. The ease of use of running these reports once they are set up and the speed at which it provides accurate data which can be exported to other formats. The assessment and data collection sections which again can be fully customised and utilised to display the data set that is needed from individual students to whole school data. The amount of information you can store about individuals to ensure that everything you need is in one place and you don't have to collect information from different pieces fo software. > > **Cons**: It can sometimes be difficult to create initial reports and it would be nice to have a section fo templates to choose from when initially creating reports. The messaging service could be more user friendly with an inbox and outbox system to make messaging through the software much easier. ----- ### "Sims" — 5.0/5 > **Rachael** | *20 November 2019* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like using Sims it's easy to use and very fun and I always recommend it. Easy to navigate and find things. > > **Cons**: Sometimes it freezes the electronic I'm using it on but not very often sometimes it can be slow but that usually during an update. > > Very good, awesome. Won't use generic version of it because they aren't as good. Will always recommend to others. ----- ### "SIMS Review" — 4.0/5 > **Benjamin** | *04 December 2018* | Civic & Social Organization | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use with teachers able to take and view registers without any issues. Also allows synchronisation with other software > > **Cons**: The interface often feels slow and clunky to use. 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