If you mean a higher-ed tool that compares incoming transfer coursework with your institution’s catalog and manages equivalency decisions, the established option is CollegeSource TES (Transfer Evaluation System). It lets staff research course descriptions, compare institutions, track evaluations, manage equivalencies, and uses algorithms to generate likely equivalencies.
There are also newer AI-focused options:
- Equivify — AI analyzes course descriptions, prerequisites, and credit hours, proposes equivalencies, routes uncertain cases to reviewers, and can integrate with an SIS.
- LioraAI Articulate (EnlitEDU) — designed to ingest transcripts (including PDF/EDI/XML/scans) and automatically map courses against an institution's catalog and articulation rules.
- Mapademics — compares courses using skills extracted from catalogs/syllabi and produces evidence-backed equivalency reports for human approval.
- Parchment Transfer Articulation — focuses on automating articulation workflows, maintaining equivalencies, and integrating with institutional systems.
If your goal is specifically “upload transcript → compare against our catalog → propose direct/elective/no-equivalent matches → human approves,” I'd look particularly closely at TES plus the newer AI-native options such as Equivify or LioraAI. TES is more of an established transfer-articulation/equivalency system; the latter products emphasize automated AI matching.
If you tell me what SIS you use (e.g. Banner, PeopleSoft, Workday) and whether you need fully automated decisions or human approval, I can narrow this to the most suitable tools and compare integrations, workflow, and pricing.