We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and SAP ERP 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."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."
"The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"Epicor ERP is an easy-to-use solution."
"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."
"Dashboards and Business Activity Query are very useful."
"The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports."
"It is easier to migrate to SAP ERP from a legacy system. We have different products for data services, and it is easier to migrate to SAP ERP as compared to other solutions. Stability is one of the main features of SAP. What makes SAP ERP better than others is that SAP has taken into consideration the business processes of different industries, such as manufacturing. They have done the research, and they know what are the best practices. They have already implemented these best practices in SAP ERP, which are readily available for a client. Clients can also customize it based on their individual needs."
"This is a robust solution with a lot of control measures."
"SAP is already working on improvements by doing annual releases with enhancements."
"I like the solution’s features in finance, supply chain, sales, and distribution."
"The architecture of the solution overall is great. It's great for development, testing, and production. I've worked with solutions where the architecture wasn't as strong and it was a disaster."
"The product connects to every software."
"The implementation is very straightforward."
"SAP ERP has a good user interface with a lot of functionalities and good interface options."
"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10."
"I would like to see a better reporting tool."
"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."
"There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."
"In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing."
"Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story."
"The tool should provide a better user interface."
"Epicor didn't care about user level and software applications. So, it's not so user-friendly for nontechnical people."
"I believe there's room for improvement in terms of user experience."
"In previous generations, SAP was stable and the roadmap was very predictable, but currently it's very difficult."
"Presently, the solution's interface is not intuitive."
"The user interface can be more intuitive and user-friendly by having it be more menu-driven, this would be a large benefit."
"SAP ERP needs to be more innovative when it comes to areas like mobility and the internet."
"It would also help if it were more open, more flexible, with more standard products."
"Their support should be improved. Instead of giving a general solution, their consultants should first try to understand the problem and then resolve the same. They should properly investigate the issue before providing the solution."
"It should be less complex. It should also have better integration capability. I am using the ACC version, and in this version, the integration and the communication are very difficult and complicated."
Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews while SAP ERP is ranked 1st in ERP with 100 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while SAP ERP 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 ERP writes "The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Odoo, SAP Business One and NetSuite ERP, whereas SAP ERP is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Anaplan, SAP Business One and Infor M3. See our Epicor ERP vs. SAP ERP report.
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