Personalized journeys
Engaging chatbot funnels distribute candidates to admissions counselors for individual follow-up.
Admissions & Recruiting
Meet and exceed your student enrollment goals
Scale your admissions and recruiting capacity without increasing staff. Reach Gen-Z applicants 5x faster than email or phone with personalized SMS, A.I. chatbots, and live chat — all in one inbox.
- 73%
- of candidates prefer SMS for outreach
- 300K+
- conversations created on the platform
- 95%
- of texts are read within 3 minutes
Engage every applicant
Personalized conversations for every student
Streamline recruiting with an engaging inbound chatbot funnel that distributes candidates individually to your admissions team for follow-up. Using A.I. chatbots and SMS, universities reach students 5x faster vs. traditional email and phone.
A chat assistant for your site
Higher completion rates with natural conversations
Natural conversations beat cumbersome application forms — resulting in higher completion rates and a more engaging candidate experience. Applicants instantly engage with a click or QR code scan to start a live chat, SMS text, or Facebook Message.
Bulk campaigns
Outreach with bulk texting
Send SMS updates to a segmented group or individual contacts with the click of a button — complete with photos, videos, emojis, PDFs, and CSV imports. Personalize at scale with variables and scheduling.
CRM that just works
Integrates with your student CRM
Sync chat and contact data back and forth. Customize CRM workflows and integrate with your systems using our public API. Native integration with Ellucian CRM Recruit & Advance, plus Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and HubSpot.
Built for admissions
Everything you need to scale enrollment
A.I. chat assistant
Higher completion rates with natural conversation — not forms — across web, SMS, and Messenger.
Meet applicants anywhere
Click or QR scan to start a live chat, SMS, or Facebook Message — wherever they are.
Bulk SMS campaigns
Segment and send personalized texts with photos, videos, emojis, and PDFs at scale.
No-code student flows
Build chat flows for FAQs, qualification, and office hours. High-performing templates included.
CRM-native
Ellucian CRM Recruit & Advance, plus Salesforce, Dynamics, HubSpot, and a public API.
Why teams choose Alive5
Everything you need to connect
- FERPA-friendly, compliant workflows
- Native integration with Ellucian CRM Recruit & Advance
- Auto-translation in 70+ languages
- Counselor caseload routing & tagging
- Custom keyword flows (e.g. text "VISIT")
- Mobile + desktop app for advisors
- 5x faster engagement vs email & phone
- Public API for custom CRM workflows
“Our counselors went from chasing voicemails to answering 4× more student questions per day. Yield is up, students feel heard.”
Top-tier US University
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