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We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Epicor ERP vs. Oracle E-Business Suite Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports.""There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization.""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.""With Epicor, we can call a pitch between Epicor and the PLM database, which is a significant advantage.""The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization.""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.""Real-time results make for faster decision making."

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"Oracle E-Business Suite is a stable product.""EBS has lots of application families and lots of features. It is modular in deployment and flexible enough to let the customer increase the built-in capabilities and enable new applications when needed. These are very important things at hand in case there will be a need to expand the product capabilities and/or implement new projects.""The technical ability to run runtime APIs is great.""It was easy to set up the product.""The supplier invoice payment process is very easy and is integrated from the requisition to the payment (and to creating the asset).""Valuable features include Ledger and Subsidiary, Operating Unit, and Inventory Organization and Location.""The most valuable feature is the integration between accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, and budgeting.""It provides a well-centered database that is feature rich."

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Cons
"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.""A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10.""I would like to see a better reporting tool.""Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story.""The tool should provide a better user interface.""There are some glitches in Epicor ERP.""In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing."

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"I would like an end-to-end in terms of processes. There are different modules, however, there's not that end-to-end that we are looking for in terms of process automation.""They should have a nicer way to handle very high volumes of data because we deal with really high volumes, and sometimes, we end up with performance issues.""It is still a little outdated as far as what we consider a twenty-first century software. You're still using Oracle forms, that sort of thing.""The document that supports the Oracle E-Business Suite regarding the installation and upgrading is long compared to other products and needs to be enhanced.""The interface is pretty old.""There are some business-specific processes still not implemented.""On-site cloud support is slow and unresponsive.""Movement to the cloud should be supported. Product support still needs to be improved."

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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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  • "Find a best Oracle partner and get a better discount."
  • "Oracle scales the pricing, but E-Business Suite is still very expensive for small to mid-sized businesses."
  • "It costs too much."
  • "The pricing is high."
  • "In order to minimize the implementation and consultancy costs, business lines should have proper definitions. They need to have a proper way of retrieving their data, which should be structured well."
  • "Both the current projects and future projects should be defined well. Licensing should be done according to current and near future plans."
  • "USD $100,000 annually."
  • "Considering the market at the moment, Oracle needs to adjust the pricing of this solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    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.
    Top Answer:Its drag-and-drop features make data distribution a breeze.
    Top Answer:Oracle E-Business Suite is pricey, but it is worth the money. I would rate it as an eight out of ten in terms of costliness.
    Top Answer:The only thing that could be improved is the pricing. It is on the expensive side.
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    Also Known As
    Epicor SaaS ERP
    Oracle EBS, OEBS
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    Overview
    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.

    Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) is considered the most extensive offering of amalgamated worldwide business applications available. Oracle EBS helps facilitate medium to large business enterprise organizations with the ability to enhance critical decision-making processes, streamline business procedures, minimize costs, and improve overall performance and productivity.

    Oracle EBS runs as a complement to Oracle Database software. The applications serve to automate such processes as supply chain management (SCM), human resource management (HRM), customer relations management (CRM), project portfolio management (PPM), financial management, service management, and more.

    Oracle EBS runs best in the cloud. It is a cost-saving option that offers greater productivity and can immediately and easily respond to changing dynamic business needs with an intuitive, automated scalable cloud infrastructure.

    Below are some of the valuable features of popular application offerings available within Oracle EBS:

    Supply Chain Management (SCM): Every possible supply chain process can be fully automated, from planning, creation, and appropriation to development and fulfillment, delivering a comprehensive solution application to ensure organizations have robust, intelligent-driven, value-added chains. Some applications include:

    • Manufacturing
    • Value Chain Planning and Execution
    • Procurement and Fulfillment
    • Lifecycle Management
    • Business Intelligence and Analytics

    Human Resource Management (HRM): The solution offers a sturdy group of outstanding human resource processes that enable users to improve productivity, enhance overall business performance, and lower TCO. Some processes include:

    • Workforce Management
    • Talent Management
    • Global Personnel Policy Management
    • Human Resource Analytics

    Customer Relations Management (CRM): This application provides for a streamlined, unique global gathering of information that will ensure all selling channels are continually following the organization's objectives and protocols. Some features include:

    • Oracle Service
    • Oracle Marketing
    • Oracle Order Management
    • Oracle Channel Revenue Management

    Project Portfolio Management (PPM): Oracle EBS provides a comprehensive, full lifecycle offering of project and portfolio management. Users get a single fully transparent view of all project-related ventures coupled with a superb performance process that grants users the ability to choose the best, most dynamic portfolio ventures.

    • Project Collaboration
    • Project Management
    • Project Analytics
    • Project Cost
    • Project Billing

    Financial Management: Users are able to perform more effectively, improve productivity and efficiency, develop productivity tools and integrated performance management, and develop processes for shared services to reduce overall operating costs. Some features include:

    • Asset Lifecycle Management
    • Financial Control and Reporting
    • Travel and Expense Management
    • Lease and Finance Management
    • Risk Management and Compliance

    Service Management: This application allows users access to the best data necessary to provide correct, precise, reliable information to their clients to ensure that every expectation is exceeded and consistently satisfied.

    • Inbound and outbound telephony
    • Project Collaboration
    • Project Cost
    • Billing
    • Project Management

    Reviews from Real Users:

    Kopano R., Freelancer at a tech services company, says, “What I found most valuable in Oracle E-Business Suite is the patching because it is straightforward. As long as you follow Oracle's best practices, you are able to finish the task of patching without a problem. I like that it's also easy to add products, e.g. if you want to add on financials, you can, or if you don't have financials, you can expand on that. I like that Oracle E-Business Suite is really scalable.”

    Mohammed G., Senior Oracle Application Consultant at a comms service provider, writes, “Oracle E-Business Suite consists of a lot of streams, such as financial and HR processes of the enterprise companies. We are using most of the Oracle financial modules, and we have an Oracle stream, FI procurement stream, and HR streams, which have a lot of applications. Oracle E-Business Suite has over 20 different modules to choose from, it is comprehensive. Additionally, the integration is very good. “

    Sample Customers
    Abatement Technologies
    Colab, Portobello, Saudi Telecom Company, DG Khan Cement, Dubai Holding
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Retailer8%
    Healthcare Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Local Government6%
    Pharma/Biotech Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization56%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business82%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise46%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise60%
    Large Enterprise29%
    Buyer's Guide
    Epicor ERP vs. Oracle E-Business Suite
    March 2024
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    Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 5 reviews while Oracle E-Business Suite is ranked 5th in ERP with 25 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while Oracle E-Business Suite is rated 7.8. 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 Oracle E-Business Suite writes "Flexible and has competitive licensing costs, but its design needs to be optimized based on usage patterns and the response time from the support team could be faster". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Odoo and SAP Business One, whereas Oracle E-Business Suite is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle HCM Cloud, SAP S/4HANA, NetSuite ERP and Salesforce Sales Cloud. See our Epicor ERP vs. Oracle E-Business Suite report.

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