Senior Systems vs. Slate for Admissions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Senior Systems
Score 4.0 out of 10
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Senior Systems, a Momentive Software (formerly Community Brands) company, offers their school management system to K-12 private and independent schools, including the Ascendance database for student data and admissions management, and the Radius platform to integrate Admissions, Accounting, Academics and Advancement.N/A
Slate for Admissions
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Slate is a platform for admissions and enrollment management, student success, and alumni/advancement, from Technolutions in New Haven. Designed and developed exclusively for higher education, Slate by Technolutions supports the student and donor lifecycle, and provides a unified interface to CRM, outreach and communications, travel management, online applications, online reading, student success and retention, and alumni and donor engagement.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Senior SystemsSlate for Admissions
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Student and Faculty Administration
Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
Senior Systems
6.4
1 Ratings
25% below category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Registration Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Roster Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Customization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Student Data Security7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Community Support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Class Scheduling7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance Support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Senior SystemsSlate for Admissions
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
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10.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
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7.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Senior SystemsSlate for Admissions
Likelihood to Recommend
VenturEd Solutions
Senior Systems school software is great for small schools looking for a software package that can be implemented across many departments in the school at a reasonable price. Senior Systems does offer on boarding and training to help learn the system but continuing training is difficult though also necessary. Senior's admissions software modules leave much to be desired though they have purchased Ravenna which offers a top-of-the-line option that blends very well with Senior.
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Technolutions
I would recommend Slate, by Technolutions for any higher education institution, big or small. Though there is a higher cost associated with Slate than most other options, it's well worth the price. The level of detail that you're able to gather, maintain, and query on within your student data is far beyond anything I've experienced with other systems. These insights help you pinpoint areas for action and improvement so that you can pivot when necessary, helping you reach your enrollment goals quicker and more efficiently.
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Pros
VenturEd Solutions
  • A broad-based, unified platform that can be used in many areas across campus.
  • Robust database that is very customizable.
  • A web-based platform that can be used on any device.
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Technolutions
  • Managing contacts.
  • Smart communications (drip email campaigns).
  • Real-time data management.
  • End-to-end control of product (or instance of).
  • Allows for easy to implement segmentation via smart rules and queries (data sets).
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Cons
VenturEd Solutions
  • Outdated look and feel for internal and external customers.
  • Somewhat complicated and tough to learn; it's not very intuitive.
  • Customer service response times and support leave something to be desired.
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Technolutions
  • Being able to have students register at an event without needing a wifi network
  • Easier way to update records for individuals who move to a different organization
  • Being able to start an application first without needing to immediately set up a user name and password.
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Usability
VenturEd Solutions
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Technolutions
It's incredibly usable and easy to figure out. It's modern and does exactly what we need for it to do
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Support Rating
VenturEd Solutions
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Technolutions
While I do wish they had actual representatives that we able to come to you for trainings for implementation and new users, I understand that a big draw is the money that is saved by instead investing in knowledgebase, which is it's online tutorials for different functions of Slate.
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Alternatives Considered
VenturEd Solutions
On the admissions front, SchoolAdmin beats the Senior Admissions module hands down for ease of use, performance, customer service, and reliability. We have had no downtime issues with Senior but regularly experienced downtime issues with Senior. School Admin is also very intuitive and easy to learn and use. Senior has a much steeper learning curve.
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Technolutions
We had been on Recruitment Plus- it has been sunsetted, so we were forced to move. I also looked at Fire Engine Red. Slate seemed far and away the most robust CRM/Admissions solution.
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Return on Investment
VenturEd Solutions
  • A fairly priced system.
  • [The] convenience of having to manage only one system and database.
  • Senior is long overdue for an update and refresh to make it look modern and to make it more easy and intuitive to use.
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Technolutions
  • We aren't really a business, per se, but a nonprofit university. However, Slate[, by Technolutions] does allow us to easily sort applications into categories for different departments to review. And it provides a clear trail of who is looking at various documents when--and how long it takes to process them.
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