Datameer vs SAS Advanced Analytics | TrustRadius

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Score 9.9 out of 10

Based on 14 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 90 reviews and ratings

Pros

It leverages scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of hadoop to deliver an end-user focused analytic platform for big data without involvement of IT.
It overcomes Hadoop`s complexity by providing GUI interface with pre-built functions across integration, analytics and data visualization .
Excel feature is awesome for business users which is already provided by Datameer.
Using datameer now user can do smart analytic using Decision Trees, Column dependency and recommendation.
Recently HTML5 inclusion is making application to available on a wider range of devices, including the iPad and other mobile devices which does not support Flash.
It can be used in premise or in a cloud computing environment.
Wizard-based data integration designed for IT and business users to schedule and do transformation of large sets of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data without any knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Internet Company, 10,001+ 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

Data visualization and graphics. Right now it's not very user friendly. Creating dashboards requires a lot of work that can be done by the application

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Product Owner (Scrum/Agile)

TradeStation SecuritiesFinancial Services, 1001-5000 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

Datameer 6.4

Based on 7 answers

Employees with intermediate SQL and Hive knowledge can generate reports faster than using Datameer . It does have visualization tool but I don't think it is anything that cannot be accomplished by importing the data in Excel

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Programmer Analyst

JPMorgan ChaseFinancial Services, 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

Datameer 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy to use for most things, starts to require some planning as your projects get more complex.

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Administration of Hadoop cluster - Cloudera, Datameer

EquifaxFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 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

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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

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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

Datameer 8.0

Based on 2 answers

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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

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

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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

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SAS Advanced Analytics 8.0

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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

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SAS Advanced Analytics 9.0

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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

I have compared Datameer with the tools listed above and it blows them out of the water. Datameer is much more user friendly than these tools and is also a lot more powerful. Once the Q1 release comes out with drill down capabilities on the infographics, Datameer will surpass Tableau and Spotfire in visualization.

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Application Developer

EquifaxFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 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

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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

Datameer definitely helped to increase employee efficiency, provide quick results for our data analytic teams.
Quick data injection and data partitions allowed quick data scans.
Integration with the Java sdk allowed us to reuse existing Java code.

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Serge Blazhievsky

Big Data Architect

NICE Systems1001-5000 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

Datameer Editions & Modules

Edition

Datameer	$300.00¹

Per Year

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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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