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SAS Analytics vs Weka comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

SAS Analytics
Ranking in Data Mining
5th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Weka
Ranking in Data Mining
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Anomaly Detection Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Mining category, the mindshare of SAS Analytics is 7.7%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Weka is 8.8%, down from 21.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Weka8.8%
SAS Analytics7.7%
Other83.5%
Data Mining
 

Featured Reviews

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Finance Business Intelligence at Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca
Automated workflows enhance productivity but could better handle stress tests
I use SAS Analytics in my work to analyze data, such as selecting credits for traditional securitization. Recently, I used SAS Analytics for the project roster from Santander, selecting and evaluating credits, and conducting historical research on the reception of contracts to issue securitization…
reviewer1522338 - PeerSpot reviewer
Phd at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Using data mining and visualization has improved my research and student learning process
In my opinion, Weka is very useful. I think perhaps a new function with a new algorithm in data mining could be developed. The algorithms currently available in Weka are very good, and all functions are very useful. I have found that I need to use Weka with R and different databases, which has been very useful for me. I am satisfied with Weka's visualization tool. Weka is very easy to use, is very complete, and provides many benefits to the end user. It has many algorithms in data mining and many algorithms to prepare data for the next process in data mining. Weka has many graphical interfaces, though it may not have as many tools for analyzing results.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I use it to replicate our entire financial system to verify/duplicate calculations."
"The most valuable aspect of SAS Analytics is the ability to automate work using macros without heavily relying on technology teams, allowing me to create functions that operate independently and streamline workflows efficiently."
"Modeling ones and figures, such as PROC LIFETEST, PROC LOGISTICS, PROC GPLOT. PROC FREQ and PROC MEANS, are also among the valuable features."
"It has facilitated timely analysis results with quality work, meaningful output, and consistent data use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to handle large data sets."
"They have provided virtually everything we have needed to accomplish our task, as well as continuously improving our accuracy."
"They have provided virtually everything we have needed to accomplish our task, as well as continuously improving our accuracy."
"This solution has helped us materially grow multiple business categories."
"There are many options where you can fill all of the data pre-processing options that you can implement when you're importing the data. You can also normalize the data and standardize it in an easier way."
"It’s pretty straightforward, it's user-friendly, it’s free, and with YouTube videos, online guides, and e-books on machine learning using Weka, you can quickly learn to use its good interface for data visualization, filtering, and creating different scenarios and instances."
"It is a stable product."
"Weka is a very easy to use Data Mining solution, great for learning and for doing small experiments before exploring the data deeper, with a large number and diversity of algorithms that make it an excellent solution for rapid testing."
"Working with complicated algorithms in huge datasets is really easy in Weka."
"Weka is just much better for the classification path and clustering path; if you are going with some predictions that a procedure recalls, it's better than any other tool like R Programming and Python."
"In Weka, anyone can access the program without being a programmer, which is a good feature since the entry cost is very low."
"Weka is a very nice tool, it needs very small requirements. If I want to implement something in Python, I need a lot of memory and space but Weka is very lightweight. Anyone can implement any kind of algorithm, and we can show the results immediately to the client using the one-page feature. The client always wants to know the story. They want the result."
 

Cons

"In the graphical area much more improvement is still needed."
"This solution should be made more user-friendly."
"The natural language querying and automated preparation of dashboards should be improved."
"I would like to see their interface to R added to either Base SAS or SAS Analytics."
"They could enhance the AI capabilities of the product."
"One of the things that can be simplified is self-service analytics, especially for a citizen developer or a citizen data scientist."
"Once a SAS figure is produced one would like to modify things, such as titles, legends, and incorporate risk sets as a footer on the plots."
"The graphing and visualization features could be enhanced, in my opinion."
"Weka is a little complicated and not necessarily suited for users who aren't skilled and experienced in data science."
"The product is good, but I would like it to work with big data. I know it has a Spark integration they could use to do analysis in clusters, but it's not so clear how to use it."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools. If you want to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable, you don't have a feature that can enable you to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable."
"Weka could be more stable."
"For production, it's not the best option."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"If there are a lot more lines of code, then we should use another language."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think that the cost-benefit ratio is okay."
"Licensing was rather straightforward."
"​The cost for SAS Business Intelligence can prove to be a little prohibitive.​"
"Prices were comparable with alternative solutions."
"Our licensing covers the usage for around 50 data analysts."
"SAS is very expensive."
"I rate the product’s pricing a one out of ten."
"It is relatively expensive. It is not an easy software to afford."
"The solution is free and open-source."
"As far as I know, Weka is a freeware tool, and I am not aware if they have an online solution or if it is a commercial product."
"Currently, I am using an open-source version so I don't know much about the price of this solution."
"We use the free version now. My faculty is very small."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Educational Organization
17%
University
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAS Analytics?
I like that it is quickly embedding interactive reports and dashboards into a website, Outlook Mail, or even a mobile app.
What needs improvement with SAS Analytics?
SAS Analytics could improve in areas such as handling stress tests and workloads, as well as predicting financial movements, specifically profit and loss movements.
What is your primary use case for SAS Analytics?
I use SAS Analytics ( /products/sas-analytics-reviews ) in my work to analyze data, such as selecting credits for traditional securitization. Recently, I used SAS Analytics ( /products/sas-analytic...
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