SAS Activity-Based Management vs SAS Strategic Performance Management comparison

SAS Activity-Based Management and SAS Strategic Performance Management are both solutions in the Business Performance Management category. SAS Activity-Based Management is ranked #18, while SAS Strategic Performance Management is ranked #28. SAS Activity-Based Management holds a 2.5% mindshare in BPM, compared to SAS Strategic Performance Management’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 20% of SAS Activity-Based Management users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAS Strategic Performance Management users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between SAS Activity-Based Management and SAS Strategic Performance Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

SAS Activity-Based Management

Ranking in Business Performance Management

18th

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Strategic Performance M...

Ranking in Business Performance Management

28th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of SAS Activity-Based Management is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Strategic Performance Management is 1.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAS Activity-Based Management	2.5%
SAS Strategic Performance Management	1.3%
Other	96.2%

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it_user530763

CEO at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

Helps to compare production costs across different departments. Try CostPerform from QPR.

Helps to compare production costs across different departments The data integration is very complex Visualization of the cost flow is not user-friendly It takes hours to build OLAP cubes to analyze the results of the model We have been using this solution for three years. I would rate the…

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it_user225768

Analyst/Programmer/Cellular TL at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The dashboards provide a good amount of information, but the unique keys in the underlying MySQL database caused some issues.

The dashboards/reports provide excellent and concise information/results. Also, it provides a good amount of information via the dashboard The data load and the configuration of the front end was not very easy. One of the main issues was that the SAS macros used by SAS SPM, as well as the…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use ABM as an expense allocation model and it has improved the awareness and accountability of the cost incurred due to the traceability feature."

"The product allows us to calculate the distributed cost across activities."

"The product helped determine the organization's true cost of providing its products and services to customers."

"Cube generation is a valuable feature."

"The dashboards/reports provide excellent and concise information/results."

Cons

"The usability needs to be improved but bear in mind that we did not have the latest update."

"It could be made much more simpler. Most of the time it looks like a black box for developers."

"We experienced severe performance issues when the models created are getting more details and becoming more complex."

"The interface is poorly designed and could really use an improvement to compete with other comparable software."

"The data load and the configuration of the front end was not very easy."

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Strategic Performance Management

Overview

SAS Activity-Based Management is an analytic application that models business processes to determine cost, profitability and drivers. With this solution, organizations can make informed decisions that streamline processes, deliver revenue growth and reduce costs across the organization.

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SAS Strategic Performance Management facilitates the creation, communication and execution of strategy - promoting focus, alignment and agility throughout the organization.

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Sample Customers

Bank of Queensland, Barclays Bank, BioMar, Danske Bank, Danske Spil, DPPS, First Allied

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