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SAS Enterprise Miner vs Weka comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

SAS Enterprise Miner
Ranking in Data Mining
7th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (20th)
Weka
Ranking in Data Mining
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Anomaly Detection Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Mining category, the mindshare of SAS Enterprise Miner is 10.1%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Weka is 7.4%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Weka7.4%
SAS Enterprise Miner10.1%
Other82.5%
Data Mining
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1352853 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Head of analytics at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
A stable product that is easy to deploy and can be used for structured and unstructured data mining
We use the solution for predictive analytics to do structured and unstructured data mining I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline. The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies. I have been using the solution for 20 years. The product is very…
JK
Staff Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
High-speed shared storage has accelerated AI research workflows and supports massive job queues
The best features Weka offers are high speed, exceptional performance, and reliability. It is probably the best file system I have ever used. These features have helped my workflows and users by enabling us to train and perform inferencing of AI workflows of proteins against target diseases, which allows us to run jobs in approximately half the time that we would with slower storage. Weka is always available, incredibly reliable, and backed up, so we could not do this work without it. Additionally, Weka is incredibly easy to use because there is a web UI that allows us to create and resize file systems at will, making different directory structures available to different users at any given time, and the speed is exceptional. Weka has positively impacted my organization because we previously had NFS, which would take down the cluster when under high load. Now we have no concerns about highly loaded multiple thousands of jobs running simultaneously against this file system. The system handles it without any issues. To share more about the scale, we have anywhere between 1,000 to 10,000 jobs in the queue at any given time, and the system handles it without any problems. Our volumes are approximately half a petabyte on one system and about a third of a petabyte on another system for various storage uses, and it enables all our work to go efficiently.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Good data management and analytics."
"I found the ease of use of the solution the most valuable. Additionally, other valuable features include: the user interface, power to extract data, compatibility with other technologies (specifically with PS400), and automation of several tasks."
"Technical support has been good, and when I called them at the start of using the product with some issues they were very helpful."
"SAS internal support is very qualified and if we have any issues, we contact them and trust that they can help."
"Performance is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the decision tree creation."
"I found the ease of use of the solution the most valuable."
"The data processing of the solution is very good, easy to use, both for enterprise and personal use."
"The path of machine learning in classification and clustering is useful. The GUI can get you results. No programming is needed. No need to write down your script first or send to your model or input your data."
"Weka eliminates the need for coding, allowing you to easily set parameters and complete the majority of the machine learning task with just a few clicks."
"Weka is very easy to use, is very complete, and provides many benefits to the end user."
"I think Weka is definitely a good investment, that is why we still use it."
"Weka's best features are its user-friendly graphic interface interpretation of data sets and the ease of analyzing data."
"Using Weka has positively impacted my studies and projects because it has saved my time firstly."
"The best features Weka offers are high speed, exceptional performance, and reliability, and it is probably the best file system I have ever used."
"If they want their task done faster, and they do not have enough coding expertise, this is definitely an excellent solution to choose from."
 

Cons

"The solution needs an easier interface for the user. The user experience isn't so easy for our clients."
"Virtualization could be much better."
"We really don't like the protocols the solution offers. The solution is much more complex than other options."
"Plus it is prohibitively expensive and is not available with perpetual licensing."
"The license is really expensive. This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."
"The user interface of the solution needs improvement. It needs to be more visual."
"The solution is very stable, but we do have some problems with discrepancies involving SAS not matching with the latest Java versions. It's not stable in cases where SAS tries to run on a different version because SAS doesn't connect with the latest Java update. Once a month we need to restart systems from scratch."
"The visualization of the models is not very attractive, so the graphics should be improved."
"Documentation tends to lag and is sometimes inaccurate, but we have found that looking at the most recent version tends to show more accurate documents."
"As students, if we use the largest data sets, I think Weka struggles with large data sets imported into it."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools. If you want to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable, you don't have a feature that can enable you to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable."
"The visualization of Weka is subpar and could improve. Machine learning and visualization do not work well together. For example, we want to know how we can we delete empty cells or how can we fill in the empty cells without cleaning the data system and putting it together."
"The product is good, but I would like it to work with big data. I know it has a Spark integration they could use to do analysis in clusters, but it's not so clear how to use it."
"A few people said it became slow after a while."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools."
"Not particularly user friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive for an individual, but for an enterprise/institution (purchasing bulk licenses), it is not a high price for the use that will come from it."
"The solution must improve its licensing models."
"This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."
"Currently, I am using an open-source version so I don't know much about the price of this solution."
"The solution is free and open-source."
"We use the free version now. My faculty is very small."
"As far as I know, Weka is a freeware tool, and I am not aware if they have an online solution or if it is a commercial product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
9%
Educational Organization
15%
University
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Weka?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been that we have received very good terms, and the setup cost and licensing have been easy to implement, with pricing exactly what we woul...
What needs improvement with Weka?
Weka can be improved in terms of not having to reboot nodes when operator versions need to be changed, but they are working toward that. Documentation tends to lag and is sometimes inaccurate, but ...
What is your primary use case for Weka?
My main use case for Weka is providing a high-speed shared file system on converged infrastructure. A specific example of how I use Weka for this shared file system is that we host user home direct...
 

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Sample Customers

Generali Hellas, Gitanjali Group, Gloucestershire Constabulary, GS Home Shopping, HealthPartners, IAG New Zealand, iJET, Invacare
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