Slate by Technolutions Reviews

Helpful with guiding students through the application process for our institution and pairing with 3rd party ETL applications to integrate with various institutional systems.

Not many things I dislike. We pair with a separate marketing tool to use more dynamic flow and content as well as connect with ad partners.

Providing a seamless way for both applicants (prospective students) and staff (admission and operations) to work through the admission funnel.

It is the easiest application management tool I've ever used in my 12 years working in college admissions.

It is complicated to implement from a tech perspective and so you have to have a person on staff who can do that or hire someone.

They create a beautiful user experience for students applying to our university. It's also easy to use for employees.

You can easily modify your events and messaging real time. It makes event management easy.

Sometimes it's hard to integrate data with Slate.

Client meetings contact and reporting. It's easy to manage and build reports.

It's user-friendly and has many features

There is not an app to use on your phone

I'm reaching students more effectively and efficiently than I could with other CRMs. I can keep track of students better and log lots of helpful information to track communication.

Everything is better with Slate! When we switched CRM's we were able to improve our features drastically. The ease of use and functionality far outrank other CRM's we've used.

The support from the Technoulations staff can sometimes take longer to respond or encourage other schools to help you out.

They are solving system flaws of other systems. The benefit is the array of features that Slate has with no additional cost. We are able to do so much. Even accross campus.

Once you get queries under your belt, your ability to territory manager will sky rocket. I kept track of my students daily with my queries that I ran in the morning.

Has a bit of a learning curve. I never did master reports.

I feel bad for those using salesforce. Organizing data and creating comm contact points are so easy with slate. Having a great CRM gives me the ability to continue contact with a student, or read between the lines. I appreciate that.

Slate somehow pulls off the one-size-fits-all approach for higher ed CRM needs. Especially for those in admission work, this platform can fill a wide variety of functions, including outreach, metrics, event management, and more. It has made connecting with prospective students far easier, and also helps us stay organized across different departments. We've begun expanding to use within our current student population as well, which opens up many new avenues for implementation. There is also a wide array of other users, so if you have a question, it's likely been answered in a forum already.

As with any new platform, there is a slight learning curve when starting on. Implementation can also pose challenges, but it's mainly because folks in admission work are used to having to abide by the rules of the platform that they are using. Slate lets you write your own rules, which can be freeing, but also challenging in its own right.

Our institution is using slate as a CRM for outreach to prospective students and family members. We're expanding this to use for engagement with current students at our institution, as well. Benefits realized included bringing our outreach and recruitment into the 20th century with new features like metrics for engagement with email contact.

Slate has the ability to merge and consolidate records. The upload process is super easy. The batch acquire function allows the materials to be put right into the record.

All the information I need can be put on the dashboard so I don't need to view multiple screens.

The field names are not intutive. I am new to the product but as a new user it is complex to me. Building the queries is a challenge wish their was a tutorial to explain process and terminology.

There are a lot of great features. Be sure to ask about ALL the special features so that your company can benefit.

Slate is by far the best admissions product I've ever used. It's incredibly intuitive and user-friendly.

I'm not a huge fan of the service desk ticket process. While they are always quick and always help resolve my issues, I'm much more of a get on the phone and talk to someone person. This is definitely not a bad way of addressing issues; it's just not my preferred learning method and communicating.

No matter your budget, Slate is worth every single penny. I've worked in multiple CRM's, and I could never go back to the inferiority of other products or their support staff.

With Slate, we've streamlined our applications, developed a robust communication flow, and given independence to our admissions counselors.

System integrations, ease of use and management for Enrollment users instead of IT or Software development, phenomenal support and software improvement.

There are a few gaps between how a process "feels like it should work" versus "how Slate expects it to work", but these are generally logical and have more to do with learning how Slate works and unlearning old systems. Could have some better reporting options.

Baseline it does everything we've needed and somethings that we thought were out of our reach. Working with the tool makes sense in a way our previous system did not. The training is exceptionally valuable, as is the knowledge base and "Slate Scholars" systems. The helpdesk is also fantastic.

Greatly reduced the need for IT support of the Enrollment systems while greatly increasing Enrollment's control and agility to respond to changes. Fantastic automation and integration with SIS system and other uses.