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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ravenna

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ARavenna is an admissions and K-12 Student Management system. It replaces the former inRESONANCE SIS, and BigSIS cloud-based school management and student information system, from VenturEd Solutions.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
    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
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    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
    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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    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
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    VenturEd Solutions
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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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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Ravenna and Salesforce Education Cloud
    Feature
    Ravenna
    -
    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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    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Schoolmint Hero
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RavennaSalesforce Education Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    VenturEd Solutions
    Well suited to having the ability to import information when there are large numbers of scholars to be updated, such as graduations or moving up a grade. On the other hand, the program is geared towards a school and we are not a school so we had to do a lot of tweaking for our purposes.
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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
    VenturEd Solutions
    • Customer service in response to problem-solving.
    • Extremely hands-on in making additions to the software on the spot to fulfill a need.
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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
    VenturEd Solutions
    • There are a lot of terms used for different information in the database. It would be nice if that could be streamlined somehow and more intuitive for the users.
    • There are a lot of details to go through to make custom list or create reports. If you don't do these processes regularly, it seems you are always relearning the process.
    • There was a point when data changes needed to be done in two different places, but I think we may have resolved that issue.
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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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    Usability
    VenturEd Solutions
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    Salesforce
    It was really so easy to sign up and get going with the whole process
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    Support Rating
    VenturEd Solutions
    Brian, our representative, as been tremendous. His response time is outstanding - and if he is able to alter the tool on the spot, he will. We've been able to do more sophisticated maneuvers because of his willingness to problem-solve with us. When the functionality isn't there, it is also a very honest conversation and we know when we have to work outside of the tool.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    VenturEd Solutions
    We were using the CRM database system, however it was too proprietary and when we wanted to make changes or customize we were continually paying an outside consultant to get things done. With inRESONANCE, we are able to make the updates, and customize as we need to internally. It has saved us a significant amount of money in this regard.
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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
    VenturEd Solutions
    • Annual fund tracking is very easy and pulling simple things like donors/non-donors is easy. Fine for a straight-forward appeal.
    • If you are going with a comprehensive/combine ask - this is not the tool for you. There's no way to split gifts with % allocation. We're losing money in spending time trying to figure out how to configure pledges in accordance with the software.
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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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    Salesforce Education Cloud Screenshots

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