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SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

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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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SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

5
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 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?

4% Negative

10% Neutral

86% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Data Exploration and Visualization

Dashboard

Data Modelling Tools

Metadata Management

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Collaboration

Spatial Analysis

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Security

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Reviews

George N.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2021

Best BI tool for Data analysis and reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

Use from anywhere - SAS BI provides flexibility and you can use form anywhere with internet connection. It also integrates well on a number of devices including tablets, mobile phones and laptops with a variety of operating systems and apps. Drag and Drop Interface - This is a primary feature that makes SAS BI tools so amazing and its intuitive. Allowing you to literally choose from an array of options to arrange and organize them how you want. Simplicity of use is also unique as you do not need sharp IT skills to use it.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This product just fits perfectly to my job which involves analyzing data, which this product really helps with the many tools that includes data mining and analyzing. We use the SAS BI as our analytical tool, with basic SQL knowledge its very easy to learn the tool. With just a few lines of code you are able to execute complex business questions. The ability to build out macros is great.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When consulting for small companies, the cost of software is a bit expensive. You will also need SAS coding as you move to advance level of data preparation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is one of the best tools that helps you analyze customers, products and performance all at once. you are able to tell the health performance and the direction of your organization. I recommend it for a growing company that needs prospective leads on its performance.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

John F.

Role: Operations
Industry: Banking
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2020

Best BI platform in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

SAS Business Intelligence is a simple platform to implement, execute and automate and this makes it friendly to use in all companies.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Enables easier decision making and this ensures that we work excellently and plan better for our future workflows and endeavors. It deploys its real-time analytics into mobile platforms and this ensures accurate reporting and usage of the platform. Customer support is available and willing to help at all times ensuring clear usage of the platform at all times.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some of our less tech-savvy users had a steep learning curve in understanding how to use the platform in an efficient manner.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its a stable platform an works excellently and it will improve the way you analyze your data and ensure empirical decision making leading to meaningful impact into your planning modules.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Louie S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2020

Great product, moderately priced

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

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

Ease of use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Customer care

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing could be slightly better. But no complaints overall

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Work with a personal rep

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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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

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications Ability to create, manage, send and receive notifications, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

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

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

SAS Business Intelligence & Analytics Reviews

George N.

Best BI tool for Data analysis and reporting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

John F.

Best BI platform in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Louie S.

Great product, moderately priced

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

5
Since last award

6
Since last award

3
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Exploration and Visualization

Dashboard

Data Modelling Tools

Metadata Management

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Collaboration

Spatial Analysis

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Security

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement