SAS Access vs Zapier comparison

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We performed a comparison between SAS Access and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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SAS Access

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

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Data Integration (63rd)

Zapier

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (11th)

Featured Reviews

Robert Heck

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.

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Sachin Shrtivastava

Automation Engineer at Axe Automation

Automation of simple tasks improves with user-friendly interface but needs enhancement in handling complex scenarios

In my opinion, what could be improved in Zapier is its UI, which operates as a one-line system. Compared to Make.com and other tools that have a drag-and-drop system, this is lacking. If the scenario or automation is complex, it becomes difficult to create and deploy because of various routes. For example, with 20 routes, it becomes really difficult to create them due to certain limits, and the UI is not conducive for viewing all the routes.

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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 most valuable feature is you have native access to the external 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."

"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."

"I utilized Zapier's feature of connecting over 2000 apps for various automations in my business processes."

"The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."

"Zapier's best feature would be the ease of use, and it is really easy to use and really user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."

"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."

"The solution is time efficient and has saved considerable development effort."

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Cons

"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."

"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."

"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."

"It could support various languages along with Python."

"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."

"It can be challenging to get timely responses as they typically answer questions after a long period, sometimes taking up to a month to respond."

"The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments."

"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."

"Zapier needs more YouTube or video tutorials or more training for people. That would help a lot. In particular, Zapier should have documentation for every connector. Its documentation needs to be more detailed and visual."

"There is room for improvement in the support. They are not responsive, and they don't take much time to get resolved."

"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."

"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."

"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."

"Zapier's price is good."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"It's very affordable."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

University

Retailer

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	7

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The product's most valuable feature is automation.

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The pricing is in accordance with market standards and even lower in some cases. The license setup cost is reasonable.

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Also Known As

SAS/Access

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Overview

SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.

SAS

Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

Sample Customers

Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX

SAS Access vs. Zapier