--- description: Review of Ellucian Student Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Ellucian Student | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Accounting Software for Schools](/directory/295/education-software/software) > [Ellucian Student](/software/395163/ellucian-banner) # Ellucian Student Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/395163/ellucian-banner Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/395163/ellucian-banner?page=2) > Designed for higher educational institutes of all sizes, Ellucian Banner Finance is a cloud-based solution that helps accounting teams streamline financial processes across accounts payable, endowment management, sponsored research accounting, journal entries, and more from a centralized platform. The platform allows staff members to access relevant data in real-time to ensure compliance with policy guidelines, assess capital expenditures, and manage multiple revenue streams. Ellucian Banner Finance lets accounting teams configure preferred funding elements, access spend analysis, view fiscal or multi-year financial activity, and monitor historical trend analysis via a built-in database. It enables employees to gain a comprehensive view of Federal Financial Reports (FFRs), grants ledger, and other relevant data by utilizing the research and grants module. Additionally, financial teams can use the graphic dashboard to process, search, view, and manage different types of journal vouchers including, budgets, transactions, and encumbrances. Ellucian Banner Finance helps organizations create and allocate budgets whilst managing funds, endowments, assets, and grants. Pricing is available on request and support is extended through documentation, email, phone, and other measures. > > Verdict: Rated **3.7/5** by 39 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.7/5** | 39 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 60% | (6/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Ellucian - **Location**: Reston, US - **Founded**: 1968 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Pricing Details**: Please contact Ellucian directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English, Spanish - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Accounting - Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable - Bank Reconciliation - Billing & Invoicing - Budgeting/Forecasting - Consolidation/Roll-Up - Dashboard Creation - Data Import/Export - Financial Aid Management - Financial Analysis - Financial Management - Financial Reporting - Fixed Asset Management - For Higher Education - Fund Accounting - General Ledger - Grant Management - Planning Tools ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support ## Category - [Accounting Software for Schools](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/295/education-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Accounting Software for Schools](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/295/education-software/software) - [Financial Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3401/financial-management-system/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Full suite ERP solution. > > **Cons**: Student is Banner's strongest module -- Finance is not. ----- ### "Financial Aid User" — 4.0/5 > **Tara** | *19 August 2019* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ellucian Banner is the platform that I have used at my previous and current university, while working in financial aid. I have only ever used Banner so I do not have another platform to compare it to. This system has been very beneficial in automating the processing for financial aid. I have used this program for over 7 years. All student, and employee, related information is stored in one location and necessary processing can be handled with Banner. Financially and academic based, this program has helped be the "one-stop-shop" for all information for our large student base. Banner 9 has made the screens easier to use for new users (due to acronyms) but Banner 8 was the most efficient program I have ran. > > **Cons**: Banner 9 seems to have a lag between screens that has not yet been improved. Being web-based, it has really slowed down or processing. There are glitches that are quickly fixed but there seems to be more issues with this new Banner program than what we ever dealt with while using Banner 8. ----- ### "IBM for Higher Education" — 3.0/5 > **Jonathan** | *18 July 2023* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: ERP software is never quick or easy to implement but most people in higher education use this package so it is very well known in the industry. > > **Cons**: It is old and has the baggage of any old system and lots of training is needed for employees new to it. > > It is our system of record, the main database tied to everything on campus. ----- ### "Degree evaluation" — 4.0/5 > **Nicole** | *3 August 2023* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Students degree evaluation - really my comment is to short. lol... I like pretty much everything with Ellucian > > **Cons**: Our help guide isn't up to date with the new verse so sometimes going to the guide to figure out what you did wrong and why something will not save/update is a pain. But, I can usually figure out what I did. ----- ### "Banner Finance - A Highly Functional Financial Tool for Higher Education" — 4.0/5 > **Justin** | *16 July 2019* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Banner Finance offers a lot of great functionality but what I liked most about the finance platform was its ability to interface between six campuses with Banner Student to communicate tuition payments and student receivables with our system financial system and update all as though they were one. > > **Cons**: Because this financial platform is so big, when we have experienced problems with Banner, it has caused debilitating shutdowns that grind our finance and accoutning system to a halt and users are on standby until we can get traffic started again. > > Our overall experience with Banner Finance has been very positive. We are able to generate quarterly and annual financial reports that our auditors and finance staff can work with and drill down on to get detail behind the figures. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/395163/ellucian-banner?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/395163/ellucian-banner) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data