Socio Connect vs Graduway
Socio Connect and Graduway, side by side.
Both are alumni platforms you subscribe to. Socio Connect puts your directory, mentoring, chapters, events, giving and website on one record per graduate, with the Assistant built in, at published monthly prices.
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A note before we go further: Graduway is a good, purpose-built alumni platform, and plenty of universities run well on it. If it’s the right fit for yours, stay on it. This page sets the two side by side so you can choose.
Harbor Point Church is an example.
What changes
Your alumni community, and the gifts, on one record.
An alumna comes to a city reunion, mentors a student and gives. On many campuses those land in three systems, and nobody sees the whole relationship. Socio Connect puts them on one record per graduate, so you can see which alumni are engaged and act on who needs you this week.
Graduway gives universities an alumni directory, mentoring and engagement platform, hosted by Gravyty, with connectors for Raiser’s Edge NXT and Salesforce. Its pricing is quoted privately.
Socio Connect publishes every plan, priced by active people. Gifts go to your own Stripe account, and we never add a platform fee. Stripe charges its usual card fee, and donors can choose to cover it.
Every event, introduction, mentoring match and gift lands on the same record, in one platform.
$0
platform fee on giving, dues and tickets
$299
a month on Community, up to 750 active people
14 days
free on Community, no card
Job by job
What your alumni office runs, in one place.
The jobs your alumni office runs today, and where each one lives in Socio Connect. On Graduway they come as one subscription: quoted privately.
| The job | In Socio Connect |
|---|---|
| Alumni directory | A searchable alumni directory and profiles, on one record per alumEvery plan |
| Mentoring | Mentoring between alumni and students, and introductions between alumniCommunity |
| Chapters | Chapters and campuses under one roof, each with its own leaders and eventsComplete |
| Groups and class cohorts | Groups with leaders, feeds and messages (3 on Free, 10 on Foundation, unlimited on Community)Every plan |
| Events and reunions | Events and RSVPs on every plan. Paid tickets on Community, to your own Stripe account with no platform feeEvery planCommunity |
| Giving with no platform fee | Giving to your own Stripe account, with recurring gifts and year-end statements, and no platform feeCommunity |
| Volunteers | Volunteer roles and schedules: mentors, speakers, ambassadorsCommunity |
| Courses | Courses with certificatesCommunity |
| Your website | A public website, on your own domain from FoundationEvery plan |
| The Assistant | Alumni who’ve gone quiet, first-time givers to thank and givers who’ve stopped, each with a reason and a note drafted for your teamCommunity |
| Alumni app | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on EnterpriseOn the way |
| Price for 2,000 active alumni | Complete, $599/month for up to 2,000 active peopleComplete |
Graduway doesn’t publish its pricing, so we state no figure for it. Socio Connect plans are priced by active people. Anyone who signed in, gave, checked in or RSVP’d in the last 90 days. Children and people you imported who haven’t done anything don’t count. Card processing on gifts isn’t shown: you pay it whatever platform you use.
See every planOne member record
The questions that sit between systems.
Graduway sits beside your advancement CRM, and often beside separate events, email and giving tools too. These questions cross all of them. On one record they're one place to look, and the Assistant brings the people behind them to your team each week.
- 1Which alumni show up to events and mentor, but have never been asked for a gift?
- 2How engaged is each school, class and city?
- 3Which mentors went on to give?
- 4Which reunions brought people back for good?
Harbor Point Church is an example.
Graduway and Socio Connect
Side by side, at a glance.
| Compared | Graduway | Socio Connect |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | A subscription, quoted privately | Published, monthly or yearly, by active people: Free, then $99, $299 and $599 a month; Enterprise priced to fit |
| For 2,000 active alumni | Ask Graduway for a quote | Complete, $599/month for up to 2,000 active people |
| Advancement CRM | Connectors for Raiser's Edge NXT and Salesforce | Salesforce sync is on the way; export any time |
| Giving | See graduway.com | To your own Stripe account, with no platform fee |
| Alumni app | The Graduway Community app; institutions can also have apps branded under their own name | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on Enterprise |
Moving over
Moving off Graduway.
Moving the place your alumni meet is a real decision, so take it one step at a time:
- 01
Sign up. Your 14-day Community trial starts the day you sign up.
- 02
Import your alumni from a spreadsheet, then set up your chapters, class groups and events.
- 03
Connect your own Stripe account for giving and tickets.
- 04
Keep Graduway running until your alumni have moved, and plan the switch around homecoming and reunions.
Should you switch?
Who each is best for.
If your advancement team depends on a live connection to Raiser’s Edge NXT or Salesforce, or you need an alumni app in the stores today, Graduway has both now. Stay on it.
Socio Connect makes sense when you want directory, mentoring, chapters, events, giving and your website on one record per graduate, the Assistant telling your team who needs them, and published monthly prices.
Graduway
Stay on Graduway if…
- You need a live connector to Raiser’s Edge NXT or Salesforce
- You need an alumni app in the stores today
- Your alumni office already runs well on it
Socio Connect
Choose Socio Connect if…
- You want events, mentoring and gifts on one record per graduate
- You want the Assistant to tell your team who needs them this week
- You want published prices and no cut of your giving
Need something built just for you? We build custom platforms too, from your own app to a program nobody else runs. See custom builds
In their words
“Our community is built around something deeply personal, and we needed a platform that reflected that. Socio Connect took the time to understand who we serve and built something that genuinely feels like home.”
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