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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mongoose

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $2,500

    per year

    Veracross

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AVeracross is a student information system and has several modules, including Admission, Academics, Development, etc. all sharing a single database.N/A
    Pricing
    MongooseVeracross
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $2,500
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MongooseVeracross
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MongooseVeracross
    Considered Both Products
    Mongoose
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    Veracross
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    MongooseVeracross
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Mongoose and Veracross
    Feature
    Mongoose
    -
    Ratings
    Veracross
    9.9
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
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    MongooseVeracross
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    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MongooseVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MongooseVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mongoose
    At our college, the admissions team also uses Cadence. I think it's particularly useful for back-and-forth interactions in real time (or through an AI chatbot) My department focuses only on donors and alums. These communications are much less likely to be back-and-forth. They're more informational in nature which makes some of the features un-necessary. It's easy for a recipient to opt-out, but not easy to set up scenarios where they can opt out of specific types of texts - all-or-nothing is more likely and it's difficult for them to re-subscribe once they've opted out.
    Incentivized
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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
    Mongoose
    • easy to set up segments in order to reach certain portions of the audience
    • easy opt-out for recipients
    • simple reporting after texts are sent
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Mongoose
    • There is built-in connection with Raiser's Edge NXT but the field mapping is overly complicated and setting it up requires action both on customer end and Cadence end
    • Cannot update a bad email address without deleting the record and re-importing it
    • Cannot simply add records - must be done through import from a spreadsheet
    • assigning a record to a user can only be done during initial import
    Incentivized
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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
    Mongoose
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Mongoose
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Mongoose
    We are currently evaluating Mailchimp's SMS option to see if the price for adding that feature is less than what we are paying for Cadence. Currently we are ONLY using Mailchimp for email communications, but the interface is much more user friendly. We have not yet had a chance to demo the SMS feature to compare it to Cadence, but we plan to check it out.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Mongoose
    • Too early (one year) to have hard ROI info, but we have had constituents who have indicated a preference for text as their primary means of interacting with our organization.
    • Even with the integration with Raiser's Edge NXT it takes time to update the database with opt-outs.
    • We have fewer constituents with mobile numbers than those with email addresses. We will have to appeal to our constituents to share mobile numbers with us
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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.
    Incentivized
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