Blue for Higher Education

Departments, research, admissions — one platform.

A single operating system for university departments, research portfolios, admissions cohorts, and faculty workflows. Real data model, role-based permissions, automations, and full audit history — all on one platform.

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Columbia University
Princeton University
Cornell University
Northwestern University
Purdue University
University of North Carolina Wilmington

What a university runs on Blue.

Four patterns that show up across every higher-ed org we work with — research, admissions, departmental ops, and the reporting that holds them accountable.

Research portfolios

Multiple PIs, multiple grants, multiple stages. Track every funded project, deliverable, and reporting deadline in one place.

Admissions & cohorts

Forms feed records, automations move applicants through the pipeline, and admitted students roll into a tracked cohort.

Departmental ops

Faculty, finance, IT, and student services on the same platform. One source of truth across the chair, the dean, and the registrar.

Compliance & reporting

Audit trails on every record, role-based field permissions for sensitive data, and dashboards funders and accreditors can read directly.

01 · Data model

One model. Everything connected.

Departments link to faculty. Faculty link to research projects. Projects link to grants and students. Update a record once, every connected view updates with it.

Projects
  • Project ID
  • Status
  • Due date

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Invoices
  • Amount
  • Due date
  • Status

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Companies
  • Company name
  • Industry

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Deals
  • Deal value
  • Stage

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Contacts
  • Full name
  • Email

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Create one source of truth.

Create records for all your business data, so you finally have one place to keep everything.

  • Centralized data for your entire team
  • Always up-to-date across all devices
  • Scales with your organization
ID
Approved
Name
Email
Phone
Country
Sale Amount
Confidence
Tags

02 · Research portfolios

Every project. Every PI. One view.

Switch between Kanban for delivery teams, Timeline for funders, and Table for grants administration — all over the same underlying records.

03 · Admissions & student lifecycle

Application to alumni, one pipeline.

Forms feed applications into the pipeline. Status changes notify reviewers and applicants. Admitted students roll into cohort records that follow them through graduation and into alumni records — all without manual data entry.

Status Change
Due Date
Assignee
Tag Added
Field Change
Scheduled
AUTOMATIONENGINE
Send Email
Add Tag
Move Record
Assign User
Notification
Webhook

04 · Departmental knowledge

Institutional knowledge, written down once.

Course catalogues, SOPs, decision logs, and the rationale behind every committee vote — all attached to the records they describe, all preserved when faculty rotate.

Biology Dept / Lab Safety

PI Onboarding Handbook

For new principal investigators
What every new PI needs in the first month — lab access, grant admin contacts, IRB process, and reporting cadence.
Complete IRB training
Set up lab notebook workspace
Submit first quarterly report
Grant reporting templates
EH
Edited 2 weeks ago

Wikis where work lives.

Course handbooks, lab onboarding, departmental SOPs — written once, linked from the records they describe.

EH
Dr. Elena Hartwell30 min ago

Committee voted 4-1 to approve the curriculum revision for AY26.

JO
Prof. James Okonkwo5 min ago

Great — I'll attach the dissent memo and notify the registrar.

RG

Decisions in context.

Comments and threaded discussion attach to the record itself. Committee rationale stays with the work.

Grant record history
EH
Dr. Elena Hartwell updated Award Amount
$248,000 → $312,500
1 hour ago
SR
Sofia Reyes changed Status
Pending → Active
2 days ago
JO
Prof. James Okonkwo attached IRB Approval
Protocol 2026-114
Last week

Auditable history.

Every change is logged with who, what, when, and why — the audit trail accreditors and grant officers expect.

05 · Permissions

Right role. Right access.

Workspace-, record-, and field-level controls. Faculty see their courses. Chairs see the department. Deans see the college. Sensitive student data stays scoped to the office that owns it.

Course
Instructor
Section
Enrollment
GPA Avg
Reviewer
Comp
CS 101 Intro to CS
Prof. J. Okonkwo
CS-101-A
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••• •• ••••••••
$•••,•••
BIO 220 Genetics
Dr. E. Hartwell
BIO-220-A
•• • ••
••%
••••• •• •••••
$•••,•••
HIST 305 World History
Prof. S. Reyes
HIST-305-B
•• • ••
••%
••• •• ••••••••
$•••,•••
MATH 240 Linear Algebra
Dr. M. Tanaka
MATH-240-A
•• • ••
••%
••••• •• •••••
$•••,•••
ENG 110 Composition
Prof. L. Bauer
ENG-110-C
•• • ••
••%
••• •• ••••••••
$••,•••
PHYS 201 Mechanics
Dr. R. Singh
PHYS-201-A
•• • •••
••%
••••• •• •••••••
$•••,•••
ECON 150 Microecon
Prof. K. Patel
ECON-150-A
••• • •••
••%
••• •• ••••••••
$•••,•••
ART 220 Studio
Prof. M. Diallo
ART-220-A
•• • ••
••%
••••• •• •••••
$•••,•••

Below the procurement threshold. By design.

One flat price for your whole department, lab, or program — small enough that most teams can sign up on a card without an RFP. Scale across the institution when you're ready.

Starter

For freelancers & small teams

$99

One-time payment

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30-day money-back guarantee
  • 5 users
  • 5 workspaces
  • 2,000 records per workspace
  • 5,000 records per org
  • 10GB storage
  • 250 automations / month
  • 3 webhooks
  • 3 dashboards
  • 1 custom role
  • 20 req/s API rate limit
  • Community support
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For growing teams

$299

One-time payment

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30-day money-back guarantee
  • 30 users
  • 25 workspaces
  • 2,000 records per workspace
  • 25,000 records per org
  • 100GB storage
  • 1,000 automations / month
  • 10 webhooks
  • 10 dashboards
  • 3 custom roles
  • 50 req/s API rate limit
  • Email support
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For large organizations

$999

One-time payment

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30-day money-back guarantee
  • 150 users
  • 100 workspaces
  • 2,000 records per workspace
  • 100,000 records per org
  • 500GB storage
  • 5,000 automations / month
  • 50 webhooks
  • 25 dashboards
  • 5 custom roles
  • 200 req/s API rate limit
  • Email support
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Start with a single department or lab, expand across the school when you're ready. The same flat pricing scales with you.

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