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Overview

Ellucian

3.6

(84)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Ellucian

Ellucian is a cloud-based software provider that helps higher education institutions with professional solutions to create a connected campus. Designed for universities of all sizes, the platform provides solutions for departments such as finance, IT, student services, human resources, recruiting and admissions.

Ellucian’s modules comprise Enterprise Resource Planning with products such as Banner, PowerCampus. Elevate and Quercus; Constituent Relationship Management offers products including CRM Advise, Degree Works, CRM Recruit and CRM Advance; Integration and Analytics delivers the products Ellucian Analytics, Ethos framework and Workflow.

Ellucian helps users create strategies, manage resources and deploy services to achieve educational objectives and priorities. The platform provides features such as application management, cloud application hosting, technology management, resource allocation and business intelligence. Support is extended via phone, documentation and an online help desk. Pricing is available on request.

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Ellucian Pricing and Plans

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Ellucian Features

Popular features found in School Accounting
Accounts Payable
Billing & Invoicing
Financial Aid Management
Financial Management
Fund Accounting
General Ledger
More features of Ellucian
Activity Dashboard
Admissions Management
Alerts/Notifications
Alumni Management
Application Management
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Budgeting/Forecasting
Business Intelligence
Candidate Management
Class Registration
Class Scheduling
Client Portal
Communication Management
Compliance Management
CRM
Curriculum Management
Dashboard Creation
Document Management
Document Storage
Enrollments/Onboarding
Event Calendar
Faculty/Staff Management
Financial Analysis
For Higher Education
Forms Management
Fundraising Management
HR Management
Information Hub
Learning Management
Mobile App
Online Calendar
Online Payments
Online Registration
Payroll Management
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Notifications
Records Management
Registration Management
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling
Self Service Portal
Student Information/Records
Student Management
Student Portal
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
Visual Analytics
Workflow Management

Ellucian User Reviews

Overall Rating

3.6

Ratings Breakdown

17%

48%

21%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.2

Value for money

3.2

Customer support

3.5

Functionality

3.5

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

It does what it's supposed to

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 4

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

Ellucian allows us to build a functional interface for students and faculty alike.

Cons:

It breaks. A lot. Can't tell you how many times I've been doing something fairly simple and suddenly Ellucian stops working or says a page can't be displayed.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

University Accounting

Overall we are very satisfied with Ellucian. It provides our business and finance team books that are used for easy reporting and a clean UI interface.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I have been a user of Ellucian banner for over six years and have been through countless updates. The product keeps improving where I think things are already good, and is quick to address current issues. Our organization loves the fact that we can use a web based version as well. Additionally, the UI is very clean and I can understand what is affecting our balance sheet, income statement, ect., all at a quick glance. Finally, the reports that are generated from Ellucian are very helpful and make it so I can create accurate reconciliations.

Cons:

The one problem we run into with Ellucian is that training to use the product is difficult. Many screens have specific acronyms to access them, which is hard for people to remember. However, they have introduced a search function that allows you to use words and it acts more like a google search, which is helpful to find what you need.

Cyrus C.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Mixed Reviews

They are an established Higher Education software that is on the cutting edge with a lot of what they offer. The partnerships they offer with vendors seems to fall short in some cases. The support they offer for the products is generally good. But depending on the application may depend on how quickly they respond to support questions/issues.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 3

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 5

Functionality

Pros:

Offers a variety of different software solutions that integrates with its ERP (Banner or Colleague). Along with a variety of ancillary applications that integrate with the ERP.

Cons:

Cost would be by far the biggest issue. The second would be that as of late the company has a tendency to tout its upcoming or just released products will work but in reality it is being built and developed as the sales people speak. To be fair their established software generally works well and no complaints.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Ellucian Banner SIS -- Solid Product In Use for Nearly 20 years

Been using Banner since 2004 (and SIS since 2005). I serve as the manager of the IT team that supports the student offices that use the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I commend Ellucian for recent updates they have made to the look and feel of the product. I find it now easier to use and easier to support (no more Java needed for the admin side!).

Cons:

The number of Financial Aid releases is challenging. Plus, when we apply them we need to take our Banner Admin pages offline temporarily. It would be better if the Financial Aid releases were isolated so that we could apply them without taking all of Banner down.

Reasons for switching to Ellucian

We were using an HP3000 system, and it simply could no longer satisfy our needs.

Verified

Reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

The Industry Standard but why?

This product is very commonly used and it feels like they rely on this fact to put in minimal efforts towards innovation. If you have a different option, I would recommend investigating that.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This product is very commonly used in industry. The online support community around this product is very active and is very helpful when you encounter issues, bugs, odd behavior, etc. (which is often). It is based on a relational database so query writing is easy enough.

Cons:

Software patches and updates from Ellucian are notorious for breaking various modules, connections between modules, etc. The UI is a very outdated model and tends to be very unfriendly for those who are not tech savvy. Customer service from Ellucian leaves a lot to be desired.

Verified

Reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

Ellucian was our school's SIS for 15 years

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I wish that I could say what we liked about this software, but there really is not anything to put here.

Cons:

The system was extremely outdated. The portal experience (Luminus) to get in was awful. Even as they try to update that portal experience, it is simply putting cards and widgets where links used to be. But those things break repeatedly. As well, the lack of interconnection inside the system and with external tools is just plain weak. There is a reason Workday is starting to see so many adoptions in the market and that so many schools are switching out student portals for updated, contemporary, mobile friendly, inter-departmental software options.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Powerful SIS That Need Usability Enhancements

Ellucian SIS is our source of truth for virtually every system. It comprises current and historical data for our entire user community. We've built many integrations over the years and use it daily for reporting and accreditation needs. It's the backbone of our organization and people have learned to use it effectively.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The solution is flexible enough that each of our functional departments can use it effectively to accomplish their objectives. Our two largest user groups are Financial Aid and Accounting, each of which uses it daily. What isn't available OOTB can typically be added via customizations, although customizations often present problems when upgrades happen.

Cons:

In my opinion, the solution has a very poor design. It consists of many, many UI screens that are accessed by typing in acronyms. This may work well for power users that memorize all the acronyms but there's been several instances where users have had issues, only to discover a 'new' screen that can offer the information they need. Simply put, if you don't know the acronym, your life will be difficult.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Not so friendly Student Info System

I have had both good and bad experiences. However, I don't fuss about it like my colleagues because it is the only SIS I have ever used.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The product integrates with other software, i.e. Leepfrog (catalog and course inventory management system), Degreeworks (degree auditing/graduation software)

Cons:

Speaks a foreign language that you have to learn. Quite the learning curve. The implementation process can be lengthy. Did not always feel supported by the implementation team.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Not always the most user friendly

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The recent upgrades have made it much more user friendly and easier to navigate.

Cons:

Integration with other products can be very glitchy at times. It takes someone with serious knowledge to be able to navigate that process. If you have that, then you're fine. If not, prepare to spend some money on it.