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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

    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AZendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    SAS Visual AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
    SAS Visual Analytics for SAS Cloud
    $0
    Annual By Users: 5, 10, 20
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAS Visual AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    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 AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    SAS
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    SAS Visual AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.011 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.011 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.010 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.8
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.012 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.012 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.010 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.011 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web9.011 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.012 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.09 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.011 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.06 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.7
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.09 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.010 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.09 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.011 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.010 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.011 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.07 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.09 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.07 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.08 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAS Visual Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    SAS Visual Analytics
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    45% below category average
    REST API10.04 Ratings3.15 Ratings
    Javascript API9.04 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    iFrames9.04 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Java API9.04 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.04 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.03 Ratings3.13 Ratings
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    Cyfe
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    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 AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAS Visual AnalyticsZendesk Explore
    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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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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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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    Zendesk
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
    • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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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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    Zendesk
    • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
    • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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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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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zendesk
    I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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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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    Zendesk
    Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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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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    Zendesk
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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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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    Zendesk
    • Money saved due to proper staffing.
    • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
    • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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