CatapultCMS

RATING:

4.6

(23)

About CatapultCMS

Catapult CMS from Catapult K12 is a content management system (CMS) for K12 schools to create and manage their websites. The system is designed to enable all staff to maintain and update the content of the school website including any text, images, videos, documents and links. ADA-compliant templates plus content review and editing by the Catapult K12 team ensure that websites are accessible per WCAG 2.1 standards.

CatapultCMS Pricing

One-time setup is as low as $500 and $50 per month. Multi-site, multi-product discounts apply. Please contact us for an accurate quote.

Starting price: 

$99.00 per month

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

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CatapultCMS Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for CatapultCMS

1 - 5 of 23 Reviews

Jody

Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2021

Great Product!

Everyone at Catapult has been great to work with. We wanted a website that represented who we are, the new design definitely delivered on that expectation.

PROS

Catapult is so easy to use! Our previous website was clunky and hard to manage, we had to contact the developer any time we wanted to add pictures or make any other changes. Catapult has made it easy to make the changes ourselves.

CONS

The only thing we wish we could do that we can't is the ability to integrate ParentSquare into the website.

Reason for choosing CatapultCMS

Catapult's website development team took the time to understand our school and what we needed on our website. The cost was affordable and we really liked that they were a local company.

Reasons for switching to CatapultCMS

The website was hard to manage and did not accurately represent our school.

Vendor Response

Wonderful, Jody! We are happy to hear you are enjoying your websites and finding it easy to use!

Replied November 2021

Michael

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2021

Economical Basic Website Manager with Good Customer Service

The biggest plus to our work with Catapult has been the great customer service and ability to work with the developers. At one point when it was described to me the 58 step process (no joke - I saw the list) of publishing our monthly school board meetings, I analyzed where the bulk of those steps occurred and worked with a company developer to show him the problem and my suggested solution. Within a couple of weeks, an hour long process just to post the monthly agenda was down to 15 minutes.

PROS

They helped transition us from our last website manager to their platform and provided good basic personalized training and some ongoing support. With some basic training of users, maintenance is fairly easy. I also like that there is basically a "splash page" from which I can quickly go back and forth from our various Catapult platform products.

CONS

Heavy reliance on pre-done templates and layouts. Years ago when I worked in Dreamweaver I found there to be a really good balance there of greater flexibility in my editing that I get often frustrated with using Catapult CMS.

Reason for choosing CatapultCMS

Pricing and ease of transfer.

Reasons for switching to CatapultCMS

Very outdated interface, clunky to work with. CMS was definitely a step up.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, Michael! We are glad to hear training and support has been a strong suit for our team and hope you are still finding the interface user-friendly and beneficial! We encourage you to reach out to support@catapultk12.com to address any concerns or frustrations you may still be having so that we can provide any immediate or long-term solutions. Happy to help!

Replied December 2021

Amy

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed October 2021

A great software for someone with little experience

Overall it has been good. There have been ways I have found to work around the limited components available and the support team has been amazing.

PROS

I love that it is easy to use. It is simple and easy to train additional staff if needed.

CONS

You are locked down to very limited templates and components. It has a lot of clutter on the home page and not many options to remove or re-arrange how you want things to look. If you upload documents/images to one page, it does not carry over to other pages so you need to re-upload a lot of content. There is no options to create re-directs or shorten URLs. If you publish to preview only, the page publishes overnight so very difficult to work on pages and put them into the review.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback! We are happy to hear CatapultCMS is easy to use and train your staff members! Please reach out to support@catapultk12.com regarding your concerns and suggestions. Our team is happy to work with you and ensure you have the best customer experience!

Replied December 2021

Michelle

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2021

Easy to use & stellar customer service

Overall, our experience has been very positive. It is a pleasure to use the software and all interactions with customer service are great.

PROS

We switched from another educational website software company mostly because it was so difficult and cumbersome to use. Catapult is so user-friendly, making updates is very easy. And the customer service is amazing, every time. So responsive.

CONS

Only one editor can publish a section at a time. Doesn't integrate well with google calendar. The horizontal banner is sometimes difficult when formatting images in the space.

Reason for choosing CatapultCMS

user-friendly, pricing, customer service

Reasons for switching to CatapultCMS

Old software was not user-friendly, with restrictive templates, funky text formatting.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback and for letting us know which areas are working well for you! Our team makes note of any cons and actively works to address them for an even better customer experience. Please feel free to reach out to us directly if you have any questions or requests!

Replied September 2021

Sean

Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2021

Great website and content management tool

Communicating seamlessly and timely with all stakeholders in a way that they can all access.

PROS

CatapultCMS is intuitive and easy to use. Users can easily edit and add to their websites. The integration with mass notification and an app creates a powerful and integrated communication platform.

CONS

There could be more robust editing tools and it would be easier if all subpages were linked to the main page rather than having to link them as an external website. This would also make it easier to link the subpages back to the home page.

Reason for choosing CatapultCMS

Cost, features, support, felt like my business meant something to Catapult, desire to listen to and hear feedback.

Reasons for switching to CatapultCMS

Cost, ease of use, integrated communication platform.

Vendor Response

Thanks, Sean! Your feedback is greatly appreciated and we are happy to hear you are having an easy user experience! Our team really considers your suggestions whenever we have releases!

Replied November 2021