Gecko

Gecko is ranked #4 of 29 in student recruitment software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Web.

Compared on student recruitment software

Applicant communications: Yes
Review workflow: Yes
Decision workflow: Yes
Enrollment workflow: Yes
Document collection: Yes
SIS integration: Yes

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Gecko

Product: Gecko describes its product as a student engagement CRM that brings together student conversations, data, and touchpoints.
AI support: Its AI chatbot provides automated student support across web, social, and SMS, with handoff to human agents for complex queries.
AI capabilities: The AI features include sentiment analysis, automatic conversation tagging, summaries, and support for over 50 languages.
Shared inbox: The shared inbox brings email, chat, text, and social messages together and lets teams assign messages, add internal notes, and use canned responses.
Workflow automation: Workflows can use event triggers, conditional paths, scheduled triggers, and integrations with external systems via webhooks and APIs.
Reporting: Gecko offers cross-module analytics, customizable reports, event metrics, communication tracking, and scheduled report delivery and exports.
Integrations: The company’s homepage identifies Slate, Salesforce, and Ellucian as systems Gecko works alongside.
Additional integrations: Gecko Academy documents integrations with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Unibuddy, Slate, Recruit CRM, HubSpot, SFTP, and webhooks.
Security: Gecko’s older technology page states that application data is stored and processed in AWS data centres and that the service supports MFA and encryption at rest and in transit.
Support: Gecko describes hands-on onboarding, on-site training, documentation, live sessions, self-serve resources, and in-platform support.
Intended users: Gecko presents the platform for higher education teams including admissions, student services, international recruitment, career services, graduate admissions, community colleges, and online education.
Pricing availability: The company’s homepage invites institutions to request a demo to discuss a suitable solution; it does not state a product price there.
Company history: Gecko says Matt Lanham founded the company in 2012 to change how universities and colleges engage with students.
Channels: Its shared inbox brings email, text, chat and calls together.

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Student Recruitment Software in 2026#4 of 29
Best Admissions Software in 2026#3 of 27

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Sources

geckoengage.com· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/platform/ai· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/uses/automate-inbound-communication· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/platform/workflows· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/platform/reporting· checked 30 Sept 2026
academy.geckoengage.com/en/collections/3688525-integrations· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/our-technology/· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/about-us· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/platform· checked 30 Sept 2026
academy.geckoengage.com/en/articles/6896421-salesforce· checked 30 Sept 2026
geckoengage.com/privacy-policy/· checked 30 Sept 2026
academy.geckoengage.com/en/articles/6811296-exporting-data· checked 30 Sept 2026