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Ellucian Ethos vs. Lightning Tools DeliverPoint

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ellucian Ethos

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AThe Ellucian Ethos Framework is a data integration platform designed for higher education institutions and their business structures. The Ethos Framework can be extended to include other Ellucian products for greater analytics, workflow, and mobile capacities.N/A

    Lightning Tools DeliverPoint

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    DeliverPoint supports reporting and managing SharePoint permissions. Site Owners, Site Collection Administrators, and SharePoint Administrators can run permission reports that reflect the permissions of every user. Site collections, Teams Channels, Hub Sites, SharePoint Sites, OneDrive, Lists, Folders and Items can all be reported on individually or in bulk. Permissions can be modified, transferred, copied or deleted between accounts as staff changes occur.

    $2,500

    per year per installation

    Pricing
    Ellucian EthosLightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    DeliverPoint OnPrem
    From $1950
    per year per installation
    DeliverPoint OnPrem Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year per installation
    DeliverPoint Online
    From $2500
    per year per installation
    DeliverPoint Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
    POA
    per year per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ellucian EthosLightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices listed are starting prices for "stock" product. $2.50 per user/year on top of base price Enterprise product is designed for 10,000+ users, and can be customised if required to meet business needs. Prices are based on 12 month contract from 1st purchase month. Installation included in price. Full technical support available. Online versions will have access to free product updates during contract period.
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    Features
    Ellucian EthosLightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Ellucian Ethos and Lightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Lightning Tools DeliverPoint
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built connectors8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Ellucian Ethos and Lightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Feature
    Ellucian Ethos
    -
    Ratings
    Lightning Tools DeliverPoint
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    ID-Management Access Control00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ellucian EthosLightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ellucian EthosLightning Tools DeliverPoint
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ellucian
    Ethos Integration is a work in progress. Some API's are still not available under this framework. However, it has the advantage of being an abstraction layer on top of the database, supports the publish-subscribe model. Since some Banner 9 modules still do not support the direct SAML2 connection, Ethos Identity (EIS Server) is a necessity for SSO.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    Copy user permissions through the whole sites of SharePoint farm
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    Pros
    Ellucian
    • It allows connection between systems that are completely different
    • It allows you to use workflows in terms of if one thing happens in one system you can "notify" multiple subscribers to take actions
    • It has analytics to provide you insights into your applications
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    • Discover Site Permisions
    • Sheduled reports of required lists, libraries, sites...
    • Compact set of commands which works with user permissions
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    Cons
    Ellucian
    • Operational reporting: This does not replace or provide an easy platform for operational reports or warehousing. It would be nice if they provided a full stack.
    • Learning curve: Training and documentation are minimal.
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    Lightning Tools
    • Linking basic information to the object selected in the left panel (site structure view)
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    Usability
    Ellucian
    Part of our issues could be from the original set up, but also because the system does not allow flexibility.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Ellucian
    Support from Ellucian for Ethos Integration was generally good. The help in building Ethos was adequate, and resolving issues were handled professionally. However, for Ethos Identity module, the support in building the cluster failover architecture was lacking. After over a month of open engagement, the issue still has not been resolved.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Ellucian
    We have not used any other product similar to this, but for us, it made sense that the first product we tried was made by the company who developed our ERP system because they know the system inside/out. Solutions made by other companies that only look into documentation does not mean they would be able to create a product that could do such integration well.
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    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Ellucian
    • Our ROI is nonexistent at this time as we are still implementing. However, the minimal cost signifies that it will be a significant help.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    • Speeds up the management of user permissions
    • Provides a comprehensive overview of permissions and settings of individual security levels across areas of company informations
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    Screenshot of CONTEXTUAL SHAREPOINT PERMISSION REPORTING
SharePoint Permissions are not just the responsibility of IT. Business Users (Content Owners) can create sites, lists, libraries and of course list and library content. The business user is capable of sharing the content with internal users, but perhaps also external users. Sharing such content can result in users gaining permissions to sites or content not intended to be shared. For example, if a site is shared, the user who the site is shared with becomes a member of the members group by default. That members group may have Edit permissions to other sites or content elsewhere within the site collection. DeliverPoint gives visibility of such permissions to support better SharePoint permission decisions from within the Site, List or Library itself.Screenshot of GRANULAR SHAREPOINT CONTENT PERMISSION REPORTS
The DeliverPoint Discover Permissions report displays a full transparent report of all users that have permissions to the site, list/library or item. This displays what permissions each account has to the selected object, as well as how the permissions were assigned. Filter can be used for each user to check for duplicate permissions, filter by Permission Level to see which users are granted each permission level, and also filter by the ‘Permissioned Via’ column to see who has received permissions via a particular SharePoint, Microsoft 365 Group, or Azure AD Security group. The Discover Permissions report can be executed against multiple documents or items, lists and within the site or subsites.Screenshot of EXTERNAL SHARING LINKS REPORTING AND MANAGEMENT
Within SharePoint, users can share links with anyone, internal users and external users. DeliverPoint provides an External Sharing Links report that can be used within a site or across sites. The user can see who shared the link, when they shared the link, and optionally remove the link if it’s required.Screenshot of REPORT AND MANAGE PERMISSIONS FROM WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS
DeliverPoint is also available within Microsoft Teams. Team Owners can produce Microsoft Teams Permission reports within their Teams Channels and across Private Channels. The reports provide confidence and assurance that permissions are set correctly and that sharing isn’t out of control. Changes to permissions can be made contextually within a Team or centrally across multiple Teams should permissions need to be removed or managed.Screenshot of MANAGE SHAREPOINT PERMISSIONS
Using DeliverPoint, Site Owners, Site Collection Administrators and Tenant Administrators can manage permissions across the objects that they have Full Control to. Within organizations, users change roles, leave organizations, or join organizations. Making permission changes to accounts to reflect these changes is time consuming. DeliverPoint can be used to simply select the scope to change, and perform the change as one operation. The operations include Transfer, Delete, Copy or Revoke Permissions.Screenshot of UNIQUE PERMISSION REPORTING
The DeliverPoint Unique Permissions Report enables Site Collection Administrators or SharePoint Administrators to view the permissions assigned to a specific user account or group throughout site collections. The report includes all Microsoft 365 Groups, SharePoint Groups and Active Directory Security Groups that the user is a member of. A list of Site Permissions, List Permissions and Item Permissions that the user has been assigned permissions to are listed, allowing  the permissions to be removed or transferred if they are incorrect.