Melissa Data Quality vs SAS Data Management comparison

Melissa and SAS are both solutions in the Data Quality category. Melissa is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0, while SAS is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0. Melissa holds a 2.9% mindshare in DQ, compared to SAS’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Melissa users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Melissa Data Quality

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SAS Data Management

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

SAS Data Management and Melissa Data Quality compete in the data management and quality sector. Melissa Data Quality is often regarded as superior due to its feature robustness, despite SAS's strong support and pricing.

Features: SAS Data Management provides robust data integration, powerful analytics tools, and strong governance capabilities. Melissa Data Quality focuses on data verification, enrichment, and cleansing, offering advanced data cleansing features.

Room for Improvement: SAS Data Management could enhance user interface intuitiveness, expand cloud compatibility, and streamline complex customization options. Melissa Data Quality could benefit from a wider range of integration options, enhanced real-time processing, and more comprehensive support for international data standards.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Data Management offers comprehensive deployment options with responsive customer support, ensuring a seamless setup process. Melissa Data Quality emphasizes streamlined deployment and efficient customer service, providing ease and quick access to support.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Data Management involves higher initial costs but offers significant ROI through its broad functionalities. Melissa Data Quality generally has a lower entry cost with quick ROI due to its focused data quality improvements, making it cost-effective for many businesses.

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Categories and Ranking

Melissa Data Quality

Ranking in Data Quality

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Scrubbing Software (5th)

SAS Data Management

Ranking in Data Quality

12th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (33rd), Data Governance (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Melissa Data Quality is 2.9%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Management is 2.8%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Melissa Data Quality	2.9%
SAS Data Management	2.8%
Other	94.3%

Data Quality

Featured Reviews

GaryM

Data Architect at World Vision

SSIS MatchUp Component is Amazing

- Scalability is a limitation as it is single threaded. You can bypass this limitation by partitioning your data (say by alphabetic ranges) into multiple dataflows but even within a single dataflow the tool starts to really bog down if you are doing survivorship on a lot of columns. It's just very old technology written that's starting to show its age since it's been fundamentally the same for many years. To stay relavent they will need to replace it with either ADF or SSIS-IR compliant version. - Licensing could be greatly simplified. As soon as a license expires (which is specific to each server) the product stops functioning without prior notice and requires a new license by contacting the vendor. And updating the license is overly complicated. - The tool needs to provide resizable forms/windows like all other SSIS windows. Vendor claims its an SSIS limitation but that isn't true since pretty much all SSIS components are resizable except theirs! This is just an annoyance but needless impact on productivity when developing new data flows. - The tool needs to provide for incremental matching using the MatchUp for SSIS tool (they provide this for other solutions such as standalone tool and MatchUp web service). We had to code our own incremental logic to work around this. - Tool needs ability to sort mapped columns in the GUI when using advanced survivorship (only allowed when not using column-level survivorship). - It should provide an option for a procedural language (such as C# or VB) for survivor-ship expressions rather than relying on SSIS expression language. - It should provide a more sophisticated ability to concatenate groups of data fields into common blocks of data for advanced survivor-ship prioritization (we do most of this in SQL prior to feeding the data to the tool). - It should provide the ability to only do survivor-ship with no matching (matching is currently required when running data through the tool). - Tool should provide a component similar to BDD to enable the ability to split into multiple thread matches based on data partitions for matching and survivor-ship rather than requiring custom coding a parallel capable solution. We broke down customer data by first letter of last name into ranges of last names so we could run parallel data flows. - Documentation needs to be provided that is specific to MatchUp for SSIS. Most of their wiki pages were written for the web service API MatchUp Object rather than the SSIS component. - They need to update their wiki site documentation as much of it is not kept current. Its also very very basic offering very little in terms of guidelines. For example, the tool is single-threaded so getting great performance requires running multiple parallel data flows or BDD in a data flow which you can figure out on your own but many SSIS practitioners aren't familiar with those techniques. - The tool can hang or crash on rare occasions for unknown reason. Restarting the package resolves the problem. I suspect they have something to do with running on VM (vendor doesn't recommend running on VM) but have no evidence to support it. When it crashes it creates dump file with just vague message saying the executable stopped running.

