Best Lotterease Alternative? Explore Avela's Enrollment Solution
Choosing the right enrollment management system is crucial for charter schools, districts, and school-choice programs seeking efficiency, equity, and transparency. Lotterease (as well as Enrollease and the full Easy Suite) and Avela are popular platforms – but how do they compare?
Key Factors to Consider:
1. Automation and Transparency
Lotterease/Easy Suite: Offers basic lottery automation and online waitlist management with notifications and reporting.
Avela: Provides advanced lottery automation with highly customizable rules and transparent algorithmic assignment, built to support complex district-wide or multi-school network lotteries. Perfect for organizations seeking greater fairness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
2. Scalability and Flexibility
Lotterease/Easy Suite: Generally targeted toward small sites. Limited ability to scale up for larger networks, large districts, or complex enrollment policies.
Avela: Designed to scale from single sites up to large districts.Able to manage sophisticated enrollment scenarios, multiple preference types, and dynamic school choice policies.
3. Integration and Data Analytics
Lotterease/Easy Suite: Limited integration options; typically focused on basic reporting and straightforward data management.
Avela: Offers robust data analytics, comprehensive reporting, and supports integration via its open API. Designed for data-driven enrollment management and strategic decision-making.
4. User Experience
Lotterease/Easy Suite: Straightforward interface, suitable for users transitioning from manual processes but may lack advanced user functionality.
Avela: Delivers an intuitive, modern, mobile-friendly user interface, prioritizing ease-of-use for both administrative teams and families, resulting in higher engagement, satisfaction, and streamlined processes.
5. Support and Training
Lotterease/Easy Suite: Offers standard support, typically through email or ticketing, and basic onboarding.
Avela: Provides dedicated, high-touch support with comprehensive onboarding, continuous training, and strategic consulting to optimize your enrollment practices.
Which Platform Should You Choose?
Choose Lotterease/Easy Suite if your school or program:
Needs only basic functionality.
Choose Avela if your organization:
Requires more robust tools, advanced analytics, and sophisticated lottery rules.
Making the Switch to Avela
Transitioning from Lotterease/Easy Suite to Avela is streamlined by Avela’s expert onboarding and migration support, ensuring minimal disruption to families and administrative teams. Schools and districts choosing Avela typically experience increased operational efficiency, greater enrollment transparency, and enhanced parent satisfaction.
