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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Orah

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABoardingware, headquartered in Auckland, offers their student management system for boarding schools, built around managing the needs particular to boarding schools, such as student care and student tracking.N/A

    FACTS Student Information System

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AFACTS Student Information System (formerly RenWeb) is a Student Information System that handles admissions, student information, billing, report cards, grading, attendance, and parent access, among others. FACTS is a property of Nelnet Business Solutions.N/A
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    OrahFACTS Student Information System
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    OrahFACTS Student Information System
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    OrahFACTS Student Information System
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
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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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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    OrahFACTS Student Information System
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Orah and FACTS Student Information System
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    Ratings
    FACTS Student Information System
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings6.84 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings9.95 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OrahFACTS Student Information System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    OrahFACTS Student Information System
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day. It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students.
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    FACTS
    We base our entire student data on the Student ID that is produced in FACTS. We create user accounts for technology and online textbooks as well as their lunch account, all based on the Student ID. We also can run many different reports using the SID as the data constant and all the other information variables are available as needed to report.
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    Pros
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • Keeping all information organized in one place.
    • Having my entire student database at the touch of a screen.
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    FACTS
    • Easy to use grade book
    • Simple way to store and access health information, behavior reports, and family contact information.
    • We use FACTS in the residential aspect of our organization.
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    Cons
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • I would like to see all parents having to capture weekend arrangements, whether they are going out or staying in.
    • An automatic reminder SMS sent to parents who have not made arrangements by a certain time.
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    FACTS
    • It could use more space for uploading classroom media.
    • It could lessen the number of new open windows or frames for various functions that can be done on the same screen.
    • It could incorporate more social-media like tools to make it more native for students and parents.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
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    FACTS
    It's user-friendly, the customer service is great, and we have a significant amount of time invested in training our faculty and staff to use many aspects of FACTS within their areas of responsibility. I really like the variety of reports I can generate which gives important data to our administration and Board.
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    Support Rating
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    I gave this rating because Boardingware support is unbelievable. They are quick to reply and have a chat feature that they not only are there for most of the day but you can leave a note if they are not available and they get back to you very quickly. I thoroughly enjoyed any conversations I had with support from Boardingware.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    Senior Systems did not work as well and the functionality from the administrative side is not as user-friendly. I often felt like it was down and not working properly, or that I could not find where certain documents are. I believe that for a boarding school community Boardingware was much more user-friendly, and did not take as many steps in order to get the job done quickly.
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    FACTS
    Switched from Blackbaud to RenWeb now FACTS. We made the change for affordability and because more software components were included. Blackbaud required the purchase of multiple additional modules.
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    Return on Investment
    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • We were tracking student leave by hand or by an in-house program. Both of these became inefficient and/or unusable. Having Boardingware has expedited the process. It's hard to give numbers, but we're several days ahead of where we used to be in terms of tracking students' leave for Thanksgiving break.
    • Parent involvement was always an issue, but with Boardingware parents must approve a leave before we (the school) does. This makes parents take responsibility for their child which happens less than it should.
    • Having access to flagged students with health issues makes it much easier to plan field trips. We can easily know who should have what meds or epi pens based on their Boardingware profile. Safety awareness and prevention has gone up due to this feature.
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    FACTS
    • Has paid for itself many time over with the abilities it provides.
    • Can be managed by as few or as many as needed so per employee cost is great.
    • Reporting is great for almost any topic needed all the way to How many took the ACT in spring.
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