Ellucian vs Epicor ERP comparison

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"I like that all of the student information is in one place."

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"Real-time results make for faster decision making.""The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports.""Epicor ERP is very technical friendly, if you want to do any customization, it's very easy.""Epicor ERP is an easy-to-use solution.""The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization.""With Epicor, we can call a pitch between Epicor and the PLM database, which is a significant advantage.""There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization.""Dashboards and Business Activity Query are very useful."

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Cons
"The functionality for monitoring satisfactory academic progress has room for improvement."

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"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10.""In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing.""I would like to see a better reporting tool.""Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story.""Epicor didn't care about user level and software applications. So, it's not so user-friendly for nontechnical people.""There's a new version of the solution that has some bugginess. They're cleaning that up. The user interface is an area that needs improvement and they're improving.""The tool should provide a better user interface.""There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."

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  • "User support could be improved as well, as the consultant charges are very high."
  • "When comparing Epicor ERP to the other related products, the pricing, additional enhancements, as well as implementation, are better."
  • "We bought an on-premise version of the solution. The cloud version is different. I've looked into it, but it's very competitive on the low end of the market."
  • "The initial cost may be a bit high, but the maintenance cost is lower."
  • "Epicor ERP is an expensive solution."
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    Top Answer:There are some glitches in Epicor ERP. Epicor ERP should add some automations.
    Top Answer:We use Epicor ERP for our total business operation.
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    18th
    out of 66 in ERP
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    644
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    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
    340
    Rating
    10.0
    17th
    out of 66 in ERP
    Views
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    Comparisons
    1,871
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    354
    Rating
    8.3
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    Epicor SaaS ERP
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    Overview
    A range of campus management solutions for higher education sector including student information system, registration tools, and more.
    Epicor Cloud ERP is a comprehensive SaaS ERP system that has been developed from our next generation ERP solution. SaaS ERP from Epicor leverages core functionality that has been in use and proven at thousands of job businesses over the past 25 years. Epicor combines broad functionality into a complete end-to-end on-demand ERP system. You are provided everything you need to manage your opportunities, orders, and operations in one integrated SaaS ERP System.
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    Oklahoma Christian University
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    University28%
    Educational Organization17%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Retailer8%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise64%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business82%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise46%
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    Ellucian is ranked 18th in ERP with 2 reviews while Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews. Ellucian is rated 8.0, while Epicor ERP is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Ellucian writes "Presents all information in one place and automates some of our manual processes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Epicor ERP writes "The product is flexible and easy to use, but the user interface must be improved". Ellucian is most compared with PeopleSoft, SAP ERP and Jenzabar JICS, whereas Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Odoo, SAP Business One and SAP ERP.

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