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Red Hat Lightspeed vs SAS Predictive Analytics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Red Hat Lightspeed
Ranking in Predictive Analytics
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
3.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Predictive Analytics
Ranking in Predictive Analytics
8th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Predictive Analytics category, the mindshare of Red Hat Lightspeed is 5.9%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Predictive Analytics is 3.8%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Predictive Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Red Hat Lightspeed5.9%
SAS Predictive Analytics3.8%
Other90.3%
Predictive Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

VishalSingh15 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Business at Variyas Labs Pvt Ltd
Have found limited automation capabilities while configuration has remained complex despite reliable monitoring features
In terms of configuration, Red Hat Insights could use some improvement. When I deploy Red Hat, the installation means a pure vanilla installation where you run and install a product out of the box, but deployment involves configuration plus all necessary tooling to run that product, which requires human input to complete the installation, configurations, and integration. Red Hat Insights has very limited automation; it only detects anomalies and triggers corrective actions for compliance issues, something which I found lacking when compared to other tools I've used.
it_user1139529 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Drag-and-drop functionality makes the interface easy to use, but the technical support needs to be improved
There are not many people deploying models using this solution, which is a problem. I have done some cross-development and have found that when I am building models with the open-source software, the accuracy is better. For categorical data, the models built by SAS Emailer are very complex compared to those built by the open-source version. Technical support could be improved because they take too long to answer our queries. Models that are created are a block box, and you can't see the details.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is optimized for resource utilization."
"It identifies bugs and security vulnerabilities."
"The reliability is so good that I rarely find myself calling Red Hat support any longer."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has good support and doesn't have many outages due to the OS."
"The most valuable feature of Red Hat Insights is that it is dynamic."
"RHEL enables us to deploy applications and emerging workloads across bare-metal and virtualized environments and I find those workloads to be extremely reliable. The reliability is so good that I rarely find myself calling Red Hat support any longer. Support is the first benefit of using RHEL, but the second thing is that the platform is so stable that the need to use support is negligible."
"Overall, I think that this is a good product."
"We use this product's built-in tracing and monitoring tools such as syslog and SAR (system activity reporter) to provide us with greater insight and visibility into what's going on."
"The most valuable features are forecasting and reporting."
"The most valuable feature is its flexibility and the ability to integrate with SAS."
 

Cons

"I would like to see improvements made to the subscriptions and management of them."
"There is potential for improvement when it comes to ease of use. It has become easier to use over the years but could be better still. Linux, in general, has never been a simple solution. It's usually a more complex solution than something like Windows. If there is a downside, it's that it is more complex than some of the other solutions."
"What could be improved dramatically is the ability to have it used by an enterprise, which means to interlock with Ansible Automation Platform first."
"The cockpit server doesn't work and is useless. I don't like the images shown in GCP. I prefer the ones in AWS. It seems like the solution is in tune with what we deploy on the private cloud."
"Red Hat Insights has very limited automation; it only detects anomalies and triggers corrective actions for compliance issues, something which I found lacking when compared to other tools I've used."
"AIX will be out of support in the next few years, so that is a problem because a lot of the clinical apps use AIX."
"New products need better documentation. The websites also have a single sign-on to get you from one side to the other. As a partner, I had a problem finding out how I needed to connect and to which side of the solution."
"I also want the co-pilot to provide more granular control and more features in the GUI, so we can have one configuration from the GUI itself. It would be helpful to have a feature similar to the one in Windows where we can manage all the net flows from one console in a single pane of glass and install it on-premises like an admin center. It would be great if Red Hat had some kind of admin center to manage all the RHEL boxes without using an additional product like Satellite or something, we could use the co-pilot on all the systems to monitor the dashboard."
"Technical support could be improved because they take too long to answer our queries."
"If SAS were more flexible in terms of licensing then that would be good, because it costs more than other solutions."
"I think that this solution should be more compatible with other software, including open-source solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"RHEL is expensive. We have changed the cloud provider's subscription to a pay-as-you-go model."
"If you have a subscription to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Insights is free."
"The prices are comparable, and good for what is being provided."
"Regarding the prices, the new changes are actually not bad as it works for enterprise solutions."
"This is not a cheap solution but it gets you the support if you ever need it."
"If SAS were more flexible in terms of licensing then that would be good, because it costs more than other solutions."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
19%
Construction Company
13%
Retailer
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Red Hat Insights?
In terms of configuration, Red Hat Insights could use some improvement. When I deploy Red Hat, the installation means a pure vanilla installation where you run and install a product out of the box,...
What is your primary use case for Red Hat Insights?
I did not purchase the product through AWS Marketplace; AWS was primarily used as the platform for workloads. We use basic services within AWS, but I did not use anything from the marketplace becau...
What advice do you have for others considering Red Hat Insights?
In terms of optimizing risk identification, I would rate Red Hat Insights around five to six on a scale of 1 to 10. I would give Red Hat Insights an overall rating of six on a scale from 1 to 10. I...
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