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Epicor ERP vs SAP ERP vs SAP S/4HANA comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Epicor ERP's ROI varies, enhancing efficiency and financial management for some, but providing no returns for others.
Sentiment score
3.8
SAP ERP enhances efficiency and saves time, offering varied ROI timelines through improved inventory management, accountability, and automation.
Sentiment score
4.8
SAP S/4HANA provides strong ROI through reduced expenses, improved efficiency, and innovative processes, particularly for large, integrated companies.
It 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.
President at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
We have saved the equivalent of three or four man-days a week across the business.
Enterprise Software Professional at Accelalpha Inc.
With increased visibility, there is a substantial opportunity for return on investment.
Business Wac Application Support Lead at Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company
SAP ERP did provide value for money.
CIO at Vortella
It's not a matter of the solution; it's a matter of the clients and the approach that we follow.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
If we can maximize that, we can get the full price benefit of the solution.
Principal Instrument and Control at PETRONAS
We have observed a good return on investment, with calculations based on a five-year ROI plan.
Account executive at Cisco
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Epicor ERP support is average, with slow issue resolution and communication challenges, but accessible management is a positive aspect.
Sentiment score
6.8
Users find SAP ERP customer service satisfactory, appreciating quick responses but suggesting improvements in knowledge and technical efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.1
SAP S/4HANA support is reliable yet costly, with expert guidance and varying resolution speeds, scoring 7-8 out of 10.
Epicor's support is strong with extensive self-help options.
President at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The issue with support is in terms of response time as well as quality.
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
When issues are raised to customer support, they direct us to work with the partner.
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
SAP technical support is very good.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
It was very quick, and we didn't have many tickets, but every time any issues arose, they were very quickly resolved.
CIO at Vortella
It is not easy to justify something as high priority unless the system is completely down.
IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
A traditional challenge with SAP support is that SAP teams only support the standard functions, which are part of the product.
Delivery Head- IT Shared Services at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Establishing the right channels was a challenge, as BTP was new to everyone, including our SAP contacts.
Chief Executive Officer at LogicalDNA Solutions
I would rate the support a ten because there are a lot of knowledge-based articles published, and most of them are available online.
Program Director at KloudData Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Epicor ERP suits small to mid-sized businesses but may need upgrades for larger, complex organizations and extensive operations.
Sentiment score
7.1
SAP ERP is praised for scalability by large companies, supporting growth and integration, despite initial challenges.
Sentiment score
7.6
SAP S/4HANA offers scalable cloud-based solutions for medium to large enterprises, supporting customization, integration, and infrastructure flexibility.
Epicor ERP scales extremely well, allowing for multi-company and multi-plant operations.
President at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
If the organization is complex or large, Epicor ERP is not going to fit in.
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The system is adapting to our growing needs, but some requirements necessitate upgrading Epicor ERP to meet current needs, which represents an additional expense for us.
Business Wac Application Support Lead at Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company
It is scalable when moving from one version to another or adding additional components like warehouse management.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scalability of SAP ERP is excellent.
IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
SAP S/4HANA scales exceptionally well.
Enterprise Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
It is very easy to scale within businesses, especially when a new business falls within the range.
Project accountant at Montego Upstream Services Limited
Scalability is a key strength of SAP, especially for HANA, compared to all the other ERPs.
Delivery Head- IT Shared Services at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Epicor ERP's stability has improved in recent versions, though early versions and upgrades sometimes cause issues for users.
Sentiment score
8.2
SAP ERP is stable and reliable, with minimal issues, satisfactory performance, and regular updates enhancing its reputation.
Sentiment score
7.7
SAP S/4HANA is stable and reliable, scoring highly, though customizations and public cloud connectivity issues may affect performance.
Issues arise during upgrades and patch applications, leading to huge downtimes and temporary instability.
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Epicor ERP has experienced multiple crashes and performance drops multiple times.
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
Production processes would be on hold without stability, so it is quite important that the software is very stable.
CIO at Vortella
Stability-wise, SAP ERP is the best product among others.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
SAP S/4HANA is very stable by design, with a focus on clean core compliance to maintain system stability for upgrades.
Principal field consultant at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The SAP HANA system is not very easy to unlock, and it's something strange as, compared to other databases, when transaction logs are full, you stop the system, run the transaction log backups, and then restart.
Associate Partner - SAP Solution Architect and MDG expert at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Not very often, but it can happen, especially with user load; if many people use the system at the same time, there might be issues depending on various factors.
Enterprise Architect at E.ON
 

