We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and SAP S/4HANA 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."Epicor ERP is very technical friendly, if you want to do any customization, it's very easy."
"The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization."
"Dashboards and Business Activity Query are very useful."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"With Epicor, we can call a pitch between Epicor and the PLM database, which is a significant advantage."
"The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports."
"Epicor ERP is an easy-to-use solution."
"There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization."
"This tool helps us to manage business in a faster and smarter way."
"SAP S/4HANA is the preferred database because of its scalability, faster accessibility, compatibility, and other well-suited features for large data sets."
"I have found the user interface very modern and it has simplified many user jobs, such as the embedded logistics. They have introduced central finance which has been a benefit."
"At present, it seems very stable because it is in the cloud."
"In terms of its most valuable feature, I would say the finance module."
"The most valuable feature of SAP S/4HANA is the innovational process. We are able to receive more efficiency or accuracy than previous versions."
"From a technology standpoint, the theory and analytics are fascinating."
"Because I'm a procure-to-pay consultant, I mostly look at that angle, and I have a bit of experience with sales and distribution. I also like the integration between S/4HANA and other ERPs because S/4HANA is a suite. For example, the integration between S/4HANA and EWM Transportation Management, and Ariba."
"Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story."
"In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing."
"There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."
"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."
"I would like to see a better reporting tool."
"The tool should provide a better user interface."
"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10."
"Epicor didn't care about user level and software applications. So, it's not so user-friendly for nontechnical people."
"The migration to SAP S/4HANA is hard."
"There should be an easier way to migrate customers from all versions to SAP S/4HANA."
"It should have more support. Documentation and support for mobile apps can be improved."
"This solution works with the configuration, if the prerequisites are very clear and can be configured it works perfectly. If you need to simulate something, as a predictive tool this kind of simulation is not very accurate and it has limitations. This is something that could improve."
"Items that impact the TCO should be improved because the solution is very complex to integrate and keep running."
"It is simple to implement SAP S4HANA. If you are already in this type of environment, then the transition is not very complex. However, if you do not then it can be difficult."
"The cost of the solution is quite high. It needs to be adjusted."
"I have found the solution to be stable but it could improve."
Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA 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 S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Odoo, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and NetSuite ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. See our Epicor ERP vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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