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    Slate for Admissions

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ASlate 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

    The Cayuse Suite

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACayuse (replacing the former SmartGrant) is a research grant proposal submission software designed to help users increase proposal success and funding, from the company of the same name (formerly known as eRA Software) in Portland.N/A
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    Slate for AdmissionsThe Cayuse Suite
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Would buy again
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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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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Slate for AdmissionsThe Cayuse Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
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    Usability
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Slate for AdmissionsThe Cayuse Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
    Cayuse (SmartGrant) is well suited for institutions who have multiple grants and projects that need to be organized, tracked, and followed up with. The closing and sorting of projects is also helpful when using this software. Multiple signers also have access to approvals electronically which makes the process more simplified and accessible for all parties involved.
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    Pros
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
    • Organizes all project information
    • Allows for easy approvals from individuals
    • Allows for tracking of project from inception to award status
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    Cons
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
    • The ability to sort through rfps easier would be helpful
    • Being able to include feedback/comments on the process would be helpful for tracking and organizing from parties involved
    • Understanding accessibility in a more clear way would be great
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    Usability
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
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    Support Rating
    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
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
    Cayuse (SmartGrant) has been in place at our institution for a while and we wouldn’t examine using anything else because it has been easy to work with, access, and stay organized with. Cayuse (SmartGrant) is also used for our office of research and is separate from our development software to keep everyone organized.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Cayuse, LLC (eRA Software)
    • Cayuse (SmartGrant) helps us bring in grants and track the award paperwork
    • The award paperwork process and reporting is easily trackable
    • Uploading documents like LOIs and proposals are simple
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