SAS Enterprise Guide vs. SAS Visual Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAS Enterprise Guide
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
SAS Enterprise Guide is a menu-driven, Windows GUI tool for SAS.N/A
SAS Visual Analytics
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization, enabling users to identify patterns and relationships in data that weren't initially evident. Interactive, self-service BI and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.
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Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
Pricing
SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Visual Analytics
Editions & Modules
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SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Visual Analytics
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—SAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.
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Features
SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Visual Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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Ratings
SAS Visual Analytics
8.3
11 Ratings
2% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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SAS Visual Analytics
8.8
12 Ratings
9% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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SAS Visual Analytics
9.2
12 Ratings
10% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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SAS Visual Analytics
9.7
10 Ratings
20% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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Ratings
SAS Visual Analytics
8.3
11 Ratings
3% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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SAS Visual Analytics
8.7
9 Ratings
9% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
SAS Enterprise Guide
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Ratings
SAS Visual Analytics
9.2
5 Ratings
16% above category average
REST API00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Visual Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
5.3
(8 ratings)
9.0
(17 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(5 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAS Enterprise GuideSAS Visual Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
SAS
SAS Enterprise Guide is good at taking various datasets and giving analyst/user ability to do some transformations without substantial amounts of code. Once the data is inside SAS, the memory of it is very efficient. Using SAS for data analysis can be helpful. It will give good statistics for you, and it has a robust set of functions that aid analysis.
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SAS
I was in a meeting with the client and there I have to show them some analytic data to them. But I was confused about how I will manage to show big data to clients with accuracy. But then the SAS Visual Analytics software helps me in presenting accurate data at the moment and it was very presentable and through that, I got the deal for that business.
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Pros
SAS
  • Ability to load an AutoExec when opening a session ensuring everyone has the same global variables.
  • Formatting with Ctrl I. If you're reading someone else's code and it's not formatted correctly you can highlight the area and hit Ctrl I.
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SAS
  • Provides the flexibility to the end user to slice and dice the data.
  • Anyone can make predictive models with the help of in-built algorithms without the need to write a single line of code or knowledge of what's under the hood of algorithms.
  • The feature to simply ask a question related to data and getting a response in form of text, chart or graph is amazing.
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Cons
SAS
  • Process time of data is a bit long. It depends on the size of your data and complexity of your project tree.
  • There is not enough online free training videos.
  • While working with the project tree sometimes the links between the modules are broken or the order for running the modules get mixed up. You should know your project tree by heart.
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SAS
  • SAS is relatively expensive when compared to other BI tools and requires a large amount of upfront fee which becomes an issue for smaller organizations.
  • UI for the dashboards looks a little date in comparison to competitors like Tableau and Microstrategy.
  • Integration with other open source software like Python needs to be built in.
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Likelihood to Renew
SAS
On account of current user experience and the organization-wide acceptance.
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SAS
SAS really is the cutting edge in Business Intelligence. That is all they do! They are constantly coming out with new products, product upgrades, and their tech support is second to none. In addition, their support of Education has made our ability to acquire their product possible.
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Usability
SAS
It's not all bad, but I don't believe that an enterprise purchase of SAS is worth the expense considering the widely available set of tools in the data analytics space at the moment. In my company, it's a good tool because others use it. Otherwise, I wouldn't purchase a new set of it because it doesn't have some of the better analytical functions in it.
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SAS
SAS BI is good for creating reports and dashboards and then sharing it with the users. It also has ability to manage access to the reports and dashboards but somehow with most of the world moving to open source languages R, Python and Julia, SAS BI feels to be archaic in terms of feature set and integrations it allow[s]. Also, comparing it with other Business Intelligence tools like Tableau and Microsoft BI, the functionality of SAS BI is very limited and doesn't justify the pricing.
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Support Rating
SAS
Although I use SAS support for information on functions, these are SAS related and haven't really come across anything that is specifically for SAS EG.
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SAS
When you call tech support, you are immediately routed to a person who can answer your question. Often they can answer on the spot. However, if they cannot, you are given a track number and then followed up with. There have been times when I have had multiple track numbers open and they will actually TRACK YOU DOWN to ensure that your problem has been resolved. Issues do not fall into black holes with SAS. They are also willing to do a WebEx with you to diagnose the problem by seeing your environment, which is always helpful.
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Implementation Rating
SAS
I've not worked hands-on with the implementation team, but there were no escalations barring a few hiccups in the deployment due to change in requirement & adoption to our company's remote servers.
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SAS
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Alternatives Considered
SAS
Why I prefer SAS EG: Data processing speed is much faster than that R Studio. It can load any amount of data and any type of data like structured or unstructured or semi-structured. Its output delivery system by which we have the output in PDF file makes it very comfortable to use and share that file to clients very easily. Inbuilt functions are very powerful and plentiful. Facility of writing macros makes it far away from its competitors.
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SAS
I have used Crystal Reports, Jaspersoft and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). I would recommended Business Intelligence over SSRS and Crystal Reports. SSRS is very SQL-centric and Crystal Reports is more of an end-user tool. I would recommend Jaspersoft over Business Intelligence for developing a seamless web-based reporting interface but I highly recommend Business Intelligence for end-user ad-hoc reporting.
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Return on Investment
SAS
  • Positive (cost): SAS made a bundle that include unlimited usage of SAS/Enterprise Guide with a server solution. That by itself made the company save a lot of money by not having to pay individual licences anymore.
  • Positive (insight): Data analysts in business units often need to crunch data and they don't have access to ETL tools to do it. Having access to SAS/EG gives them that power.
  • Positive (time to market): Having the users develop components with SAS/EG allows for easier integration in a production environment (SAS batch job) as no code rework is required.
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SAS
  • SAS Visual Analytics licensing cost should be reduced to enable users to use it in mass scale.
  • More statistical and mathematical equations and theories should be converted into SAS functions for reusing.
  • Because of enriched ETL and reporting capabilities SAS Visual Analytics is most preferred by business users.
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