Aptean Made2Manage ERP vs. Epicor Kinetic

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
Score 4.8 out of 10
N/A
Aptean Made2Manage ERP is an enterprise resource planning software solution. It is built specifically for small and mid-sized manufacturers. It includes dynamic, to-order environments such as make-to-order, engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, and mixed mode operations.N/A
Epicor Kinetic
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Epicor Kinetic (the name of the former Epicor ERP) presents a wide feature breadth, customizability, and scalability, typical product-centric cloud ERP offerings. It is meant as a single, end-to-end software solution for businesses, and is available on-premise, hosted, or in the cloud as a software as a service (SaaS) solution.N/A
Pricing
Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Considered Both Products
Aptean Made2Manage ERP

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Epicor Kinetic
Chose Epicor Kinetic
Everyone at our organization really appreciated "made 2 manage" because of all of the quick access and some of the capabilities in accounting. So far, Epicor is much more advanced but the two can stand side by side. These two programs cannot really be compared just because it's …
Chose Epicor Kinetic
Epicor ERP has similar functionality to Made2Manage, but is much more flexible and has significantly more additional modules and support available. Versus PeopleSoft, it becomes an unfair comparison, as Epicor is mid-market and PeopleSoft is large-market. Having said that, …
Chose Epicor Kinetic
Epicor is more reliable, M2M was a little easier to use but not as powerful.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.0
2 Ratings
151% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.4
13 Ratings
3% above category average
Pay calculation1.02 Ratings7.713 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.02 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.02 Ratings6.39 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.0
2 Ratings
152% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
6.0
26 Ratings
19% below category average
API for custom integration1.02 Ratings6.124 Ratings
Plug-ins1.01 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.5
4 Ratings
80% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.5
37 Ratings
8% below category average
Single sign-on capability5.03 Ratings8.030 Ratings
Role-based user permissions2.04 Ratings7.037 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.7
4 Ratings
88% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
8.4
37 Ratings
19% above category average
Dashboards2.04 Ratings7.936 Ratings
Standard reports3.04 Ratings9.036 Ratings
Custom reports3.04 Ratings8.332 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
4.9
5 Ratings
43% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.1
36 Ratings
7% below category average
Accounts payable6.05 Ratings7.334 Ratings
Accounts receivable5.05 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Global Financial Support5.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers5.03 Ratings6.316 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations5.03 Ratings7.319 Ratings
Configurable Accounting3.03 Ratings7.917 Ratings
Standardized Processes6.03 Ratings8.018 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.8
4 Ratings
125% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
9.9
36 Ratings
23% above category average
Inventory tracking1.04 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Automatic reordering2.01 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Location management2.03 Ratings9.928 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.9
5 Ratings
91% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
8.7
39 Ratings
11% above category average
Pricing4.05 Ratings9.036 Ratings
Order entry4.04 Ratings8.039 Ratings
Credit card processing2.02 Ratings7.219 Ratings
Cost of goods sold4.04 Ratings8.938 Ratings
Order Orchestration2.01 Ratings9.916 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
5.3
3 Ratings
33% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
8.8
22 Ratings
17% above category average
Billing Management6.03 Ratings9.917 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management5.03 Ratings9.918 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management5.02 Ratings5.713 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting5.02 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Period Close7.02 Ratings8.218 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.3
2 Ratings
79% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
9.2
19 Ratings
19% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting3.02 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Project Costing3.02 Ratings8.016 Ratings
Cost Capture3.02 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Capital Project Management3.02 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance4.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition3.02 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
1.8
1 Ratings
117% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.6
14 Ratings
11% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling1.01 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings5.47 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.3
1 Ratings
107% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.8
7 Ratings
3% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management1.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.9
2 Ratings
82% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
8.2
13 Ratings
16% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared4.02 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated5.02 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Supplier Management1.01 Ratings7.910 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.6
1 Ratings
86% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.9
3 Ratings
19% above category average
Risk Repository3.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Control Management4.01 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments3.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Issue Detection1.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
3.4
2 Ratings
67% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.3
11 Ratings
6% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization5.01 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management5.01 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Fulfillment Management3.02 Ratings5.18 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.6
2 Ratings
97% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
8.1
20 Ratings
7% above category average
Production Process Design2.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Production Management4.02 Ratings7.619 Ratings
Configuration Management2.02 Ratings8.113 Ratings
Work Execution3.02 Ratings7.715 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs4.02 Ratings9.319 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
2.0
3 Ratings
113% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
9.4
21 Ratings
26% above category average
Forecasting1.02 Ratings8.917 Ratings
Inventory Planning2.03 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Performance Monitoring2.02 Ratings9.915 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean Made2Manage ERP
4.0
1 Ratings
58% below category average
Epicor Kinetic
7.6
7 Ratings
5% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
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User Ratings
Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Likelihood to Recommend
3.0
(5 ratings)
8.2
(39 ratings)
Usability
3.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(15 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(14 ratings)
User Testimonials
Aptean Made2Manage ERPEpicor Kinetic
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptean
For parts sales, M2M is not a good program. There are too many glitches that happen between the sales order process and the shipping process. At the same time, we have to work with outside vendors to make certain functions work in the program. Or it has to work outside the program and communicate back to the main software. Way too clunky.
