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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SchoolAdmin

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASchoolAdmin helps private K-12 schools recruit, enroll, and retain more students through its software and award-winning customer support team. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, SchoolAdmin boasts their software is used by 500+ of the world’s most successful schools, big and small. SchoolAdmin’s mission is to help private schools—and the people who run them—thrive. SchoolAdmin is now part of Finalsite, since the March, 2021 acquisition.N/A

    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
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    SchoolAdminVeracross
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    SchoolAdminVeracross
    Considered Both Products
    Finalsite
    Chose SchoolAdmin
    We looked at moving from SchoolAdmin to another platform last year, but ultimately stayed with SchoolAdmin. While there are some pain points for us, it wasn't anything that other platforms would be able to solve well either, and the customer service SchoolAdmin provided was …
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    Veracross
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SchoolAdminVeracross
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of SchoolAdmin and Veracross
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    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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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SchoolAdminVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.1
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    SchoolAdminVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Finalsite
    SchoolAdmin has been great to work with and the advantages of the product definitely outweigh the disadvantages. With the frequent turnover in admissions offices, it is nice to have a product that is simple to use, easy to train on, and easy to learn quickly. Also, customer support has been great, and we really put them through their paces and they never complain. They also use their support team to help train you - not just give you a fish, but teach you to fish so you can problem solve on your own.
    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
    Finalsite
    • The online application and checklist - because it is highly customizable, fairly intuitive, and quite effective for managing all the moving parts of our application process.
    • The online enrollment checklist, forms, and contract - because of the level of customization, the level of professional appearance, the ease of tracking and managing students in the enrollment process, the integration it provides to our FACTS billing and payment system.
    • The communications system - because of the possibilities for both internal and external communications are so vast, the ability to produce highly customized, personalized, and segmented emails, text messages, and/or physical letters, and the relative ease of use.
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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
    Finalsite
    • Not as flexible as we sometimes need the features to be.
    • Data and historical information is not terribly accurate, which means we cannot use it for reporting.
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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
    Finalsite
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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
    Finalsite
    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
    Finalsite
    Blackbaud's enrollment management product, OnBoard, was extremely clunky and did not support an online review process. The CRM was also not great. The only benefit of it was that it was a seamless experience, as Blackbaud is our academic software. The import/export from SchoolAdmin into/from Blackbaud has been no problem.
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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
    Finalsite
    • Customer satisfaction with our CRM is up.
    • Completion of applications is up.
    • Office use and satisfaction with the product internally is way up!
    Incentivized
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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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