Portico vs Paycove
Portico is an all-in-one platform for career schools, with its own CRM, student records and payments. Paycove runs the school's own plan from the CRM you already use, and pays each campus into its own account and books.
Checked against Portico's own pages on 1 Oct 2026. Out of date? support@paycove.io
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What you keep with Paycove.
No migration.
- HubSpot or Pipedrive stays
- Plan built from the enrollment
- Balance written back
Each campus, its own account.
- Its own Stripe account
- Its own QuickBooks or Xero file
- Card fee recovered where allowed
Only the payments change.
- Admissions keeps working where it does
- Your student records stay put
- Live without a platform move
You want one system for recruiting, student records, financial aid, attendance and clinical tracking, and you're ready to move admissions into it.
Side by side.
| Paycove | Portico | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The payment plan and the books | An all-in-one platform: CRM, student records, financial aid, clinicals and payments |
| Your CRM | You keep HubSpot or Pipedrive | Portico Recruit replaces it |
| Payment plans | Built from the deal. Any schedule. The customer can choose within your rules | Installments set by your admins: total, number and due dates |
| Card fees | Recovered where allowed, on each campus's books | Not described on its pages |
| Campuses | Each with its own Stripe account and books | Multi-campus. Per-campus accounts and books not described |
| Accounting | QuickBooks Online or Xero, a file per campus | No QuickBooks or Xero integration described |
| Price | $500 a month plus 1%. Pricing | Not published |
Questions.
Do I have to replace HubSpot or Pipedrive?
No. Paycove works from the CRM you have.
Can we keep our student information system?
Yes. Paycove runs the plan and the payments. Your student records and learning tools stay where they are.
Should we choose a payment tool or an all-in-one platform?
It depends on what you want to replace. A payment tool for your CRM, or an all-in-one school platform?
We run allied health programs.
Each program can run on its own schedule, with exam fees on the same invoice. Paycove for allied health schools.
Who follows up on a late payment?
Your school. Your admins are notified when a scheduled payment fails, students get email reminders, and they can pay by ACH.
Built for schools collecting $100K a month or more.
More than one campus, students who pay over time, and each campus with its own payouts and books.
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