Compare Infor LX vs. SAP ERP
 | Mohan-S Sr IT/Business Consultant at Ottap |
 | Najva Mahdzadeh Senior Business Process Analyst (BPM-BPMS) at Jiring |
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Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
"The most valuable features are the exit points that enable integration with external software."
"SAP has provided a much more integrated platform for managing our manufacturing business."
"This is a robust and feature-rich solution."
"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 transactional integration of operations is the best-recommended feature of this product. It provides integration of all operational modules."
"The most valuable features are that it's very customizable and it's flexible."
"It is the best solution in the class of ERP products."
"It provides great visibility into the details of enterprise resource planning."
"The system can be integrated with other SAP functionalities - such as finance, production, sales, marketing, HR, et cetera, and can also be customized to become a model that's specifically designed for my business. That's the solution's most valuable aspect."
Cons
"The connectors, performance, and knowledgebase availability can be improved."
"This solution could be made more user-friendly for development teams."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The system is very big. It is not exactly user-friendly, due to the fact that it's so massive and complex."
"The version that we are using lacks in reporting. The reporting feature needs to be constructed more in this product. There can be better scope for mobility. They could include the technical development of reports instead of depending completely on programming. The programming method needs to be easy."
"SAP ERP needs to be more innovative when it comes to areas like mobility and the internet."
"The product does not update budgeting based on exchange rates which is important for BPM."
"It is very expensive to customize to meet compliance with regulations in some countries."
"The solution is quite expensive. They need to work on the pricing to make it more reasonable."
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"This is a costly product."
"There are licensing costs."
"Some components are available at an additional cost, depending on the type of contract that you have."
"The licensing costs are slightly on the higher side. They need to make it more competitive."
"SAP is a bit on the costly side, but they also provide support and other things. We are paying for licenses and the use of the cloud."
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Infor ERP LX, ERP LX
Infor LX is a comprehensive process manufacturing system that covers various manufacturing methods, including made to stock, made to order, configure to order, assemble to order, batch, repetitive, flow, and Lean manufacturing. A wide range of industries—including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, life sciences, medical devices, chemicals, automotive, and general manufacturing—trust Infor LX to improve performance and profit margins at a lower total cost than comparable solutions.
SAP ERP addresses the core business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors. SAP ERP includes four individual solutions that support key areas of enterprise resource planning: human capital management, financials, operations, corporate services.
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Comms Service Provider26%
Computer Software Company24%
Pharma/Biotech Company6%
Healthcare Company5%
Manufacturing Company28%
Energy/Utilities Company10%
Financial Services Firm10%
Pharma/Biotech Company10%
Computer Software Company26%
Comms Service Provider21%
Energy/Utilities Company6%
Media Company5%
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Small Business15%
Midsize Enterprise21%
Large Enterprise64%
Find out what your peers are saying about SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and others in ERP. Updated: March 2021.
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Infor LX is ranked 17th in ERP with 1 review while SAP ERP is ranked 1st in ERP with 21 reviews. Infor LX is rated 6.0, while SAP ERP is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Infor LX writes "Good integration with external software has helped bring structure to our routine". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP ERP writes "This is the best solution of this kind but has weakness in budget planning for certain user groups". Infor LX is most compared with Infor LN, Infor M3, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP S4HANA and Oracle E-Business Suite, whereas SAP ERP is most compared with Anaplan, IFS Applications, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Infor LN and Oracle E-Business Suite.
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