Herd

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Overview

About Herd

Herd is a comprehensive communication platform that seamlessly connects every member of your school community. Herd understands the unique needs of students, teachers, administrators, and parents, and designed the platform to provide them with unique benefits and seamless support. Private communication network brings all stakeholders together on one platform, simplifying communication and saving time for everyone involved. For students, Herd offers a collaborative environment where they can easily connect with their peers and teachers, share resources, and receive personalized messages and updates. It empowers students to stay engaged, foster meaningful relationships, and excel in their academic journey. Teachers benefit from Herd's intuitive interface, enabling them to communicate effortlessly with students and parents. They can send direct messages, push notifications, and announcements, and even create personalized groups for targeted communication. With Herd, teachers can streamline their communication strategy, enhance parent-teacher collaboration, and ensure student success. Administrators gain complete oversight and management of all communication channels through Herd's...

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Herd Features

Features of Herd
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Calendar Management
Collaboration Tools
Discussions/Forums
Document Management
@mentions
Screen Sharing
Secure Data Storage
Task Management

Herd Integrations

ClassLink logo
ClassLink
Canvas logo
Canvas
iSAMS logo
iSAMS
PowerSchool logo
PowerSchool
Skyward CRM logo
Skyward CRM
Blackboard logo
Blackboard

Customer Reviews

See why people love Herd

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Melissa H.

Verified User

Primary/ Secondary Education · 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months
Dec 22, 2025

Best Parent-Teacher App!

Herd has been a huge improvement to our district's parent-teacher communication strategy. Before I was having to use 5 different apps to communicate with my children's teachers, but with Herd all messaging is in one secure place where it's so simple to quickly interact with teachers when needed.

What they liked
  • Herd finally gives me the chance to keep all my kids updates and info in one single place
  • All teacher communication is easy to access and respond to when needed
Room for improvement
  • None at all
  • Herd has been a breeze, and is so easy to set up
Switched From

Finally the school district decided to make the move, loving it!

Robert B.

Verified User

Education Management · 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months
Dec 22, 2025

Robert Bost review for Herd

I Love the app and I have only "Herd" good thing from our parents and teachers about their experiences.

What they liked
  • If I had to pick one feature or function I liked the most about Herd it would have to be the customer service
  • From my first email reaching out to the company, I have always felt like a priority to them and I have always been treated fair and quickly
Room for improvement
  • The mobile app on my phone is really easy to understand and use so training people on how to use the app wasn't really needed
  • that is usually something I struggle with when using technologies in our school
  • So as of now I have had no Cons
Switched From

these applications were very expensive for the few and flawed function they offered.

Spencer M.

Verified User

Primary/ Secondary Education · 501-1000 employees

Used daily for free trial
Dec 22, 2025

Lightweight Solution to set up and start using

Easy to setup and use

What they liked
  • Simple Integration with ClassLink and zero IT maintenance going forward required
Room for improvement
  • Still waiting on some improvements that are currently on the roadmap
Why they chose it

"Better UX"

Laurie S.

Verified User

Primary/ Secondary Education · 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years
Dec 22, 2025

Excellent Communication Hub!

Herd has been a huge success at our school! Students and Teachers are using Herd a ton, and our admins couldn’t be happier with this platform. It makes school communication simple and safe as it should be. The all-in-one approach to Herd is what truly sets them apart!

What they liked

Herd allows our school to simply oversee all communications, and ensure that messages between students and teachers are safe and relevant

Room for improvement
  • Can’t think of any cons at the moment
  • This is an excellent platform
Switched From

Many more features and safety protocol with Herd.

Taylor F.

Verified User

Primary/ Secondary Education · 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months
Dec 22, 2025

Perfect for my Classes and Teams!

Herd is truly a blessing! Has finally made it easy and effective to get in touch with all my students and ensure that my announcements are being read and received! Love this app!

What they liked
  • Herd makes it so simple to easily manage and communicate with all my students and athletes from day to day
  • And best of all, my kids participate so much more than ever before
  • Herd is very familiar to students and they enjoy using it
Room for improvement
  • None
  • This app is exactly what our school needed
Switched From

Much easier application that students love to use much more!

Najdia H.

Verified User

E-Learning · 51-200 employees

Used daily for free trial
May 28, 2026

PERFECT for Online Classes

Verified reviewer

What they liked
  • My students are able to effectively communicate amongst one another, and sometimes my students answer questions that my students may need answered for me
  • I LOVE seeing my class working so well together
Room for improvement
  • I myself do not have any cons at the moment
Switched From

Did not allow students to converse with each other

Christian I.

Verified User

Education Management · 501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months
May 28, 2026

This app is AMAZING!!!

Verified reviewer

What they liked

Sometimes I forget to tell my students something important that they need to known for the next in-class lecture, and I really enjoy being able to make quick and important announcements to keep me from having to tell them the next day

Room for improvement
  • I don't experience any downsides to using Herd as of now
Switched From

Remind's "Chat" function had too many flaws to continue paying for.

Ryan B.

Verified User

Education Management · 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months
May 28, 2026

I LOVE this app.

I have loved using this software, I will be sure to use it as long as I work in education and I cant wait to see what new features Herd offers next.

What they liked
  • I really enjoy the simplicity of the app
  • The app also offers a lot of abilities for teachers and administrators like myself to use that make our jobs faster and easier
Room for improvement
  • I do not have any critiques at the time

William D.

Verified User

E-Learning · 1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months
May 28, 2026

My favorite Class Tool is HERD

Verified reviewer

What they liked
  • The Company's customer service is amazing
  • They are always very nice and they reply very fast
Room for improvement
  • I do not have any serious Cons at the time, but I would like to see a feature that allows me to change the color of my app
  • I did ask if that was something I could do in a meeting with the Tech Support and they told me they were working on that function right now

Keith M.

Verified User

Professional Training & Coaching · 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months
May 28, 2026

Replaced annoying group texts for Coach/Team communication

Has been a great replacement to our previous email list/group chat way of doing things

What they liked

It is one single app that everyone on the team can use instead of going through email lists or group chats

Room for improvement
  • It would be nice to be able to personalize push notification settings
Why they chose it

"Better UI.Less spam notifications from group chat"

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