I am working as a full-time SAS developer in my current organization. SAS is easy to use and good for data wrangling purposes.

Only one factor which makes negative about this product is the price, which is really very high. For which Tableau and R can work together for giving the same results.

For me, SAS Visual Analytics works best when dealing with big data and need flexibility in analyzing it.

Great for building process flows. Easy to use for people with no programming background.

If you are using SQL you miss Moss of the raw power. SAS procs arenot the most I tuitive.

It is easy to learn if you have basics SQL knowledge. It is faster than python/R.

Easy to use, more features and auxiliary components than you could ever wish for, great customer service and technical support.

As compared to R and python its use is limited. I can do much more accurate analysis with R. Also there is cost factor too.

This software is excellent in relation to every segment of business intelligence. It covers every aspect of our business and provides the opportunity synergize.

Coding is pretty much easy and visualization is best. Also, customer support is high and It can fetch billions of records for processing and processing speed is very high.

The Best thing about this tool is you can almost all sort of analysis even if you don't have an IT background. Powerful in visualization.

Very powerful, flexible, and works with all third parties we need.

I worked as a Data wrangler and data scientist in my current organization. I like the ecosystem and customer support of SAS.

However, it is just functional. Any customization on plots are difficult and requires you to understand intricacies of SAS Graph package.

I like using SAS for its simplicity and the multitude of possibilities it gives when analyzing data and extracting statistics.

It's so much faster than the legacy of Cobol and mainframe based packages. Love the advanced features and the power.

We love the software, however our experience with the sales team and return on our price point has been very negative.

This was after we had let the sales representative [SENSITIVE CONTENT] know that we were not ready to sign on until Q4.

This is the best software in terms of analyzing the data expeditiously.

I have a great experience with this tool as this is very easy to use and EDA(Exploratory Data Analysis) through charts are very much effective and attractive.

The SAS team stated our original technical onboarding person had an illness or emergency and then we didn't hear back with a new contact [SENSITIVE CONTENT] until about a month later.

The logs are misleading. There are  always errors/warnings in the logs which SAS suggests safe to ignore.

Installation is messy but that is only for single time.

Nothing yet, but I will certainly be vocal, if I have a bad experience.

One can make stunning dashboards using it without much expertise. It is equally good for novice and pro.

Impactful, simple yet powerful. Easy to install as well.

Great for building process flows for projects and managing data.

The ability to run code that we made 10 years ago is also very nice.

Great tool for learning and understanding data analysis.

Fantastic user interface. The data visualization functionality is very powerful and really helps tell the stories behind the data.

Its greatest strength is its flexibility to accept almost any kind of data and form them into displays with each other.

I helped integrate our project with tableau (embedded in our page html files). Overall a good experience with nice results and happy users.

I use this on a daily basis to check the stats of my surveys for my job. I love how convenient it is to see how great of a job I am doing for customers.

I love this software because its easy to pull in data from excel and create meaningful visualizations like stories and dashboards.

Have a good community support and documentations. It dose provide a 30days free trial on the tableau application, after which we need a product key.

Amazing and interesting its support and community support available online makes it more better then thought of.

Main business problems for using Tableau are analyzing metrics for daily operations, specifically failure rates and tracking completion.

There are some limitations (eg. email alert layout is extremely limited, you can only drag the date range filter as opposed to selecting dates). Some of our dashboards load very slowly.

There are great visuals right out of the box, and very clever interactions that allow you to drill down.

Great at helping us understand our clients better and using data more effectively.

Overall a high value application, with planty of options and gave me an excellent solution for a costum dashboard.

I for one use it to visualize our budget spend and how we're doing. It helps when creating presentations, no likes looking at numbers.

Tableau does lack functionality and is hard to use. There are scaling issues.

Tableau is one of the best business intelligence tools available in the market. The visual interface is really good and easy to use.

I loved the graphics and the ability to integrate large amounts of data. It gives tutorials right in the application so you can get assistance.

The support we pay for is almost worthless. We frequently solve the problem ourselves and it is time consuming to submit everything via their helpdesk with nothing to show for it.

Very powerful engine with capability to connect to varied data sources. It can be used to make some exceptionally amazing visualizations.

Overall experience is quite awesome This tool provides great insights from the data as we can use variety of charts to visualize our data.

If one is really skilled with the tool, complex visualizations can be created. I was thrilled to see a new feature that connects tables and was released in 2020, called noodles.

If a cheaper license is provided for small businesses, it will help lift improve its ROI. Tableau training was super helpful to me in grasping its user interface.

It is difficult to navigate and get started on the platform. Requires some training before you can be let loose on the platform and create your own reports.

In addition, there are large amounts of libraries of visualizations that you can use as inspiration (a great online community).

Working with Tableau has been a great experience. The time the implementation team took to help me out was great.

All in all, this is a great software with a lot of abilities to make an impressive presentation.

Some limited features/functionalities prevent you from doing basic things (such as formatting) or require complicated workarounds.

