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We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and SAS Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed IBM App Connect vs. SAS Access Report (Updated: September 2023).
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Pros
"There is a friendly interface for configuration, and integration is made easy.""It's a powerful application for collaboration. It has many features for customization and integration.""Provides good security features.""It has an efficient design flow.""App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container.""Technical support is good.""It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies.""It's stable to use, connect with the cloud, and to deploy."

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"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases.""The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases.""The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."

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Cons
"The product should improve its support.""IBM needs to enhance and have a stronger offering for the event streaming part because this is the future needed for the containerization and the new integration requirement.""The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally.""IBM App Connect should improve security features.""It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it.""They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better.""The user interface of IBM App Connect can be a little bit more user-friendly, I would say because the first-time developer is onboarded while using IBM App Connect, he or she may get a little intimidated or daunted looking at all the options available or the pipelines, et cetera.""The setup time for App Connect could be improved."

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"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner.""The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted.""I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is very expensive if we want to scale."
  • "The price could be better."
  • "The licensing cost for IBM App Connect is very high."
  • "The cost depends upon the consumer."
  • "Initially, App Connect was quite expensive because the cost was based on the number of processors we used. However, it's now based on containers, which means we can be more specific about our consumption and get a better price."
  • "The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal."
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  • "The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."
  • "The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing isn't cheap, but you can get good discounts based on your competitive deal.
    Top Answer:We use the product mainly for the integration of enterprise applications.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive. It is not the cheapest software. However, SAS systems are solutions that customers use over decades of time and you can rely on the solution being… more »
    Top Answer:The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner.
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    8.3
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    Also Known As
    IBM Cast Iron
    SAS/Access
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    Overview

    Rapidly connect public clouds, private clouds and on-premises application

    App Connect Professional is IBM’s cloud integration offering which delivers an integration solution
    • With ease-of-use, flexibility and increased responsiveness to the evolving business needs, while removing the daunting complexities of integration.
    • Provides the powerful combination of a ‘simple integration experience’ for business users looking to automate how their applications talk to each other; coupled with a ‘configuration based integration’ approach for IT.
    • App Connect Professional is for the teams and integration developers who need to solve more complex problems and need powerful tooling for integration scenarios

    SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.
    Sample Customers
    United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
    Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization55%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Energy/Utilities Company3%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Insurance Company10%
    Government8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise61%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM App Connect vs. SAS Access
    September 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM App Connect vs. SAS Access and other solutions. Updated: September 2023.
    767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews while SAS Access is ranked 42nd in Data Integration with 3 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while SAS Access is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Access writes "The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks, whereas SAS Access is most compared with Delphix, SSIS, Zapier and Toad Data Point. See our IBM App Connect vs. SAS Access report.

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