Edulog Athena
Edulog Athena is a cloud-based routing and planning solution for school transportation operations.
What Edulog Athena is
Edulog Athena is a cloud-based routing and planning solution for school transportation operations. It provides visual routing tools and route optimization, with role-customized workspaces for managing daily bus activities and longer-term plans. Users can create alternate route plans in a sandbox and visualize the effect of changes. Athena generates turn-by-turn directions as users work, and offers reports and analytics for reviewing transportation plans. The browser-based service is delivered as cloud software with automatic updates. Optional add-ons include a parent app, driver tablets, and student ID readers. When connected to GPS, the Parent Portal can show families which bus their child should catch, where it is, and its expected pickup time. Edulog lists school districts, bus contractors, special needs transporters, and Head Start programs as intended users. The company describes encryption in transit and at rest, yearly audits of SOC 2 Type 2 controls, and access controls including single sign-on. Pricing is customized; prospective customers can provide organization details to receive product and pricing information.
Good
- Provides routing and route optimization tools.
- Sandbox supports testing alternate route plans.
- Parent Portal can show bus location when linked to GPS.
- Includes reports and analytics for transportation plans.
- Automatic updates are included with cloud delivery.
Watch out
- Pricing is provided on request.
- Parent Portal location details depend on GPS linkage.
- Optional parent app, driver tablets, and student ID readers are add-ons.
Who it suits
Athena is intended for school districts, school bus contractors, special needs transporters, and Head Start programs managing transportation. Its role-based workspaces and alternate-route planning are relevant to teams coordinating daily service and longer-term plans.
Verdict
Athena focuses on school transportation planning, routing, and day-to-day operations, with optional tools for families and drivers. Organizations need to contact Edulog for customized pricing and product information.
Plans and prices
From Edulog Athena's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Athena Routing | Priced on request | Pricing is not listed publicly · Contact Edulog for customized product and pricing information. |
The facts
Each one read from Edulog Athena's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Edulog says user access controls include single sign-on for enhanced control and logging.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Add-ons
- Edulog describes optional add-ons including a parent app, driver tablets, and student ID readers.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Daily operations
- The solution supports planning, managing, and acting on daily and long-term busing activities through workspaces customized by user role.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Deployment
- Athena is browser-based and delivered as cloud, SaaS, web-based software with automatic updates.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Directions
- Athena generates turn-by-turn directions in real time as users work.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- Edulog lists school districts, school bus contractors, special needs transporters, and Head Start programs as intended users.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Parent information
- The Parent Portal can show parents which bus their child should catch, where it is, and the expected pickup time when linked to GPS.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Pricing
- Edulog asks prospective customers to provide organization details to receive customized product and pricing information and schedule a demonstration.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Athena is a cloud-based routing and planning solution for school transportation operations.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Reports
- The product offers reports and analytics to help improve daily transportation plans.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Routing
- Athena provides visual routing tools and route optimization for school districts of any size.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Security
- Edulog says customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest using FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography, and that its SOC 2 Type 2 controls are audited yearly.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Support
- Support options include a customer support portal, email, phone, and call-in support hours Monday through Friday from 4 am to 6 pm Mountain Time.checked 4 Oct 2001
- Training
- Edulog lists in-person and live online training, webinars, documents, and videos for Athena.checked 4 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 1977checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Missoula, Montana, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- What-if planning
- Users can create and test alternate route plans in a sandbox environment and visualize the impact of changes.checked 4 Oct 2001
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