We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and SAP S/4HANA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ERP solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Epicor ERP are ease of use, powerful API, and comprehensive integration. It is a one-vendor solution, where other vendors need other software systems from multiple vendors."
"Epicor ERP is an easy-to-use solution."
"Epicor ERP is very technical friendly, if you want to do any customization, it's very easy."
"The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization."
"With Epicor, we can call a pitch between Epicor and the PLM database, which is a significant advantage."
"Dashboards and Business Activity Query are very useful."
"SAP S4HANA is a stable solution."
"The solution makes its use and the management of our infrastructure easy."
"Because I'm a procure-to-pay consultant, I mostly look at that angle, and I have a bit of experience with sales and distribution. I also like the integration between S/4HANA and other ERPs because S/4HANA is a suite. For example, the integration between S/4HANA and EWM Transportation Management, and Ariba."
"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA is the innovational process. We are able to receive more efficiency or accuracy than previous versions."
"It's helped with business aspects and improved material planning and RMA processes."
"From a technology standpoint, the theory and analytics are fascinating."
"The most valuable feature is that HANA loads from memory, which means it loads very quickly."
"I like the user experience and usability of SAP Fiori, which is one of the main features that we are using."
"I would like to see a better reporting tool."
"The tool should provide a better user interface."
"In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing."
"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."
"Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story."
"There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."
"Epicor didn't care about user level and software applications. So, it's not so user-friendly for nontechnical people."
"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10."
"The install can be difficult. There's something called secondary sales solutions that is not there in SAP. We need to have third-party tools to integrate to do the automatization. The two parts are missing on the secondary sales solution and automation."
"The solution could improve by making customization easier. The on-premise version is a lot more flexible."
"Small businesses that have a small user base find this solution too expensive."
"Lacking in some customizations."
"The solution is complex technically because both an old and a new path exist."
"I'm not a big fan of SAP S/4HANA because it needs a lot of hardware. It is really fast, but it needs a lot of hardware. The hardware for S/4HANA is too expensive."
"An area for improvement would be integration with different kinds of legacies. In the next release, I would like the product to be prepared for blockchain technology and the best way to communicate with social networking."
"Starting out on the solution can be a bit complex and difficult."
Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Epicor ERP writes "The product is flexible and easy to use, but the user interface must be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Odoo, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and NetSuite ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. See our Epicor ERP vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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