Palantir Foundry vs SAS Viya Platform comparison

Palantir and SAS are both solutions in the Data Management Platforms (DMP) category. Palantir is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while SAS is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.8. Palantir holds a 13.5% mindshare in DMPD, compared to SAS’s 4.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Palantir users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Palantir Foundry

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Palantir Foundry and SAS Viya Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Management Platforms (DMP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Palantir Foundry vs. SAS Viya Platform

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.1

Palantir Foundry enhances efficiency and reduces manpower, yet financial benefits and value perceptions remain concerns for some users.

Sentiment score

4.3

SAS Viya offers ROI via cloud cost savings, rapid data processing, new business opportunities, and simplified integrations.

With traditional development requiring many specialized roles, Palantir Foundry allows us to operate efficiently with fewer personnel.

Suraj Otari

Data Engineering Specialist at LTM

We saved approximately 20 to 35 percent in man-hours needed and the timing improved our project timelines by approximately 50 to 55 percent.

Shaik Farooq

Consultant at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

One clear example was the pipeline optimization I mentioned, where we reduced execution time by thirty to forty percent.

reviewer2846265

PALANTIR DATA ENGINEER at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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I have seen a return on investment with SAS Viya Platform in the form of money saved, as this is scalable and on the cloud, whereas previously we had to pay for space and on-premises servers.

reviewer2783847

Director, Lead, Ri Technical Solutions at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We generate revenue from the data visualization options, which is a very important key aspect for return of investment.

Namanjbaraiya Baru

Senior Technical Officer - Biostatistics & Programming at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.

The relevant metrics definitely show time saved because it is able to crunch 50 to 60,000 rows of numbers in a matter of five to ten minutes, which is a huge improvement.

Shihabbinsultan Bin Sultan

Computer Instructor at Carleton University

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.3

Palantir Foundry's customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some users note improvement opportunities in response times.

Sentiment score

5.1

SAS Viya Platform's customer service is highly rated for its professionalism, responsiveness, and effectiveness despite limited community support.

They are knowledgeable, and their boot camps demonstrate solutions in just three days, which typically takes months or years.

Fred_Lee

Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

Whenever Palantir Foundry introduces a new product, the Palantir people come and train us on new applications.

Sai Arun Bandhakavi

Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

They provided support and managed all incidents, and we gave them our feedback so they could communicate directly with Palantir Foundry's development team.

FernandoGarcía

Data Ops Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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I would rate customer support for SAS Viya Platform a 10 out of 10.

Namanjbaraiya Baru

Senior Technical Officer - Biostatistics & Programming at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.

we have received help whenever we have asked, and their response time is quite fast

reviewer1519497

Senior Data Analyst at a government with 201-500 employees

we got the solution on time

reviewer2837175

Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.3

Palantir Foundry offers scalability and flexibility, though costs and performance can vary based on setup and provider agreements.

Sentiment score

6.9

SAS Viya Platform excels in seamless scalability for large datasets, supporting multiple projects and adapting to company needs.

We work with large volumes of healthcare data, and it has been able to handle all the large-scale ingestion, transformation, and distributed processing workflows effectively.

reviewer2846265

PALANTIR DATA ENGINEER at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

For scalability, I would rate it ten out of ten because you have a lot of flexibility.

Sai Arun Bandhakavi

Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Regarding scalability, if you have billions and trillions of records, Palantir Foundry accommodates ETL pipelines with a dedicated compute profile.

Suraj Otari

Data Engineering Specialist at LTM

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We have not had a problem, and it is because it is on the cloud, it scales quite well.

reviewer2783847

Director, Lead, Ri Technical Solutions at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

SAS Viya Platform is quite scalable and can handle large data volumes.

reviewer1519497

Senior Data Analyst at a government with 201-500 employees

SAS Viya Platform's scalability is great; it can be scaled throughout the project, even company-wide.

reviewer2837175

Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Palantir Foundry is stable and reliable, handling large data well, but faces occasional glitches and oversells its capabilities.

