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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Anthology Encompass

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AAnthology Encompass, formerly from iModules which is now part of Anthology (the company formed from iModules 2020 merger with Student Labs and Campus Management) is an integrated online communication and engagement solution built to help institutions strengthen relationships, increase engagement, and drive donations. It comprises modules for CMS, email marketing, event management, online donations, and social networking. Core market is educational institutions.N/A

    Salesforce Education Cloud

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce for Higher Ed combines the Salesforce Lightning Experience with HEDA (Higher Ed Data Architecture), providing a cloud platform supporting student management and engagement, admissions and academics, and other higher ed administrative support functions.N/A
    Pricing
    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Anthology, Inc
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    Key User Insights
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    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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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Anthology Encompass and Salesforce Education Cloud
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Salesforce Education Cloud
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings6.84 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
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    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Online Training
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Anthology EncompassSalesforce Education Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Anthology, Inc
    Importing and exporting data is failry easy. Automation for e-mail marketing is severely lacking.
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    Salesforce
    It is most suited for those within the education industry. For students and staff in particular, the Education Cloud allows seamless connectivity between each person and helps students stay on task. It can be very overwhelming as a student to have so many responsibilities in different areas, so Salesforce does a great job of offering many features that ease this process.
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    Pros
    Anthology, Inc
    • It allows us to create fields as needed.
    • Creating an export of data is really easy.
    • Merging of records is fairly simple.
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    Salesforce
    • Great use of integrating across all aspects of enrollment.
    • Easy to create tasks for counselors to remember to call prospective students and keep up to date on goals.
    • Reporting is fabulous inside of Salesforce.
    • All of the Apps in the App Exchange.
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    Cons
    Anthology, Inc
    • A more inclusive duplicate identification tool would be great.
    • QR tickets for event registrants would be great and move you into this century.
    • Allowing more flexibility with event creation is vital to us at this time.
    • Additional automation would be great. Email event info, then to those not registered, then a reminder to those registered. Now it is entirely manual throughout the entire process.
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    Salesforce
    • It’s hard to run reports or create working “views” for Enrollment/Student Advisor teams that include both Leads and Contacts in the same report.
    • Some fields do not map from Lead to Contact object. When a student transitions from application to acceptance, some dropdown and fill-in fields completely disappear from the student’s page in Salesforce. Every version of Salesforce I’ve used has this problem.
    • Salesforce overall is clunky and confusing for the average user. We require thorough Salesforce training for new hires on all teams because it’s not user-friendly or obvious what to click on to achieve a specific task.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Anthology, Inc
    It does not have the automation or event tools that we are desperately needing at this time.
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    Salesforce
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    Usability
    Anthology, Inc
    The software is old and complicated. Not very intuitive to learn.
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    Salesforce
    It was really so easy to sign up and get going with the whole process
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    Reliability and Availability
    Anthology, Inc
    It is usually up and running.
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    Salesforce
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    Performance
    Anthology, Inc
    No integration.
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    Salesforce
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    Support Rating
    Anthology, Inc
    I usually get an accurate response to issues. Your service techs are knowledgeable in how the software works and is set up.
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    Salesforce
    People will respond on time even though Salesforce is such a large organization. This also includes various methods of getting support beyond just calling - they have dedicated reps, chat, chatter, etc that all make the experience more pleasant.
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    In-Person Training
    Anthology, Inc
    N/A I've only attended webinar training, which is great when you are on live, not so much when watching a recording.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Anthology, Inc
    Most are recorded, so questions that arise are not easy to get answered.
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    Salesforce
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    Implementation Rating
    Anthology, Inc
    Unknown. I wasn't here.
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    Salesforce
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    Alternatives Considered
    Anthology, Inc
    None others to date.
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    Salesforce
    I have not used similar products and I am new to this role. Salesforce has been very easy to learn and I appreciate the support and ability to access the platform when I need to. I was able to easily learn the program and become skilled in what I needed to do. It also made the transition to digital forms quite easy
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    Return on Investment
    Anthology, Inc
    • The cleanup process is very painful due to lack of any automation
    • Identity checkpoint would be great if we could control the fields being matched.
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    Salesforce
    • Positive: Our entire company is more aligned because while still complying with FERPA, the right people have access to student records while also having the correct permissions.
    • Positive: we can integrate with our partners who also use Salesforce, while still complying with FERPA.
    • Negative: we've needed to hire a Salesforce Development team with multiple people to accurately customize the tool to work for us.
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