Catalyst

RATING:

3.6

(17)

About Catalyst

Catalyst is a HIPAA compliant, cloud-based data collection software for clinicians providing ABA therapy for individuals on the autism spectrum. Key features of Catalyst are its automated reporting and graphing, predefined program templates, and VB-MAPP integration. The application enables clinicians to conduct automated trial sessions, assign tasks to students with customizable steps, measure the duration of student participation in a group, and collection skill acquisition data. Administrators can define mastery benchmarks on various factors, such as the percentage of trials, a minimum number of trials and therapists above criteria. Additionally, users can create customized graphs which incorporate different dimensions of recorded data. Catalyst also integrates wi...

Catalyst Reviews

Overall Rating

3.6

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

3.5

Value for money

3

Functionality

3.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Catalyst

1 - 5 of 17 Reviews

Anonymous

5,001-10,000 employees

Used less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2021

Excellent!

Overall my experience has been great. I have not had any complaints from submitters or reviewers about their user experience.

PROS

You can make changes to submissions as long as the submission period is still open (not a feature you normally see). If there are any exceptions the tool allows you to open it just for a specific person. Submission and review status' are updated real time on the site. The tool allows you to customize reviewer metrics to assign people or it can be manual. Reviewers will get an email notification that they've been assigned. Has blind and double blind settings. Users can customize and assign roles so certain people can only access and view assigned tasks. Reporting is tied into email system so you don't have to manually enter or check off any emails or names.

CONS

No automatic emails. Cannot customize colors, only the top banner.

Lacey

Insurance, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2019

BEST CMRS EVER

Great product. Much easier to use than other system I've tried!

PROS

It integrates so easily with our phone system and company updates. Everything is so smooth! And anything that needs fixing, the system lets us know

CONS

Nothing! From in system email usage, integration to our birthday system to send out cards to all clients, everything is wonderful!

Reason for choosing Catalyst

I'm unsure of the names of the products we used, but we tried a few that were just bad within the first few minutes.

Reasons for switching to Catalyst

It was a company decision

Morgan

Medical Practice, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed April 2021

Recent Updates leave App at Lower Quality

Overall, I am thoroughly disappointed in the lack of progress that app has made over the last five years.

PROS

As a board certified behavior analyst using this platform to track client behavior data and program, this software is excellent as it does all the graphing for you. I love the desktop version and all the features.

CONS

I have used Catalyst for almost five years, as a technician collecting and as an analyst opening/closing programs. Their have been several updates that have made this system significantly less user friendly and have made it much more difficult for the techs I manage to use. The app no longer displays the number of targets. Therefore, techs are no longer displayed a number if there are items in baseline and maintenance. Since the update, I have notice a significant decline in maintenance targets being completed. Techs are also unaware unless specifically told to complete baseline. Technicians must now going to settings to know if there is daily maintenance, weekly, bi weekly on monthly. Target settings for maintenance no longer obviously display targets left to run, but continue to display targets that have already been targeted. The app works HORRIBLY with Samsung tablets. Technicians are not able to exit the app without the app crashing. The app crash numerous times through out session. Fetching trial data often displays incorrect data. A tech ran this three times in a row and the numbers fluctuated up and down with each fetch. Targets may not go into the app immediately after being opened. I have experienced targeted that are "closed" or "on hold" popping in and out of current targets. Overall, I am thoroughly disappointed in the lack of progress that app has made over the last five years.

Jeffrey

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2021

Teaching with Catalyst

Positive and convenient. I look forward to getting better and more efficient at using it.

PROS

I like Catalyst installed on our tablets, so we can see the programs/trials for each student, and record the data as we work with the students.

CONS

We have 4 tablets in the classroom. We rotate our students to centers with different staff at each center. The tablets must follow each student to record all the current data for the day. The data will not record and show on each tablet for each student.

Samer

Legal Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2020

Catalyst is always consistent even regardless of version

In general each user will find Catalyst to be well worth the effort, time and money. While there are many platforms that can set reviewers to analyze emails and find privileged information, you will be hard pressed to find another program that has been so consistent. Catalyst is dependable and you will love it!

PROS

I love the consistency that Catalyst provides to the user/reviewer at my law services firm. For over ten years I have worked on numerous versions of Catalyst and each time the program always delivers high speed review screens, loading data and moving our reviews at a nice pace that does not slow my team down.

CONS

Of course each version is different and years ago the software would allow for so much of the email to be seen at once. Lately Catalyst has improve the screen visually with making fonts and the communication of the message more easy to read. The program each year is always improving which is a good sign of a developed program.