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SAS Visual Analytics vs TIBCO Statistica comparison

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Categories and Ranking

SAS Visual Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (16th)
TIBCO Statistica
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (10th), Data Science Platforms (29th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. SAS Visual Analytics is designed for Data Visualization and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, down 3.4% compared to last year.
TIBCO Statistica, on the other hand, focuses on Predictive Analytics, holds 2.7% mindshare, up 2.6% since last year.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAS Visual Analytics1.6%
Tableau Enterprise9.3%
Qlik Sense4.7%
Other84.4%
Data Visualization
Predictive Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Statistica2.7%
Alteryx7.5%
Red Hat Lightspeed6.0%
Other83.8%
Predictive Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Namanjbaraiya Baru - PeerSpot reviewer
Biostatistician at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.
Interactive dashboards have transformed clinical reporting and now support real time decisions
The best features of SAS Visual Analytics include performing data manipulation. I would characterize this as making data ready, transforming data, and making new variables through code while utilizing low-code and no-code facilities. In my experience, low-code features in SAS Visual Analytics help when I need to create a new variable. For instance, I can extract a date through the data roll step, and with no-code features, I can perform report creation by simply using drag and drop functionality. After implementing SAS Visual Analytics, we have generated a new way to generate revenue by providing live data visuals to our clients and making our team aware of data in real time, which has had a significant positive impact.
reviewer2038860 - PeerSpot reviewer
Key Account Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Provides versatility in analysis and problem-solving
I use TIBCO Statistica for quality control, creating profile control charts, and employing basic statistical tools in production. Some clients prefer advanced options like neural networks and decision trees for more in-depth analysis. TIBCO Statistica helps us meet a range of statistical needs for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Go ahead and do it! It’s the best tool for insightful and analytical dashboard development and reporting."
"The best feature is that SAS is not a single BI tool; rather, it is part of an ecosystem of tools, such as tools that help a user to develop artificial intelligence, algorithms, and so on."
"The product is stable, reliable, and scalable."
"Quick deployment to dashboards and analytics features (using SAS Visual Statistics and Enterprise Guide). Easy to create a simple forecast and discover business insights using segmentation tools."
"The tool's most valuable features are its ease of use and advanced data visualization capabilities."
"SAS Visual Analytics is an excellent platform; the user interface is good, it has a good look and feel, it is simple to use, it integrates well with SAS making it simple and quick for developers, does not require a high level of skill but rather a medium level, and it is very easy and fast to learn so that people who don't know the product can work in a very autonomous manner after one week."
"After implementation of SAS Visual Analytics, we overcome the prediction of future business and we were able to plan the future business, who are our premium customers, where we can cross-sell our products more, etc."
"It's quite easy to learn and to progress with SAS from an end-user perspective."
"One of the best features of TIBCO Statistica is its block-based solution building."
 

Cons

"If there could be 100% feasibility of forecasting feature available then we could be more accurate as it's currently 95%."
"Better connectivity with other data origins, better visualization, and the ability to create KPIs directly would all help."
"The preliminary setup is complex."
"In Brazil, there are few documents, courses, and other resources for studying and implementing the tool."
"The LAZR server did not like some datasets being uploaded which was perfectly fine to visualise in something as simple as Excel."
"The licensing ends up being more expensive than other options."
"The reason we haven't rolled it out across the board is due to the fact that the licensing is so expensive."
"The product is expensive and needs the integration of more languages."
"TIBCO Statistica could improve by expanding its neural network capabilities to support multi-layer networks, addressing user demands for advanced tasks like image analysis."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"SAS Visual Analytics is expensive, as is the rest of the platform."
"It's approximately $114,000 US dollars per year."
"It was licensed for corporate use, and its licensing was on a yearly basis."
"The product is quite expensive."
"I work with the tool's free version...The tool's corporate version is very expensive and requires a monthly hire."
"The product is expensive."
"Visual Analytics is expensive for a small company like mine. You also need to deploy it on a server or cloud, so you pay for the license as well as the cost of the cloud or the server that you will deploy on."
"The cost of the solution can be expensive. There is an additional cost for users."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Government
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
15%
University
12%
Educational Organization
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Visual Analytics?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was positive, and I am happy with it.
What needs improvement with SAS Visual Analytics?
SAS Visual Analytics offers many options, and new users unfamiliar with SAS might face some difficulties. Training on SAS Visual Analytics is required to help overcome these issues.
What is your primary use case for SAS Visual Analytics?
My main use case for SAS Visual Analytics is making visual reports such as graphs, gauge plots, outlier plots, geomaps, and presenting my clinical data into a report or an interactive dashboard whi...
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Also Known As

SAS BI
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Sample Customers

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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