Best Academic Advising Software in 2026

Civitas Advising

The platform is intended for colleges and universities and their advising, faculty, and student-success teams.

EAB Navigate360

Navigate360 is for two-year and four-year public or private institutions, including community colleges, HBCUs, technical systems, and graduate and online programs.

It is aimed at higher education institutions and the students, advisors, academic planners, and transfer staff working through curriculum requirements.

Retain is aimed at higher education leaders and advisors, including CIOs and vice chancellors, as well as advisors supporting large student caseloads.

Slate

Slate suits higher education institutions seeking one system for admissions, student success, or alumni and advancement operations.

CoreCampus

It suits community colleges, colleges, universities, and career, trade, vocational, or technical schools seeking one system for student records and campus operations.

Ellucian Advising is intended for faculty and advisors at higher education institutions.

It suits institutions and their students and advisors needing degree planning, progress tracking, what-if scenarios, and registration from a plan.

Kuali Financials is designed for colleges and universities managing higher education finance operations.

Starfish is intended for colleges, universities, and community colleges seeking to coordinate student success efforts and interventions.

Stellic

Stellic is aimed at higher education institutions and the students, advisors, administrators, registrars, provosts, and CIOs they serve.

It suits students planning courses toward graduation and advisors, registrars, or academic affairs staff supporting those plans.

It suits universities that need coordinated degree auditing, planning, scheduling, and advising analytics.

Banner Student is intended for higher education institutions and the people managing student recruitment, records, advising, curriculum, aid, and success.

It suits higher-education institutions managing advising, counseling, retention, and related student services.

This platform suits colleges and universities coordinating advising, coaching, tutoring, alerts, and student support.

It is intended for higher education institutions and students who need degree planning, course-demand analysis and classroom scheduling support.

Kuali Advisor suits colleges and universities needing web-based degree audits, planning, early alerts and a student planning portal.

It suits institutions seeking degree planning, early alerts, intervention workflows, and a student planning portal.