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MANTA Flow vs SAS Viya Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

MANTA Flow
Ranking in Data Governance
37th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Viya Platform
Ranking in Data Governance
13th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (21st), Data Quality (6th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of MANTA Flow is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Viya Platform is 0.7%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAS Viya Platform0.7%
MANTA Flow0.9%
Other98.4%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

LeandroSodré - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance Analyst at Data Meaning, Inc.
Very Powerful, with cloud based scalability, and highly efficient for both business and technical teams
I had some difficulties, trying to use the direct link which is metadata through files that you can upload to MANTA Flow and you can just say from there where that data is going. But we just figured out that sometimes, depending on the level of the granularity that if you want to link the object, you can not. For example, if you want to link the objects just by schema, sometimes it does not work. So you need to scroll down and link each table. Sometimes the table level does not work, and you need to go deeper and go to link column to column. We figured out that this was a bug in MANTA Flow, and we talked to them and I think they were fixing it. But in our case, we just realized that if we could link the objects at the lowest level possible, it would work. I was trying to develop, right now, some kind of automation to compare the listed revision that I have in MANTA Flow with some other revision. And I would like to do it in an automatic way. I would like to have some kind of API where I could call this object and the revision that I want and the same object and another revision that I wanted to compare with. And I could not see it as some API in MANTA Flow, and we have this feature on the user interface. I think it would be very powerful because if you want to automate just warn the data owners the structures were updated by looking at the object level, and send an email to these owners to see if that change makes sense.
RU
Data Analyst at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Data pipelines have accelerated reporting and now support faster, broader decision making
On SAS Viya Platform, I have not found any challenges or pain points as of now, but something can arise while working, and at that time I will keep my records to provide feedback. There is always a chance of improvement in any software, and it varies from user to user. Users may have personal requirements, such as being able to do a specific task if a certain option is enabled. Currently, I feel it is very good, and I may not be able to give suggestions at the moment due to just one and a half years of utilization, but I can provide input in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Technical support works well, they resolve issues."
"I believe it is very powerful. And for technicians, you can see the impact analysis, you can compare versions. So you can see some revisions against some of the oldest ones. You can compare and see which pipelines were updated between them. I think it is very helpful to both sides, the technical and business teams."
"The solution is stable. We have not found any fatal errors yet."
"Eliminating the need for separate visualization tools has greatly affected my team's workflow because it is just one integrated tool, one integrated platform."
"Many good things stand out about SAS Viya Platform, including that it is a very mature tool, very reliable, and performs very consistently."
"Using SAS Viya Platform, I saw approximately a thirty to forty percent reduction in data processing time due to CAS in-memory computing, and I also reduced manual reporting efforts by approximately forty to fifty percent through automation and self-service dashboards, which definitely saved resources for my organization."
"If you want reliability, security, and a very fast system, I would advise you to go for SAS Viya Platform."
"SAS Viya Platform has positively impacted my organization, as previously I was using SAS 9.4, and after migrating to SAS Viya Platform, we are able to present the data in useful ways that save our time and give sponsors a new opportunity to look at the data, which is a very good thing."
"SAS Viya Platform has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to make concrete decisions about stock ordering without either underordering or overcommitting financially across a wide range of products."
"In my experience, the best feature of SAS Viya Platform is that it is very quick in doing the analysis, does the job very quickly and very well without any issues, and I was able to do multiple analyses at the same time."
"From my perspective as an administrator, the best features that SAS Viya Platform offers include scalability."
 

Cons

"I would like to have some kind of API where I could call this object and the revision that I want and the same object and another revision that I wanted to compare with. And I could not see it as some API in MANTA Flow, and we have this feature on the user interface."
"One area of improvement for MANTA Flow is to add as many new data sources as possible. We have found that maybe they can support 100, but not 101, unfortunately."
"On the integration side, the PROC HTTP-based indexing is fragile."
"I rate it a nine because for a fresher, the platform might not be entirely intuitive."
"I have one complaint about SAS Viya Platform: it offers so many options in each application that someone new who is not familiar with SAS functionality might have trouble, as the learning curve can be very hard for a new learner."
"I think SAS Viya Platform could be improved as it is a little bit limited; for instance, you have to purchase specific features such as charts and quality control, so it is not a full analytics product."
"The cost is also quite high; SAS Viya Platform via SaaS can be expensive compared to some open-source or other cloud alternatives."
"Their support system is a very lengthy process. We need to send out an email to them, and then they will respond and ask for logs and all those things, which is a very lengthy process."
"SAS Viya Platform has a bit of a learning curve. It was not easy to start with."
"It was very difficult to build the required calculations directly on the reporting side, and we sometimes struggled."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As a service company, we don't care about the price because the customer is paying, but the customers consider MANTA to be reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Comms Service Provider
18%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Construction Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise10
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Viya Platform?
I am not much aware of the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of SAS Viya Platform because that was handled by the administrator. However, I do not think it is too costly to use. I never did a comp...
What needs improvement with SAS Viya Platform?
Regarding the features, I think what can be improved in SAS Viya Platform is the ease of use and discoverability of certain advanced features, as these capabilities can require additional training ...
What is your primary use case for SAS Viya Platform?
My main use case for SAS Viya Platform is for the customer analytics platform for text analysis. A specific example of how I use SAS Viya Platform for customer analytics and text analysis is that w...
 

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