Jenzabar operates in the realm of higher education, providing technology solutions and services to cater to the dynamic requirements of diverse institutions. The company leverages scalable software and services to enhance performance across academic campuses and throughout the entire student lifecycle. Its main product is a student information system that has gained significant traction among higher education institutions over the past few years. The company's services are exclusively geared towards the higher education sector.
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1) Core student modules work very well for advising, registration, and other core student services. 2) Staff like the functionality and interface of the Jenzabar One Web and are finally migrating to the web environment after operating in Desktop for many years. 3) Regular (at least annual) updates that include operational improvements, many of which come from user feedback and suggestions.
The Jenzabar Financial Aid Team is incredible. They are quick to respond, very personable, and knowledgeable about their product. The leadership team is also accessible, which is a surprise for a company growing as quickly as this one. The customer base is a fantastic resource for accessing a wealth of knowledge.
I like Jenzabar One because it gives us one central system to manage all of our important student information. It allows me and my colleagues to easily pull data for reports, track students, and follow their progress from admissions through graduation. Since different departments can all use the same platform, communication is smoother and there is less duplicated work. Overall, Jenzabar One helps us stay organized, improve daily operations, and better support our students' success.
1) Some module development lags core strengths and other products are still industry leaders, which creates tension around whether to use J1 or another product integrated with it. 2) It is difficult to assess the cost/benefit or ROI of this modular issue being a technology/implementation cost or a people/training cost, because existing staff have preferences for their existing software tools outside J1. 3) Frequent patch/upgrade schedules can be disruptive to operational planning.
Where the individuals over our accounts may feel very dedicated, the company sometimes makes us feel like the small fish and our input falls on deaf ears. The support team is habitually slow to respond, and often times respond with simple questions they could find themselves as they have access to our instances. Their Unity Platform is a major pain with support as you have to work through Jenzabar who it seems is then waiting on responses from the Boomi support team.
Many of the canned reports need to be customized in order to use efficiently, which could be time-consuming.