Xello vs. Naviance
Xello vs. Naviance

Xello is the CCR program that your students actually want to use.
Xello is the CCR program that your students actually want to use.

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Xello is

the student-driven pathway planner.

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User experience
Intuitive, modern design, easy to navigate. No training needed.
Outdated and complex. Requires training to achieve proficiency.
Pathway support
Full support for 2 and 4-year college, military, apprenticeships, and direct-to-work pathway plans.
Mainly focused on the needs of 4-year college-bound students.
Scope and sequence
Full K–12 program with age-appropriate K-2 and 3-5 modules. Infuses career and life needs awareness early for outcome oriented 6-12 exploration and planning.
Limited K-5 and middle school programming. Mainly focused on supporting high school level college pathway planning.
Research and testing
Thoroughly researched, classroom tested, and enjoyed by students in over 3,500 schools across the US (and counting).
Checks the boxes, but extent of research and testing unclear.
Student portfolios
Support students in building multiple media-rich portfolios.
Portfolios can easily be shared and showcased for subject area work, culminating projects, internships and job applications.
One rigid summary of work completed in the program.
Can't be shared externally, and uploading files to portfolios is tricky.

See how Xello's student-centric approach helps every student build actionable plans for life after high school.

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Xello is

your path to higher college acceptance rates.

Feature
What it is
How it works
College profiles
Equips students to identify the colleges and majors that can get them to their dream career.
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Filters help students dial in on the college options that meet their wants and needs
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Exposes students to schools they wouldn't have otherwise considered
Scattergrams
Provides data-driven insights into admission possibilities through simple visuals.
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Helps students evaluate their safety, reach and match schools
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Gets students focused on setting achievable goals
Scholarships
An extensive search tool with thousands of national, state and local scholarship opportunities.
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Makes scholarship opportunities easily accessible to students and families
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In the past year, students saved almost 160K scholarships!
Application tracker
Automates sending and tracking application documents to thousands of colleges via integrations with Common App and Parchment Unified.
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Keeps students on top of all application related tasks and due dates
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Easy document management and tracking saves counselors and registrars time
FAFSA tracker
Monitor financial aid applications, verify completion, and flag issues—all in one place.
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Flexibility to track both federal and state aid applications
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Supports application verification through secure uploads
Knowledge hub
A centralized hub for students and families to access financial aid resources.
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Provides answers to frequently asked questions related to FAFSA and paying for college

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Xello is

fully accessible.

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Professionally translated
Professionally or AI translated in over 130 languages, ensuring comprehensive inclusivity with a user-friendly interface
Google-translated to Spanish, providing inconsistent or incomplete translations, misspelled words, and an impersonal tone.
Age-appropriate reading level
For ease of understanding reading level is at or below grade level, with read-aloud support readily available.
User experience is text-heavy and written at an advanced reading level.
Representation
Offers over 600 career profiles with an intentional focus on diversity, ensuring students from all backgrounds feel included and represented.
Career profiles feature stock photography, which may not resonate with every student.
Accessibility standards
Committed to delivering an equitable experience for all, Xello exceeds the rigorous software accessibility standards, such as WCAG 2.2 Level AA, to which K–12 must comply.
Complex interface creates steep learning curve for users.

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Xello is

a trusted success partner.

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Support framework
Award-winning client solutions team dedicated to supporting districts when they need it, plus a comprehensive, online resource library.
Support is not available to all users, which creates bottlenecks and missed communications. Online support portal is confusing.
Support characteristics
Trusted by states across the country to collaborate and meet college and career readiness mandates.
Inconsistencies in client support due to known high turnover.
Professional development
All-inclusive training and PD resources like Xello Academy allow educators to take their CCR programming to the next level, at no extra cost.
Equivalent training may cost extra.

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Why switching is easy & risk-free

Depiction of Xello's world-class support services
White-glove onboarding
A personalized onboarding experience for your program administrators and technology leads, plus direct and continuous support for teachers, parents, and students.
Data Integration
Seamless continuity
We import your data to provide a continuous CCR experience and no lost work. Plus, governed by our extensive security standards, you can trust us with securely migrating and storing your data.
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On-demand support
We’re eager to support your district with <1 min response time on live chat, 85% of emails answered within 2 hours, and a 94% satisfaction rate on all support interactions.
From our Xello community

Students and educators love Xello

Why Students and Educators Love Xello
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Milwaukee Public Schools

Manager of Counseling, Ophelia King, describes how Xello supports MPS' vision of engaging students with meaningful CCR initiatives, from kindergarten onward.
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Poway Unified School District

Lead CTE Counselor, Emily Stevenson, relates her experience working with Xello, and the quality support she receives that ensure her students succeed.
What our clients say

Happy educators who've made the switch:

Making the switch to Xello was a big step for our district, but the support we received from the Xello team to relaunch as a full K-12 program was unparalleled. Our students are excited to discover and explore their college and career options. I wish we’d done it sooner!
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Melody Coryell

Executive Director, Postsecondary Readiness
Indianapolis Public Schools, Indiana
After vetting six other software providers we knew we were in good hands with Xello. Their innovative student interface stands out, for sure, but it’s the support of people who act as real program partners that made our decision to switch that much easier.
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Jason Luke

Director of Career Awareness & Exploration
Kalamazoo Regional Service Agency, Michigan
From the communications to get us onboarded, to the training calls to keep us on track, and the launch workshops that have helped us clearly define our goals I have been truly amazed with the ease of our transition to Xello from Naviance. We're in such good hands.
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Laura Butgereit

College and Career Readiness Coordinator
MSD of Warren Township, Indiana

Why choose Xello over Naviance?

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    It inspires and engages students at every grade level.
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    It gets results because students love using it.
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    We make getting started easy for your entire district community.
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