We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and IFS Cloud Platform 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."The most valuable features of Epicor ERP are ease of use, powerful API, and comprehensive integration. It is a one-vendor solution, where other vendors need other software systems from multiple vendors."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"Epicor ERP is an easy-to-use solution."
"With Epicor, we can call a pitch between Epicor and the PLM database, which is a significant advantage."
"The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization."
"Dashboards and Business Activity Query are very useful."
"Epicor ERP is very technical friendly, if you want to do any customization, it's very easy."
"There's good flexibility within the inbuilt tools such as alerts, business process management, dashboards, and screen customization."
"IFS Applications' best feature is the user-friendly interface that has a .NET Framework application in the front end and an Oracle database and WebLogic middleware."
"The workflow of the solution is very good."
"The best feature is the maintenance module, which is essentially an industry-specific workflow designed with a manufacturing module as per industry standards. It's very precise and specific without having complex functionalities. It's straightforward. Field Service Management is definitely a wonderful product that IFS has developed because it caters to field services. The energy and utility sectors can answer their business needs using the software."
"One of our favorite features is the "Info-Zone", which provides operational intelligence in flight and in context to guide both business users and support teams to productivity."
"The most valuable feature is the distribution module."
"A high level of ERP can be handled in IFS."
"Having a young talented programmer, during the six years of use, we were able to save around 75 000 EUR preparing simple modifications using customization rather than ordering them in IFS / Partner."
"We could quickly understand what was going on and what the customer wanted to do."
"The tool should provide a better user interface."
"In the newer version of Epicor ERP, it's very difficult to find out that tracing."
"Right now, it doesn't really have a good cloud story."
"I would like to see a better reporting tool."
"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."
"There are some glitches in Epicor ERP."
"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."
"We have upgraded to the latest version right now. We have issues with the quality. We tried to enroll in their Evergreen program which was meant to help us adopt any service update or anything that the tool’s providers come up with."
"The next version has already been released, and some of the technical things are a little bit behind the curve in development. This is specifically security, maintenance, security role maintenance, and creation. This is in their new product, called IFS Cloud."
"Some kind of bot assistance, some kind of artificial intelligence to help people solve the problems, would be interesting."
"Aspects of HR and payroll could be better."
"There were initial difficulties when I started using the application."
"The solution's initial setup process was complex...The technical support my company receives from the implementation partners of the solution is not that great."
"There should be some improvements in the predefined templates in IFS Applications."
"We would like to see AI-driven CSI functions built into the tool that would allow us to quickly tie our improvement goals to metrics and activities, so Assyst will suggest the next steps to help us get closer to our goals."
Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews while IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 9th in ERP with 29 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8. 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 IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP S/4HANA, Odoo, SAP Business One and Epicor iScala, whereas IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and BMC Helix ITSM. See our Epicor ERP vs. IFS Cloud Platform report.
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