We performed a comparison between Ellucian and PeopleSoft 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."I like that all of the student information is in one place."
"PeopleSoft allows you to schedule upgrades and inform users beforehand. This gives your IT team time to manage the implementation and minimize disruption."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"Its user interface is impressive."
"The most valuable feature of PeopleSoft is the functionality that allows the ability to find all the data about employees that are needed."
"The PeopleSoft interface is very good."
"PeopleSoft is mostly used for payroll and core HR functionality. Some customers use it for its finance module."
"The most valuable feature for us is the integration between the HR Payroll and Financials modules"
"A solid and mature product."
"The functionality for monitoring satisfactory academic progress has room for improvement."
"The Work Center feature in PeopleSoft is a step in the right direction in consolidating someone's role-based interaction with the system. This enhanced functionality streamlines workflows and improves efficiency."
"Services that need improvement include PeopleSoft Query, Pivot Grids, and PeopleSoft Test Framework."
"PeopleSoft lacks integration capabilities."
"There could be more adaptability of the system."
"PeopleSoft should be more flexible with the configuration. There should be less coding and more configuration."
"One of the areas that could improve is the capability of utilizing mobile for some of the self-service activities that are missing. They are running on the older platform. What is happening is people are focusing on the cloud. PeopleSoft is a good provider and should into the cloud. That could be an advantage for them. Customers would not have to go find another solution that is a completely different platform that has different functionality altogether."
"Scalability is not there in PeopleSoft. Its performance and resilience are also very bad. When you're trying to stretch it, it breaks. It is not resilient. It is also not stable. It is stable as far as data is concerned, but the infrastructure is not stable."
"The biggest disadvantage with things like PeopleSoft is that they do continuous support and fixes and upgrades. You get to choose when you want to implement that upgrade. However, in order to keep up, you have to upgrade."
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Ellucian is ranked 29th in ERP while PeopleSoft is ranked 12th in ERP with 80 reviews. Ellucian is rated 8.0, while PeopleSoft is rated 8.0. 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 PeopleSoft writes "Comprehensive solution for SCM but requires add-ons for fluid pages". Ellucian is most compared with SAP ERP and Jenzabar JICS, whereas PeopleSoft is most compared with Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and SAP SuccessFactors. See our Ellucian vs. PeopleSoft report.
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