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Vivek Trivedi

Head finance transformation at Ahli United Bank Ksc

Has robust data governance capabilities and efficient financial alerting features

The platform's robust data governance capabilities ensure strong compliance with regulatory standards. Our dedicated data governance team is responsible for setting policies and monitoring data access and usage. Additionally, we have a Data Protection Officer (DPO) and an independent InfoSec team that work together to enforce these policies. This multi-layered approach ensures that data governance is effectively managed and compliant with all necessary regulations. It is integrated with SQL and Power BI servers for executive management dashboard reporting. This integration supports comprehensive data analysis and reporting needs, which was a key factor in our decision. The value of using vCenter lies in its comprehensive data infrastructure management. It significantly enhances our reporting, day-to-day decision-making, and analytics capabilities. Integrating SaaS with vCenter adds value by streamlining key functions and improving overall organizational efficiency. The solution can be considered expensive, particularly due to infrastructure, maintenance, and ownership costs. The long-term savings and efficiencies gained from using vCenter can justify the investment for large organizations. However, the high costs might not be justifiable for smaller organizations with less data and fewer resources. Conducting a thorough cost-benefit analysis based on the organization's specific needs and scale is recommended. I rate it an eight.

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Pros

"We ran a standard name, address, and zip code, internal dedupe between the different files we had purchased, and we were able to quickly notify our vendor that they had tens of thousands of duplications that they were not even aware of."

"It saves a huge amount of time. Before using this service, we used a vendor that manually ran our lists through this NCOA list, which might have taken one to three business days to return the file. This was a huge bottleneck in our process, and the data returned was not always accurate. After switching to Melissa Data’s SmartMover, the process has been reduced to between ten minutes and three hours, depending on the amount of records sent."

"We have only been using this for about two months, but it has sped up our processing significantly. It makes data mining easy and fast. We don't have to spend an entire month gathering correct information on leads. All we need is a list of home addresses, and in minutes we have names and phone numbers to increase our chance of these leads becoming customers."

"Our customer database is now significantly more accurate and reliable."

"Provides simplicity, ease of use, combined with overall accuracy of data."

"Address parsing. Our other software does not have this functionality."

"It has a straightforward, easy setup."

"There have been tangible benefits in combating fraudulent transactions. The information from Melissa Data is fed straight into our fraud system. This creates efficiency but also removes the need for manual address checks."

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"I find the solution to be very stable."

"Its robustness is valuable. It is a full-fledged suite. We have a data warehouse model, and there are also a lot of data quality management tools. The repository and all other tools are there. So, it is a full package in terms of reporting tools."

"If you compare it to SQL, the memory and development times are very quick."

"The product offers very good flexibility."

"The data integration tools with SAS Data Management were quite good because they allowed me to do all lineage, to manage and see all the variables, find the libraries where the data is, and understand the data in just one tool."

"This is an established product with powerful data analysis and varied options for user entry points."

"The platform's robust data governance capabilities ensure strong compliance with regulatory standards."

"The tool is reliable, quick, and powerful."

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Cons

"More countries should be supported by Melissa."

"It really hasn't given us a phone number for the owner of the property, and that's one thing I'd really like to be getting. Either a phone number or email."

"We encounter failed batch processes once in a while, but their team is quick to rectify issues."

"Speed of delivery/ease of use. They advertise a 24-hour, next business day turn time on data annotation, but I’ve found it is usually closer to 72 hours. This is still excellent, just make sure you add in the appropriate fluff to your delivery timelines."

"MatchUp seems to be single threaded, and limits the amount of data that can be processed automatically."

"Address validation and parsing in a few countries have room for improvement."

