Orah vs. Tyler SIS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Orah
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Boardingware, headquartered in Auckland, offers their student management system for boarding schools, built around managing the needs particular to boarding schools, such as student care and student tracking.N/A
Tyler SIS
Score 6.1 out of 10
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Tyler Technologies offers Tyler SIS, a suite of school and student management applications, including online student registration, school inventory management, Classroom 360 mobile accessible student information management for teachers, Student 360 with portal for grades, announcements, and homework for students and parents, and other features.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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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
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Ratings
Tyler SIS
9.7
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Roster Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Platform Customization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Student Data Security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Community Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compliance Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day. It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students.
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Tyler Technologies
When it comes to tracking grades and attendance or even just entering grades and attendance, this has been the best system I have used in fifteen years in education. The administrative side has many features and tools that allow us as a school or district to identify students that would benefit from specific interventions. Overall, it has been a great product for us. I am not aware of any scenarios where Tyler SIS is less appropriate than other products.
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Pros
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
  • Keeping all information organized in one place.
  • Having my entire student database at the touch of a screen.
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Tyler Technologies
  • Keeps information secure, safe, and encrypted.
  • Student information is easy to navigate when needed by authorized users.
  • Allows for teachers to have their classes organized to take attendance easily.
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Cons
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
  • I would like to see all parents having to capture weekend arrangements, whether they are going out or staying in.
  • An automatic reminder SMS sent to parents who have not made arrangements by a certain time.
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Tyler Technologies
  • So many features, many we don't know how to use.
  • We have had regular issues with the website not working.
  • Comment system for report cards needs sorting (or a search option).
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Support Rating
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
I gave this rating because Boardingware support is unbelievable. They are quick to reply and have a chat feature that they not only are there for most of the day but you can leave a note if they are not available and they get back to you very quickly. I thoroughly enjoyed any conversations I had with support from Boardingware.
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Tyler Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
Senior Systems did not work as well and the functionality from the administrative side is not as user-friendly. I often felt like it was down and not working properly, or that I could not find where certain documents are. I believe that for a boarding school community Boardingware was much more user-friendly, and did not take as many steps in order to get the job done quickly.
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Tyler Technologies
I am not familiar with another software system as I have only been in the organization when they have used Tyler SIS
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Return on Investment
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
  • We were tracking student leave by hand or by an in-house program. Both of these became inefficient and/or unusable. Having Boardingware has expedited the process. It's hard to give numbers, but we're several days ahead of where we used to be in terms of tracking students' leave for Thanksgiving break.
  • Parent involvement was always an issue, but with Boardingware parents must approve a leave before we (the school) does. This makes parents take responsibility for their child which happens less than it should.
  • Having access to flagged students with health issues makes it much easier to plan field trips. We can easily know who should have what meds or epi pens based on their Boardingware profile. Safety awareness and prevention has gone up due to this feature.
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Tyler Technologies
  • There are so many features that we have not had to buy additional products (so it saves us money).
  • Tyler SIS also makes things easier for parents by consolidating all information they need.
  • There have been many times where the website has been down, and it essentially shuts us down until the issue is resolved.
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