Important international ERP studies & analyst reports

The most-cited analyst comparison in the ERP market, now a family of three quadrants: for product-centric enterprises (since 2018), for service-centric enterprises (since 2022) and – new since October 2025 – for cloud ERP finance. Vendors are rated on „Ability to Execute“ and „Completeness of Vision“.

Forrester's scorecard-based ERP comparison, most recently published as a twin Wave for product- and service-centric industries with 15 vendors each and 25–26 disclosed criteria, including product demos and customer references. Between Waves, Forrester keeps the picture current with its „ERP Solutions Landscape“ overview (most recently Q1 2026, 29 vendors).

IDC assesses ERP vendors in several sub-studies – operational ERP, manufacturing ERP, and midsize and small-business ERP – along the axes „Capabilities“ and „Strategies“. The segmentation by company size makes the series worth reading for the mid-market too.

Nucleus positions ERP vendors annually along the axes „Usability“ and „Functionality“ – deliberately ROI- and value-oriented rather than market-share-driven, with separate editions for enterprise and SMB ERP. Mid-market-relevant vendors feature more prominently than in the classic quadrants.

Constellation curates two ShortLists of the roughly ten most relevant cloud ERP solutions for product- and service-centric enterprises, evaluated against 14 criteria such as AI capabilities and manufacturing control. The basis is client inquiries, references and selection projects.

Review-data-driven ERP comparisons: the Data Quadrant aggregates verified user ratings on features, vendor capabilities and the customer relationship, while the Emotional Footprint measures the vendor–customer relationship across 25 dimensions – explicitly without analyst opinion and without paid placements.

One of the oldest freely accessible ERP user studies: the independent US consultancy surveys organisations of all sizes each year on system selection, implementation practice, budgets, timelines and project outcomes. Unlike analyst quadrants, the series delivers project-experience data from the user's perspective – for example on cost and schedule adherence.

Panorama's annual head-to-head of the four tier-1 vendors SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Infor, based on surveys of real customers of these systems: selection process, implementation, costs, project duration and deployment preferences. The 2025 edition drew on 172 user organisations worldwide.

The annual report of the independent ERP consultancy of Eric Kimberling analyses digitalisation and ERP trends, compares leading systems and shares experience data from more than 1,000 client projects; industry spin-offs appear alongside. Methodologically experience-based rather than sample-based.

The annual member study of the largest SAP user group surveys priorities, budgets, S/4HANA migration progress and AI adoption among SAP customers in North America – 663 respondents in 2026. Established for nine years and organised independently of the vendor.

The SAP community surveys 100–200+ organisations for each of its benchmark reports, including an annual series on S/4HANA migration, deployment approaches and AI adoption in the SAP world. Individual reports are sponsored by research partners – publisher and methodology stay with SAPinsider, which keeps the series transparent.

ISG annually rates the service providers of the SAP ecosystem in quadrants such as „RISE with SAP Implementation Partners“ – most recently with 45 providers globally plus separate country editions (including Germany). Methodologically, ISG combines provider submissions with its own advisory experience from sourcing projects.

Everest Group annually classifies around 30 SAP service providers as „Leaders“, „Major Contenders“ and „Aspirants“, based on an RFI process, client references and ongoing market analysis. The 2025 edition focuses on cloud adoption (RISE/GROW with SAP), AI integration and the S/4HANA migration wave.

Avasant's annual RadarView assessment analyses 26 S/4HANA service providers by practice experience, innovation and delivery capabilities; a market-insights volume with demand-side data appears alongside. The series has run on a fixed annual rhythm for several years.