We performed a comparison between Ellucian and Microsoft Dynamics GP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and others in ERP."I like that all of the student information is in one place."
"The most valuable feature is financial control. The accounting aspect allows us to manage our clients and payments."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The fixed assets, payroll, the data module, and user-friendliness are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily update and maintain accurate data across all aspects of our operations."
"It is strong in integration."
"The solution offers integrations with other software as well. We have integration with Microsoft Office where we can do Word and Excel, etc."
"The solution is easy to use and not complicated. Also, it is easy to get trained on. Also, there is good information available on the web. The GP community is quite broad and there are many blogs online."
"The stability was reliable."
"The functionality for monitoring satisfactory academic progress has room for improvement."
"Initially, we encountered challenges, particularly with users transitioning from their previous applications."
"The purchase order and processing aspects of the solution should be improved."
"It requires a lot of expertise to implement."
"Dynamics GP could be improved in terms of its usability and modernization."
"The issue we're encountering is that it's primarily designed for independent installations and not initially structured as a cloud-based solution, which has led to challenges with connectivity."
"As for room for improvement, they have different modules, project and analytical accounting, but it will be good to have that kind of part in the standard package. To have that additional reporting functionality where you can add an attribute or something, which you can report again. So you can analyze the cost by not just natural accounts but also by a project, without having to go through another module edit on top and then the other module edit on top. The more modules you add, sometimes it doesn't work that well. Additionally, it would be easier to have the solution on the cloud. That's our consideration. We are trying to move all our systems to the cloud, and GP is one of them that we are going to move in the next couple of years. I would rate the solution seven or seven point five out of ten."
"The biggest problem with GP is that it's not cloud based and it doesn't lend itself to subscription licensing. But Microsoft wants everything in the cloud and licensed on a subscription basis.Even tThough GP can be deployed on a cloud server, but basically, it's a Windows based product. It uses the older model and companies purchase the program and pay a 16-18 sixteen- eighteen percent annual renewal fee but Microsoft wants everybody to pay monthly or annual renewal fees on a subscription basis."
"There should also be extra redundancy when posting to modules. We use different sets of books such as CashBook and CheckBooks therefore if I select the wrong one the solution allows the transaction to just pass without warning."
Earn 20 points
Ellucian is ranked 18th in ERP while Microsoft Dynamics GP is ranked 13th in ERP with 22 reviews. Ellucian is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Dynamics GP 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 Microsoft Dynamics GP writes "A user-friendly solution for accounting and sales purchase model with all options in one frame". Ellucian is most compared with PeopleSoft, SAP ERP and Jenzabar JICS, whereas Microsoft Dynamics GP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics AX, Oracle E-Business Suite, Epicor ERP, SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA.
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