Is Epicor or Yonyou better?

Neither clearly leads. Epicor starts at $750/month and Yonyou at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Epicor or Yonyou?

Epicor starts at $750/month and Yonyou at On request.

Does Epicor or Yonyou run on more platforms?

Epicor runs on Cloud, On-premise, Hybrid. Yonyou runs on Web.

What is Epicor best used for?

Epicor is most often used for a discrete manufacturer moving off spreadsheets and an accounting package onto a system that models routings and job costs, a wholesale distributor whose pricing, rebate and purchasing rules exceed what a general erp handles without customisation, an electrical or plumbing distributor needing counter sales and trade-specific workflow out of the box, a building materials dealer needing yard operations, delivery scheduling and configured product ordering in one system. Of those, a discrete manufacturer moving off spreadsheets and an accounting package onto a system that models routings and job costs and a wholesale distributor whose pricing, rebate and purchasing rules exceed what a general erp handles without customisation are not what Yonyou is typically brought in for.

What can Epicor do that Yonyou cannot?

Epicor covers Kinetic, Prophet 21, Eclipse, BisTrack.

ERP · head to head

Epicor vs Yonyou

Epicor

ERP

A portfolio of separately acquired ERP products, not one system

From: $750/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Yonyou

ERP

Chinese enterprise digital transformation platform spanning PaaS and SaaS services

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Epicor epicor is a portfolio of separately acquired products rather than one system, so reviews, references and analyst coverage about Epicor as a brand can be misleading about the specific product you are being sold.; Yonyou no pricing is published anywhere on the site for any of its three tiered products (YonBIP, YonSuite, Chanjet); the only path to cost is a phone sales line or a contact form for a custom quote and demo
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Epicor and Yonyou actually diverge.

Attributes where Epicor and Yonyou differ
Attribute	Epicor	Yonyou
Starting price	$750/month	On request
Pricing model	subscription	quote
Platforms	Cloud, On-premise, Hybrid	Web
Founded	1972	Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (ERP).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Epicor

Kinetic
Prophet 21
Eclipse
BisTrack
Cloud deployment
Extensibility tooling
Manufacturing execution
Industry compliance

Only in Yonyou

Nothing recorded that Epicor does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Epicor

A discrete manufacturer moving off spreadsheets and an accounting package onto a system that models routings and job costsnot Yonyou
A wholesale distributor whose pricing, rebate and purchasing rules exceed what a general ERP handles without customisationnot Yonyou
An electrical or plumbing distributor needing counter sales and trade-specific workflow out of the boxnot Yonyou
A building materials dealer needing yard operations, delivery scheduling and configured product ordering in one systemnot Yonyou

Yonyou

Finance and accounting management for enterprisesnot Epicor
Human resources and payroll processingnot Epicor
Supply chain and procurement managementnot Epicor
Manufacturing and production planningnot Epicor
Project and asset managementnot Epicor

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Epicor

Epicor is a portfolio of separately acquired products rather than one system, so reviews, references and analyst coverage about Epicor as a brand can be misleading about the specific product you are being sold.
The products are highly customisable and are routinely customised, and heavily customised installations become expensive to upgrade, which is why long-standing customers frequently run versions several releases behind current.
Cloud delivery is single-tenant hosting rather than multi-tenant SaaS, so you still own an upgrade decision and the regression testing that comes with it, and buyers who expected the SaaS model of no upgrades are surprised.
Sales and delivery run through a mix of direct staff and partners depending on product and region, so accountability for a failed implementation can be genuinely ambiguous unless it is fixed in the contract before signature.
The strongest coverage is in North American manufacturing and distribution, so an international group needing statutory compliance and local support across many countries has to test that coverage carefully rather than assume it.

Yonyou

No pricing is published anywhere on the site for any of its three tiered products (YonBIP, YonSuite, Chanjet); the only path to cost is a phone sales line or a contact form for a custom quote and demo
Product selection depends on company size tier (large enterprise, growth stage, small/micro) rather than a single scalable plan, so buyers must first identify which of the three separately branded products applies to them

Pricing, plan by plan

Epicor

$750/month

Starter$750/month
- Core ERP
- Manufacturing
- Financial management
Professional$1500/month
- Advanced ERP
- Advanced CRM
- Analytics

Yonyou

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Yonyou review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Epicor if

You need kinetic.
You work on Cloud, On-premise, Hybrid.
You also want prophet 21.

Epicor review

Choose Yonyou if

Nothing in the data separates Yonyou from Epicor on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Yonyou review

Questions people ask

Is Epicor or Yonyou better?: Neither clearly leads. Epicor starts at $750/month and Yonyou at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Epicor or Yonyou?: Epicor starts at $750/month and Yonyou at On request.
Does Epicor or Yonyou run on more platforms?: Epicor runs on Cloud, On-premise, Hybrid. Yonyou runs on Web.
What is Epicor best used for?: Epicor is most often used for a discrete manufacturer moving off spreadsheets and an accounting package onto a system that models routings and job costs, a wholesale distributor whose pricing, rebate and purchasing rules exceed what a general erp handles without customisation, an electrical or plumbing distributor needing counter sales and trade-specific workflow out of the box, a building materials dealer needing yard operations, delivery scheduling and configured product ordering in one system. Of those, a discrete manufacturer moving off spreadsheets and an accounting package onto a system that models routings and job costs and a wholesale distributor whose pricing, rebate and purchasing rules exceed what a general erp handles without customisation are not what Yonyou is typically brought in for.
What can Epicor do that Yonyou cannot?: Epicor covers Kinetic, Prophet 21, Eclipse, BisTrack.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Epicor: Which Epicor product am I actually being sold?

Ask explicitly, by name. Kinetic, Prophet 21, Eclipse and BisTrack are different systems with different roadmaps. Then ask for references on that specific product, in your industry, at your size.

Yonyou: How much does Yonyou cost?

Yonyou does not publish pricing on its website. Contact sales at 4006-600-577 or use the contact form to request pricing. The company offers tailored solutions for large enterprises, growing companies, and small businesses.

Source

Epicor: Is Epicor Kinetic a true SaaS product?

It is delivered as a hosted single-tenant service on Azure. You get vendor-managed infrastructure, but you do not get the multi-tenant model where the vendor upgrades everyone at once and no upgrade project exists.

Yonyou: What ERP solutions does Yonyou offer?

Yonyou offers YonBIP for large enterprises, YonSuite for mid-market SaaS applications, and Chanjet for small and micro enterprises. All integrate AI, data, and process capabilities.

Source

Epicor: How much should I customise?

Less than you will want to. Every modification is something to retest and potentially rework at each upgrade, and the accumulation of them is the main reason customers get stranded on old versions. Push hard on whether a requirement is genuinely a differentiator before building for it.

Yonyou: How long has Yonyou been in business?

Yonyou has 38 years of market presence in the Asia-Pacific region and positions itself as globally leading in ERP solutions.

Source

Epicor: Direct or partner implementation?

Both exist. The partner's track record on your product and industry matters more than the vendor's, so ask who will staff the project, request their references, and put named staff into the statement of work.

Epicor vs Yonyou

Epicor

Yonyou

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Epicor

Only in Yonyou

What people use each for

Epicor

Yonyou

Where each one falls short

Epicor

Yonyou

Pricing, plan by plan

Epicor

Yonyou

Which should you pick?

Choose Epicor if

Choose Yonyou if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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