Altair Knowledge Studio vs SAS Enterprise Miner comparison

Altair and SAS are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. Altair is ranked #28, while SAS is ranked #18 with an average rating of 9.0. Altair holds a 0.3% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to SAS’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Altair users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Altair Knowledge Studio

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100% willing to recommend

SAS Enterprise Miner

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93% willing to recommend

Altair Knowledge Studio

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Knowledge Studio

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

28th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Enterprise Miner

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

18th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Mining (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Altair Knowledge Studio is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Enterprise Miner is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Leo Sundararaj

Account Manager at JegaSure

Advanced decision trees and seamless data pattern analysis transform data preparation

One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools. The Segment ( /products/segment-reviews ) Viewer is another unique feature that provides a comprehensive view of data patterns and helps identify anomalies before creating decision trees. Additionally, the ability to export code in the language of SAS is valuable, and the tool's drag-and-drop functionality makes it accessible to business users without a coding background.

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reviewer1447110

Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Good technical support but too complex and not open-source

We're using Enterprise Guide simultaneously with Enterprise Miner. From my perspective, I believe that open-source analytics tools are closer to fitting our needs. We prefer open-source options like Anaconda. They offer good support and features. Anaconda also integrates well with Jupyter NET, which is important for us. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I'd rate the solution at a five. If there were better protocols and wasn't as complex as it is, I'd rate it a bit higher.

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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

"One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools."

"The setup is straightforward. Deployment doesn't take more than 30 minutes."

"The solution is able to handle quite large amounts of data beautifully."

"The solution is very good for data mining or any mining issues."

"The technical support is very good."

"The most valuable feature is the decision tree creation."

"I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline."

"he solution is scalable."

"The most valuable feature is that you can use multiple algorithms for creating models and then you can compare the results between them."

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Cons

"It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation."

"Virtualization could be much better."

"The initial setup is challenging if doing it for the first time."

"The solution is much more complex than other options."

"The user interface of the solution needs improvement. It needs to be more visual."

"The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies."

"While I don't personally need tutorials, I can't say that it wouldn't be helpful for others to have some to help them navigate and operate the system."

"Technical support could be improved."

"The ease of use can be improved. When you are new it seems a bit complex."

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"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."

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Financial Services Firm

26%

University

12%

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What do you like most about SAS Enterprise Miner?

I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Enterprise Miner?

The solution must improve its licensing models. It bundles all the products into smaller products. We can only have a subset of the functionality available according to our license. I rate the pric...

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What needs improvement with SAS Enterprise Miner?

The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies.

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Also Known As

Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO

Enterprise Miner

Overview

Business intelligence and predictive analytics software suite from Angoss Software Corporation. KnowledgeSTUDIO is a market-leading business intelligence software product with data mining and predictive analytics capabilities including data profiling, advanced data visualization, advanced modeling, unsupervised learning, decision tree and strategy design functionality.

Altair

SAS Enterprise Miner is a solution to create accurate predictive and descriptive models on large volumes of data across different sources in the organization. SAS Enterprise Miner offers many features and functionalities for the business analysts to model their data. Some of the business applications are for detecting fraud, minimizing risk, resource demands, reducing asset downtime, campaigns and reduce customer attrition.

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Sample Customers

HSBC, MBNA, US Ban Corp, MasterCard Worldwide, Invesco, Citi Bank, ATB Financial, PayPal, Bajaj Finserv

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

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