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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAS Enterprise Miner

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASAS Enterprise Miner is a data science and statistical modeling solution enabling the creation of predictive and descriptive models on very large data sources across the organization.N/A

    Visual Studio

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.

    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Editions & Modules
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    Professional
    $45.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Considered Both Products
    SAS
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of SAS Enterprise Miner and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Enterprise Miner
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of SAS Enterprise Miner and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Enterprise Miner
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of SAS Enterprise Miner and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Enterprise Miner
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of SAS Enterprise Miner and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Enterprise Miner
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of SAS Enterprise Miner and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Enterprise Miner
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAS Enterprise MinerVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAS
    SAS Enterprise Miner is world-class software for individuals interested in developing reproducible models in a reasonable amount of time. Perhaps the most useful part of SAS Enterprise Miner is the ability to compare models with other models without writing code. The ensemble modeling capabilities is the easiest way to do ensemble modeling I have come across. SAS Enterprise Miner is well-suited for beginning to advanced analysts who know something about advanced analytics. The software is not well-suited for analysts or companies that have little interest in advanced modeling.
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    Microsoft
    When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
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    Pros
    SAS
    • Enterprise Miner is really visual and lets you do a whole lot without actually going into the detailed options. For decent results, you should really explore the different advanced options though.
    • The recent versions of Miner allow users to use R code in Miner. You can then compare several models and approach to get the best performing model.
    • The resulting data is really well displayed and easy to understand (ex: the lift graph, score ranking, etc.)
    • Miner has the ability to integrate custom SAS code which allows the user to add functionalities that are specific to the project.
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    Microsoft
    • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
    • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
    • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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    Cons
    SAS
    • SAS is not as user friendly as other stats software.
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    Microsoft
    • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
    • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
    • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
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    Usability
    SAS
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    Microsoft
    I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
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    Support Rating
    SAS
    SAS' customer support used to be non-existent many years ago. Today, contacting SAS customer support is great. They are responsible, knowledgable, and seem to have an interest in getting the results right the first time. With that said, Enterprise Miner's online support is weak, probably because the user base is much smaller than other tools.
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    Microsoft
    There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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    In-Person Training
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
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    Online Training
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAS
    SAS EM has a very great set of machine learning and predictive analytics toolsets, which helped our organization achieve its goals. We used other tools, but for us, SAS EM was the most intuitive and easy to learn the tool and it provides greater data exploration and data preparation capabilities compared to the other tools we used.
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    Microsoft
    I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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    Return on Investment
    SAS
    • In our organization, users were using SAS already so the learning curve was really low. Within a few weeks after the implementation, the users were already delivering models developed with SAS Enterprise Miner. It is difficult to talk about ROI as models were already being developed before. It was mostly a change of technology and it was a smooth transition.
    • Going with Enterprise Miner came with migration from desktop use of SAS to a server use of SAS. This created a new role of SAS administrator. This was obviously a cost but as the use of SAS increased greatly, it was expected.
    • From a methodology standpoint, Enterprise Miner helped greatly in the documentation of the model development which was a requirement in a few groups such as the risk groups. Having a visual "GUI-like" approach to development, the flowchart or diagram of the project in Miner was able to give users a good understanding of the approach the analyst took to develop the model.
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    Microsoft
    • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
    • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
    • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
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