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Altair Monarch vs SAS Enterprise Guide comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Monarch
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
5th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Enterprise Guide
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Altair Monarch is 6.8%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Enterprise Guide is 7.9%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Preparation Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAS Enterprise Guide7.9%
Altair Monarch6.8%
Other85.3%
Data Preparation Tools
 

Featured Reviews

LS
Account Manager at JegaSure
Transformed document processing has become foolproof with seamless data extraction
The primary use case of Altair Monarch was data extraction. I used it to process a lot of documents and data from Notepad and PDFs, converting those into structured data for basic analysis and reporting. It facilitated data preparation and data extraction effectively Altair Monarch is valuable…
reviewer2232579 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Provides speedy server access for data analysis and modeling but lacks stability and needs to improve its visualization capabilities
Recently, we realized that SAS Enterprise Guide is not so stable and gives us some outputs which are not suitable, but it works well on rerunning the program. Sometimes it's quite hard to report its stability issues. Most of the time, its stability issues need to be reported with which our colleagues help. Another issue is that SAS Enterprise Guide gives us hardware output, but when we run a program that does not run correctly, we don't know what's wrong even though the output is good. When we try to report to technical support and they run the program, they cannot find anything from the log, but it is the same issue we find in the solution when we run it afterward. Sometimes we need to restart the computer, and it works, which is not so good. We set up quite a few programs to autorun, and sometimes the customer is not confident that the result would be good. It would be easier to use the solution if it had more functions. The solution needs to be more stable. The additional feature I want to see in the future would be visualization because, currently, the visualization from SAS is a bit like Python or similar ones in general.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Altair Monarch is valuable because it allows a one-time setup for data extraction, making the process extremely easy with just a few clicks to get the output."
"Monarch lets you quickly extract in your preferred format."
"The most valuable feature is the click and drop function."
"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."
"We now mostly use the Enterprise Guide for such scheduling purposes, so error processes will not inhibit the others."
"The solution is user-friendly, the resource for the query builder is very useful, and the ability to explore the data is a benefit."
"It is also compatible with other softwares, such as Excel."
"SAS Enterprise Guide's stability is fantastic."
"The product has a drag-and-drop feature that is excellent for business users and that makes it easy-to-use."
"The Query Builder is very valuable."
 

Cons

"I rate Altair Monarch seven out of 10 for affordability. Recently, the pricing model changed from end-user licensing to a concurrent licensing model."
"Sentiment analytics would be a great feature to add into EG."
"It would be very useful if EG could be enhanced to automatically file and clear the project log to ensure non-stop running of the project."
"I had difficulty with the diagrammatic flow chart style representation of projects. When projects got too large and complex (which was basically every project, except the most trivial). There just wasn't enough real estate to display the flow chart and dependencies without a lot of scrolling, even when a flow was down to minimum tasks. My recourse was making the flow less "atomic". E.g., rather than use the various subset, etc., tasks as program nodes to display the details, I would write chunks of code that did a few things and use them as SAS program nodes."
"When we have tables with, for example, a hundred million rows in Netezza, SAS Enterprise Guide doesn't work."
"The product is missing a visualization component so we have to use a separate tool for visualization."
"I would like to see better Charting in this solution."
"It is expensive."
"It's not really user-friendly and it's difficult to configure as well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Government
10%
Retailer
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Healthcare Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Altair Monarch?
I was not involved in pricing, but I did not encounter any issues with renewals, and the process was always smooth and straightforward.
What is your primary use case for Altair Monarch?
The primary use case of Altair Monarch ( /products/altair-monarch-reviews ) was data extraction. I used it to process a lot of documents and data from Notepad and PDFs, converting those into struct...
What advice do you have for others considering Altair Monarch?
The support team is diligent, following up thoroughly and setting up calls promptly when a ticket is raised. It is beneficial for any assistance needed. The overall rating for Altair Monarch is ten...
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