Populi Customer Reviews 2025 | SoftwareReviews

Populi

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is Populi?

Populi is a fully hosted, web-based college information management system. Colleges choose Populi because it is a convenient, cutting-edge, user-friendly, comprehensive, and powerful way to manage their information. Its software-as-a-service business model and monthly per-student pricing make it one of the most affordable solutions on the market.

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Populi Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+100 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Populi?

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Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 88

Registration and Enrollment

Student Records

Analytics and Reporting

School Administration

Communications

Student Portal

Mobility Support

Student Admissions

Curriculum Management

Scheduling

Gradebook

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Populi Reviews

Kristen H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2021

Right fit, right price, excellent service.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Populi from other similar products?

Populi provides integrated LMS features into it's SIS so faculty and students have only one portal to log into for all of their academic needs. It has the right features at an affordable price for smaller schools looking for an efficient yet robust system. The interface is highly intuitive and their customer service cannot be beat.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This is our all-in-one system for student billing, financial aid, registration, student communication, course management, and more.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some things are not customizable, but when that is the case I have found that the service team usually has some workarounds or other recommendations ready to hand.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check it out! Compared to similar sized systems I would choose Populi every time. The price is the price and the integration process was very smooth.

Pros

Reliable
Transparent
Includes Product Enhancements
Continually Improving Product

Joel W.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Cost effective all-in-one, always improving!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Populi from other similar products?

It offers more features under one roof than other options.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That we don't need other college management platforms or LMS software. Populi does it all.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some of the detailed reports we use for assessments of student learning and institutional effectiveness take a little longer than I would like. It works fine, I would like to see even more improvements in the area of easy-to-use, reliable reports for retention, graduation rates, compiled rubric scores, etc.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The basics are easy to learn and implement, but I recommend that you invest in ongoing training for your staff so that everyone makes the most of all the features and inputs data correctly and cosistently.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Populi Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Populi?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Registration and Enrollment Includes forms and procedures, academic requirements, and payment processing.

Student Records Includes student enrollment information, grades, academic history, and class timetables all in a database.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

School Administration Includes operations such student budgeting, student personal details, record of attendance, timetable details, and record of marks.

Communications Includes communication portals, secure messaging, and automated alerts.

Student Portal An interface that allows for access of academic resources, to-do checklists, calendars, and course materials.

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

Student Admissions Includes student qualifications, student certificates, and admission requirements.

Curriculum Management Includes course development and scheduling.

Scheduling Includes unloading, delivery, goods issue, and loading date. Integrates shipping, transportation, and receiving calendars and determines scheduling direction.

Gradebook Includes an individual's marks, progress, and overall appraisal.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Populi Reviews

Kristen H.

Right fit, right price, excellent service.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Joel W.

Cost effective all-in-one, always improving!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Registration and Enrollment

Student Records

Analytics and Reporting

School Administration

Communications

Student Portal

Mobility Support

Student Admissions

Curriculum Management

Scheduling

Gradebook

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support