DegreeReady vs uAchieve Degree Audit

DegreeReady is a web platform for managing student progression from degree-program setup through planning and auditing. Students can map planned and completed units by semester, move subjects with drag and drop, and receive warnings when plans break program rules. The system shows the cost of each subject and the total degree cost, plus completion percentages, remaining subjects or credit points, projected graduation dates, and credit points per subject. Advisors can create version-controlled templates linked to program structures, including templates based on career goals or pathways and wildcard subjects. They can work with students remotely or in person and use What If scenarios to examine alternatives and transferable credits. Administrators and advisors can receive alerts when students fall behind or plans become invalid. On-demand audits compare enrolled and completed subjects from an existing Student Management System with degree rules. Institutions can open access to prospective students and agents. DegreeReady is paid, with pricing on request, and has no free plan or trial.

uAchieve Degree Audit helps higher education institutions track academic progress and identify remaining graduation requirements. It handles multiple majors, minors, and degrees, plus waivers, test scores, non-course requirements, GPA calculations, and course reuse. Students and advisors can run what-if audits to see how completed courses apply to other programs. Staff have batch audit processing and an internal report-template library for analytics and early warnings. Real-time connections are available for Ellucian Banner and Colleague through Ethos, JDBC, and RESTful web services, and for PeopleSoft through JDBC or REST/JSON services. Java-based interfaces support homegrown SIS and systems including Jenzabar, Workday, and CAMS. Transfer Articulation stores equivalencies and statewide rules and converts transfer grades and credits to institutional values. Audits and transfer equivalencies can be provided through Transferology. Deployment is web or self-hosted. Hosted service availability is stated as 99.99% uptime, and subscriptions include 40 hours of support. Pricing is by subscription on request.