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Qlik Analytics Platform vs SAS Visual Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Qlik Analytics Platform
Ranking in Data Visualization
22nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Visual Analytics
Ranking in Data Visualization
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Qlik Analytics Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Visual Analytics is 4.2%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Carlos-Mejia - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-deploy solution with a variety of use cases and excellent reporting features
The initial setup is quite simple. The setup and integration with the customers can be done fast. The deployment method depends on the industry. It can be deployed on-premises and on the cloud. Banking customers request to have the product deployed on-premise. We have around 50% of the product on-premise and 50% on the cloud.
Renato Vazamin - PeerSpot reviewer
Single environment for multiple phases saves us time, and has good visualizations
We had that solution installed previously in another solution, Selvaya, but I don't think we used it at the time. We are now using SAS Detect Investigation as a complementary solution, in which we have part of the process, use a gene, SAS collects information and identifies some business situations, and the business guys use Visual Analytics to explore the results of the process. We previously used the FICO platform, but we switched because FICO's pricing was not scalable. Bringing more data or workloads to the platform required a significant investment in order to scale. We needed to change because we have a lot of data to process every day. FICO was also a little more complicated than SAS Visual Analytics.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Reporting is a valuable feature of the solution."
"It is a great platform for third party extensions, has an open API, and there are no black boxes."
"The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability."
"Qlik offers you all the features needed to extract the raw data from the source systems including an ETL layer to transform the data and to connect the multiple data sources into one data model, easy data sharing, security and scaling features, dashboards, and report functionality to share your data with your end-users."
"The technical support services are good."
"I believe that the possibilities for exploring data and formulating visual results are quite good because it allows the business analyst to have different perspectives on the data."
"Data handling is one of the best features of SAS Visual Analytics."
"The speed to display charts and react to users' choices is great."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It's quite easy to learn and to progress with SAS from an end-user perspective."
"I like SAS Visual Analytics for its ability to provide an initial understanding of data through exploration, even before deep analytics."
"Visual Analytics is very easy to use. I use Visual Analytics for all the typical use cases except text mining. I used it to analyze data and monitor statistics, not text mining. I also use it for data visualization as well as creating interactive dashboards and infographics."
 

Cons

"More freedom for custom visuals and dashboard creation would be an improvement."
"The user experience needs to be improved."
"It would be great if decentralized teams would have more features to manage the metadata on the dashboards, setup the specific user access rights and rules to govern incoming and outgoing data sets from/to other teams, and more features to separate the different data process layers (e.g. extraction, transformation [data quality, business rules])."
"One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows."
"Better connectivity with other data origins, better visualization, and the ability to create KPIs directly would all help."
"The installation process can be a bit complex."
"The charts and tables could use better sorting, primarily using other variables than the ones on the figure. If they could implement views like in the older version (previous to Viya), it would be very nice."
"The visualization should be better in SAS Visual Analytics. It is easy to use but when compared to other solutions it is lacking and the support is not very good."
"It is not as mature as competitors such as Tableau and QlikView."
"In terms of configuration, I would like to see AI capabilities since many applications are now integrating AI."
"There is room for improvement in anti-money laundering prevention and operation monitoring, as well as operation monitoring surveillance."
"The integration aspects of the solution could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is the most expensive tool."
"It's approximately $114,000 US dollars per year."
"SAS Visual Analytics is expensive, as is the rest of the platform."
"It was licensed for corporate use, and its licensing was on a yearly basis."
"The product is quite expensive."
"Licensing is simple."
"$10,000 per annum for an enterprise license."
"The cost of the solution can be expensive. There is an additional cost for users."
"I work with the tool's free version...The tool's corporate version is very expensive and requires a monthly hire."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
21%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Qlik Analytics Platform?
The most valuable feature of Qlik Analytics Platform is its Change Data Capture capability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Analytics Platform?
Upfront seems to be the most expensive tool. But when we talk about TCO, then the pricing rate change as this is one "all-inclusive tool" and does not need to add other services/elements to complet...
What needs improvement with Qlik Analytics Platform?
One area where Qlik Analytics Platform could be improved is in providing better support for batch processing and traditional ETL workflows. While it excels in real-time replication, it lacks robust...
What do you like most about SAS Visual Analytics?
The most solution's notable aspect, in my view, is the ability to integrate various data sources and harness advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. This helps w...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Visual Analytics?
It's about an average of five. It's easy to scale, but it comes with cost.
What needs improvement with SAS Visual Analytics?
In terms of configuration, I would like to see AI capabilities since many applications are now integrating AI. It may be that our current subscription does not include AI-enabled features, but I wo...
 

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Staples, Ausgrid, Scotiabank, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy, and Triad Analytics Solutions.
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