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Ellucian vs Epicor ERP comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Ellucian
Ranking in ERP
32nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Student Information System (SIS) (1st)
Epicor ERP
Ranking in ERP
14th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Ellucian is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Epicor ERP is 3.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1308615 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presents all information in one place and automates some of our manual processes
This product is used by more than 50 colleges in our state and it is purchased by the government. The system office does the testing and pushes out the patches to us, so everything has been testing. Even if there is any customization that needs to be done, it happens before it comes to us. As such, I haven't had to contact technical support myself.
Khalid Jalal - PeerSpot reviewer
Requires extensive customization and fails to meet manufacturing needs
My overall experience with Epicor ERP is extremely bad. I just finished a call with the team, and the experience is really unsatisfactory. I will not recommend it to anyone. There's extensive customization required for Epicor ERP, and the standard process is not suitable. Though it is meant for manufacturing, it is not performing the manufacturing job effectively. Regarding the installation process, the implementation is not the problem as the installation is fine. The issue lies with configuration. Although it's supposed to be configurable, it requires customization for everything we need to do. When comparing to JD Edwards and in-house applications, a process that takes one minute in those systems takes ten minutes in Epicor ERP because users have to navigate through different screens constantly. If a user forgets to switch to one screen, the process remains incomplete, making end-user training extremely difficult. There's no automation and workflow feature that can be used without customization. Everything requires changes, making it similar to developing a new platform from scratch. Initially, we anticipated some benefits from using Epicor ERP, but based on the current outcome, it has been completely unsuccessful. The main issue is that everything requires customization rather than configuration. Unless they change their whole approach from customization to configuration, this product should not be used anywhere.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like that all of the student information is in one place."
"Epicor ERP paid for itself in the first year and a half, and continued to make the company lean and more profitable by providing tools to manage business operations better, such as production scheduling, finance, and estimating products."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"For the past two years, my focus has been fully on Epicor ERP, and there are many new features which we did not deploy in our platform."
"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."
"The product enables users to customize their dashboards and reports."
"There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization."
"The product is stable with a rating of ten."
 

Cons

"The functionality for monitoring satisfactory academic progress has room for improvement."
"Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story."
"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10."
"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."
"The main challenge with implementing Epicor ERP is finding the right partners, especially in Europe."
"There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."
"AI and additional improvements could be made."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The initial cost may be a bit high, but the maintenance cost is lower."
"User support could be improved as well, as the consultant charges are very high."
"When comparing Epicor ERP to the other related products, the pricing, additional enhancements, as well as implementation, are better."
"Epicor ERP is an expensive solution."
"Pricing isn't a big problem for the solution - I haven't seen them lose deals because of it."
"We bought an on-premise version of the solution. The cloud version is different. I've looked into it, but it's very competitive on the low end of the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
35%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Epicor ERP?
The licensing cost for Epicor ERP is a concern. The licensing becomes cheap, which leads people to opt for it, but then they encounter troubles similar to ours. The licensing was reasonable when we...
What needs improvement with Epicor ERP?
The cost management and product costing should be enhanced, along with issues in the manufacturing process. The downtime functionality in Epicor ERP is not functioning optimally.
What is your primary use case for Epicor ERP?
We are using Epicor ERP version 10.3.6. We utilize the complete process from P2P through to manufacturing, HR, and almost all other processes.
 

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Sample Customers

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