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What is Salesforce Education Cloud?

Education Cloud is a CRM platform that powers connected constituent experiences. Manage engagements with students, alumni, faculty & staff in one place. With products and solutions for recruitment & admissions, student experience, advancement, and operations, institutions can use Education Cloud across the entire education journey. Education Cloud is built on top of the world’s #1 CRM. This means institutions not only have access to purpose-built education products and solutions but also tools like Tableau, Mulesoft, and now Slack to power your digital campus. The flexibility of Education Cloud enables institutions to easily customize the platform, including leveraging integrations from a robust ecosystem of partner apps available on the AppExchange, the leading enterprise cloud marketplace.

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Product Description

Built on the world’s #1 CRM, Education Cloud empowers institutions to find, engage, retain, and support learners throughout their lifetime - all on one, integrated platform.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Unlike individual point solutions, Education Cloud connects learners, staff and systems on one integrated CRM platform for education. This means institutions can track real-time learner data with integrations to student information systems, learning management systems, financial aid, and more - empowering your staff to spend less time gathering data and more time driving learner success. Education Cloud is also highly customizable and can be tailored to your institution’s specific needs without the costly time investments often required to customize individual point solutions.

A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact Report found that institutions using Education Cloud achieved:
- 195% ROI over three years with payback within 7 months
- $2.4M in total legacy cost savings
- 11% increase in enrollment
- 6.8% increase in retention rate
- 12% increase in productivity among administrative and academic teams
- 12% increase in revenue


Seller Details
Year Founded
1999
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Twitter
@salesforce
584,242 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
78,543 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NYSE:CRM
Phone
+1 (800) 667-6389
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$21,252
Description

Salesforce is a customer relationship management solution that brings customers and companies together. It's one integrated CRM platform that gives all your departments — including marketing, sales, commerce, and service — a single, shared view of every customer.


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Saravanan K.
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Saravanan K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Salesforce education cloud for University Students"
It offers education management services for K12, Colleges as well as universities. Students, faculty, alumni, and administration can work smarter a...
Verified User
U
Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Salesforce.org Education Cloud Review"
As a team leader, I'm able to track the progress of new joiners and thus can dedicate individual attention. I can assign new tasks to them
Ashly M.
AM
Ashly M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy to navigate."
Was not hard to understand how the app works. Easy to navigate and if I had to explain to anyone how to use it I would feel confident in doing so. ...
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Salesforce Education Cloud Media

Salesforce Education Cloud Demo - Admission Connect
Admission Connect
Salesforce Education Cloud Demo - Advancement
Advancement
Salesforce Education Cloud Demo - K-12 Architecture Kit
K-12 Architecture Kit
Salesforce Education Cloud Demo - Slack Course Console
Slack Course Console
Salesforce Education Cloud Demo - Student Success Hub
Student Success Hub
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Ashly M.
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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Was not hard to understand how the app works. Easy to navigate and if I had to explain to anyone how to use it I would feel confident in doing so. Compared to others I think this would be on the top of my list. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

At the moment I do not find or see anything I dislike so far. Continuing using the Salesforce software if I happen to come across anything I will most definitely update my review for others to read as well as to help build a better app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making a better workplace and being in a good environment with less stress is key to having a good workday. Being more productive is the main thing on my list and having this be so easy helps me be more productive everyday. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saravanan K.
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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

It offers education management services for K12, Colleges as well as universities. Students, faculty, alumni, and administration can work smarter and will save time and effort. Salesforce CRM provides complete package for University to manage the core departments as well as admission, stipend, scholarships, placement, internship, alumni,etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Can be customized for AICTE regulations for universities and colleges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides the complete student life cycle from admission to being alumni. Entire workflow is captured using the salesforce education cloud platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alaa H.
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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Tge platform is very powerful, fixable, and provide advanced reporting and dashboards. Going more in depth, the communication tools, the ability to design views based on role and demand. The availability of resources is also a plus. The sandbox is also a great tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

As cloud application, you have limited control. Upgrades scheduling may not fit your plans. The performance in very few times is not as expected. Further integrations with WhatsApp for example was still being developed, but i believe it is highly demanded tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using Salesforce as a student recruitment and application platform was aiming to enhance communication with prospects, and to simplify and personalize the application. Salesforce did it well! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

