Liaison TargetX review

Liaison TargetX is a CRM built for college enrollment teams, covering recruitment, admissions, marketing and student engagement. Its admissions tools are the strongest part: an online application with a student portal, paperless application review where readers score sections against the institution's rubric, and decision posting. The Events module handles promotion and mobile registration, sub-events, waitlists, QR code check-in and offline check-in, then reports on which events drive results. Marketing gets AI writing help and segmentation by demographics, academic interests and behavior, and student engagement adds texting, appointments and early intervention. Liaison says the platform sends more than 6 million emails and 2.8 million texts a year, and connects with SIS systems. Pricing is not published, and the documentation does not cover advancement, so alumni fundraising sits elsewhere. Three tiers of Premier Services are available for teams that want configuration and training help.

Who it is for

Admissions offices that want a higher ed CRM with built-in application review, events and an online application, plus vendor services.

Price

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Key features

• Online application, student portal and decision posting
• Application Review with rubric-based scoring by reviewers
• Events module with mobile registration, QR check-in and offline check-in
• AI writing assistance and audience segmentation for campaigns
• Text messaging, appointment scheduling and early intervention tools

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Built only for colleges and universities
• Strength: Application review and events are native to the CRM
• Strength: Premier Services tiers add training, configuration help and upgrades support
• Weakness: No published pricing
• Weakness: Advancement and fundraising are not part of the documented product
• Weakness: Getting the most from it may mean paying for Premier Services

Key facts

• Volume: 6M+ emails and 2.8M+ SMS sent per year, per Liaison
• Services: Three tiers of Premier Services
• Integrations: Connects with existing SIS systems and other data sources

Where it ranks

Liaison TargetX is No. 4 in our Best CRM for Higher Education verdict.