Full Fabric vs Ellucian
Last updated October 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Ellucian? Here's how Full Fabric compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: Full Fabric. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
UK-built higher-ed platform for admissions, CRM and student lifecycle management
Provides higher-education software for student lifecycle, financial aid, finance, HR and integrations.
Headquarters
🇬🇧 GB
🇺🇸 US · 1968
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
Yes
Certifications
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
Price from
€12,000/yr
No
Free plan
No
No
Open Source
No
No
Integrations
Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Stripe, Flywire +20
AWS, Salesforce, Eventbrite, Softdocs, Hyland +2
Where each one wins
Full Fabric
Strengths
- +Clean, intuitive interface simplifying daily admissions tasks
- +Responsive, knowledgeable support team with proactive collaboration
- +Specialized higher education features like real-time applicant pipeline tracking
- +Automated workflows and integrated email marketing for lead nurturing
- +QR-code check-ins for event management
- +Replaces disjointed spreadsheets, enabling fast team adoption
- +Reasonable pricing with strong value for academic institutions
- +Cloud-based reliability reducing IT dependency
Limitations
- −Student portal content management feels clunky and unintuitive
- −Limited flexibility in academic calendar and event management tools
- −No native preview or simulation tools, requiring fake applicant accounts for testing
Ellucian
Strengths
- +Strong suite for end-to-end higher-education administration
- +Robust integration capabilities via Ethos and Marketplace
- +Trusted by large institutions for mission-critical workflows
Limitations
- −Pricing lacks transparency and is quote-based
- −Complexity can be high for smaller institutions
- −No public confirmation of EU/German data residency by default
Data residency & compliance
Full Fabric
Ellucian
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
Standard Contractual Clauses
Certifications
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
Pricing
Full Fabric
- Platform Fee €12,000 / year per institution / yearIncludes contact management, custom lifecycles, event management · Forms & landing pages, workflows & automations · Access to the platform
Module pricing (Commerce, Admissions, SIS) is usage-based and requires a custom quote. Implementation fees apply separately.
Ellucian
No published pricing we could verify.
Pricing is quote-based and not publicly listed. AI subscriptions are described as flat-rate but without published amounts.
Features
Full Fabric
- CRM
- Contact management, Custom lifecycles, Audience segmentation, Email campaigns
- Commerce
- Online product catalogue, Branded student application hub/portal, Single and group course registrations, Stacked-curriculum design
- Admissions & Enrolments
- Application intake, Document uploads, Customizable evaluation workflows, Reviewer assignments
- Student Information System (SIS)
- Central student records, Academic course management, Calendar and attendance tracking, Grades trend analysis
- Platform Architecture & Security
- Low-code/no-code configuration, Role-based access control (RBAC), SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO), Contextual AI tooling via OpenAI
Ellucian
- Student and academic lifecycle
- Student information systems, Recruiting and admissions, Registration management, Academic planning
- Financial aid
- Net-price estimates, Financial-aid workflows, Scholarship management, Student financial forms
- Finance and HR
- Financial management, Human resources workflows, Budgeting and reporting
- Integration and platform
- APIs via Ethos, Data Connect for custom integrations, Experience for unified data sources, Marketplace for pre-built integrations