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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Blackbaud Education Management Solutions

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ABlackbaud Education Management Solutions is a unified student management system for K–12 private schools. Blackbaud Enrollment Management System™: Gives schools and families the ability to track admissions progress from first impressions all the way through the application process to acceptance, enrollment, and tuition payment. Blackbaud Learning Management System™: Track students' academic performance and progression…N/A

    Veracross

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AVeracross is a student information system and has several modules, including Admission, Academics, Development, etc. all sharing a single database.N/A
    Pricing
    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Considered Both Products
    Blackbaud
    Chose Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
    Blackbaud with its pros and cons is similar to Veracross. Only major negative for Blackbaud is scalability vs Veracross. In terms of LMS, Blackbaud and also Veracross are worse than schoology. They both focus on the Admin/SIS/tution side of it and fall short on the LMS side of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
    11 years ago, Whipplehill was in our opinion the best in class and it continues to be that way. The only other product that I would consider stacking up against it would be Veracross.
    Incentivized
    Veracross
    Chose Veracross
    Veracross had superior support, training, and integration with other systems.
    Incentivized
    Chose Veracross
    We have been with Veracross now for 10 or 11 years. Our previous student management system was Education Edge, Financial Edge, and Raiser's Edge by Blackbaud. The support at Blackbaud was probably what drove us away, as well as the fact that we had three different databases to …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
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    83%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Blackbaud Education Management Solutions and Veracross
    Feature
    Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
    -
    Ratings
    Veracross
    9.9
    5 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (118 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (115 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Blackbaud Education Management SolutionsVeracross
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Blackbaud
    No answers on this topic
    Veracross
    Veracross is software that can be highly recommended to anyone in the education industry. Veracross offers a breadth of services varying from administration to student-parent communication. The unique abilities that Veracross offers such as email reminders, attendance management, billing, and payment processing, and attendance tracking have made my job as an administrative support manager so much easier and more productive here at Teachables.
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    Pros
    Blackbaud
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    Veracross
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    Cons
    Blackbaud
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    Veracross
    • Normally it has everything I need for my work, today I was able to make a video call and chat from my cell phone and this adds more positive points to Veracross.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Blackbaud
    It is a solid product. We have some issues with the capabilities of the website building components and the out dated technology behind its communications software but overall Blackbaud Education Management Software services to combine numerous functions into one product.
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    Veracross
    We will continue to use Veracross for the simple fact that we have one database across all of the departments in our school. Veracross continues to listen to customer feedback and improve and enhance the system.
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    Usability
    Blackbaud
    Blackbaud EMS is very usable from my perspective. I am a power user and get lots of valuable functionality. It is, however, a complex system. Sometimes necessarily complex to accommodate flexibility for diverse customer needs. Some complexity seems unnecessary and/or hold-over functionality from earlier versions; nice to see this type being evolved away from over time. It is valuable to receive regular updates to the system along with good release notes of what changed and notices of significant changes in advance.
    Incentivized
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    Veracross
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    Support Rating
    Blackbaud
    No answers on this topic
    Veracross
    LOVE the Technical Response Team - the first line of help at Veracross. I can quickly submit a ticket and receive a response knowing that they have looked in our system and know what we are trying to do! Our account manager is also amazing! So nice to have a person within the company who knows our school and our needs!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Blackbaud
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    Veracross
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    Return on Investment
    Blackbaud
    No answers on this topic
    Veracross
    • Not sure, but our school has been using it for years, so it must be worth it. Veracross is good about updating and adding features.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Topics pages help organize units of learning throughout the year in the Learning Management SystemScreenshot of Blackbaud's education management solutions come with strong reporting tools to get the information you need quicklyScreenshot of Schedule view makes it easy for teachers to manage their daysScreenshot of Blackbaud Enrollment Management System Admissions Checklists help applicants track their progress in the admissions processScreenshot of Blackbaud's education management solutions come with strong reporting tools to get the information you need quicklyScreenshot of Keep track of all the key information about your students in one place