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Epicor Software
Epicor is an excellent system for most manufacturing customers and offers several features previously only offered on the very large (e.g. Oracle, PeopleSoft, etc) level platforms. Yet the pricing is mid-level, and the expandability through additional modules provides a great opportunity for future business growth. The architecture is easily scalable, fast, and offers great options for both on premise and hosted systems. Epicor is flexible, and large enough that regular updates and enhancements continue to be adopted to improve functionality and effectiveness. It is however, not for everyone. Competition in this sector is very good, with several mid-level systems being available at a similar price point. If you are considering adopting a new ERP system and are in the plastics space, you also owe it to yourself and your team to consider IQMS, which is becoming a de-facto standard in this segment. Also, for specific medical sectors, you will find that Epicor software validation for CFR Part 11 compliance can be quite costly-- although the software is capable of supporting this with modification. Overall, Epicor is a solid choice. Ultimately, it will be up to your team to determine what works best for your needs. You won't be disappointed with Epicor if you do the due diligence and take the time needed to properly review and demo the product. Remember though, demos are typically "best case" staged, so be sure to throw several curveballs at your vendor and bring out the unique requirements of your business.
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Pros
Aptean
  • Made2Manage has been consistent since I began supporting it in terms of data input and the user interface.
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Epicor Software
  • Epicor has the best product configurator that I have seen on the market. This was one of the main reasons we went with Epicor, and have not been disappointed at all.
  • Epicor is also one of the easiest ERP system to learn, and has many ways for users to get training. Epicor University, on-line courses, or class room settings, also user conference every year, and user support groups.
  • The Enterprise search ability in Epicor is great, can find parts, customers, suppliers, etc. so easily. And if you can't remember where a report or task that you want to do is on the menu, you can search for that also.
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Cons
Aptean
  • The management interface for users is not straightforward.
  • Managing permissions for users is difficult outside of copying permissions.
  • It still has lots of issues that can cause significant downtime.
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Epicor Software
  • Consultants should be very well trained to make sure program integrity is maintained during challenging implementations.
  • There should be an improvement on answering questions raised, especially upon migration issues.
  • When is Epicor aware of improper/incorrect implementation they might proactively offer improvement support?
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Likelihood to Renew
Aptean
I am not in the decision making group any more for this product. When I was, I along with many other managers, voted to go with a competitive product software vs re-subscribing to Aptean for this product. We were convinced by certain parties at our work that the new product was head and shoulders above the old product. While they freshened up a few things and there was an increase in some functionality areas, it was still tired.
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Epicor Software
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Usability
Aptean
This software is not user-friendly nor easy to train on. I train people for various departments and had argued for the company to go with another company. I was not alone. When the time came for us to do an upgrade (necessitated by the advent of Windows 10 compatibility issues), a number of managers at our organization wanted to seek out other vendors due to the difficulty in training people to use the software. Then have to deal with so many of the user issues and lack of functionality created by the need for using an outside software programmer to bring in software that interpreted what M2M was doing and then translate it back into the program so that we had an end-user solution. This software should be robust enough to do it all. It is not. I hate to be so negative about it but anyone that has spent as many years using this software as I have should find something good to say about the platform and I struggle to do that. I had asked for the warranty section that would tie into the return authorization process. I was told it would happen. It didn't. Bad karma.
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Epicor Software
It is a good service to have people update and collaborate with I also like the ease of it. It keeps the stock of materials accountable
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Support Rating
Aptean
I go back to the warranty segment of the program to help track expenses that were generated by returns and zero-dollar sales orders to resolve customer issues. I feel like I was lied to by the company. They said they would have it in there on the new release. They told the purchasing manager it would be on the new release. The purchasing manager assured me it would be on there. They even showed 'warranty loading' on the screen when you signed in. However, there was no additional component of the return material authorization process for warranty adaptation. I even challenged our upload team about it and they had no answer. It does a few functions well but in my personal experience, buy something else.
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Epicor Software
If the answer to your problem is not readily available in an answer book, your response or solution will take months, if you get one at all. Problems need to be sent to support and duplicated by them before they try to fix it. This is extremely frustrating because you have to prove to Epicor that you are having an issue. If by some miracle you get by this barrier, your problem is submitted to development for review. You can't speak to them or communicate in any way directly. This group appears to be completely unconcerned about user issues or customer service. Our experiences have been negative across the board.
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Implementation Rating
Aptean
The actual implementation was no worse or better than other software updates. There were days of pain and additional training helped overcome a lot of the learning curve associated with that. However, that training came from our own internal staff vs anyone from Aptean.
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Epicor Software
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Alternatives Considered
Aptean
They worked in a similar manner. I was not an admin when I used Oracle though.
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Epicor Software
Everyone at our organization really appreciated "made 2 manage" because of all of the quick access and some of the capabilities in accounting. So far, Epicor is much more advanced but the two can stand side by side. These two programs cannot really be compared just because it's just not fair to compare an on-site server ERP system to a cloud-based one.
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Scalability
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Epicor Software
The software is pretty easy to use. Things are pretty clear on how to do them and if you don't know how to do something they have instructions on how to do them or you get an error code telling you exactly what to do. I have been satisfied with my overall experience.
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Return on Investment
Aptean
  • I came on board after M2M was implemented so I'm not sure how it has changed from previous software. However, I do know it has the ability to grow with the company.
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Epicor Software
  • The ROI can be hard to quantify. We spend more time setting up and entering information up front, but we spend less time than before trying to track project costs so that evens out. Purchasing the system and implementing it was very expensive, but the benefit is the the better information can save money on projects as we know where best to spend our time and identify potential problems earlier on a project. We believe it will have a positive impact, but I'd say it will take a few years (3-4) to be worth it.
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