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    Slate for Admissions

    Score7 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

    Zywave Sales Cloud - Agency Management

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABrokerageBuilder is an insurance agency management system from Zywave in Milwaukee, suggested to automate office processes and centralize customer data.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    5.0
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    Usability
    7.2
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
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    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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    Zywave
    prospects easy to find; however not all current information is listed. The process for importing prospect lists into the agency management system could be streamlined.
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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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    Zywave
    • It's very flexible. You can add custom fields easily and create/update workflows and activities quickly.
    • The layout is easy on the eye. The dashboard is laid out well and helps you stay on track with renewals and activities.
    • Emails attached to an activity are easily viewed and housed within the activity on a separate tab.
    • Adding and reviewing policy info is simple. The tabs make it helpful to find and view info quickly.
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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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    Zywave
    • Training for new employees and follow up for all employees.
    • Importing into agency management system is several steps.
    • Not all information on prospects is given, although most have adequate information.
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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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    Zywave
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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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    Zywave
    The Zywave Customer Support team is phenomenal! Never any complaints. They resolve things quickly. You can call and talk with a real person, submit a chat question, or email them. Their training videos are good—short and sweet. We still use multiple Zywave products in our Benefits, Commercial Lines, and Marketing departments. They are a great company to work with. The implementation/onboarding for all products has been amazing! Training for products has always surpassed the training we received from other vendor partners.
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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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    Zywave
    We moved from BrokerageBuilder (BKB) to Epic in June 2019. Epic pros over BKB: You can use Epic for CL, PL, Bonds, and Benefits—one system for your whole agency has a lot of advantages. In Epic, you can drag and drop emails and documents to clients, policies, and activities. Epic has an auto-save feature. Reporting in Epic is better. Epic cons compared to BKB: The design aesthetic of Epic is not as nice as BKB. Navigating Epic is clunky—everything is in multiple layers. Epic is less flexible for custom fields. Epic is designed for CL/PL, so it's not ideal for a Benefits user, although they are improving/investing in the benefits side. BKB is just better for a Benefits user.
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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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    Zywave
    • Sales team reluctant to use.
    • Initial training was fine but could use some follow-ups.
    • ROI has not been measurable.
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