Introduction
IR and IE leaders evaluating AI and analytics platforms often ask what EAB Edify costs and how it compares to Clema. The short version: EAB Edify uses custom enterprise pricing, with a published fee schedule that ran $36,000 to $216,000 per year. Clema publishes its price openly and starts at $499 per month per institution with a free 14-day trial and no implementation fee. This post walks through the line-by-line comparison.
Cost at a Glance
| Tier | EAB Edify | Clema |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $36,000 per year (published fee schedule) | $499 per month per institution |
| High-end published | $216,000 per year | Tailored for system-wide |
| Implementation fee | Custom, often enterprise-tiered | None |
| Free trial | No published trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card |
| Pricing transparency | Quote-based | Published |
What Is Included
The $499 per month Clema plan includes conversational chat across federal datasets and your own data, data request intake with AI-drafted responses, natural-language analytics on your warehouse, Power BI, and Tableau, predictive analytics (enrollment, retention, graduation), connections to 50+ sources (Banner, Colleague, PeopleSoft, Workday, Canvas, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery), onboarding, integrations, and ongoing support. SOC 2 Type II security and FERPA-ready data handling are included.
EAB Edify bundles depend on institution size and modules selected, with separate line items for data integration, dashboards, and analytics. The fee schedule ran higher for larger or system-wide deployments.
Implementation Timeline and Cost
Clema typically goes live in 2 to 4 weeks with no implementation fee. The 14-day free trial connects a sample data source so you see value in the first session. See the setup guide for the four-phase walkthrough.
EAB Edify implementations tend to span multiple months, with professional services fees factored into the annual contract. The custom enterprise pricing structure typically requires a procurement cycle before a contract can begin.
Which Fits Your Budget
For a single institution looking at IR capacity and conversational analytics, Clema is the lower cost by an order of magnitude, with a published price, no implementation fee, and a free trial to verify value before any paperwork. For multi-campus systems or institutions that need EAB's broader advisory and benchmarking membership alongside the platform, Edify may still fit, with Clema's conversational layer complementing it. See the full compare page for the non-cost differences.
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