Microsoft Data Quality Services vs SAS Data Management comparison

Microsoft Data Quality Services vs. SAS Data Management

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Data Quality Serv...

Ranking in Data Quality

17th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

4.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Data Management

Ranking in Data Quality

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (31st), Data Governance (22nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Microsoft Data Quality Services is 2.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Management is 3.4%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAS Data Management	3.4%
Microsoft Data Quality Services	2.0%
Other	94.6%

Data Quality

Featured Reviews

Satyam Saxena

Technical Lead at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Automation in data management improves with built-in error rejection but technical support needs enhancement

Multiple areas in Microsoft Data Quality Services could be improved, such as its ability to perform changes automatically, as it currently identifies but does not correct data issues. Regular expression processing is complicated and slow. Technical support from Microsoft is poor, as they do not provide adequate assistance with issues encountered in integration or forming automation. Sometimes solutions to problems take several weeks due to a lack of support, relying instead on personal networks and experience.

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Fernanda Knopki

Data Scientist & Scrum Master at Volvo Group

Has supported centralized data access and improved governance through unified administration

The best features I appreciate about SAS Data Management tool are that it's easy to create the flows and schedule data, and the tables are not too big, making it easy to control the ETL process, including user access which is also easy to manage in SAS. 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. Offering another development environment combining code and predefined objects, where I could just drag and drop to achieve what I needed, although some objects were not too good, but some were effective. The metadata management feature of SAS Data Management helps a lot; creating your data marts or data lake with good naming conventions, library conventions, and so on is very important because it allows easy queries to find the whole structure, though I think metadata governance also depends on first definitions, not only on the tool. SAS Data Management is very good for data governance; for me, it was the best tool I worked with in data management, although I don't have too much experience with others, and it truly helped a lot.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The primary advantage of Microsoft Data Quality Services is its capability to automate certain tasks, which are otherwise achieved through SQL queries."

"This solution is particularly useful for data enrichment."

"Their software pricing offers the best value for money on the market."

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

"DataFlux in my opinion is an excellent high end solution for enterprise wide data management."

"In terms of which features I have found most valuable, I would say the importing and exporting features. Additionally, the data sorting, categorizing and summarizing features, especially how it can summarize based on categories. These are the key features."

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

"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."

"I think the product is very stable, I think it's a marvelous product, it is very widely used by many people and I never hear people complain."

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Cons

"I would rate my experience with the initial setup a six out of ten, with one being very easy and ten being extremely challenging. So, there is room for improvement in the setup process."

"Technical support from Microsoft is poor, as they do not provide adequate assistance with issues encountered in integration or forming automation."

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

"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 could use better documentation."

"The solution is very expensive."

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

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

"The stability could be a bit better. It's lacking in this area right now."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is in the midrange. It's not cheap, but it depends on the licenses you require."

"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 tool is a bit expensive."

"The solution is expensive."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Data Quality Services?

Microsoft Data Quality Services comes as part of SQL Server without additional costs, making it a competitive solution.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Data Quality Services?

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Data Quality Services?

I use Microsoft Data Quality Services ( /products/microsoft-data-quality-services-reviews ) to handle data inconsistencies, such as missing or improperly formatted data. The tool serves purposes li...

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

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

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.

What is your primary use case for SAS Data Management?

The main idea for using SAS Data Management was to bring all data inside SAS. I brought the finance area and the sales area in the company that I have worked, along with some market planning data, ...

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Also Known As

MS Data Quality Services

SAS Data Management Platform, Data Management Platform, DataFlux

Overview

SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) is a knowledge-driven data quality product. DQS enables you to build a knowledge base and use it to perform a variety of critical data quality tasks, including correction, enrichment, standardization, and de-duplication of your data.

Microsoft

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

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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

Microsoft Data Quality Services vs. SAS Data Management