Hoopstr Reviews & Product Details

Hoopstr (formerly Vaave) is a SaaS platform built to solve one problem: most alumni networks go quiet after graduation, not because institutions don’t try, but because keeping people engaged year after year takes more than a directory. We make alumni come back, whatever stage your institution is at with alumni engagement today. At the core is an AI-powered, mobile-first alumni app that keeps profiles current, surfaces the right alumni for mentoring, hiring, or donations, and gives institutions and corporates one place to manage their entire network. Hoopstr Live reimagines alumni events around what alumni actually want to attend, while Hoopstr Affinity gives alumni access to member benefits and privileges that make alumni feel valued enough to stay involved. Beyond the platform, Hoopstr runs dedicated programs. Vanguard is our outcome-based program, helping institutions build alumni-driven initiatives mapped to their specific goals, whether that’s placements, mentoring, or engagement, with alumni support throughout. We also have our own Alumni Leadership Program (ALP), a 6-track certification program for alumni officers and anyone involved in alumni relations. It is one of its kind in India, with 1,701+ professionals certified so far.

Seller

Coherendz India

Discussions

Hoopstr Community

Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

Paresh Masade

Pricing

Pricing provided by Hoopstr.

Annual Subscription Charge

Starting at $500.00

Per Year

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User Insights

Average based on 217 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

1 month

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

Per Year

Sweta C.

ALUMNI RELATIONS - Office of Alumni Relations

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/6/2022

"Amazing and smooth!"

5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

An amazing service provider with easy and quick support. Makes efforts for making maximum requirements meet. Pooja and Gagan were amazing as the contact person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

Few more areas to be improved and help the organisation to implement it smoothly and give more creative layouts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Sweta Ma'am,

Thank you for giving an excellent feedback with 5 star rating. We are very happy to know that you liked our services and the efforts taken by our team to meet the customer requirements.

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Maharaja G.

Senior Manager – Corporate Relations & External Affairs

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/26/2022

"Bennett University"

4/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Easy to use and maintain the Alumni Database along with the tracking feature. The team is proactive in handling the queries and coming back with suitable resolutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

The templates are very fixed with the least possibilities of modifications, while the premium services should be more improvised to serve the subscriber with the requirements they have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eswar T.

Founder and CEO

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/12/2022

"Organized platform to have all functions regarding alumni"

5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Creating a good database is a perfect thing about vaave, as this helps our people to find their friends and batchmates easily. Also we can update our profiles along with all our achievements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

Providing a single button to upload all meetings of executive committee of alumni association.

We cannot able to find exact minutes and need to browse from 1st meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Eswar Sir,

Thank you Sir for giving an excellent feedback with 5 star rating. We are happy to know that our product was helpful for the alumni to connect with their friends.

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Om P.

Training & Placement Officer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/16/2023

"Experience with Vaave is wonderful"

5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Portal is good to connect with alumni and also easy to share job options and other details Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

Nothing to dislike about Vaave portal. Portal is fully supportive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alumni O.

IIML alumni network

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2022

"IIML alumni network"

5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Members activities, job board, dashboard, post news, create events, manage members, home banners, gallery etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

All over India youth IIM should be in one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajaram R.

Process Executive

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/7/2022

"Great experience and supportive in all cases"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

They know our needs and help ourself get better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

Not much it was a worthy product. It was great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Rajaram Sir,

Thank you Sir for providing an excellent feedback. We are happy to know that you had a great experience using our product.

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Pranay K.

Prof

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/29/2022

"Vaave is a wonderful platform for the educational institutes to connect with its alumni."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Vaave helps you easy connection to alumni with just a click and helps you identify potential alumni for stronger relations. The user interface is friendly which any office can easily cope up. technical Support is Handy. Vaave incorporates all features needed for long and productive alumni relations for the students and Management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

All features are helpful but encourage rural colleges with a low-cost model during the initial years until colleges become sustainable. The amount of data in the Profile of alumni should be optional as desired by him. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Pranay Sir,

Thank you Sir for giving excellent feedback. We are glad to know that our product was helpful in identifying and connecting with potential alumni.

We are also happy to know that you liked the features of our product and found it easy to use.

We will strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Sagarika S.

Teacher

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/4/2022

"Useful and User-friendly product!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Immediate response to queries and changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

As of now it has met expectations. Alumni identification process could be made better. Expect support for future changes as per requirement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Sagarika Ma'am,

Thank you Ma'am for taking the time to review our product & services.

We are happy to know that you found our product useful and our team was able to help you with queries and changes.

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Dayakar P.

Professor, Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2022

"Alumni Database Management"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

Alumni Database Management became easy with the use of Vaave software. Many features in that software are most useful for communication with the Alumni members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

They send the monthly digest to all the members in digital form. But it will be most useful if they send it in the Newsletter form in a pdf format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Dayakar Sir,

Thank you Sir for providing and excellent feedback.

We are very happy to know that our software made it easy to manage your Alumni Database .We are also glad to know that you also found the features in our software helpful in communicating with the Alumni members .

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.

Roshan T.

Executive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/27/2022

"Engage alumni never like before using Vaave platform!"

5/5

What do you like best about Hoopstr?

It is a wonderful journey so far with Vaave team. We have been using Vaave platform for our institution "Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology" for the last 2 years and have connected with more than 38,000 alumni through the platform. Vaave is not only providing the software, it is also guiding us on Alumni Engagement through the Unique program "Alumni Leadership Program" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hoopstr?

Should promote the mobile application to increase the reach. The registrations through the mobile app would helpfull with quick signups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hoopstr solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Dashboard, Events, Jobs and News modules are very helpful features and easy to use. In the member's section, required filters can apply to search for the target alumni to get in touch with them. The mobile application is good and easy to connect with alumni and batchmates. Also, the monthly newsdigest feature will be helpful for the alumni to know about the updates that happened on the network over the last month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Paresh Masade of Hoopstr

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Dear Roshan Sir,

Thank you sir for giving excellent feedback with a 5-star rating.

We are extremely delighted to learn that you have had an incredible experience with us for the last 2 years and that our product helped you to connect with a large number of your alumni. We are happy to know that you also found our "Alumni Leadership Program" very helpful.

We are glad to know that the various features available in our portal like The Dashboard, Events, Jobs, and Monthly Digest proved very helpful to you. We have also taken your suggestion on promoting the mobile app.

We will continue and strive to deliver a great experience on the feedback you shared with us.