Sentiment score

7.5

SAS Viya Platform is stable and scalable, though users occasionally report downtime and issues with the SAS compute server.

Live data streaming is very hard and it keeps breaking, so it is not very stable and depends a lot on the satellite network.

reviewer2845581

Product Manager

I get more technical support from Palantir.

reviewer2845668

Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Palantir Foundry has been a stable and reliable enterprise platform.

reviewer2846265

PALANTIR DATA ENGINEER at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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SAS Viya Platform is good, scalable, and stable.

reviewer2847486

Data & BI Architect at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

In my experience, SAS Viya Platform is stable and perfect.

Shihabbinsultan Bin Sultan

Computer Instructor at Carleton University

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Room For Improvement

Palantir Foundry needs improvements in usability, cost-efficiency, third-party integration, AI capabilities, documentation, support, and data security.

SAS Viya could improve user experience by enhancing UI simplicity, integration, affordability, customization, and infrastructure management for beginners.

The platform is extremely capable, but improvements around usability, debugging experience, DevOps flexibility, and ecosystem openness would make it even more effective for enterprise engineering teams.

reviewer2846265

PALANTIR DATA ENGINEER at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

I want to build conversational BI or conversational agents quickly that can connect to MCPs, and other MCPs that I can communicate with in Palantir Foundry, which are areas to advance forward.

Nilesh Lahoti

Principal Architect at HCLTech

An improvement would be that in case of any changes done by the Palantir team, those changes need to be tested thoroughly so there are no downstream impacts, ensuring that the business is not affected by any modifications in the system.

Swathi Vellachalankandy

Engineer, Data Engineering at GlobalFoundries

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Two main improvements would transform this into a great tool: improving the UI and calculation capabilities, and merging AI capabilities.

reviewer2847486

Data & BI Architect at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The cost is also quite high; SAS Viya Platform via SaaS can be expensive compared to some open-source or other cloud alternatives.

Khushal Jdai

Assistant Manager Data Analytics (WFM) at Johari Digital Healthcare Limited

In comparison, other packages I have used are more complete and less divided; SAS is quite divided, particularly with quality control, which used to be included, but now requires separate packages for control charts and so on.

reviewer1519497

Senior Data Analyst at a government with 201-500 employees

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Setup Cost

Palantir Foundry is costly initially but cost-effective long-term; centralized management limits cost awareness, impacting smaller entities differently.

Enterprise users have mixed opinions on SAS Viya's costs, with experiences ranging from budget-friendly to higher expenses.

Its high initial pricing can be intimidating, but it becomes cost-effective as it reduces the need for a development team.

Fred_Lee

Enterprise Architect at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees

In terms of getting a contractor to work on that, I would probably say it is more expensive because there are fewer people with that skillset compared to, say, Databricks or Azure.

reviewer2845668

Data Development Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We can consult it in the right way regarding Palantir Foundry use, as it is still a gray area right now concerning costing.

Nilesh Lahoti

Principal Architect at HCLTech

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I did check with Reddit and they indicated that SAS Viya Platform is a pretty expensive program.

Shihabbinsultan Bin Sultan

Computer Instructor at Carleton University

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very positive, as the pricing is good and efficient for my organization.

Namanjbaraiya Baru

Senior Technical Officer - Biostatistics & Programming at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for SAS Viya Platform was smooth.

reviewer2783847

Director, Lead, Ri Technical Solutions at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Palantir Foundry centralizes data management, offers AI integration, and enhances productivity with user-friendly and versatile industry tools.

SAS Viya offers fast, stable AI integration with intuitive no-code options, enhancing efficiency and workflow integration through advanced analytics.

The predictive analytics capability within Palantir Foundry impacts financial forecasting strategies through its AIP functionality, which includes numerous pre-built models, LLMs, and data science application libraries.

SRINIVAS RATHOD

Architect at L&T Technology Services

The main advantage is you can decentralize the analytics, and you will have everything in one place, so that you do not need to rely on multiple departments working on different tools.

Sai Arun Bandhakavi

Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The low-code solutions made our lives easier because not everybody is too technical to get started and the barrier to entry is very low.