Room For Improvement

Epicor ERP struggles with complex interfaces, inefficient modules, lacking international tools, and needs improvements in automation, support, and localization.
SAP ERP needs modernization with improved UI/UX, cost reduction, easier integration, and better support for smaller businesses.
SAP S/4HANA requires user interface, integration, customization enhancements, improved Fiori apps, AI upgrades, and more affordable pricing.
There's extensive customization required for Epicor ERP, and the standard process is not suitable.
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
In the production planning area, Epicor ERP cannot handle complex planning situations, which for this organization became very complex, requiring a lot of customizations.
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The cost management and product costing should be enhanced, along with issues in the manufacturing process.
Business Wac Application Support Lead at Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company
SAP ERP could improve by integrating additional components such as digital signatures and barcoding.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
SAP recently implemented Databricks, and they started investing significantly in the analytic environment.
IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
I believe that SAP ERP needs to include AI functionality now, as I think it would be a significant change that could improve and enhance the product.
Manager at Innatech
Organizations face challenges like adapting to new technologies rapidly, and whether customers are early or late adopters influences their experience.
Managing Director at a recruiting/HR firm with 501-1,000 employees
Huge ROI opportunities exist for enterprises, but planning and transparency are crucial to navigate the changes necessitated by SAP S_4HANA.
Principal field consultant at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I can perform a lot of data manipulation directly on SAP using S-One, without having to resort to Excel, unlike with View ID.
Project accountant at Montego Upstream Services Limited
 

Setup Cost

Epicor ERP costs $110,000 initially with $9,000 annually, offering flexible licensing but may face high setup costs and overruns.
SAP ERP offers comprehensive features but is costly, particularly for SMEs, with high licensing and implementation expenses.
SAP S/4HANA pricing is high, influenced by licensing and deployment, with additional costs for features impacting overall expenditure.
While the exact current licensing costs are confidential, it is approximately 50% of Oracle's cost.
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
We are satisfied with the pricing and anticipate savings of seventeen percent across the organization.
Enterprise Software Professional at Accelalpha Inc.
Epicor ERP is value-conscious in pricing, offering more compared to competitors.
President at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Small and medium companies can struggle with the pricing.
CIO at Vortella
The pricing for SAP ERP is medium but slightly on the higher side.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's higher compared to similar peer solutions.
Account executive at Cisco
Most users or IT professionals typically criticize the high price of SAP license costs.
Enterprise Architect at E.ON
It's not easy to have a clear understanding of the price and the value, especially if I talk about the business transaction platform.
Associate Partner - SAP Solution Architect and MDG expert at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Epicor ERP enhances operational efficiency with user-friendly customization, robust integration, real-time analytics, and comprehensive process management.
SAP ERP provides integrated, customizable modules with real-time data, ideal for large enterprises needing scalability, security, and efficiency.
SAP S/4HANA offers valuable integration, real-time analytics, robust finance features, and seamless customization, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.
The real-time analytics support decision-making by using dashboards to manage insights for roles throughout the company, including production, finance, sales, and purchasing.
President at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The most significant features of Epicor ERP for our business process are quality control and supply chain management.
Enterprise Software Professional at Accelalpha Inc.
If you're doing a project management module, it is linked with finance. Unless finance is implemented, this module cannot be completed.
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
The consistent integrations and real-time data analytics in SAP ERP significantly enhance the decision-making process by facilitating follow-ups and action points.
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
SAP ERP has impacted our organization positively because it is highly customizable to build any process we have in our companies and to write programs.
CIO at Vortella
SAP ERP is particularly strong in manufacturing, from production planning to plant maintenance, then Material Management itself, and managing warehouse management and inventory control.
IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It enables the posting of transactions and allows us to see the impact across various application scenarios, providing significant benefits for business.
Enterprise Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The way SAP has helped our customers is by establishing a discipline where industry-specific operations and SAP's standard processes work hand in hand, improving resource utilization, material movement control, and cost control.
Chief Executive Officer at LogicalDNA Solutions
The insights given help us make strategic decisions.
Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Epicor ERP is 2.6%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 9.0%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP S/4HANA is 5.8%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
ERP Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP S/4HANA5.8%
SAP ERP9.0%
Epicor ERP2.6%
Other82.6%
ERP
 

