Argos 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Argos

4.5

(73)

Pricing

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About Argos

Argos is a powerful enterprise reporting and data access platform built specifically for higher education. It gives institutions direct, governed access to the data they already own, without forcing them to rely on IT for every question or report.

With Argos, technical users can write and manage complex SQL, while functional users interact with secure, easy-to-use reports and dashboards. This balance allows institutions to scale reporting, protect data integrity, and move faster, even as systems grow more complex.

Argos supports on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments and integrates seamlessly with major higher ed ERPs and data sources. The result is trusted data, delivered to the right people, at the right time, without compromise.

Beyond reporting, Argos supports a wide range of operational use cases across campus. Institutions use Argos to power targeted communication and early warning alerts, automate workflows and business processes, and rapidly build custom applications that solve real, day-to-day challenges. Argos also plays a critical role in audit reporting and data integrity, providing transparency, traceability, and confidence in the data being used for compliance,...

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Argos Features

Popular features found in Data Preparation
AI/Machine Learning
Big Data Analytics
Data Extraction
Data Integration
Data Mapping
Reporting/Analytics
More features of Argos
Ad hoc Reporting
Admissions Management
Alumni Management
API
Assessment Management
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Collaboration Tools
Curriculum Management
Customizable Branding
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Dashboard Creation
Data Connectors
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Drag & Drop
Faculty/Staff Management
Financial Aid Management
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
For Higher Education
Fundraising Management
Multiple Data Sources
OLAP
Online Calendar
Online Payments
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
Scheduled/Automated Reports
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Student Information/Records
Student Portal
Summary Reports
Third-Party Integrations

Argos User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

56%

37%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.2

Reginald L. B.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Glad We Switches

Use this for course scheduling, pulling the semester Schedules in a breeze. We also use this for locating our majors and their emails in order to develop and update our undergraduate lietserv

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

This is a much better product than Crystal Reports which we used before. It’s quite easy to use! What I like most is that when you print out a data sheet/report on the last page it leaves a trail of how you got to that report. I also like that you can save the reports in various formats to ensure the data prints out accurately.

Cons:

Our program is ALWAYS down so not sure if that is something related to Argos or the campus system/servers. But, we get emails almost daily that reporting is on hold until an issue is fixed.

Stephen F.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Argos replaced Crystal for most our customers on campus. Evisions is an outstanding company.

Argos allows us to create reports from different databases on campus.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The customer service is the best in the business at Evisions. There are a ton of training videos that help in the transition and ongoing use. There a 2 options for creating data blocks with one being for visual users with drag and drop and the other being for more technical users with entering SQL. A lot of our previous Crystal reports could be transferred quickly to Argos with minimal additional work.

Cons:

Although most of our reports could be transferred quickly, some could not. This led to an entire department staying with Crystal. Their reports were too complicated to move in an efficient manner. There are some limitations to what you can do in the reports, but Evisions does listen to their customers, so updates are done frequently.

beverly d.

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

I am the sole report writer for the school I work for.

The benefit of having datablocks to store dashboards, reports, charts and olap cubes all in one place.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the way it is designed where you can create datablocks to hold multiple reports, charts and olaps

Cons:

I have used several other report writer tools and I find Argos to not be as intuitive as it can be.

Wendy R.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Overall Argos is a great reporting tool. It has many features to meet different needs.

Being able to distribute to many users more user friendly reports, more flexibility in report distribution options and robust functionality.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the easy bursting to send reports and the option to ftp the reports. The flexibility of the extract reports to format exactly how you need in different sections is great. I like being able to develop the SQL code into another tool and drop it into Argos to make it look pretty and add further functionality with the data sets. The library of objects saves a lot of time for elements that needs to be used in multiple dashboards. I love that they just keep making the product better all the time and are responsive to enhancement requests from users.

Cons:

I wish it had an output to Excel format where some formatting could be included. I'm also looking forward to them being compatible with SAML log in capability.

Deirdre M.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

I couldn't do my job without Argos

So many. I use Argos for everything from ad hoc reporting to letter generation.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Argos allows me to respond quickly to the numerous requests for data I get each day, as well as giving me a tool with which to address more complicated projects.

Cons:

Banded reports can be difficult to format. Lining everything up just right is tricky, and spacing gets weird when I use a lot of conditional bands.

Jennifer R.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

The software is very easy to use, especially for non-technical staff

Easy access to data. For me, personally, I don't have to ask the developers for data - I can write the report myself.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Affordable, yet powerful, especially for a small institution. I love the Evisions team - they are incredibly supportive and customer focused.

Cons:

Some things will work in Toad, but not Argos. Also, there are sometimes funky things that happen with date fields .

Mark D.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Powerful reporting tool

I am not a report writer so I've found that if I'm able to communicate my reporting needs effectively, I'm able to get the report I need. Our IT team manages the software and as they've grown in experience, their ability to write more complex queries has increased.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Insights into our Oracle Student Information System (SIS). Ability to report on multiple forms in SIS. Can schedule reports or set them up to be run whenever the user requires the report to be run. Can provide access to Argos and data without providing access to the entire database.

Cons:

Doesn't join with other systems, like Salesforce. The sales reps overpromised the integration to Salesforce during our presentation and to this point, it has made reporting more difficult in some ways.

Jessica A.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Experienced user and developer. Satisfied customer.

Improved access to data from all campus databases.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Argos has allowed us to deliver data and information to users in a consistent fashion. It's an agile software, and is flexible which allows developers to meet most user needs.

Cons:

Takes a lot of time to develop properly. Must build report development into operations, which can cause bottlenecks given the amount of time it takes to properly gather requirements and build datablocks/reports.

Brittany H.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

I'm a user, and I have an easy time

This software gives me no headaches, and that's the best thing I can ask for when I work with so many programs that sometimes do.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

It's intuitive based on the keyboard shortcuts and selections I naturally make with the data I need. We have a lot of people in our database, and they all have different attributes that we need to sort through and target and filter. Argos is the first step in this and makes it easy to move along in our process. It's not an exciting part of my job, but I REALLY appreciate that it isn't a headache.

Larry D.

Verified reviewer

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

So far, we have found it relatively easy for customers to use. It is less easy to prepare reports.

Ease of use for end users. Somewhat easy to prepare reports. Similarity to existing reporting software makes report preparation somewhat easy.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use for report viewers. It is user-friendly, and easy to get exports out of the system. I think this is more a case of how we are preparing reports, but it seems the default is to export into Excel. I'd like to see more reports prepared on-screen, with the ability to export as a secondary mechanism.

Cons:

Understanding Argos security and it's possible configurations. We attended some Argos security sessions at the eVisions conference this past Saturday. I left feeling a bit more confused than when I went in.

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