Ellucian vs Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management comparison

Ellucian and Sage are both solutions in the ERP category. Ellucian is ranked #32, while Sage is ranked #23 with an average rating of 7.0. Ellucian holds a 0.5% mindshare in ERP, compared to Sage’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Ellucian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Sage users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management and Ellucian compete in the enterprise solutions market. Sage has an edge in pricing and customer service, while Ellucian offers superior features and ROI.

Features: Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management provides strong financial management, effective inventory management, and extensive customer relationship management tools. Ellucian offers higher education management with integrated academic modules and a student information system.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is recognized for an easy deployment process and robust customer support. Ellucian tailor-fits its deployment process for educational environments, yet feedback indicates its customer service could improve.

Pricing and ROI: Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management has competitive pricing with a solid ROI for standard enterprise needs. Ellucian is costlier but provides significant ROI through its specialized educational features.

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Categories and Ranking

Ellucian

Ranking in ERP

32nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Student Information System (SIS) (5th)

Sage Business Cloud Enterpr...

Ranking in ERP

23rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Activity Based Costing Software (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Ellucian is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer1308615

Associate Dean at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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Muhammad Uwais

Functional Consultant at RFR Group

An elastic, multi-company structure that naturally parameterizes and adapts

The best feature is the solution's elastic, multi-company structure. You can expand or add companies at any time while retaining the same architecture and flow with minimal affect on your wallet. The solution is parameterized so you don't need a lot of customizations because it naturally has the ability to parameterize, configure, and adapt to various organizational procedures. You don't have to stick to some standard way of doing things because the solution adapts to your way of doing things. The approval and audit engines are very powerful. The built-in development component allows you to customize and develop without depending on third-party factors. Across six years, 80% to 85% of our use cases are completely managed within the solution because of its architecture.

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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:

Pros

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

"The initial setup is not complex. The deployment process was relatively straightforward."

"The solution is parameterized so it naturally has the ability to parameterize, configure, and adapt to various organizational procedures."

"The interface is rich in features, allowing efficient management of business operations."

"The most valuable feature of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is the business intelligence module. Additionally, report consolidation, cloud access, and analysis are useful."

"The accounting part and the procurement part are most valuable. It is a very good system with workflows and notifications."

"Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management has helped by making processes such as calculating costs, accessing inventory information quickly, validating offers, and extracting data easier."

Cons

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

"Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management could improve the search functionality. For example, if I was to search for a transaction from last year it would be difficult to accomplish. I have to scroll through to find what I am looking for. The approach should be more similar to Quickbooks where when you search for something it takes you directly to the searched item."

"Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved."

"Its implementation process is kind of complicated. If the person implementing it doesn't know what he is doing, the system can have many issues. Sage X3 is just an accounting system. As compared to Oracle E-Business Suite, it does not cover a lot of functionality. It doesn't have the payroll, lease management, and HR modules. Oracle E-Business Suite is better than Sage X3."

"It is not suitable for corporate or manufacturing companies. For example, it's challenging to use it for a manufacturing company."

"Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved."

"The solution does not have a solid, out-of-the-box API architecture that is supported."

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"The solution delivers the same capabilities of SAP or Oracle at about 30% to 40% of the cost."

"The cost is not expensive."

"It is very cheap. There are no additional charges, but the problem is that you have to acquire an additional supporting system such as a budgeting system. You will have to implement the integration and maintain two systems. So, you need to pay for the license of that budgeting system and this one. You also need to pay the license for the payroll and integration. There are all these integrations that you have to pay for."

"The price of this solution is expensive. However, it depends on the number of branches used. The price can be upwards of $40,000 annually."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

University

35%

Computer Software Company

16%

Educational Organization

11%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

24%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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What do you like most about Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

The initial setup is not complex. The deployment process was relatively straightforward.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

The pricing of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management is high compared to other solutions like Bitrix.

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What needs improvement with Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management?

Integration with other tools like BOM or Cisco BlueQ could be improved. The importation of configurations like BOQs is challenging as each line has to be added individually, which is time-consuming...

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Overview

A range of campus management solutions for higher education sector including student information system, registration tools, and more.

Ellucian

Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management delivers faster, simpler, and more flexible business management at a fraction of the cost and complexity of typical enterprise ERP systems.

Sage

Sample Customers

Oklahoma Christian University

Power Distributing, Universal Paper and Plastics

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