Starfish comparisons
Starfish is compared head-to-head with EAB Navigate360, Civitas Advising and Watermark Student Success & Engagement and more: 7 head-to-heads in Academic Advising Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Starfish head-to-head
- Starfish vs EAB Navigate360
- Starfish vs Civitas Advising
- Starfish vs Watermark Student Success & Engagement
- Starfish vs Ellucian Smart Plan
- Starfish vs Ellucian Advising
- Starfish vs Stellic
- Starfish vs CoreCampus
Starfish vs each of them
| # | Tool | Paid from | Degree audit | Degree planning | Early alerts | Intervention workflows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Starfish | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.2 | ||
| 1 | EAB Navigate360 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 2 | Civitas Advising | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 3 | Watermark Student Success & Engagement | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | Ellucian Smart Plan | Yes | Yes | 8.1 | |||
| 6 | Ellucian Advising | Yes | Yes | 8.0 | |||
| 7 | Stellic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7.8 | |
| 8 | CoreCampus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7.7 |
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