CollegeNET ApplyWeb vs Gecko
CollegeNET ApplyWeb
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Gecko
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| Figure | CollegeNET ApplyWeb | Gecko |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Admissions Software | 7.2 (#18) | 7.6 (#10) |
| Founded | 1977 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, United States | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Security | CollegeNET’s security page states that it completes an annual SOC 2 Type II examination and does not store, process, or transmit cardholder account data on its own systems. | Gecko reported renewing ISO 27001:2022 certification, completing an annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit and penetration testing, and updating its VPAT against WCAG 2.2 AA. |
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CollegeNET ApplyWeb
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Gecko
Gecko is a student engagement CRM for higher education, bringing student conversations, data, and touchpoints together. Its platform includes chat, texting, email, calling, events, contact management, forms, workflows, student portals, AI, and reporting. A shared inbox brings email, text, chat, and social messages together, with tools to assign conversations, add internal notes, and use canned responses. Workflows can use event or scheduled triggers, conditional paths, and connections to external systems through webhooks and APIs. The AI chatbot provides automated support across web, social, and SMS, with complex queries handed to human agents. Other AI capabilities include sentiment analysis, automatic tagging, summaries, and support for over 50 languages. Reporting includes customizable reports, event metrics, communication tracking, and scheduled delivery and exports. Gecko identifies Slate, Salesforce, and Ellucian as systems it works alongside; its Salesforce integration supports two-way API data exchange. Its audience includes admissions, student services, international recruitment, career services, graduate admissions, community colleges, and online education teams. Pricing is on request, and Gecko offers a free 30-minute demo, not described as a product trial.