Ellucian vs SAP ERP comparison

Ellucian and SAP are both solutions in the ERP category. Ellucian is ranked #32, while SAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8. Ellucian holds a 0.6% mindshare in ERP, compared to SAP’s 18.7% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Ellucian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

SAP ERP and Ellucian are competing products in the enterprise resource planning sector. SAP ERP has the upper hand in scalability and flexibility, suitable for larger enterprises, while Ellucian targets higher education institutions with specialized solutions.

Features: SAP ERP offers extensive customization, robust analytics, and comprehensive integration capabilities. Ellucian focuses on educational functionalities, such as student lifecycle management, tailored academic solutions, and efficient management systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP ERP provides comprehensive deployment options with strong customer support but can require significant time and resources. Ellucian features a simpler deployment process for educational clients with specialized support, noted for its integration ease in the education sector.

Pricing and ROI: SAP ERP's setup cost is higher, delivering significant ROI through its flexibility and extensive features. Ellucian is more cost-effective for educational institutions, achieving substantial ROI by meeting specific academic needs.

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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) (1st)

SAP ERP

Ranking in ERP

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Ellucian is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 18.7%, down from 22.4% 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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Srinivasan Kuppuswamy

Founder Partner & Chief Consultant at Sagesse Abundance

The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status

The solution is not ready for the current e-commerce environment. Its was built for large enterprises who need to predictably optimize their human, material, and financial resources. ERP has evolved and businesses are changing. There are not many large corporations. Most are small enterprises with the capabilities of large enterprises through networking and platform integration. Some companies promote products but get things done with other enterprises as a network. Companies do not want to create new capacity but want to leverage existing capacity with innovative products. They do not want to spend resources on duplicating capacity or facilities. I do not think any ERP product is ready to support this environment so ERPs as a whole might end up being used for back-office functions only. It is not easy to evolve an ERP product because its intent is to integrate functions and processes within an organization. Whereas, in the new business model, processes are not limited to one's own enterprise but cut across different enterprises. There is no enterprise solution as this point in time for the current e-commerce environment so companies must integrate with many solutions.

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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 new Visual Enterprise functionalities give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy."

"It provides great visibility into the details of enterprise resource planning."

"MDG provides a central location for governance of the creation/updating processes of master data. It allows you to change several fields in the same object. For example, we can change a field on the purchasing view and change another field on an accounting view to the same material at the same time."

"I have found all the modules related to finance valuable, such as account management and HR. The entire suite is very useful."

"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."

"Its customer support is highly rated, and the technical support provided by SAP is considered very good."

"The solution is scalable."

"It is a comprehensive and robust solution. It can provide lots of functional features."

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Cons

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

"SAP needs to be more intuitive."

"There is room for improvement in the integration of the solution, especially in the payroll area."

"I think that implementation could be simplified."

"The service could be more user-friendly in the area of transition codes."

"In the next release, I would like to see more technical integration for directly designed solutions on behalf of the selling process so that you can design solutions and not have to use ten or more other tools to get the solution for selling."

"Reporting is why most companies need to acquire business intelligence add-on solutions, and when it comes to SAP ERP, they could improve the reporting graphical representation of the data."

"There are a lot of manual tasks that are used by a lot of people, so it is a very good candidate for RPA."

"It was not designed to service all industries."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"When you have a solution that is stable, reliable, and has a high performance as this solution, the price is going to be expensive. However, when you evaluate the service you are paying for the cost is quite reasonable for this solution."

"The pricing is based on the license per user, which I think makes the solution a bit costly...Basically, the prices of the solution are high, and we don't have that much revenue."

"This is a costly product."

"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."

"There is a one-time license that is needed to use the solution. The support is what is needed to be renewed annually."

"SAP ERP is an expensive tool."

"The solution has moved from a licensing model to a rights-based, subscription model in the cloud."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

University

33%

Computer Software Company

14%

Educational Organization

13%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Retailer

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Overview

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

Ellucian

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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Sample Customers

Oklahoma Christian University

B&G Manufacturing, Unilever, Life is good Inc., Joy Global Inc., City of Cape Town, Bhopal Municipal, Corporation (BMC), adidas Group, Butcher & Packer Supply Company, Franklin Valve L.P., Evoshield, Prime Meats, a Norsan Group company, EMC Corporation, Varian Medical Systems Inc., FC Bayern Mªnchen AG, AkzoNobel Chemicals B.V., T¾V Rheinland, Pacific Drilling S.A., Fire & Rescue New South Wales, University of Amsterdam, Pa_alon S.A.

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