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SAS Visual Analytics vs XLCubed comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

SAS Visual Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (12th)
XLCubed
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (31st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. SAS Visual Analytics is designed for Data Visualization and holds a mindshare of 1.7%, down 4.2% compared to last year.
XLCubed, on the other hand, focuses on Reporting, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAS Visual Analytics1.7%
Tableau Enterprise10.3%
Qlik Sense5.2%
Other82.8%
Data Visualization
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
XLCubed1.1%
Tableau Enterprise14.5%
Microsoft Power BI14.1%
Other70.3%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

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Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Enables effective data management and reporting with a straightforward setup
SAS Visual Analytics is helpful as it allows us to perform any queries we need. The ability to query information from our Excel data into SAS to view specific data is invaluable. In terms of reporting, it is easy to extract quick reports and provides graphical representations of the data, which is a great feature.
it_user1391316 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Finance Systems at NHS
Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals
In general, we're happy with the solution but we're always looking to see what else is out there. The thing we've struggled with is our partnership with Tagetik UK, the consultants, and the issue we had gaining access to consultants to develop the solution on our behalf. Thankfully we connected directly with XLCubed and now have a pretty close and good relationship with them so the earlier problem we had of actually getting resources to help us develop has now been solved. One of the things that we've been asking for and would like as an additional feature is a sort of benchmarking functionality. The ability to be able to benchmark, directly against the company digital corporate numbers. That said, there seems to be improved functionality within the latest release that could help us develop that further.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The variety of graphs and charts make it easy to show the data in a way that's easy to interpret."
"The variety of graphs and charts make it easy to show the data in a way that's easy to interpret."
"The visualization capabilities and the email functionality are most beneficial."
"In short it is a powerful analytical tool display, which is an interesting option for companies without having to make a large initial investment, want to start making analytical, with the ability to scale and grow into other tools."
"I would rate the overall solution a ten out of ten."
"Go ahead and do it! It’s the best tool for insightful and analytical dashboard development and reporting."
"The technical support services are good."
"The speed to display charts and react to users' choices is great."
"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."
"The solution has great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, everything, and we also have a very good relationship with the consultants and the solution is also very cost effective."
"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."
"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."
 

Cons

"In Brazil, there are few documents, courses, and other resources for studying and implementing the tool."
"I don't think the return on investment is high when I factor in the cost of additional components like text mining and machine learning."
"It is not as mature as competitors such as Tableau and QlikView."
"Regarding performance, they have some issues. They have always had some issues there."
"The installation process can be a bit complex."
"The charts and tables could use better sorting, primarily using other variables than the ones on the figure."
"Colours used on report objects"
"It will be better if SAS can accommodate survey data as some organisations would like to load their survey results and analyse in SAS."
"It's quite a stable solution although we sometimes encounter issues internally within our IT department with regard to the structure."
"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."
"At this time, I cannot recommend this solution to others because I cannot connect."
"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"It was licensed for corporate use, and its licensing was on a yearly basis."
"Visual Analytics is expensive for a small company like mine. You also need to deploy it on a server or cloud, so you pay for the license as well as the cost of the cloud or the server that you will deploy on."
"The product is quite expensive."
"$10,000 per annum for an enterprise license."
"It's approximately $114,000 US dollars per year."
"The cost of the solution can be expensive. There is an additional cost for users."
"SAS Visual Analytics is expensive, as is the rest of the platform."
"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."
"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise19
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Visual Analytics?
It's about an average of five. It's easy to scale, but it comes with cost.
What needs improvement with SAS Visual Analytics?
In terms of configuration, I would like to see AI capabilities since many applications are now integrating AI. It may be that our current subscription does not include AI-enabled features, but I wo...
What is your primary use case for SAS Visual Analytics?
I started to work with SAS Visual Analytics ( /products/sas-visual-analytics-reviews ) in 2015. We use it for analysis on ICT expenditure information and ICT personnel information. The analytics ar...
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Sample Customers

Staples, Ausgrid, Scotiabank, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy, and Triad Analytics Solutions.
Marshalls Ltd, BP Exploration and Production, Thorntons, Ted Baker, Bristol-Myers, Rank Group, ING Bank Genve, Cargill Value Investment, Chloride Power, Auchan, Erste, UEFA, Novartis, Porsche Informatik, Raiffeisen Bank International
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