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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAS Visual Analytics

    Score7.8 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.N/A

    ThoughtSpot

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.

    $1,500

    per year (5 users)

    Pricing
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Editions & Modules
    SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
    $0
    Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsSAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Considered Both Products
    SAS
    No answer on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.3
    89 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.011 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.011 Ratings8.189 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.010 Ratings7.725 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.8
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.5
    91 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.012 Ratings8.390 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.012 Ratings6.990 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.010 Ratings5.949 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.011 Ratings8.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    8.1
    84 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web9.011 Ratings8.155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.012 Ratings8.478 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.09 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.011 Ratings8.364 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.06 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.7
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.2
    86 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.09 Ratings7.585 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.010 Ratings6.979 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.09 Ratings7.465 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.813 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    ThoughtSpot
    8.0
    86 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.011 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.010 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.011 Ratings7.678 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.07 Ratings8.672 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.2
    53 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.09 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.07 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.08 Ratings6.746 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAS Visual Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.3
    51 Ratings
    6% below category average
    REST API10.04 Ratings7.442 Ratings
    Javascript API9.04 Ratings6.835 Ratings
    iFrames9.04 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Java API9.04 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.04 Ratings7.235 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.03 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
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    Cyfe
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    8.4
    (91 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (85 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAS Visual AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
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    Pros
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
    • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
    • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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    Cons
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
    • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
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    Usability
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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    Performance
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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    Support Rating
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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    In-Person Training
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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    Online Training
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    poor instructions
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    Implementation Rating
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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    Scalability
    SAS
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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    Return on Investment
    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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    ThoughtSpot
    • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
    • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
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    ScreenShots

    SAS Visual Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of Explore your data using analytics and interactive data visualizations.

    ThoughtSpot Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ThoughtSpot home screenScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the Spotter AI agent that surfaces insights through natural language queriesScreenshot of AI Assist producing SQL in real timeScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the integration with dbt models and metrics