LeadSquared vs. Slate for Admissions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LeadSquared
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
LeadSquared is a marketing automation and CRM platform. It includes landing pages, email marketing, lead management, analytics, connectors, and WordPress Plugins.
$50
per month per user
Slate for Admissions
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
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
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Editions & Modules
Sales Super
$50
per month per user
LeadSquared Sales Pro
$60
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAdditional add-ons and modules available for expanded functionality.
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Community Pulse
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Features
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
7.4
39 Ratings
4% below category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor7.035 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages5.832 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization6.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting5.039 Ratings00 Ratings
List management9.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
8.5
40 Ratings
9% above category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
Lead nurturing automation10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management5.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks10.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
4.1
25 Ratings
57% below category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
Calendaring2.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
6.0
39 Ratings
12% below category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
Dashboards6.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports8.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports4.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
LeadSquared
9.0
35 Ratings
12% above category average
Slate for Admissions
-
Ratings
API10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability10.035 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(41 ratings)
10.0
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(4 ratings)
7.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LeadSquaredSlate for Admissions
Likelihood to Recommend
LeadSquared
1. Very suitable for an omnichannel business, as it can capture both online and offline lead sources and allows for follow ups. 2. Very suitable for call centers as lead and call tracking can be done very easily using LeadSquared. 3. Not very suitable for on field sales. Even though the mobile app does facilitate portability, the overall experience does not come close to the desktop version which is not feasible for an on field sales representative to use.
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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
LeadSquared
  • Call history is recorded like dialed calls, connected calls, total talktime in a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and on a custom basis.
  • The activity history of both customers, and employees are shown clearly, which help us a lot in understanding the interest of the customer, and their communication history with the organization.
  • Daily attendance history and man-days management can be done.
  • Sales performance and their values are mapped clearly.
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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
LeadSquared
  • LeadSquared is a little bit expensive compared to other slimmer products, so they need to think about it.
  • Sometimes LeadSquared gets stuck when I use it to run a large campaign, I would like them to improve this.
  • LeadSquared creates a problem in slow internet connections, so I guess this is also an improvement area for them.
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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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Likelihood to Renew
LeadSquared
It is an excellent value for money solution and is fulfilling all our needs quite efficiently. They keep working on the product and each month sees an update allowing for a bug free experience and faster incorporation of newer tools. I see no reason why I would not like to renew the subscription for this fabulous product.
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Technolutions
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Usability
LeadSquared
Having talked about all other things in detail in my previous responses, this question I feel is redundant but then I will highlight the points again - Easy to Use - Flexible - Robust System - Ever-evolving - Support & Service - Integrations with third party tools & technologies - LMS - Data Management & Reports - Landing Page Options
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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
LeadSquared
Great to work with and also Easy to work with Do not just listen to the problem but provide upfront solutions Always available and are ready to support on holidays Considerate of user's knowledge and always ready to explain the smallest / dumbest doubt a user can ask Always available to help with the internal tasks as well like creating automations, drip creations etc
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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
LeadSquared
I looked closely at Infusionsoft. While the nurturing/decision tree tool of Infusionsoft was far more sophisticated, the many negative reviews of Infusionsoft lead me to look elsewhere. Leadsquared had very positive reviews and aggressive pricing. It has less features, but the features they have were the ones I wanted to focus on.
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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
LeadSquared
  • Leads Management has become very easy.
  • Automated Lead Nurturing helps reduce a lot of manual work.
  • A lot of our time goes into creating custom reports. Making the reporting feature more flexible and robust will help in saving a lot of time and energy.
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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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ScreenShots

LeadSquared Screenshots

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