Featured Reviews

Khalid Jalal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Group Ict at Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)
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.
Achmad Dimyati - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Management Team Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Long-term adaptation and evolution meets changing technology trends
SAP ERP is not really real-time. We use the HANA database which is supposed to be memory data in memory, but we are still not very happy. It is supposed to be real-time and come very quickly, but in reality, it still takes time to run. That is why we use BW of SAP, Business Objects, and now we have moved to the Analytic Cloud where we start using predictive AI. SAP recently implemented Databricks, and they started investing significantly in the analytic environment. SAP ERP has been left behind as they moved to S/4HANA with the HANA database. They restructured the whole table structure of SAP ERP, introduced simple finance, simple logistics, and moved HR to SuccessFactors. They have the BTP layer where they manage everything from integration to master data management. The challenge with SAP is that they move very fast to different products and buy different products. It requires significant investment and many skills to catch up because all of these have different sets of technology. The fundamental has changed differently. It is not monolithic anymore but different products under one name, SAP. You have to buy it model by model for additional models. Products such as SuccessFactors, Ariba for procure to pay, Concur for travel, and Facility Management use totally different technology. They try to integrate with each other, but it remains a challenge for SAP to make them have the same management, technology, and operational approach.
MuhammadNadeem3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Sap at PTCL
Integrated workflows have streamlined hiring, purchasing, and daily operations across departments
Areas of SAP S_4HANA that could be improved or enhanced include the evolving aspects of the application over time. There are other SAP applications such as SuccessFactors and Ariba that integrate with SAP S_4HANA. In recent years, SAP introduced an addition called RISE with SAP, which allows companies to use cloud solutions instead of requiring their own premises hardware. SAP partners with cloud providers such as Azure, Amazon, and Google, assisting companies in migrating from hardware to cloud solutions. A challenge that arises is the lack of immediate expertise when raising tickets for problem resolution with SAP, leading to delays. We have asked SAP to improve this area to provide users with better benefits from the cloud solution, as we encounter this issue frequently.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
20%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise31
Large Enterprise78
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business51
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise56
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Epicor ERP?
My experience with Epicor ERP pricing is that it is fairly priced, targeting more mid-size and small organizations. H...
What needs improvement with Epicor ERP?
I see a few areas that can be improved. The localization is not good; for local taxes and statutory compliances, manu...
What is your primary use case for Epicor ERP?
My clients are using Epicor ERP for all their operations. They are a mid-size or small-sized manufacturing company, a...
Is Anaplan better than SAP ERP?
There are different aspects of both Anaplan and SAP ERP that I like and dislike. Anaplan improves forecast accuracy a...
What needs improvement with SAP ERP?
SAP ERP logged out in slightly less time than expected. Updates to the SAP UI would be useful.
What is your primary use case for SAP ERP?
I have been using SAP ERP for posting journal entries and analyzing the P&Ls and the financial close. By posting ...
Are there any advantages of SAP S4 HANA over SAP Business One (SAP B1) apart from the cost?
SaP Business One is a complete solution for business management. The software applications are broad, ranging from ac...
What needs improvement with SAP S4HANA?
Areas of SAP S_4HANA that could be improved or enhanced include the evolving aspects of the application over time. Th...
What is your primary use case for SAP S4HANA?
My experience with SAP S_4HANA involves working on several projects helping customers prepare their transition from E...
 

Also Known As

Epicor SaaS ERP
No data available
SAP S4HANA
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
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.
Nestle, O.C. Tanner, Sabre, New York Life Insurance Co., MEMEBOX, Siemens AG.
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