Reasonably priced, attractive graphics and ease of use is nearly unparalleled.

I dislike how it can be difficult to give end users access to the live updating dashboards that we do make through the software.

I love the interface of the dashboards and the ease of use once they are assembled. The dashboards are really cool.

Easy integration with existing data sources and nice charts analyzing all the data. Any one can understand without any prior training on the analyzed charts.

Tableau has great visuals, fairly intuitive UX, a big plus is the huge online community.

Love the ease of sorting through data and organizing into an attractive presentation.

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SAS Visual Analytics is our flagship offering for self-service data preparation, visual discovery, interactive reporting, and dashboards--as well as easy-to-use analytics--with governance. SAS Visual Analytics allows non-technical users to create, share and execute BI and Analytics workflows for interactive reporting and free-form exploration. The primary functional components supported by SAS Visual Analytics are:

•Self-service Data Preparation
•Data Exploration & Analytics including Augmented Analytics
•Interactive Reporting
•Location Analytics
•Conversational AI through chatbots on SAS Conversation Designer
•Automated Explanation using Natural Language
•Outlier Detection for report consumers
•Data Explain for report consumers

Visual Analytics support sharing and collaboration of insights to decision makers as they make collective decisions as part of their tasks or process or jobs. The goal is for everybody to take decisive action and stay agile as market conditions change and business needs demand a quick response.

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Real Time Analytics

Website Analytics

Forecasting

Multivariate Analysis

Customizable Reports

Visual Discovery

Ad hoc Reporting

Strategic Planning

Relational Display

Scheduled/Automated Reports

Geolocation

Collaboration Tools

Association Discovery

Geographic Maps

Data Import/Export

Heatmaps

Mobile Access

Sales Reports

Dashboard Creation

Marketing Reports

Performance Metrics

Statistical Simulation

Data Connectors

Data Discovery

Trend/Problem Indicators

KPI Monitoring

AI/Machine Learning

Key Performance Indicators

Budgeting/Forecasting

Visual Analytics

Activity Dashboard

Reporting & Statistics

Predictive Analytics

Regression Analysis

Data Visualization

Multiple Data Sources

Dashboard

Data Transformation

Time Series Analysis

Reporting/Analytics

Single Page View

Customizable Dashboard

Web Services

Drag & Drop

Financial Reporting

Data Management

Search/Filter

Data Mining

Application Management

High Volume Processing

Automated Responses

Access Controls/Permissions

HIPAA Compliant

Templates

Charting

Real-Time Monitoring

Publishing/Sharing

SSL Security

Single Sign On

Projections

For Education

Public Dashboards

No-Code

Customizable Fields

Natural Language Processing

Abbreviation Detection

Demand Forecasting

Customer Support

For Healthcare

Self Service Data Preparation

Version Control

Private Dashboards

Statistical Analysis

Real Time Data

Transcripts/Chat History

Intent Recognition

Role-Based Permissions

Ad hoc Query

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Updates

Customization

Alerts/Notifications

Decision Support

Modeling & Simulation

Customizable Templates

Multi-Language

Alerts/Escalation

Real Time Reporting

Customizable Branding

Chatbot

Automatic Backup

Widgets

Monitoring

Ad hoc Analysis

Summary Reports

Machine Learning

Pre-Configured Bot

Secure Data Storage

Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Pricing only available on personalized quote request.

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

24/7 (Live Rep)

Chat

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Tableau is an integrated business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution that helps to analyze key business data and generate meaningful insights. The solution helps businesses to collect data from multiple source points such as SQL databases, spreadsheets, cloud apps like Google Analytics and Salesforce to create a collective dataset.


Tableau's live visual analytics and interactive dashboard allow slicing & dicing datasets for generating relevant insights and exploring new opportunities. Users can create interactive maps and analyze data across regions, territories, demographics and more. Tableau helps to create a narrative story of the data analysis with interactive visualizations that can be shared with their audience.


Tableau can be customized to serve a number of industry verticals including banking, communication, education, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and technology. The solution can be either installed on-premises or hosted on the cloud as a SaaS application. Users can also view and analyze data on their Android and iOS smartphones with Tableau Mobile app.

Real-Time Analytics

A/B Testing

User Research Analysis

Integration into Third Party Applications

User Management

Embeddable Maps

Text Analysis

Master Data Management

Database Support

Data Storage Management

Territorial Mapping

OLAP

Mixed Methods Research

Sentiment Analysis

Natural Language Search

Query Builder

Campaign Tracking

Behavioral Analytics

Categorization/Grouping

For Individuals

Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually

For Teams & Organizations 

(On-premises or public cloud)
Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually
Tableau Explorer: $35 USD/user/month, billed annually
Tableau Viewer: $12 USD/user/month, billed annually | min. 100 Viewers required

Fully hosted by Tableau

Tableau Creator: $70 USD/user/month, billed annually
Tableau Explorer: $42 USD/user/month, billed annually
Tableau Viewer: $15 USD/user/month, billed annually | min. 100 Viewers required

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