Lynx 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Lynx

4.8

(37)

Pricing

Starting at $1,795.00 one time

About Lynx

Lynx is a school bus routing platform that helps educational institutions create efficient transportation routes for their district. The software assists users in creating and/or consolidating routes to maintain their day-to-day routes. It helps contractors streamline their work by using one application to manage multiple districts. Key features include fuel tracking, reporting and fleet maintenance.

Lynx provides a driver portal that makes it easy for drivers to see what students they are picking up as well as their assigned and open field trips from one central location. Additionally, the student query function provides access to all student information, allowing school administrators to filter by grade level, map zones and other classifications in order to create custom reports.

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Lynx Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $1,795.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$1,795.00

per feature, one time

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Lynx Features

Popular features found in School Bus Routing
Attendance Management
Dispatch Management
Driver Management
Mobile Access
Parent Portal
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Student Information/Records
Territory Management
More features of Lynx
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Billing & Invoicing
Calendar Management
Communication Management
Compliance Management
Cost Tracking
Data Import/Export
Directions
Document Management
Drag & Drop
Driver ETA
Employee Management
Equipment Maintenance
Field Trip Management
Fleet Management
For Schools
Fuel Tracking
GPS
Historical Reporting
Inspection Management
Inventory Management
Job Management
K-12
Live Driver Tracking
Maintenance Scheduling
Multi-Location
Parts Management
Performance Metrics
Preventive Maintenance
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Updates
Reminders
Repair Tracking
Route History
Route Optimization
Search/Filter
Self Service Portal
Service History
SMS Messaging
Status Tracking
Task Scheduling
Third-Party Integrations
Timesheet Management
Tire Management
Transportation Management
Trip Logs
Vehicle Information
Vehicle Maintenance
Vehicle Management
Warranty Tracking
Work Order Management

Lynx Integrations

Synergy

Infinite Campus SIS

Skyward Student Management Suite

Lynx User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

84%

16%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.8

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.6

Paula H.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Exceptional Service

[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] are always extremely helpful with troubleshooting any issues and updating the program to help the routing software be more efficient for our transportation department. We just recently asked for some help in creating new routes and they were extremely fast importing the data and getting the information back to us quickly!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This routing software is extremely easy to use and set up for your specific needs.

Cons:

Our county is unique in that we use a lot of fire numbers as addresses. Makes it harder for Lynx to pinpoint the correct address.

Reasons for choosing Lynx

Lynx is extremely user friendly and quick to pick up on.

Patrick C.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

Lynx

Lynx helps me on a daily basis with keeping my data accurate and current and is a huge time saver because managing the data is usually simple and easy to learn.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the ease of use and the personal Tech Support.

Cons:

I don't understand when searching a particular student and I use the drop down to choose the different categories that can be included, some of the categories that I would like are not listed as an option, however many others are that I'll likely never use.

Reasons for choosing Lynx

Ease of use, personal tech support and overall value.

Vendor Response

Good morning Pat! Please contact us if you have any questions or are having any problems with the software. We want to help!!

Replied February 2020

Kevin K.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

Lynx Review

Overall, Lynx does what we wanted it to do. It is a little more complicated than we expected but it houses the data we needed it to house and we can generate reports out that we needed it generate. It is not a very nice looking, user centric program but it does a lot of heavy lifting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The functionality of the software for the price is very good. It gets the job done that we needed to have done. The different report and search options are very helpful. After you are trained it is relatively easy to use. The customer support is outstanding.

Cons:

The data sync is a little clunky. It would be nice if it were cloud based with a better connection to our student information system. The end user interface is not very user friendly or intuitive. When we have questions this generally results in a call to support. However, the support team is always excellent. It is just time consuming to have to call in everytime.

Reasons for choosing Lynx

At the end of the selection process it came down to what was more familiar. Our transportation director knew several districts around us that used Lynx and was comfortable in knowing she had colleagues that used it.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review and your honesty Kevin! We've made several improvements to the data sync which is now based in the cloud. We are seeing drastically reduced issues. We continue to improve the user interface but transportation logistics is inherently complicated. We will always do our best to serve you!!

Replied February 2021

Geary C.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2020

best software for $

been using for over 16 years,ive had the option to purchase the more expensive softwares and ive stayed with Lynx, it does what they say it will do.Customer service is second to none

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

easy to use, contains all the information in one software that a transportation director needs

Cons:

navigation of reports is a little tricky

Reasons for choosing Lynx

see above

Reasons for switching to Lynx

surprise expenses, charges for map updates ,difficult customer service

CAROLINE C.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed June 2024

First Year Experiencing Lynx

Once I began to learn the properties of the program, I found out how useful and easy Lynx is to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

How easy it is to access and use and the support that is provided for new users.

Cons:

Not knowing how to use all that is available.

Katie C.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2023

Lynx is a must have!

Lynx software is easy to navigate and is 100% critical in my daily tasks. We would not be able to manage all of our school bus routes/trips without it. Our drivers find the route reports easy to read and absolutely necessary. We are able to bill out our trip tickets and organize all of our school field trips and extra curriculars very easily and quickly. And anytime I have a question or need help with a task I know that [sensitive content hidden] is only a phone call away!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There's lots to love about this software but I most especially appreciate the customer service!

Cons:

I have been using Lynx for many years and haven't found something I dislike yet!

Virginia B.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2023

Tremendous Customer Service!

The company, software, and personnel are priceless. We love working along side them, and we use the software every day for routing, contacts, maps, etc.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer service is top priority with [sensitive content hidden]! We love to work with them, they are terrific.

Cons:

I don't like the inability to change the direction in the route maps. I.E. will not let you drag without creating another stop.

Tim M.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2023

Lyx is Super!

The product is solid and can do so much with a short learning curve which makes it easy to get up and running. Makes my job easier.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use for me makes it effective, I can formulate routes move students and create rosters with ease as well as optimize routes with minimal hassle.

Cons:

I can't really say anything I dislike about it.

Michael M.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2023

Wisconsin Rapids Lynx

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The lynx program is very easy to use. Easy to look students up, easy to move around

Cons:

the least part of the program is that we wish we could click on a button or a tab to print all the route sheets instead of having to go into each route and printing them

Vendor Response

Good morning! In regards to the cons. You can actually do this in Lynx. Just select the routes in the routes pane, then right click and select the report you wish to print for the selected routes. Please contact us if you have any questions on how to do this. Thank you!

Replied April 2023

Ann S.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2023

Nekoosa Lynx