# Which financial aid software integrates with school information systems and streamlines award letter distribution to families?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hey financial aid software reviewers and researchers: which financial aid software actually integrates with your student information system and gets award letters to families without the mail-merge scramble?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">That last mile is where it falls apart: decision made, then someone exports a spreadsheet, merges letters, and hopes the SIS matches. Four from the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/financial-aid-software"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/financial-aid-software">financial aid software</a> category, each solving it differently:<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/facts-financial-aid-management/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/facts-financial-aid-management/reviews"><strong>FACTS</strong></a> through one platform,<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/blackbaud-financial-aid-management/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/blackbaud-financial-aid-management/reviews"><strong>Blackbaud</strong></a> through the contract,<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/ellucian-student/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/ellucian-student/reviews"><strong>Ellucian</strong></a> by being the SIS.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/facts-financial-aid-management/reviews"><strong>FACTS Financial Aid Management</strong></a>: aid, tuition, and its own SIS in one system. Awards auto-credit to student accounts, families get notified by email and portal. Deepest if you're all-in on FACTS.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/blackbaud-financial-aid-management/reviews"><strong>Blackbaud Financial Aid Management</strong></a>: awards show up on the enrollment contract, in the family's payment portal, and in the business office. Clean, if your school runs Blackbaud.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/ellucian-student/reviews"><strong>Ellucian Student</strong></a>: higher ed, aid lives inside the SIS itself, so no integration seam. Its 3.4 rating across 261 reviews says the experience divides people.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/workday-student/reviews"><strong>Workday Student</strong></a>: students view and accept awards where they pay tuition. One suite, one login, Workday pricing.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">When two look fine on paper, what decides it: the SIS you already run, or the letter the family actually gets?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

Ellucian&#39;s 3.4 rating across 261 reviews says the no-integration-seam advantage doesn&#39;t automatically translate to a good experience. Aid living inside the SIS removes one technical problem while potentially creating a usability one. The family&#39;s award letter experience is a separate question from whether the data flows cleanly.

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