Ellucian Colleague vs. Synergy Education Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ellucian Colleague
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Ellucian offers Colleague educational ERP, including a student information system supporting higher education institutions with student admissions and registration, academics, curriculum management, and other aspects of student management.N/A
Synergy Education Platform
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Edupoint Educational Systems offers the Synergy Education Platform, a K-12 integrated student information management and LMS, featuring grade and attendance management, RTI and special education, mobile app and parent engagement, and other features.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Student and Faculty Administration
Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Product A and Product B
Ellucian Colleague
7.8
Ratings
6% below category average
Synergy Education Platform
8.9
Ratings
7% above category average
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Online Registration Management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Roster Management8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform Customization8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Teacher Self-Service8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Student Data Security8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Community Support7.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Class Scheduling8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
State and National-level Reporting8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Compliance Support8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Ellucian ColleagueSynergy Education Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
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7.0
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Usability
8.0
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User Testimonials
Ellucian ColleagueSynergy Education Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Ellucian Colleague is well suited for student academic information recall, such as advisement details, courses, primary choice, GPAs, and demographic information critical to in-time decision-making for faculty and institutional leadership. Less appropriate scenarios would include our financial management needs, such as accounting, ledgers, and financial transactions. These functions are better suited to other CRMs.
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Very slow, you literally have to click save for every transaction or it is lost. It should have an autosave feature. It should have automatic commands: E for excused or a one-click solution for excusing student work
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Pros
  • Colleague offers a single reference point for all student data, which creates consistency and unity across campus and ensures students hear the same information from every source.
  • Colleague recently updated its interface to be more accessible to all people. Previously, it was not accessible through any browser aside from Internet Explorer.
  • Colleague provide helpful user restrictions that prevent departments from altering or erasing data they do not typically use. For example, I cannot change student billing and accidentally wreak havoc for the cashier's office.
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  • Attendance Tracking
  • IEP management
  • Gradebook Management
  • Disciplinary Infractions
  • Parent Communication
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Cons
  • Develop API's that are vendor agnostic rather than selecting specific vendors (Clearinghouse, ImageNow).
  • Colleague tends to be to reactionary to the changing needs in higher education rather than developing the future.
  • Hound clients to pay extra for consulting (consultants are usually bad), rather than helping institutions to use the product. Seems to be the first thing help line personnel jump to rather than working with clients to figure out creative solutions.
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  • very slow
  • no autosave
  • to make a student assignment excused you have to open 2 different screens and then make 2 clicks and if you do not save, everything you have done is lost
  • memory needs to be improved so windows move faster
  • a click for excusing assignments should be added instead of 3 steps to get to a new screen to only click one button that says excused. If you are excusing 3 assignments this can take over 5 minutes per student.
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Usability
Ellucian Colleague rates highly for its usability and functionality. Ellucian Colleague serves as a comprehensive solution, making it easier for students, faculty, and staff to communicate, find the information, and accomplish multiple tasks. Colleague has provided enhanced visibility into data and improved decision-making to drive strategic institutional outcomes. A colleague has created efficiencies for staff.
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Alternatives Considered
Ellucian Colleague offers exceptional value for the money compared to the pricier options in Blackbaud's suite of products. Ellucian Colleague stacks up well against Blackbaud and other CRMs in terms of its value for the money, ease of use, and customer service. Overall, Ellucian Colleague provides greater value for the money.
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Synergy is able to seamlessly integrate multiple functionalities, eliminating the need for use of other platforms, such as Time Clock and School Messenger.
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Return on Investment
  • With Colleague Student, we have been able to be more efficient in our department which has given us the opportunity to take on other projects that are helpful to our students.
  • Colleague Student has enabled my department to cut down on our paper consumption which has been a huge budget savings. Our old system was so untrustworthy that we were printing many things to keep in case we couldn't get the information out of the system again. With Colleague Student we do not have to do this. We have stopped printing many things we used to print.
  • Colleague Student has also helped us have a better handle on which students are preparing for graduation each semester. This allows us to more accurately print commencement materials, etc.
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  • Saved Time
  • Saved Money
  • Easier to Access Analytics
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