Shaik Farooq

Consultant at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

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SAS Viya Platform has improved the speed, scalability, and accessibility of data, leading to more efficient and informed decision-making.

Khushal Jdai

Assistant Manager Data Analytics (WFM) at Johari Digital Healthcare Limited

SAS Viya Platform has positively impacted my organization by saving time compared to when we were using SAS 9.4.

Kunchepu Vijay

Saa S Developer at XpertDox

The speed and documentation of SAS Viya Platform helped me in my coursework because we were having very intense analyses done and we needed to submit a lot of assignments and analyses as quickly as possible.

Shihabbinsultan Bin Sultan

Computer Instructor at Carleton University

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Categories and Ranking

Palantir Foundry

Ranking in Data Integration

5th

Ranking in Data Management Platforms (DMP)

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Operations Analytics (5th), Supply Chain Analytics (1st), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Data Migration Appliances (2nd), Data and Analytics Service Providers (1st)

SAS Viya Platform

Ranking in Data Integration

27th

Ranking in Data Management Platforms (DMP)

8th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Quality (8th), Data Governance (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Management Platforms (DMP) category, the mindshare of Palantir Foundry is 13.5%, down from 28.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Viya Platform is 4.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Management Platforms (DMP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Palantir Foundry	13.5%
SAS Viya Platform	4.4%
Other	82.1%

Data Management Platforms (DMP)

Featured Reviews

reviewer2846265

PALANTIR DATA ENGINEER at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Unified healthcare pipelines have improved data trust and accelerated operational decisions

One challenge regarding how Palantir Foundry can be improved is the learning curve. Foundry has a very broad ecosystem with Ontology, Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, and AI integrations. For new engineers or business users onboarding, it can take time, especially if they are coming from more traditional data platforms. Better documentation, simplified onboarding paths, and more beginner-friendly examples would help accelerate adoption. Another area is debugging complexity. While lineage and monitoring are strong features, troubleshooting deeply interconnected pipelines can still become difficult in a large enterprise environment. Sometimes error logs and pipeline failure messages could be more descriptive or developer-friendly, especially for distributed PySpark jobs. Another pain point is customization limitations in certain UI-driven components. While low-code tools are great for rapid development, highly customized workflows sometimes still require engineering workarounds or deeper technical implementation. The platform is extremely capable, but improvements around usability, debugging experience, DevOps flexibility, and ecosystem openness would make it even more effective for enterprise engineering teams.

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Khushal Jdai

Assistant Manager Data Analytics (WFM) at Johari Digital Healthcare Limited

Modern analytics has transformed large data into faster insights and streamlined reporting

There are some areas of improvement I would mention regarding SAS Viya Platform. New users may find it complex initially, as its learning curve can be steep. Understanding CAS and different components is very challenging for a new user. The cost is also quite high; SAS Viya Platform via SaaS can be expensive compared to some open-source or other cloud alternatives. There are also some limitations in Visual Analytics. While it is easy to use, it could be more flexible compared to Power BI or Tableau. These are the main improvement areas where SAS Viya Platform should focus. I would add some additional pointers about needed improvements in SAS Viya Platform. Regarding customer support, it is good, but the response time for complex issues can sometimes be slower than expected. The documentation and learning resources are not very beginner-friendly, making it challenging for beginners to navigate. Regarding integration, it could be smoother with Databricks, Snowflake, and Power BI, but it is more complex than it should be. Since updates are automatic, users are sometimes not fully aware of changes or new features that are being updated, as compared to Power BI, which publishes updates on its website. SAS Viya Platform should work on these aspects.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Government

University

Construction Company

28%

Healthcare Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	45

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Palantir Foundry?

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What is your primary use case for Palantir Foundry?

I use Palantir Foundry for my primary use case, which involves building and maintaining end-to-end pipelines and operational data products at UHG for our healthcare analytics team. I work on data i...

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What advice do you have for others considering Palantir Foundry?

