MySchoolBucks

• School districts collecting meal and activity payments

  One platform for meal accounts and other fees such as athletics, field trips, parking passes, student IDs and fundraisers.

• Parents paying school lunches

  Free account and app to add money to meal accounts, set a minimum balance with AutoPay and see purchases.

• School software vendors

  Payment and financial-data APIs, a no-code Pay Express checkout and single sign-on for district applications.

• Student meal payments

  Parents manage a student's meal account and pay online or in the app, with balances and recent purchases visible.

• AutoPay and low-balance funding

  Parents can set a minimum balance so funds are added automatically.

• Online school store

  Schools add items to an online store that parents browse and pay through.

• Student invoicing

  Assign fees to students and notify parents automatically when a payment is due.

• Program registration

  Set up programs for online enrolment with automated billing.

• Event tickets

  Sell tickets online and track sales for school events.

• In-person payments (MySchoolBucks Anywhere)

  Staff accept cash, cheque or card payments from parents on site.

• Mobile app for parents

  Free app to pay, receive school messages and links, and view account activity.

• Developer APIs

  Pay API and Pay Express for payments, an API to pull payment data for reconciliation, and SAML 2.0 single sign-on.

• Student information system sync

  Sync student data and rosters between MySchoolBucks and the school's SIS.

Pricing model

Quote only; program fee may be charged

No prices are published for schools. Signing up as a family is free, and the vendor's FAQ says a Program Fee may be charged on transactions, shown on screen before payment; the school or district may remit it instead. No fee amount is stated.

Compared with the 23 products in School, Hospital & Contract Food Service that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

• Names 17 integrations. The median in this category is 2.
• One of 10 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 8 products in this category with an Android app. 23 products in this category state their platforms.
• The category's 10 most-named integration partners are PowerSchool, Aeries, DATEV, Skyward, Sysco, US Foods, Account Tree, ACEware Systems, Active Directory, Aeries SIS. Of these, this product's listing names PowerSchool, Aeries, Skyward, Account Tree, ACEware Systems.

Accounting

Tyler TechnologiesAccount Tree

Other

PowerSchoolSkywardAeriesInfinite CampusEdupointFollettClasslinkFrontline EducationIncident IQZobrioACEware SystemsKids Care CenterPick A TimeGreenlightGiftCrowd

The list is a selection from Heartland School Solutions' integrations page, which groups partners into student information systems, resource management, student programs and financial data management. Greenlight (a debit card for kids) and GiftCrowd (teacher gifting) are perks for families. The school meal point-of-sale and nutrition systems that feed meal accounts are not named on the vendor's site.

Available in

United States

Languages

English, Español, العربية, Tiếng Việt

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Apps

MySchoolBucks: Parent app to add funds, pay fees and view purchases

Hardware

None stated.

The vendor says it serves schools across the United States.

Company

Heartland Payment Systems, LLC

Headquarters

Rochester, United States

Customers named by the vendor

Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Leeds City Schools

Security and compliance

PCI standards (stated for partners)

Support

A dedicated support team, a help centre with FAQs and how-to videos; schools get setup help and training per the vendor. Heartland School Solutions is at 765 Jefferson Road, Rochester NY.

Built for

Contract food service

Focus

General-purpose, used in food businesses

Status

Active

Website

myschoolbucks.com

• PaySchools

  PaySchools is school payment and nutrition software for US K-12 districts, now sold as part of i3 Education, a division of i3 Verticals.

  Names 10 integrations, against 17 for MySchoolBucks.

• PrimeroEdge

  PrimeroEdge is school nutrition software from Cybersoft Technologies, covering menu planning, production records, inventory, point of sale, student meal eligibility and catering for K-12 school districts.

  Runs on iOS, against Web, iOS and Android for MySchoolBucks.

• LunchTime Software

  LunchTime is school lunch software for US K-12 districts and private schools.

  Runs on Web and Windows, against Web, iOS and Android for MySchoolBucks.

• MealSuite

  MealSuite is foodservice software for senior living and healthcare communities.

  Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for MySchoolBucks.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

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• MySchoolBucks vs CBORD
• MySchoolBucks vs Civica Catering Management
• MySchoolBucks vs Computrition
• MySchoolBucks vs Cypad
• MySchoolBucks vs Delegate Foodservice Software
• MySchoolBucks vs PaySchools vs PrimeroEdge
• MySchoolBucks vs Caterklick vs Delegate Foodservice Software vs MealSuite

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Program fee amount and any school-side pricing
• Which school meal POS and nutrition systems it connects to
• Contract terms
• Founding year, employee count
• Details from the vendor's meals and school store product pages

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Homepagehttps://www.myschoolbucks.com
2. Schools pagehttps://info.heartlandschoolsolutions.com/msb-schools-home
3. Partners pagehttps://info.heartlandschoolsolutions.com/msb-partners-home
4. Integration partnershttps://info.heartlandschoolsolutions.com/integrations
5. Developer portalhttps://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/partner
6. FAQ and feeshttps://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/help/gethelp
7. Company story and addresshttps://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/etc/getaboutus