Anaconda vs SAS Advanced Analytics | TrustRadius

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Score 9 out of 10

Based on 81 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 90 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Anaconda is great for academic and private organizations that cannot afford more expensive Python/R package managers. Also, it is more appropriate for intermediate to advanced Python users--Anaconda can be somewhat frustrating for beginners, as it takes some practice to get comfortable with the workflow. I find it particularly useful for working in teams, because if everyone uses the same package manager, it is easier to troubleshoot issues and makes for reproducible research. For wealthier organizations, a premium package management system (with tech support) would be ideal. Anaconda is also great for people working independently on code development.

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Maike Holthuijzen

Ph.D student

University of VermontHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics excels with projects that have at least 3 parts. The first part is the ability to address and compare different modeling types. Suppose you are an analyst interested in predicting home prices or whether an individual will reapply for unemployment insurance. There are lots of model types that could work for these two situations. SAS Advanced Analytics makes it easy (although not as easy as SAS Enterprise Miner) to compare the performance of different modeling types, such as comparing support vector machines with random forest models. A second scenario that SAS Advanced Analytics does a good job at is making the analysis reproducible. By showing the lineage of analyses, another analyst is able to follow the work of the previous analyst. This is a huge advantage for individuals working in corporations or governments. The third area SAS Advanced Analytics is useful is in text analytics. The field is huge now, and I haven't come across a software that makes text analytics as easy as SAS Advanced Analytics.

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Owner, previous CEO

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Connect to Multiple Data Sources

Extend Existing Data Sources

Automatic Data Format Detection

MDM Integration

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Visualization

Interactive Data Analysis

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment

Data Transformations

Data Encryption

Built-in Processors

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools

Automated Machine Learning

Single platform for multiple model development

Self-Service Model Delivery

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Flexible Model Publishing Options

Security, Governance, and Cost Controls

Pros

First of all it is very easy to install and it is user friendly. You just download a Anaconda from its official site and you can start using it for coding (I usually code using Jupiter Notebook) Compared to Pycharm it is easier navigate in Anaconda(Jupiter Notebook)
For me it is a best environment to use if I have small projects. Jupiter Notebook is running tasks much faster compared to Pycharm and other IDE's.
In my work I usually need different scientific packages that are not commonly used. As Anaconda have thousands of libraries it helps me making my job easier

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Tigran Petrosyan

Risk Management Specialist

ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANKBanking, 5001-10,000 employees

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Complex Survey Analysis- SAS is a great resource if you need to analyze complex survey data. One can easily write code for this by inserting (survey) in front of the procedure with the weight, cluster, and strata variables. (ex: surveyfreq)
Modeling/ Graphing- SAS creates clean and easy to understand graphs and models which take visual data to the next level.
Support- There is a large SAS Advanced analytics online support in place. It is easy to find help on many procedures that you will use in this software.

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Employee in Other

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Anaconda could greatly benefit by integrating with Git and other versioning software.
The software's default installation is relatively bloated, slower on older machines, and could be improved by allowing for a lean default installation environment.
Anaconda has an issue with supporting the current version of Computer-Vision, a commonly used machine learning package.

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Vice President of Research, Neuroscientist

SPARK NeuroResearch, 11-50 employees

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SAS Analytics does not have very good graphic capabilities. Their advanced graphics packages are expensive, and still not very appealing or intuitive to customize.
SAS Analytics is not as up-to-date when it comes to advanced analytical techniques as R or other open-source analytics packages.

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Consultant

DeloitteManagement Consulting, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Anaconda 7.0

Based on 1 answer

It's really good at data processing, but needs to grow more in publishing in a way that a non-programmer can interact with. It also introduces confusion for programmers that are familiar with normal Python processes which are slightly different in Anaconda such as virtualenvs.

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Matthew Deakyne

Academic Services Manager

The University of KansasHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics 4.5

Based on 5 answers

Not only does SAS become easier to use as the user gets more familiar with its capabilities, but the customer service is excellent. Any issues with SAS and their technical team is either contacting the user via email, chat, text, WebEx, or phone. They have power users that have years of experience with SAS there to help with any issue.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

Anaconda 8.9

Based on 2 answers

The interface is an easy to use command-line interface, or a GUI for launching and/or discovering different parts of the system.

