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SAS Data Management pros and cons

Vendor: SAS
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

SAS Data Management is an established platform with powerful data analysis capabilities and varied user entry points.
The platform offers excellent technical support and is very stable without issues of glitches or bugs.
Importing and exporting features, along with data sorting, categorizing, and summarizing, are highly valued.
It provides robustness as a full-fledged suite, including data warehouse models and data quality management tools.
SAS Data Management possesses robust data governance capabilities ensuring strong regulatory compliance.

CONS

Purchasing an external driver and configuring tables for Salesforce data extraction is complex.
Pricing should be made more affordable for users.
Data created in SAS cannot be accessed by other tools, requiring only SAS-specific applications.
Documentation needs improvement for ease of use and accessibility.
Better integration and cloud migration capabilities are needed.
 

SAS Data Management Pros review quotes

it_user824883 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at PurpleOak Investments
Aug 1, 2019
This is an established product with powerful data analysis and varied options for user entry points.
RL
Senior Manager at Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd
Oct 12, 2020
The technical support is excellent.
reviewer1268517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of BI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 3, 2020
If you compare it to SQL, the memory and development times are very quick.
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VS
Tech Lead at Complete Enterprise Solutions
Mar 5, 2020
The solution is very stable. We haven't faced any issues with glitches or bugs. We haven't had any crashes.
PV
Senior Associate at Cognizant Technology pvt. Ltd.
Dec 23, 2020
In terms of which features I have found most valuable, I would say the importing and exporting features. Additionally, the data sorting, categorizing and summarizing features, especially how it can summarize based on categories. These are the key features.
reviewer992760 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Feb 2, 2021
The product offers very good flexibility.
reviewer1268517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of BI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 18, 2022
The tool is reliable, quick, and powerful.
Vivek Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head finance transformation at Ahli United Bank Ksc
Jan 25, 2022
Its robustness is valuable. It is a full-fledged suite. We have a data warehouse model, and there are also a lot of data quality management tools. The repository and all other tools are there. So, it is a full package in terms of reporting tools.
Ed Jarecki - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Assistant Vice President at Jarecki Real Estate Investments/ EverView
Jun 20, 2023
I am impressed with the tool's ability to customize.
Vivek Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head finance transformation at Ahli United Bank Ksc
Jun 5, 2024
The platform's robust data governance capabilities ensure strong compliance with regulatory standards.
 

SAS Data Management Cons review quotes

it_user824883 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at PurpleOak Investments
Aug 1, 2019
Very little needs to improve but perhaps a nicer graphic interface and remaining competetive in the growing field of data analytics.
RL
Senior Manager at Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd
Oct 12, 2020
With SAS Data Management, you have to purchase an external driver, configure all of the tables for all of the data that you will extract from Salesforce. It's not a straightforward process.
reviewer1268517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of BI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 3, 2020
We find we often have to go back and re-train users when there are changes made to the solution because the changes are not intuitive.
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VS
Tech Lead at Complete Enterprise Solutions
Mar 5, 2020
The pricing of the solution needs to be improved. They need to work to make it more affordable.
PV
Senior Associate at Cognizant Technology pvt. Ltd.
Dec 23, 2020
One problem is accessing the data using a solution other than SAS. The SAS data, which we create in the SAS, cannot be accessed by other tools. We can't open those data in other applications. So we need to have that application in place.
reviewer992760 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Feb 2, 2021
The solution could use better documentation.
reviewer1268517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of BI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 18, 2022
The solution is quite expensive and hard to install/configure.
Vivek Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head finance transformation at Ahli United Bank Ksc
Jan 25, 2022
We implemented it a while ago, and we are trying to improve the data delivery performance. We are looking into how to get faster and automated reporting. We would need better designs and workflows.
Ed Jarecki - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Assistant Vice President at Jarecki Real Estate Investments/ EverView
Jun 20, 2023
I would like the tool to include the ability to automate the modifications of the integrations.
Vivek Trivedi - PeerSpot reviewer
Head finance transformation at Ahli United Bank Ksc
Jun 5, 2024
Integration and cloud migration are areas where we see potential for improvement.