My advice would be to approach Palantir Foundry as an enterprise operational platform, not just a traditional data tool. The platform delivers the most value when organizations fully leverage its g...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Viya Platform?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very positive, and I am happy with the pricing, costing, and licensing.

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What needs improvement with SAS Viya Platform?

I think SAS Viya Platform could be improved as it is a little bit limited; for instance, you have to purchase specific features such as charts and quality control, so it is not a full analytics pro...

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What is your primary use case for SAS Viya Platform?

I am a user of SAS Viya Platform; the team I belong to is via analytics, and we are building for our internal service, analytics service, for our production. Our usual use cases for SAS Viya Platfo...

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Overview

Palantir Foundry offers intuitive data management and application development, prioritizing accessibility through low-code/no-code tools, enabling users to integrate, analyze, and collaborate efficiently.

Palantir Foundry centers on user accessibility, data governance, and real-time capabilities, streamlining processes with low-code/no-code development. It supports comprehensive data analysis and integration, enhanced by digital twin features that align virtual and physical interactions. Despite high costs and performance challenges with large datasets, it remains a prime choice for sectors needing structured and unstructured data integration. Key areas include robust data security, lineage tracking, and predictive analytics, promoted through a unified management platform adaptable to diverse needs.

What are the key features of Palantir Foundry?

User-friendly interface enabling easy data governance and automation.
Real-time integration with strong data analysis and collaboration tools.
Low-code/no-code development to widen accessibility.
Digital twin capabilities for bi-directional process integration.
Strong data lineage, predictive analytics, and visualization tools.
Flexibility and customization options.

What benefits and ROI could reviews highlight?

Improved decision-making through enhanced data visibility.
Increased efficiency with automated data processes.
Broader accessibility to data insights via low-code options.
Enhanced collaboration and integration between departments.
Potential cost savings through streamlined operations.

In manufacturing, Palantir Foundry aids in engineering pipeline models and semantic frameworks, while utilities utilize its analytics to enhance service delivery. Insurance firms leverage its capability to assess and predict customer behavior. Throughout these industries, Foundry integrates across cloud environments, bridging structured and unstructured data from various sources.

Palantir

SAS Viya Platform is an advanced data management and analytics tool designed to deliver powerful insights and foster collaboration across teams. It provides flexible and scalable solutions for data analysis, perfect for tech-savvy professionals seeking robust analytics capabilities.

SAS Viya Platform enhances data-driven decisions with its cloud-enabled analytics capabilities. By supporting open-source integration and visual data manipulation, it caters to a diverse range of analytical needs. Its innovative approach to machine learning and AI streamlines operations, helping companies achieve efficient data utilization strategies across departments. Offering robust technical support, it facilitates seamless implementation and rapid adoption, making it ideal for informed analytics exploration.

What are the key features of SAS Viya Platform?

Open Integration: Easily integrates with open-source tools, enhancing adaptability and flexibility.
Scalable Architecture: Designed for easy scalability to accommodate growing data needs.
Machine Learning Capabilities: Offers innovative machine learning tools for enhanced predictive analytics.
Visual Data Exploration: Provides intuitive visual interfaces for comprehensive data analysis.
Robust Security: Ensures data protection with advanced security measures.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in reviews?

Enhanced Efficiency: Increases operational efficiency with streamlined data processes and workflows.
Cost-Effective Scalability: Lowers costs by offering flexible and scalable solutions.
Comprehensive Support: Offers extensive technical support for smooth adoption and use.
Improved Decision-Making: Provides deep insights that inform strategic decisions.
Data-Driven Innovation: Encourages innovative approaches in analytics through powerful tools.

SAS Viya Platform is widely adopted across industries like banking, healthcare, and retail, offering tailored analytics solutions to address industry-specific challenges. In healthcare, for instance, it streamlines patient data insights, while in banking, it optimizes fraud detection processes. In retail, it enhances customer experience analytics, demonstrating its versatile application.

SAS

Sample Customers

Merck KGaA, Airbus, Ferrari,United States Intelligence Community, United States Department of Defense

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