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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
6.3
Number of Reviews
108
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 2.5%, up 1.8% compared to last year.
SAP ERP, on the other hand, focuses on ERP, holds 10.4% mindshare, down 19.1% since last year.
Student Information System (SIS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Anthoology Student2.5%
Ellucian7.8%
Blackbaud SIS6.6%
Other83.1%
Student Information System (SIS)
ERP Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP ERP10.4%
SAP S/4HANA6.3%
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central4.0%
Other79.3%
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 new Visual Enterprise functionalities give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy."
"This is a robust and feature-rich solution."
"We like that we have real-time dashboard views."
"ERP can help manage all enterprise resources. It brings them together and provides some analytical data to inform management decisions."
"The stability is SAP ERP is not good only because the version is old. They could work on improving the versions."
"It is a stable solution."
"Stability-wise, SAP ERP is the best product among others."
"Their tech support is always good."
 

Cons

"CampusPortal is in need of an update: This is coming later in 2017."
"Its table and structure complexity is a love and hate situation."
"Improvements to the UI. The UI is pretty old, but this will change with the upcoming release of S.4.​"
"When evaluating the current version I am using now, the SAP GUI is old-style and needs to be replaced with something more modern and easy to use. However, the SAP GUI is very optimized for connection networks and is extremely good. Many people would like to have a WebGUI or something else to have access in a different way. Additionally, there could be some drag and drop functionality added because these features are normally in any website that this solution does not have."
"There should be better support provided to be able to migrate to S/4HANA easier."
"If big companies are going for SAP and they would like to install it, they should know that it still needs time. Implementation will cost a lot of money."
"This solution could be made more user-friendly for development teams."
"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."
"SAP ERP could improve by integrating additional components such as digital signatures and barcoding."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product has high pricing."
"The price of SAP ERP is high, but it is worth the money. The maintenance and support can be expensive. There should be a different price model for businesses that are not as large to be able to afford it."
"SAP ECC is not cheap but I consider it the best system for managing an organization's data and processes."
"SAP ERP is expensive."
"SAP is quite expensive."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. SAP ERP is a costly tool."
"SAP ERP is an expensive tool."
"The solution is expensive and is best-suited for large enterprises."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Non Profit
38%
Media Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise31
Large Enterprise78
 

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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?
SAP ERP logged out in slightly less time than expected. Updates to the SAP UI would be useful.
 

Comparisons

 

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
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