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Ellucian pricing
Ellucian does not have a free version. Ellucian paid version starts at US$0.01.
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Ellucian Reviews for UK Users
Feature rating

- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ellucian for Community College
In the beginning I had to constantly keep my list of instructions handy if I wanted to enter a requisition for a purchase order, now its easy because I've done so many. Practice makes perfect!!!!
Pros
I liked how you can add features, customize it for the needs of the institution. I work for a small college and we don't need all the extra features that the larger colleges might implement.
Cons
It can be a little difficult to navigate for the beginner. Unless the user knows what they want there is a chance of getting lost. Ive been using the software for about 4 years now and i sometimes get lost or have to search for specific information. There is no menu with a list of options. So I guess what I'm saying is that it would be nice if it was more user friendly, easier to navigate.
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Good product. . .maybe?
Neutral to negative. Massive additional costs during deployment, a tendency to confusion among the supposed "experts" around how basic pieces of the software worked, forced third party software changes that were unnecessary and expensive, and a quote that was clearly lowballed with the expectation that we'd end up paying on the back end for additional products that we didn't know were needed made this whole process less than good.
Pros
We liked the idea of a connected suite that worked with most of our existing software.
Cons
The consultants were very much at odds with each other and added confusion to the process. It also turns out that it didn't work with our existing software even when the vendors were listed as compatible on the Ellucian partner site. It also turns out that some of our 3rd party software would have worked, but we were told that it wouldn't. In the end the confusion and lack of understanding/ability from Ellucian consultants cost us tens of thousands of additional dollars during our deployment.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Used to be better
5-8 years ago Ellucian was a solid product and worked great but since being forced to move to the cloud the quality just isn't the same. Part of this could be all of the changes the Department of Education has implemented over the past couple of years and in that regard Ellucian is doing a good job of adapting.
Pros
When the financial aid module is working it does a pretty good job of what we need it to.
Cons
Now that we are in 'the cloud' customer service has taken a nosedive and it takes forever to updates installed.

- Industry: Higher Education
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Very stable software used by best higher ed. institutes
Ellucian Banner has provided our students and staff with a single application that manages aspects of course registration, work, bills, payments, grades, academic status.
Single sign on module was extremely helpful
Pros
It is a high-end software. Very stable. It integrates with the Microsoft LDAP. We have been using it for student and employee account management in term of course registration, tax forms, billing, salaries, student employment, grading, transcripts. It has very secure and solid database which is essential for the above mentioned matters.
Cons
Managing it requires training. It is not easy to administer. The price is very high compared to competing software in the higher education sector.

- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Ellucian User for 15+ years
Pros
Since our college gained access to the web-based version of Ellucian (we call it Colleague at our school, too), it has been a lot easier to use.
Cons
I wish the help feature and other help documents were a little easier to follow. We used to have a gentleman who worked in Admissions & Records that would make PowerPoint presentations and quick guides to help out the Ellucian users.