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SAS Institute Inc.

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics

7.7 /10

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What is SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics?

Get the right information to anyone who needs it. Integrate and discover data on your own. Create and share interactive reports. Spark your curiosity with easy-to-use analytics. And monitor key metrics so when something goes awry, you'll know why – and what to do about it.

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Awards & Recognition

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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2 Top Rated Features

2024

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6 Top Rated Features

2023

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2022

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend

5
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics?

5% Negative

12% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Data Exploration and Visualization

Metadata Management

Dashboard

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Spatial Analysis

Data Modelling Tools

Collaboration

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Reviews

Ashutosh M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jul 2024

Great Product to Use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics from other similar products?

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics stands out from its competitors due to its experience, technical knowledge, and industry dominance in the field of business intelligence

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

BI Tools designed for different goals, users, and industries

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly Recommended

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Prashant S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Awesome BI Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics from other similar products?

Easy to build interactive panels. It can easily handle millions of rows

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SAS intelligence is out of this world

What do you dislike most about this product?

Steep learning curve. Training needs to be done

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it, if you are already acclimated to SAS products

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Cons

Less Effective Service

Hemanshi M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Great features! Value for money.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics from other similar products?

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics stands out from other similar products due to its comprehensive and integrated suite of analytics tools, advanced data management capabilities, and strong focus on enterprise-level scalability and security.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics is its powerful data analytics capabilities, which allow me to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets and make informed decisions based on accurate and reliable information.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics offers a wide range of features and functionalities, one aspect that I find challenging is the learning curve associated with its more advanced analytical techniques. It can take some time and effort to fully grasp and effectively utilize these capabilities.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For someone considering SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics, my recommendations would be to invest in comprehensive training to fully leverage its powerful features, collaborate with the SAS community for support and best practices, and explore the extensive documentation and resources provided by SAS to maximize the value and potential of the product.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

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Awards & Recognition

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

5 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

6 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Reviews

Ashutosh M.

Great Product to Use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prashant S.

Awesome BI Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Hemanshi M.

Great features! Value for money.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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5
Since last award

6
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

Metadata Management

Dashboard

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Spatial Analysis

Data Modelling Tools

Collaboration

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement