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Matillion Data Productivity Cloud vs SAS Access comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 18, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Matillion Data Productivity...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (13th), AI Data Analysis (23rd)
SAS Access
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (59th)
 

Featured Reviews

Jitendra Jena - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Axtria - Ingenious Insights! at Axtria - Ingenious Insights
Easy integration and workflow proposals streamline processes
The predefined connectors eliminate the need to write code for connectivity. If you have a predefined connector, it is easy to use with plug and play functionality. The processing time and ease of use are significant benefits. As everyone is moving into AI integration, it will definitely help. When creating workflows, they can propose solutions directly.
Robert Heck - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Owner at Hecht und Heck GmbH
The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible
I rate the solution eight out of ten. The number of people required to maintain the solution is dependent on the other applications running. The solution in itself does not require a lot of maintenance. The solution is flexible and I recommend it when you have more complex applications with special requirements.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Give it a shot. See how easy it is to get started with the product, because the scripting which is required is minimal."
"The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand."
"The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation."
"It has improved the costs of managing my customer’s data."
"It makes loading and transforming data on Snowflake very fast, easy, and affordable."
"It has made our lives much easier, this is what my teammates who were using the other stuff before have said, then they moved it to Snowflake and now it is much easier and faster to use than before."
"It has enabled building a data warehouse within three months from the ground up to support WMS reporting."
"It can scale to a great extent. It can handle the load that we are putting on it, which is about 5TBs."
"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."
"The SAS/ACCESS ability to connect creates an elegant simplicity."
"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."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."
 

Cons

"There are certain functions that are available in other ETL tools which are still not present in Matillion ETL. It would be good to have more features."
"I am looking forward to seeing the expansion of the source range for their data loader product."
"The product's scalability needs improvement. Perhaps adding more connectors would be beneficial."
"It could have better integrations with other databases and other services."
"It would be great to have the ability to move windows around to dock in different locations or external windows."
"The current version is a bit more limited because it's on a virtual machine, and everything executes on that one virtual machine."
"Unlike Snowflake which automatically takes care of upgrading to the latest version and includes additional features, with Matillion ETL we need to do this ourselves."
"When using the SQL loader type there were not a lot of pre-processing features for the data. For example, if there is a table with twenty columns, but we only want to load ten columns. In that case, we can use a security script to select the specific columns needed. However, if we want to perform extensive pre-processing of the data, I faced some challenges with Matillion ETL. I did not encounter many challenges, but my overall experience is limited as I only have three years of experience."
"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."
"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."
"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."
"The primary way that this product can be improved is by adjusting their pricing model."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have heard from my manager and other higher ups, "This product is cheaper than other things on the market," and they have done the research."
"It was very easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, but it was also expensive."
"A rough estimation of the cost is around 20,000 dollars a month, however, this is dependent on the machine used and how Matillion ETL is used."
"The cost of the solution is high and could be reduced."
"It was procured through the AWS Marketplace because it keeps things simple. They offer retail-like checkout and bill through your existing Amazon Web Services account."
"The solution is very cheap. You're paying $2.50 an hour and if you set your service up, which you can do, you're not getting charged. Currently, our ETL process is just an overnight process that runs for about an hour. I can start and stop my server just for an hour if I want to and spent $2.50 a day for an ETL solution. There are no additional costs."
"It is not necessarily a cheap solution. However, it's reasonable priced, especially with the smaller machines that we run it on."
"The prices needs to be lower."
"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
The pricing is managed by the tooling team. The pricing is moderate, neither expensive nor cheap.
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
The main areas for improvement are AI features and scalability.
What is your primary use case for Matillion ETL?
For the ETL, we are using Matillion Data Productivity Cloud. We have skilled resources for Matillion Data Productivity Cloud, which is why we are using it. The infrastructure is provided by the cus...
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Also Known As

Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
SAS/Access
 

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