Remind

Remind is a communication platform that helps educators reach students and parents. Users can message whole classes, small groups, or individuals in real time, schedule announcements, and attach photos or files. Messages can be translated into more than 90 languages. Remind uses its own numbers and email addresses to keep personal contact details private. Messages cannot be edited or deleted, though users can download and email their message history. Remind Chat is for individual K–12 teachers; its free plan includes 10 classes per account, 150 participants per class, two-way text messaging, and app integrations. Remind Hub serves learning and community groups, with administrator oversight, engagement statistics, urgent messaging, surveys, and voice calls available as an add-on. Integrations include Box, Google Classroom, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SignUp, SignUp Genius, Smore, and SurveyMonkey; Hub may provide LMS and video integrations. Access is available through iOS and Android apps, text messages, the web, and email. Remind says it has no ads and does not share information with advertisers or marketers.

Remind combines class messaging, translation, and several ways to access messages. The free Chat plan has stated class and participant limits, and message history cannot be edited or deleted.

Remind Chat suits individual K–12 teachers communicating with students and parents. Remind Hub may suit youth organizations, nonprofits, sports programs, camps, and other learning or community groups.

Remind is a school communication platform for teachers and learning communities. It suits K–12 teachers who need to reach families across languages and through more than one channel. Its free Chat plan covers everyday class messaging, while larger groups may need Hub’s expanded capacity and administration.

Overview

Teachers can contact an entire class, a small group, or an individual, and families can receive messages by app, text, web, or email. Using Remind numbers and email addresses keeps personal contact details private. Remind says it runs without ads and does not share information with advertisers or marketers.

Messages cannot be edited or deleted. That gives conversations a fixed record, but a mistaken or outdated message cannot be corrected in place; users can download and email their message history. Remind identifies FERPA, COPPA, TCPA, GDPR, the UK Age Appropriate Design Code, and ISO 27001 certification among its privacy and security standards.

Key features

Class communication and translation

Real-time two-way messaging, scheduled announcements, photos, and file attachments cover routine updates as well as replies. Translation into more than 90 languages can help teachers communicate with multilingual families without maintaining separate message threads for each language.

SMS notifications and voice messaging add reach for families who do not rely on the app. The mix of channels is useful for a school community with varied access habits, though it also means the core value is communication rather than a full learning or classroom-management suite.

Integrations and records

Composer integrations include Box, Google Classroom, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SignUp, SignUp Genius, Smore, and SurveyMonkey. Remind Hub may provide LMS and video integrations such as Canvas, Schoology, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. This gives Hub a broader organizational role, while Chat’s published integration scope is more limited.

Support is available through a Help Center and customer support, operating from 6 am to 5 pm Pacific Time, excluding regional holidays.

Pricing

Remind Chat

Remind Chat is free at no cost. It includes 10 classes per account, up to 150 participants per class, two-way text messaging, and app integrations. That makes it a practical starting point for an individual K–12 teacher with a modest number of classes. The class and participant caps may rule it out for larger programs or organizations that need centralized oversight.

Remind Hub

Remind Hub has custom pricing. It allows 100 classes per account and up to 5,000 participants per class, with administrator oversight, engagement statistics, urgent messaging, surveys, and voice calls available as an add-on. Those added controls and larger limits suit learning and community groups that need to coordinate beyond an individual teacher’s classes. The price is not a fixed published amount, so organizations should expect to assess it against their needs.

Platforms

Remind has Android and iOS apps and works on the web. Messages can also be delivered through text and email, giving families ways to stay connected without depending on a mobile app. SIS integrations are supported.

Who it's for

Remind Chat is aimed at individual K–12 teachers. Remind Hub serves learning and community groups including youth organizations, nonprofits, sports programs, and camps. Teachers who want translated two-way family messaging and can work within Chat’s class and participant limits are the clearest fit. Groups needing administrator oversight, engagement statistics, or room for substantially more participants should consider Hub.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Translation in more than 90 languages supports communication with multilingual families.
• App, SMS, web, and email access gives recipients several ways to receive messages.
• The free Chat plan includes two-way messaging and supports up to 10 classes with 150 participants per class.
• Messages use Remind contact details, and the company says it has no ads and does not share information with advertisers or marketers.

Cons

• Chat’s 150-participant-per-class cap limits its fit for larger groups.
• Messages cannot be edited or deleted, which makes correcting a sent message less straightforward.
• Hub’s custom pricing makes its cost harder to compare in advance.
• Voice calls on Hub are an add-on rather than part of the listed base plan.

Alternatives

For a broader set of school communication options, browse School Communication Software.

• Skool Loop is a free Android and iOS option for schools and parents in Australia.
• School Stream offers free family access on Android, iOS, and web; schools pay one annual fee.
• Schoolvoice has a Free Forever plan for every student with unlimited parent messaging and core features, plus an Advanced plan at $15 a year.
• TalkingPoints offers free individual-teacher access for two-way translated family messaging; schools and districts have custom pricing.
• ClassDojo provides a free core experience with teacher messaging, class points, and class story updates, as well as a paid Plus plan.
• Schoolzine SZapp is free for parents at participating schools on Android and iOS.
• ParentCom is a paid option with a free trial for school and parent communication.
• Bloomz offers Bloomz Essentials at $3 a year, with annual minimums for smaller schools and districts.

Verdict

Choose Remind if you are a K–12 teacher who wants free, two-way class messaging with translation and several ways for families to receive updates. Its strongest case is combining broad message reach with privacy-conscious contact details. Look elsewhere if your class exceeds Chat’s limits, or compare Hub’s custom-priced plan if your organization needs expanded capacity and administrative tools.