Compare CampusAnyware и PikMyKid

Benefits:

CampusAnyware is user-friendly and meets all our small college needs from Admissions through Graduation.

Drawbacks:

I do not have a negative comment to make about this amazing software.

Summary:

CampusAnyware is always willing to assist with issues to make the product even better than it already is. They really care about the client.

Benefits:

Campus Anyware is simple and powerful enough to meet any SIS need at our institution. The cost is decent for smaller colleges and universities. The... Read more

Campus Anyware is simple and powerful enough to meet any SIS need at our institution. The cost is decent for smaller colleges and universities. The customer support is good. I can contact the company with most any issue or suggestion. If I am unable to reach someone, my call is usually returned or an email is sent within 12-24 hours . I appreciate their willingness to collaborate in maximizing efficiency, whether specific to the campus level or something beneficial to all Campus Anyware users.

Drawbacks:

It is not a flashy product with a ton of enhancements. It is my understanding some enhancements are coming. Reporting can have its limits; and ther... Read more

It is not a flashy product with a ton of enhancements. It is my understanding some enhancements are coming. Reporting can have its limits; and therefore, data collection can be time consuming when creating new reports in Crystal Reports. However, Campus Anyware is willing to assist in the creation of reports whenever I have difficulties.

Summary:

Our campus relies on the software, so I work heavily in the system. Once a process or report is created to simplify work, I know our institution is... Read more

Our campus relies on the software, so I work heavily in the system. Once a process or report is created to simplify work, I know our institution is working more efficiently and can therefore better serve our students.

Benefits:

This is an affordable database for our small college with limited resources. However, additional training would be more beneficial without the adde... Read more

This is an affordable database for our small college with limited resources. However, additional training would be more beneficial without the added expense of having to travel for multiple staff to attend. Consider sending a trainer to us.

Drawbacks:

Having to know Crystal Reports to get a custom report from the data. There has to be an easier way without having to pay extra to have custom repo... Read more

Having to know Crystal Reports to get a custom report from the data. There has to be an easier way without having to pay extra to have custom reports. We would also like the capability to freeze our data at a specific date for reporting purposes.

Summary:

This is an affordable software package for the storage of our student records.

Benefits:

I love that students can apply directly from our website. Once they have created their account, they can login to see what items are needed to com... Read more

I love that students can apply directly from our website. Once they have created their account, they can login to see what items are needed to complete the application progress. I also love that students can write an essay and have it on their record for easy review.

Drawbacks:

I have trouble with reports. I don't fully understand crystal reports so I have a hard time building my own reports. I also don't like the way re... Read more

I have trouble with reports. I don't fully understand crystal reports so I have a hard time building my own reports. I also don't like the way reports export to Excel, the formatting could be better, in my opinion

Summary:

We are in the process of using the email and text features. I'm so excited!!! Campus Anyware will now have all communications to and from student... Read more

We are in the process of using the email and text features. I'm so excited!!! Campus Anyware will now have all communications to and from students right on the student's record!

Benefits:

We have been using PikMyKid for many years now and find that it has really helped with our dismissal process. PMK made some very exciting upgrades... Read more

We have been using PikMyKid for many years now and find that it has really helped with our dismissal process. PMK made some very exciting upgrades to help schools during the COVID-19 crisis. We were able to make our own questions that parents needed to answer before they dropped of their child for the day. After using this for a while, we realized our questions were too general for the situation. It was very easy for us to go back in and change those questions, both English and Spanish. Dismissal is a breeze and quiet! We would recommend PMK to any school who has a need for an easy, organized dismissal system.

Drawbacks:

It is hard to find a "con" with this program.

Summary:

Benefits:

We have only used this program for car riders, as the other transportation modes haven't been implemented. We love how fast it makes our car rider ... Read more

We have only used this program for car riders, as the other transportation modes haven't been implemented. We love how fast it makes our car rider dismissal go. PikMyKid has helped a lot with phone management in the front office because the parents can make the transportation changes on their end. This system is also very helpful in social distancing since the teachers hold the students in their classroom until their parents are at the school to pick them up. Once we were able to get past the learning curve the system worked very well. However, the learning curve took a bit longer than expected though.

Drawbacks:

We have struggled with EASILY identifying transportation changes on the classroom/teacher side of this program. We eventually were told of a report... Read more

We have struggled with EASILY identifying transportation changes on the classroom/teacher side of this program. We eventually were told of a report that could be set up and sent to the teachers so they could see transportation changes. Before we were told about this, the one screen the teachers worked off of was not clear as to who had a transportation change for that particular day. We continue to struggle with getting accurate transportation change updates. The app and/or website doesn't always work during dismissal time.

Summary:

Our overall experience has been good with PikMyKid. It took a bit to get into the swing of it, but once we did it has helped a lot. The feature tha... Read more

Our overall experience has been good with PikMyKid. It took a bit to get into the swing of it, but once we did it has helped a lot. The feature that allows the parents to change their child's mode of transportation has been a favorite for the front office staff. Being able to keep the students in the classroom until it's time for them to be dismissed has been a tremendous help for social distancing. One major improvement that we would like to see would be to easily identify a transportation change in the dismissal progress page. Some suggestions would be to highlight the student's name, or have an icon showing the change (example: car -> walker). Having the transportation changes EASILY identifiable on the dismissal progress page would be the biggest help that PikMyKid could offer.

Benefits:

Pikmykid app has streamlined our parent pick up system during a pandemic. We needed a safe and reliable way to get students to their parents/guardi... Read more

Pikmykid app has streamlined our parent pick up system during a pandemic. We needed a safe and reliable way to get students to their parents/guardians quickly because of the large number of students being picked up in the short time. I am thankful we have this program in place.

Drawbacks:

The software doesn't constantly link with our opperating system and so we have to manually enter new students. I think it would also be easier for ... Read more

The software doesn't constantly link with our opperating system and so we have to manually enter new students. I think it would also be easier for the system to already have the next student number in place so that we don't have keep track of the next students number.

Summary:

Benefits:

The implementation team and support team has been wonderful. The've been with us every step of the way through implementation and beyond! Huge sho... Read more

The implementation team and support team has been wonderful. The've been with us every step of the way through implementation and beyond! Huge shout out to [SENSITIVE CONTENT], and the rest of the team!

Drawbacks:

We didn't have any dislikes for the system. The only thing that comes to mind is manually updating staff when using an API. But that being said, i... Read more

We didn't have any dislikes for the system. The only thing that comes to mind is manually updating staff when using an API. But that being said, it is a pretty simple process to do so.

Summary:

PikMyKid has helped us keep our students safe. Before we had the system our students would wait outside for parent pickup. We are in Arizona so t... Read more

PikMyKid has helped us keep our students safe. Before we had the system our students would wait outside for parent pickup. We are in Arizona so temperatures can reach over 110 degrees which is dangerous for anyone to be outside. There was also much chaos during driveline. Now, our students and staff stay indoors during driveline and parents don't need to get out of their cars. They just announce they have arrived and their child is sent to them. Our stakeholders love it and so do we!