Orah vs. Veracross

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
Veracross
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Veracross is a student information system and has several modules, including Admission, Academics, Development, etc. all sharing a single database.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OrahVeracross
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
OrahVeracross
Student and Faculty Administration
Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
Orah
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Ratings
Veracross
9.8
5 Ratings
14% above category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Online Registration Management00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings9.15 Ratings
Roster Management00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Platform Customization00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Student Data Security00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Community Support00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings9.83 Ratings
Compliance Support00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.9
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
OrahVeracross
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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Veracross
Veracross is software that can be highly recommended to anyone in the education industry. Veracross offers a breadth of services varying from administration to student-parent communication. The unique abilities that Veracross offers such as email reminders, attendance management, billing, and payment processing, and attendance tracking have made my job as an administrative support manager so much easier and more productive here at Teachables.
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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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Veracross
  • mobile-friendly portal for staffulty, parents, and students
  • built-in or easy-to-configure integration with other systems (for example, RankOne and Naviance)
  • targeted messaging based on data within the system
  • "where is student now?" is one-click away
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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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Veracross
  • Normally it has everything I need for my work, today I was able to make a video call and chat from my cell phone and this adds more positive points to Veracross.
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Likelihood to Renew
Orah (Previously Boardingware)
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Veracross
We will continue to use Veracross for the simple fact that we have one database across all of the departments in our school. Veracross continues to listen to customer feedback and improve and enhance the system.
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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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Veracross
LOVE the Technical Response Team - the first line of help at Veracross. I can quickly submit a ticket and receive a response knowing that they have looked in our system and know what we are trying to do! Our account manager is also amazing! So nice to have a person within the company who knows our school and our needs!
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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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Veracross
Veracross has better built-in integrations with other platforms/systems. IT is much simpler and easy to use. It keeps records in a much simpler way and can be accessed through different modes of reporting. It is very easy to keep track of the progress in any training, project, or assignment with Veracross.
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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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Veracross
  • Not sure, but our school has been using it for years, so it must be worth it. Veracross is good about updating and adding features.
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