"We are no longer using Melissa Data to clean up our address information as there are free tools that we can use to do the same thing."

"Tech support at Melissa Data was very quick to wash their hands of an issue and say it's IT policies on my side that are causing the issue. There was no offer to try and find a work-around. Just an overwhelming attitude of "it’s not our problem.""

More Melissa Data Quality cons

"We find we often have to go back and re-train users when there are changes made to the solution because the changes are not intuitive."

"The support for SAS in Brazil is not the best one, but the support in Sweden is really good, as they visit the company and work to solve the issues."

"The pricing of the solution needs to be improved. They need to work to make it more affordable."

"One problem is accessing the data using a solution other than SAS. The SAS data, which we create in the SAS, cannot be accessed by other tools. We can't open those data in other applications. So we need to have that application in place."

"The solution is quite expensive and hard to install/configure."

"I would like the tool to include the ability to automate the modifications of the integrations."

"Integration and cloud migration are areas where we see potential for improvement."

"Very little needs to improve but perhaps a nicer graphic interface and remaining competetive in the growing field of data analytics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Generally, the cost is ROI positive, depending on your shipping volume."

"It is affordable."

"Trial subscriptions (via cloud) are very cheap and easy to use. It’s a great way to test Listware to see if you want to go deeper with integration."

"You should have a good idea of the size of your data and the amount of cleansing you will be doing, so you will purchase the appropriate size bundle."

"It's affordable."

"Understand how may transactions you will be processing so that you can get the right tier pricing."

"I think it's worth the value for me to run it."

"We are concerned that our own pricing is going up every year for Melissa Data products, but we highly recommend the services for people who are routinely sending out mailings."

More Melissa Data Quality pricing and cost advice

"The licensing model for vCenter is a perpetual license with yearly payments."

"While it is even free for personal use on the cloud, it can be expensive for desktop installations and enterprise use."

"The solution is expensive."

"The tool is a bit expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Insurance Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

30%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Data Management?

From my experience, SAS Data Management is an expensive tool.

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What needs improvement with SAS Data Management?

There is significant room for improvement, especially with regard to using a hybrid approach that involves both CAS and persistent storage.

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What is your primary use case for SAS Data Management?

Some clients and I are using SAS Data Management for data cleansing, data warehousing, and IoT-related activities such as streaming data.

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Also Known As

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SAS Data Management Platform, Data Management Platform, DataFlux

Overview

Data Quality Components for SSIS

This suite of data transformations for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) delivers the full spectrum of data quality including data profiling, data verification, data enrichment and data matching. With an intuitive interface and drag/drop capabilities, this powerful toolkit makes it easy to unify data into a single version of the truth for Master Data Management (MDM) success.

Melissa

Every decision, every business move, every successful customer interaction - they all come down to high-quality, well-integrated data. If you don't have it, you don't win. SAS Data Management is an industry-leading solution built on a data quality platform that helps you improve, integrate and govern your data.

SAS

Sample Customers

Boeing Co., FedEx, Ford Motor Co, Hewlett Packard, Meade-Johnson, Microsoft, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble, SAAB Cars USA, Sony, Walt Disney, Weight Watchers, and Intel.

Data Management, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Absa, Aegon, Allianz Global Corporate & SpecialtyAusgrid, Bank of Queensland, Bell, BMC Software, Canada Post, Ceska pojistovna, Chantecler, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Enerjisa, ERGO Insurance Group, Florida Department of Corrections, Generali Hellas, Gitanjali Group, Gloucestershire Constabulary, GS Home Shopping, HealthPartners, IAG New Zealand, iJET, Invacare, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services, Orlando Magic, OTP Group, PITT OHIO, Plano Independent School District, RWE Poland, Spanish Air Force, Stockholm County Council, Telus, The Travel Corporation, Transitions Optical, Triad Analytic Solutions, UNIQA, US Census Bureau, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance

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