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Epicor ERP vs SAP ERP comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

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
4.5
SAP ERP offers ROI in 2-4 years by improving efficiency, automation, and cost savings, despite challenges tracking specific returns.
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
 

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
6.6
SAP ERP's customer service is praised for professionalism but criticized for inefficiencies and slow response times on priority issues.
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
 

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
7.5
SAP ERP is scalable and adaptable, effectively supporting growth with flexible architecture and cloud options despite initial integration challenges.
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
 

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
8.1
SAP ERP is widely regarded for its stability and reliability, with minimal bugs and strong performance surpassing other ERPs.
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
 

Room For Improvement

Epicor ERP struggles with complex interfaces, inefficient modules, lacking international tools, and needs improvements in automation, support, and localization.
SAP ERP struggles with integration, user interface, high costs, and complicated usability, needing improvement in accessibility and flexibility.
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
 

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 is costly with flexible licensing options, valued by larger organizations for features but complex for smaller businesses.
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
 

Valuable Features

Epicor ERP enhances operational efficiency with user-friendly customization, robust integration, real-time analytics, and comprehensive process management.
SAP ERP integrates finance, HR, and manufacturing with real-time insights, flexible architecture, and extensive automation for large enterprises.
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
 

Categories and Ranking

Epicor ERP
Ranking in ERP
13th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP ERP
Ranking in ERP
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the ERP category, the mindshare of Epicor ERP is 3.1%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP ERP is 11.6%, down from 20.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
ERP Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SAP ERP11.6%
Epicor ERP3.1%
Other85.3%
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
University
5%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
7%
Retailer
6%
 

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 Enterprise76
 

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. However, from that perspective, they are slightly higher priced, as some smaller ...
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, manual work is being done and other packages are being integrated for tax purposes. ...
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, and Epicor ERP covers finance, production, planning, and procurement functions ex...
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 and drives up the quality of analytics. Rather than spending all of their time co...
What do you like most about SAP ERP?
The solution has made the most significant impact on our human resources function, specifically in HR operations and HR analytics. One feature of SAP ERP that I found most valuable is its use of co...
What needs improvement with SAP ERP?
I do not know how to give feedback regarding SAP ERP's analytics tools. The usage of analytics tools is not very popular among our customers, as some functions are not very modern. Customer study t...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Epicor SaaS ERP
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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.
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