Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

SAS Enterprise Guide vs Zaloni Data Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 10, 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 Enterprise Guide
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zaloni Data Platform
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
11th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (37th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of SAS Enterprise Guide is 17.9%, down from 26.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zaloni Data Platform is 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Preparation Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Karunakar Kankata - PeerSpot reviewer
A predictive data analytics that lacks support for advanced modeling techniques
I find it challenging when I need to use certain functions and predictive modeling techniques in SAS. The procedures and data steps for database analysis take longer, and I've noticed that the current version we are using, lacks support for advanced modeling techniques. We've requested support for these advanced algorithms, but it seems there have been challenges in implementing them. As a result, we are facing difficulties in developing advanced models. Another issue we've encountered is that the community support for SAS is relatively limited compared to open-source environments.
reviewer1476264 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solid multi-ingestion tool but with poor exception handling
The major pain point with Zaloni is that their exception handling is not good. If any event happens (an event is when the job stops in the middle of the process), it doesn't tell you at which point it failed and it doesn't tell the operations team how they should take corrective actions unless you call Zaloni and then identify the issues. That is one issue. Another issue is that sometimes your jobs fail and if you run it a second time, it will go through. A third area it could be improved is the deployment process. When you want to deploy anything, it has a lot of manual processes. For example, you have to create your password in an encrypted format, and then you have to use a lot of manual deployment process. They should actually be building something else, like using Jenkins or automating their process. I have suggested to them that they have to improve their deployment process because they want everyone to run a manual deployment. It takes a lot of time, about half a day, for any single deployment. Then test it, then it might not work, and then reverting back is not easy because of the manual deployment process. I think in recent versions they added a lot of upgrades and additional features including a lot of integrations. Before it was just AWS, later they extended it to Azure. I'm not sure how they have extended it to GCP. It has some built-in features and a lot of improvements now because the UI and the features were not easy to navigate. Regarding showing the metrics, it's okay. I will say it's neither easy nor hard, there is whatever is required. Lastly, on the governance side, it's not very good. We faced some issues with the Ranger version. Ranger was an authentication tool on big data and Zaloni had some compatibility issues with the Ranger at that time. Later they said those are all going to be resolved, but at that time it had some issues. I'm not sure whether it was working with the Sentry or not.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Query Builder is very valuable."
"It streamlines our workflow involving multiple steps, from data extraction to modeling, and it is aimed at improving various aspects of banking operations, including customer retention and risk management."
"Similar to Microsoft Access, you can drag and drop. You can simply drag and drop objects onto the page and create various flows to establish your query within the project. You can extract those queries from the preview as needed."
"We do not bother any longer with some programs did not run, hence having to rerun them again."
"The point and click makes it easy to transfer the knowledge to new employees."
"One of the features of the SAS Enterprise Guide is that it has a server, and we can access the server."
"Takes advantage of our Enterprise SAS Grid."
"This solution allows for simplified working with large datasets."
"You can create a lot of ingestions based on the file levels or based on the time."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to map data and write workflows with logic inside them."
 

Cons

"I see no reason for limiting the process to sequential all the time."
"I feel that the performance could be increased by leveraging multi-thread with any SAS BI platform, not just the high performance ones."
"Setting up SAS Enterprise Guide is somewhat messy and complex."
"The technical support response time has been consistently slow, and this has been a concern."
"There needs to be a community of SAS Enterprise Guide users for assistance. For example, as they do for Python or SQL."
"Now that I have experience with Tableau, I think the visualization part of SAS EG could be more user friendly and easier to use. Tableau is very easy to use. It's just does a lot of work by itself, including color schemes. I think that could be incorporated easily into SAS EG, which would make it a much better product. Then you would not need Tableau."
"Recently, we realized that SAS Enterprise Guide is not so stable and gives us some outputs which are not suitable...Sometimes it's quite hard to report its stability issues."
"Sentiment analytics would be a great feature to add into EG."
"The major pain point with Zaloni is that their exception handling is not good. If any event happens, it doesn't tell you at which point it failed and it doesn't tell the operations team how they should take corrective actions unless you call Zaloni and then identify the issues. That is one issue."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I did look at the prices a few years ago, and I believe it was approximately $1,000 for a yearly subscription at that time."
"It is very expensive. We have a basic license, and there are many features that are not available with the basic version."
"It is expensive. We get a different price based on our corporate rate. So, I'm not sure what the general cost is because we got a special rate for it."
"The pricing and associated costs are substantial."
"In general, SAS has high prices, which is a reason why some clients don't use SAS solutions. The licensing is on a yearly basis."
"Management liked it a lot because the license per seat was cheaper than a traditional SAS environment."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Preparation Tools solutions are best for your needs.
849,963 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Healthcare Company
10%
Government
10%
Insurance Company
8%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAS Enterprise Guide?
It streamlines our workflow involving multiple steps, from data extraction to modeling, and it is aimed at improving various aspects of banking operations, including customer retention and risk man...
What needs improvement with SAS Enterprise Guide?
I find it challenging when I need to use certain functions and predictive modeling techniques in SAS. The procedures and data steps for database analysis take longer, and I've noticed that the curr...
Ask a question
Earn 20 points
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

No data available
ZDP
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Canary Islands Statistics Institute
CDS Global, AIG,
Find out what your peers are saying about SAS Enterprise Guide vs. Zaloni Data Platform and other solutions. Updated: April 2025.
849,963 professionals have used our research since 2012.