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Anthoology Student vs SAP ERP comparison

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Anthoology Student
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Student Information System (SIS) (12th)
SAP ERP
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
ERP (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Anthoology Student and SAP ERP aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Anthoology Student is designed for Student Information System (SIS) and holds a mindshare of 2.0%, down 2.9% compared to last year.
SAP ERP, on the other hand, focuses on ERP, holds 8.8% mindshare, down 17.4% since last year.
Student Information System (SIS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Anthoology Student2.0%
Ellucian4.7%
Veracross3.6%
Other89.7%
Student Information System (SIS)
ERP Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP ERP8.8%
SAP S/4HANA6.1%
Oracle E-Business Suite4.0%
Other81.1%
ERP
 

Featured Reviews

it_user625116 - PeerSpot reviewer
Applications Systems Administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The features that are most valuable are auto-triggers for activities, an integrated portal, and automated student status changes. There is nothing that will help with standards-based grading.
* CampusPortal is in need of an update: This is coming later in 2017. * Clock hour programs work OK in CampusVue, but they are not setup as well as credit programs * Grading is centered around letter grades. There is nothing in CampusVue that will help with standards-based grading.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CampusNexus Student provides everything needed in an SIS."
"The best thing that SAP ERP has is the extensive coverage of processes for every field and business unit such as procurement, inventory, financials, asset management, plant maintenance, and production. We can cover up to 99.9% processes of our organization, which is the best thing about this solution. It also has a very good capability to integrate with other applications. The security and authorization level of SAP ERP is very high. No other solution can match this level."
"The best feature of SAP ERP is the full integration."
"The solution is very stable."
"The capacity planning, which is useful to see what has been planned and the time that is needed, is also easy to shift and provides one overview."
"It meets our requirements for what we need it to do in the manufacturing industry."
"SAP ERP has a good user interface with a lot of functionalities and good interface options."
"It has a lot of integrity of data, and it is fast. All the users feel that they can trust this data. So, data integrity is the most important value of SAP."
"The system can be integrated with other SAP functionalities - such as finance, production, sales, marketing, HR, et cetera, and can also be customized to become a model that's specifically designed for my business. That's the solution's most valuable aspect."
 

Cons

"CampusPortal is in need of an update: This is coming later in 2017."
"Certain things are off-the shelf, but there are a few things that need to be developed based on client specific or unique business processes."
"It's very difficult to find people who are well versed in it."
"It should be less complex. It should also have better integration capability. I am using the ACC version, and in this version, the integration and the communication are very difficult and complicated."
"One module that is not doing well is HR. It should be less complex."
"There will always be something within our business that it won't fit."
"The price of SAP ERP is greater than other companies with the equivalent product."
"The product can be a little slow when dealing with thousands of employee data."
"The initial setup of SAP ERP is complex and it took a lot of time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I rate the product's price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap or affordable, and ten is really expensive. The solution is expensive."
"When we talk about pricing it is expensive. On a scale of one to ten, it would rank a two. There are no additional fees but the user licenses are high."
"SAP is quite expensive."
"My company makes early payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product. There are no additional costs apart from the charges paid toward the subscription-based license offered by SAP."
"SAP ERP is expensive."
"There is a one-time license that is needed to use the solution. The support is what is needed to be renewed annually."
"It could always be cheaper. They don't have a very easy model of licensing, but large entities would get the upper hand in negotiating the license."
"I am not sure. However, extensions cost approximately $100,000 or$200,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Non Profit
30%
Construction Company
10%
Media Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise31
Large Enterprise78
 

Questions from the Community

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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 needs improvement with SAP ERP?
To make the product better, I notice that deployment must improve, and so should performance; it should be faster, along with pricing.
What is your primary use case for SAP ERP?
I have not actually used SAP ERP's analytical tools, but I leverage SAP ERP for human capital management. I am using SuccessFactors for that, and SAP ERP's real-time data insights have contributed ...
 

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Also Known As

CampusNexus Student, CampusVue
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Sample Customers

Valley College, Harrison College, Baptist Bible College, Minnesota School of Business, Union Graduate College
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.