As a team leader, I'm able to track the progress of new joiners and thus can dedicate individual attention. I can assign new tasks to them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

many a time I am not able to save the data due to a server crash. this happens frequently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

I assign tasks to new joiners and track progress instead of maintaining the records manually or in MS excel.this saves time as it can be access online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Timothy H.
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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

I have used Salesforce to create tickets when students are struggling in different aspects of the course Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Salesforce is not the most intuitive program to use. I had to spend a good bit of time reviewing the tutorials to figure out how to use the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using it to monitor how students are performing in the course as well as trying to resolve low student engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
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I have worked on Salesforce Higher Education instances for 2+ years both from the beginning of implementation to scaling the environment. Both have been leading higher education institutions not only working on student engagement, but enriching the community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Ease of use and free training services for users of any caliber. They don't have to be incredibly tech savvy to get through their work day. The support services are great, whether youre submitting a question to the Trailblazer community or submitting a bug ticket; you'll always find the answer you're looking for. The scalability across the enterprise is amazing - Salesforce continues to come out with upgrades and patches which allows the enterprise to grow in the virtual realm. New additions are added that keep our users on their feet and drives adoption.

From an Administration standpoint the click and drag code is amazing. You don't need to have an expert in computer science managing your instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

I don't have many dislikes other than the cost - many first time implementers will get sticker shock when looking at salesforce Implementations. It's not so much of a dislike; but it's something to be wary of if you are thinking about proposing an implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Salesforce Education Cloud:

Really focus on developing a well thought out RFP when moving forward with implementation partners. You'll want a partner who has done implementations specifically in the field of your interests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Robust data collection, external communications and constituent history, and internal collaboration and streamlining.

Salesforce eliminated data silos in both of my organizations. This tool brought together a single source of truth and now users won't have to email and ask for a report; things can be done easily, ad hoc, with increased up-time. The increase in productivity allows for workers to really focus on the more meaningful tasks like analysis and communication, because Salesforce assists so well with the menial tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Utkarsh P.
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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Education cloud features like multiple address management, credentials management, relationship management, TDTM trigger framework these features are really cool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

There is nothing to deslike but it can provide some more eventing features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Salesforce Education Cloud:

I recommend every educational University to use Salesforce for education as it is really easy to use and it easily sits on top of your current business to leverage it's potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integration from external Application system to flow in data to Salesforce, than Enrollment Process automation and Eventing on education objects to know about student progress withing external system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Using SpedAdvantage through Salesforce has improved the way I do all of my special education paperwork. If you are a SPED teacher, you know how time consuming it can be. I could go on and on how this software has made it easier through better organization, reminders of upcoming due dates, accessible to a student’s team members, logging communication, the list goes on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

At times, SpedAdvantage may have a glitch or will not save items but when we run into those problems there are support personnel that are fast in response and very helpful with working through the problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Salesforce Education Cloud:

Please take the time to make sure that SpedAdvantage is right for your district and go through the structure of the forms so that they are formatted to fit your specific district needs and requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

I feel that students information is in a central location. It is easy to give all team members access to a students information and allows them to make changes without adding more to my plate so to speak, and allows school districts to customize their forms to their specific needs and types of information to include which many districts are different in their paperwork structure. Customer service is fast and easy. Transferring students to a new case manager is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Managed packages available so you don't need to do everything from scratch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

I dont have any dislikes with in till now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Like I mentioned managed packages is a great advantage of not doing everything from scratch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Describe the project or task Salesforce Education Cloud helped with:

My organization uses Salesforce to keep track of our student data. We use Salesforce to create and manage profiles on each of the students we work with. That way, we know their general information, where they're at in their college career, what they might need help with, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Salesforce Education Cloud?

I like that I can reference each student's profile in order to inform my interactions with them. Before I contact a student, I look at their profile and make a note of what they might need help with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Salesforce Education Cloud?

Because there is so much information kept on Salesforce, it can be hard to navigate at times. There is a lot of clicking and scrolling involved if I want to find specific information about a student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Salesforce Education Cloud:

I highly recommend Salesforce if you have data you need to keep track of! It's a fairly straightforward platform to use and you can customize it to suit your specific organization's needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Salesforce Education Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Salesforce is super beneficial when it comes to reaching out to my students. Since my students can sometimes be unresponsive, it helps to have their information on hand to know what the best way to contact them is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.