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SAS Access vs SnapLogic comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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

SAS Access
Ranking in Data Integration
58th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SnapLogic
Ranking in Data Integration
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (10th), API Management (12th), Cloud Data Integration (10th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SAS Access is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SnapLogic is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SnapLogic1.2%
SAS Access0.8%
Other98.0%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

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.
SE
Product Manager at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Automation has transformed daily operations and now delivers faster, more accurate data flows
The best features in SnapLogic are the drag-and-drop interface which makes it easy to build data and application flows. No heavy coding is required, making it ideal for both technical and non-technical users. SnapLogic also offers pre-built snaps, real-time and batch processing, API management and integration, cloud and hybrid support, dashboarding and monitoring, error handling and retry mechanisms, scalability, security and governance, and transformation capabilities with built-in functions to clean and transform data, expressions, aggregations, and mappings. SnapLogic offers auto-mapping and smart schema detection as additional features. SnapLogic can detect schemas automatically, which helps when sources evolve or change, and this matters because there is less manual mapping work.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The SAS/ACCESS ability to connect creates an elegant simplicity."
"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."
"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."
"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."
"Since I moved on to SnapLogic and development started in SnapLogic, the development team has been reduced to half, and the amount of time which we are using for development is also reduced."
"SnapLogic is very user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to implement and easy to use. It's basically just drag and drop."
"SnapLogice is a low-code development tool."
"I find the reusability and the snaps to be very valuable features."
"I find SnapLogic to be user-friendly, especially for beginners with limited experience in data engineering or ETL."
"Due to this automation, I see better results compared to the manual ones because the logic I have added to the automation is more specific and more static."
"My teams can connect to new partners and data sources in hours, not days."
 

Cons

"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."
"The primary way that this product can be improved is by adjusting their pricing model."
"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."
"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."
"It needs some more snaps. I would like to see some of the features be changed in some of the snaps."
"The solution isn't ideal for complex processing or logic."
"While it performs well, there is some room for improvement in this area."
"Connecting to data behind enterprise firewalls has been tricky, but for reasons that SnapLogic cannot always control."
"We'd like there to be more ways for users to get more comfortable and have more experience with the solution to make it easier to use."
"The setup cost would be four or five. There would be only one point of improvement if the price could be lower."
"There is room for improvement of API management and the dashboard for task execution."
"The support is the most important improvement they could make."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."
"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"They have pricing/usage tiers that are easy to move up or down."
"SnapLogic is not expensive. It's reasonably priced."
"I used the free trial."
"SnapLogic's price is high compared to the other tools available in the market."
"By scaling the solution incrementally the cost is controlled and more beneficial to the client."
"When comparing it with solutions like Apigee or MuleSoft, it still offers better value."
"It is a higher initial cost than other easy-to-use integration apps."
"From the ROI perspective, the price is extremely high"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with SnapLogic?
The learning curve for advanced use cases with SnapLogic could be improved. While basic pipelines are easy, more complex transformations and debugging can still be a bit challenging. Another improv...
What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?
Our main use case for SnapLogic is building and managing data integration pipelines between different systems, especially for automating API-based workflows. It helps streamline data movement, tran...
What advice do you have for others considering SnapLogic?
A person with minimal knowledge on ETL can easily go through SnapLogic and understand what each Snap does, what the function of each Snap is, and then simply drag and drop and make the connections ...
 

Also Known As

SAS/Access
DataFlow
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
Adobe, ADP, BlackBerry, Bonobos, Box, Capital One, Dannon, Eero, Endo, Gensler, HCL, HP, Grovo, HIS, iRobot, Leica, Merck, Sans, Target, Verizon, Vodafone, Yelp, Yahoo!
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