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635 views|518 comparisons
66% willing to recommend
Penta Logo
425 views|281 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Ellucian and Penta based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I like that all of the student information is in one place."

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"I believe Penta costs less than SAP"

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Cons
"The functionality for monitoring satisfactory academic progress has room for improvement."

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"However, the production guys tell me that Penta is not suitable for mass production. If we build a hundred cars per day or more, then we'll have problems. At the same time, I can't say whether the issue is Penta or our process. In other words, maybe we have too many manual projects in it."

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Ranking
18th
out of 68 in ERP
Views
635
Comparisons
518
Reviews
1
Average Words per Review
340
Rating
10.0
34th
out of 68 in ERP
Views
425
Comparisons
281
Reviews
0
Average Words per Review
0
Rating
N/A
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Compared 61% of the time.
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Compared 21% of the time.
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Compared 18% of the time.
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Overview
A range of campus management solutions for higher education sector including student information system, registration tools, and more.

PENTA is construction ERP software, which is short for construction enterprise resource planning software. It combines advanced enterprise technologies with decades of construction industry experience into one, integrated system. Going beyond traditional construction management software, PENTA also incorporates document, content, and business process management capabilities, empowering contractors to:

  • Unify management of construction accounting, financial management, payroll, projects, and service operations into one database.
  • Capture all business content electronically. Eliminate paper and manual process inefficiencies.
  • Mobilize labor, equipment, and material field reporting by crews and technicians with mobile field technology.
  • Analyze historical performance for planning, identify exceptions for action, and trend current performance for forecasting, while "drilling down" to critical supporting detail.
  • Automate multi-location, multi-company, and inter-company accounting.
Sample Customers
Oklahoma Christian University
Luckinbill, Murphy Company, Waldinger
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
University30%
Educational Organization18%
Computer Software Company13%
Non Profit8%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Computer Software Company16%
Retailer12%
Manufacturing Company10%
Construction Company8%
Company Size
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Small Business28%
Midsize Enterprise10%
Large Enterprise63%
VISITORS READING REVIEWS
Small Business30%
Midsize Enterprise13%
Large Enterprise57%
Buyer's Guide
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Ellucian is ranked 18th in ERP while Penta is ranked 34th in ERP. Ellucian is rated 8.0, while Penta is rated 7.0. 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 Penta writes "Less expensive than some competing solutions, but it's hard to handle logistics management at scale". Ellucian is most compared with PeopleSoft, SAP ERP and Jenzabar JICS, whereas Penta is most compared with SAP ERP.

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