Civitas Advising vs Ellucian Smart Plan

Civitas Advising combines student information, advising workflows, and planning tools for colleges and universities. Advisors can view profiles containing academic information, advising notes, and alerts, then identify students for outreach based on factors such as changes in persistence likelihood or unfinished schedules. Teams can coordinate with dynamic student lists, shared notes, alerts, and outreach. Advisors and students can collaborate on degree plans and class schedules; students can also schedule appointments and message advisors through a portal. Civitas lists integrations with more than 100 systems, including Banner, PeopleSoft, Workday Student, Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle, Slate, Salesforce, and others. Advising is accessed through a mobile website, while the separate Inspire student app is native for phones. Civitas says it supports institutional single sign-on, does not sell data to third parties, and acts as an institution-designated FERPA school official. Pricing is by annual subscription and quote; institution size, scope, and integrated systems affect the price, and multi-year terms are typical. Additional integrations may carry fees.

Ellucian Smart Plan is a web-based academic planning and registration solution for institutions, students, and advisors. It analyzes academic history, program requirements, prerequisites, and institutional policies to create validated course plans. Real-time student information system data tracks progress and recalculates a completion route when circumstances change. Students can model changing majors, adding a minor, or adjusting course load, then see course sequences, completion timing, and cost implications. They can register directly from plans while institutional registration windows, prerequisites, and policies are applied. A dynamic rules engine manages sequencing, program requirements, and course relationships; multi-goal updates can combine goals such as a double major and minor. Historical institutional data can help tailor plans. Ellucian says Smart Plan integrates natively with Degree Works and Colleague Student Planning. The product page invites institutions to schedule a live demo and does not state a price, free plan, or free trial. Ellucian offers implementation, optimization, and training services.