We performed a comparison between Epicor ERP and SAP S/4HANA 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."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."
"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."
"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."
"The ability to deploy a generic implementation without advanced customization."
"Real-time results make for faster decision making."
"I have been using SAP for more than 13 years and the new SAP S4HANA was not only a simple upgrade, they have made a lot of improvements. They have simplified a lot of the functions, the all-new interface gives users a better experience. The database itself is quite efficient in nature and it provides effective data queries. It is a good upgrade from the previous version of SAP R/3."
"The solution can scale well."
"SAP S4HANA has good performance and has allowed us to combine our systems."
"From a technological point of view, the in-memory database is one of the key highlights."
"The scalability is excellent, especially on cloud deployment models."
"The solution is flexible, has a lot of functionality, and has the ability to deliver more security than other comparable solutions."
"I like the user experience and usability of SAP Fiori, which is one of the main features that we are using."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"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."
"Epicor didn't care about user level and software applications. So, it's not so user-friendly for nontechnical people."
"The tool should provide a better user interface."
"A number of bugs in 9.05 were only fixed in 10."
"I would like to see a better reporting tool."
"The user interface should be much more convenient and user-friendly."
"I'm not a big fan of SAP S/4HANA because it needs a lot of hardware. It is really fast, but it needs a lot of hardware. The hardware for S/4HANA is too expensive."
"It requires a lot of planning to implement the product correctly."
"The common issues being raised right now by the end users are mostly related to the usability."
"It should have more support. Documentation and support for mobile apps can be improved."
"Their yearly licensing is expensive. Improvements are needed on the user experience level and digital work."
"I would like to see the AI included to help from a data standpoint."
"We found that the implementing partners themselves are struggling with S4HANA's features. It's not an exact translation of the older ECC, so SAP has taken a new route to do things with S4HANA. Maybe it's a good product, but the implementing partners also like to have an in-depth understanding of the full feature set the product offers."
Epicor ERP is ranked 17th in ERP with 12 reviews while SAP S/4HANA is ranked 2nd in ERP with 65 reviews. Epicor ERP is rated 7.8, while SAP S/4HANA is rated 8.2. 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 SAP S/4HANA writes "The solution is highly scalable, with solid performance and integration". Epicor ERP is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Odoo, SAP Business One, SAP ERP and NetSuite ERP, whereas SAP S/4HANA is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP Business One, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. See our Epicor ERP vs. SAP S/4HANA report.
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