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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

    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 Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    Editions & Modules
    SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
    $0
    Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
    Professional
    $45.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.—
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    Community Pulse
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual 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
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.8
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.7
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAS Visual Analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    REST API10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    IntelliJ IDEA
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    PyCharm
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    WebStorm
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAS Visual AnalyticsVisual Studio
    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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    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
    • 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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    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 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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    • 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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    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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