Gecko vs Ravenna Admissions
Gecko
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Ravenna Admissions
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| Figure | Gecko | Ravenna Admissions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Admissions Software | 7.6 (#10) | 7.5 (#12) |
| Integrations | Gecko’s own materials describe integrations with Slate, Salesforce, Ellucian, Microsoft Dynamics 365, HubSpot, Unibuddy and Recruit CRM, as well as webhooks and SFTP. | Ravenna lists integrations with financial aid, enrollment contracts, tuition management, and SIS platforms including Veracross, Blackbaud, FACTS, and PowerSchool. |
| Pricing | The pages reviewed invite institutions to request a demo and do not state product prices. | The admissions page directs schools to request a demo and does not state a price. |
| Privacy | Gecko Labs Ltd identifies itself as a company registered in England and Wales and says its privacy policy is designed around the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. | VenturEd says it processes personal information on schools’ behalf and does not sell it or use it for advertising or profiling. |
| Security | 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. | VenturEd says safeguards include encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, monitoring, and periodic security assessments. |
| Support | Gecko describes hands-on onboarding, on-site training, documentation, live sessions, self-serve resources, and in-platform support. | Ravenna provides separate support routes for families and school customers, including Ravenna Help and Customer Care email contacts. |
Plans
In their own words
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.
Ravenna Admissions
Ravenna Admissions is web-based admissions software for private K–12 schools, including independent and faith-based schools. Its CRM handles inquiry imports, email and text campaigns, event, tour and interview scheduling, and committee collaboration. Families can apply and submit documents through a mobile-friendly portal with single sign-on, while schools can tailor forms, questions and events. Real-time analytics show funnel activity, yield and year-over-year trends. Listed integrations cover financial aid, enrollment contracts, tuition management and SIS platforms including Veracross, Blackbaud, FACTS and PowerSchool; Ravenna Admit also offers an open API. The system serves small and medium schools as well as large and multi-campus operations. Ravenna says implementation takes 4–5 weeks, followed by four weeks of training after configuration. Client and parent support is described as available 24/7/365 in more than 40 languages. Pricing is not published; schools are directed to request a demo. Ravenna lists Android, iOS, web and API platforms.