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Juande Santander-Vela

Software Development Lead / Product Manager at Solution Level

SKA OrganisationResearch, 51-200 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics 6.1

Based on 2 answers

If SAS Enterprise Guide is utilized any beginning user will be able to shorten the learning curve. This is allow the user a plethora of basic capabilities until they can utilize coding to expand their needs in manipulating and presenting data. SAS is also dedicated to expanding this environment so it is ever growing.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 10.0

Based on 1 answer

SAS probably has the most market saturation out of all of the analytics software worldwide. They are in every industry and they are knowledgable about every industry. They are always available to take questions, solve issues, and discuss a company's needs. A company that buys SAS software has a dedicated representative that is there for all of their needs.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Although nothing is perfect, SAS is almost there. The software can handle billions of rows of data without a glitch and runs at a quick pace regardless of what the user wants to perform. SAS products are made to handle data so performance is of their utmost important. The software is created to run things as efficiently as SAS software can to maximize performance.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

Anaconda 8.9

Based on 16 answers

There is a lot of sources to get support for Anaconda based on the large data scientist or data engineer user community. Whenever you need something, you can type it in Google search, and you can find out people who had a similar problem and the solution for it.

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Business Analyst

3MCosmetics, 10,001+ employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.6

Based on 4 answers

SAS is generally known for good support that's one of the main reasons to justify the cost of having SAS licenses within our organization is knowing that customer support is just a quick phone call away. I've usually had good experiences with the SAS customer support team it's one of the ways in which the company stands out in my view.

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Lead Data Scientist

Atrius HealthHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

Based on 1 answer

SAS has regional and national conferences that are dedicated to expanding users' knowledge of the software and showing them what changes and additions they are making to the software. There are user groups in most of the major cities that also provide multi-day seminars that focus on specific topics for education. If online training isn't the best way for the user, there is ample in-person training available.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 8.0

Based on 1 answer

There are online videos, live classes, and resource material which makes training very easy to access. However, nothing is circumstantial so applying your training can get tricky if the user is performing complex tasks. When purchasing software, SAS will also allocate education credits so the user(s) can access classes and material online to help expand their knowledge.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Ask as many questions you can before the install to understand the process. Since a third party does the installation your company is sort of a passanger and it is easy to get lost in the process. It also helps to have all users and IT support involved in the install to help increase the knowledge as to how SAS runs and what it needs to perform correctly.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ANACONDA VS Alteryx Analytics: Even though I find Alteryx to be an excellent tool for managing extremely massive data, Anaconda is much better and easy for analytics.Anaconda VS. MicroStrategy Analytics: Compared with Anaconda, MicroStrategy Analytics is very difficult to use and counter-intuitiveAnaconda VS. Power BI For Office 365: One of the main advantages of BI for Office 364 is its capacity to data connectivity. However, it's very hard to edit data connections, once BI for Office is deployed in other platforms

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Mauricio Quiroga-Pascal Ortega

Senior Cognitive Solutions Consultant

Cognitiva IBM Watson Strategic PartnerComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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We had major use of SAS in forecasting where it doesn't require high level of coding knowledge and which has highly efficient models built in which can give good results on forecasts without lot of manual intervention. This tool was designed specifically for forecasting and hence was always a better choice compared to other tools.

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Forecasting Analyst

HiltonHospitality, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

Based on 1 answer

It all depends on the type of SAS product the user has. Scaleability differs from product to product, and if the user has SAS Office Analytics the scaleability is quite robust. This software will satisfy the majority of the company's analytic needs for years to come. In addition, if SAS is not meeting the users needs the company can easily find SAS solutions that will.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

We can get any new employee set-up on Python for Machine learning in minutes, without any assistance from IT. That's real $ savings.
We started to experiment with Machine Learning a lot more, which leads to creating new projects which can have a tremendous impact on the business.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Engineering

Computer Games Company, 51-200 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics is not the cheapest software on the market. The overall cost was weighed against free, open-source software tools. The overall return, I think, was quite positive because SAS Advanced Analytics saves enormous amounts of time compared to the open-source software tools.
At first, adopting SAS Advanced Analytics was a negative return because it took time for individuals to change their analytics habits and adjust to superior tools available at their discretion.
SAS Advanced Analytics has replaced the need to hire less expensive R or Python programmers. So, although the software requires an initial expensive upfront investment, the ease of use makes it so that other areas of expenditure save money.

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Owner, previous CEO

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Anaconda Editions & Modules

Edition

Commercial Edition	14.95¹
Team Edition	$10,000
Enterprise Edition	Contact for quote

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

SAS Advanced Analytics Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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SAS Advanced Analytics

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SAS Advanced Analytics

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SAS Advanced Analytics

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SAS Advanced Analytics

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SAS Advanced Analytics

Anaconda

SAS Advanced Analytics

Anaconda

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