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Prentus vs Symplicity: Modern AI Career Platform vs Legacy Career Services CMS
Symplicity manages your career center operations. Prentus builds the student career experience — AI advising, interview prep, job tools, and automated outcome tracking.
Better Together
A comprehensive approach to career services
- Symplicity is a career center administration tool. Prentus is a student career experience platform.
- Symplicity manages workflows for staff. Prentus gives every student an AI career advisor.
- Symplicity's outcome tracking is survey-based (manual). Prentus auto-tracks via LinkedIn.
- Symplicity requires months of setup and significant admin overhead. Prentus onboards in weeks.
- Prentus is modular — add what you need alongside or instead of Symplicity.
Feature comparison
AI Career Advisor
Scale your advising team without hiring
Every student gets a personal AI career advisor available 24/7. It builds weekly career plans, sends proactive nudges, and drafts follow-up emails — scaling your advising team without hiring.
- 24/7 personalized guidance
- Proactive nudges keep students engaged
- Drafts follow-up emails for advisors
AI Mock Interviews
Role-specific interview practice
Voice-based interview practice with role-specific questions pulled from actual job descriptions. Students get instant feedback on their communication skills.
- Voice-based realistic practice
- Questions pulled from real job descriptions
- Instant feedback on communication skills
Job Search Tools
Everything needed to land the job
One-click tailored resumes, a Chrome extension for tracking applications, and a full job board with employer posts, custom scrapers, and web search mode.
- One-click tailored resumes
- Chrome extension for tracking applications
- Job board with employer posts & web search
Outcome Tracking
Automated outcome collection
Automated outcome collection via LinkedIn integration. No more chasing alumni for surveys. Get compliant data for NACE, OBBBA, and gainful employment reporting.
- Automated LinkedIn integration
- No more manual alumni surveys
- Compliant data for NACE and OBBBA
Advisor Suite
AI leverage for career advisors
A dashboard that shows every student's engagement, at-risk alerts, and action items. Advisors can support 3x more students with AI doing the heavy lifting.
- Student engagement dashboard
- At-risk alerts and action items
- Support 3x more students
Proven results when institutions add Prentus
3x
Student engagement
$617K
Annual savings
54%
Faster time-to-hire
Common questions
Do I need to replace Symplicity?
No, many use both. Symplicity for career fairs/employer recruiting, Prentus for student experience.
Can I just add the modules I need?
Yes, Prentus is fully modular.
How long does migration take?
Weeks, not months. Prentus onboards much faster.
What does Prentus do that Symplicity doesn't?
AI advising, mock interviews, resume builder, automated outcomes, OBBBA compliance.
See how Prentus complements your career services stack
Whether you use Symplicity, Handshake, or manual processes, Prentus adds AI-powered career advising and automated outcome tracking. See it in action.