Synergetic alternatives
Synergetic alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Synergetic: Quoted privately, priced by module.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
The options
What people compare Synergetic with
Education Horizons quotes Synergetic privately and prices it by module. With over 40 modules to choose from, you may be looking for an alternative that covers the office work you use without paying for modules you do not need.
Often compared
Enquiry Tracker
It is for admissions only, so it may suit a school looking just to manage enquiries rather than replace wider school administration.
Yours to own
School Admin for Claude Code
The open-source school administration system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Synergetic data brought across.
See how it worksHow to choose
How to choose a Synergetic alternative
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What drives the bill
Synergetic is priced privately by module, with over 40 modules available. List the modules your office uses and check what each costs on your invoice. Then compare the bill with the work you need covered, rather than comparing product names alone.
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Who owns your records
Check whether your records stay in a database you own and how you can get them out. Synergetic's community database is described as the hardest part to leave. With School Admin, Enterprise DNA sets up your version on a database you own.
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Fit with your rules
Check whether the system can reflect your fields, fee rules and office processes. A standard tool may not match how your school works. Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your business runs, so you can discuss the rules and records you need before deciding.
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What switching involves
Plan how to extract records, check balances and prepare staff for a change. Synergetic schools can extract records and run debtor reports. You can run both systems for a term, compare fee runs and debtor lists, and check access, backups and the screens your staff rely on before stopping a module.
The option that fits
A version built around your school
School Admin gives you an option shaped around how your school runs, rather than asking you to fit your work to a standard system. Enterprise DNA builds your version, brings your Synergetic records across and runs it for you. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer for the agreed work. There is also a free version you can run yourself, with no licence fee. Hosting and your chosen assistant have separate costs.
- check Your records in a database you own
- check Rules and fields shaped around your office
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer
Make it yours
Design your own Synergetic replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Synergetic. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Synergetic data across and run it for you.
Questions
Synergetic alternatives, answered
Can we move our Synergetic records into another system? expand_more
Yes. Synergetic schools can extract records and run debtor reports. The free version can bring in families, contacts, students, staff checks, future students and family balances, with a test run first. Enterprise DNA maps your actual columns, reconciles balances family by family and brings care notes across by hand.
How does the cost compare with our current Synergetic bill? expand_more
Education Horizons quotes Synergetic privately and prices it by module, so check your invoice to see what you pay. Enterprise DNA charges one setup fee, then a monthly retainer for agreed ongoing work. The free version has no licence fee, while hosting and your chosen assistant have separate costs.
Can it take over accounts, payroll and timetabling too? expand_more
School Admin covers school office work such as families, fees and debtors, attendance follow-up, enrolments, checks, care plans, consent and fundraising. Your general ledger, payroll, timetabling and academic reporting can stay where they are, or Enterprise DNA can connect to them in your custom version.
How can we check it is ready before leaving Synergetic? expand_more
Run both systems for a term. Compare the fee run and debtor list family by family, follow up the same absences and check the same staff list. Confirm access, backups and the screens your staff rely on before you stop paying for a module.
Done comparing? Own the one that fits.
30 minutes with Sam. Bring what Synergetic costs you a year and how you run. We show you what your own version looks like, and if it is a fit, we build it and bring your data across.
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