Amazon SageMaker vs SAS Enterprise Miner comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SAS are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1, while SAS is ranked #23. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 4.6% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to SAS’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Amazon SageMaker

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

SAS Enterprise Miner and Amazon SageMaker compete in the analytical and predictive modeling market. Amazon SageMaker has the upper hand due to its comprehensive integration capabilities and scalability.

Features: SAS Enterprise Miner provides robust data manipulation, in-depth statistical analysis, and decision tree creation. It supports rich model diagnostics, visual data exploration, and seamless data processing. Amazon SageMaker offers seamless AWS integration, model deployment services, and automated hyperparameter tuning. It supports built-in algorithms, Jupyter Notebooks, and advanced model monitoring.

Room for Improvement: SAS Enterprise Miner can enhance its scalability and integration capabilities, improve cloud integration, and offer more diverse language support. Amazon SageMaker could improve user-friendliness for non-experts, reduce dependency on AWS infrastructure, and expand initial training resources for beginners.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon SageMaker leverages AWS's cloud infrastructure for rapid deployment and efficiency, benefiting from AWS's extensive support. SAS Enterprise Miner requires traditional installations but offers dedicated customer support for its users.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Enterprise Miner typically involves higher upfront costs but provides substantial long-term ROI. Amazon SageMaker, with its pay-as-you-go pricing, allows cost-effective scaling and faster ROI realization. Its flexible pricing model supports rapid implementation and alignment with business needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI Development Platforms (4th)

SAS Enterprise Miner

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

23rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Mining (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 4.6%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Enterprise Miner is 1.6%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Science Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon SageMaker	4.6%
SAS Enterprise Miner	1.6%
Other	93.8%

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Saurabh Jaiswal

Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company

Create innovative assistants with seamless data integration for large-scale projects

The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use. Tools like AWS Glue integrate well for data transformations. The Databricks integration aids data scientists and engineers. SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.

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reviewer1352853

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…

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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

"The solution is easy to scale...The documentation and online community support have been sufficient for us so far."

"The feature I found most valuable is the data catalog, as it assists with the lineage of data through the preparation pipeline."

"They are doing a good job of evolving."

"Allows you to create API endpoints."

"SageMaker offers functionalities like Jupyter Notebooks for development, built-in algorithms, model tuning, and options to deploy models on managed infrastructure."

"SageMaker supports building, training, and deploying AI models from scratch, which is crucial for my ML project."

"It's user-friendly for business teams as they can understand many aspects through the AWS interface."

"The tangible benefits we have observed from using Amazon SageMaker include improved time to insight and generally the common stack that is easier to support over time."

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"Most of the features, especially on the data analysis tool pack, are really good. The way they do clustering and output is great. You can do fairly elaborate outputs. The results, the ensembles, all of these, are fantastic."

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

"Good data management and analytics."

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

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

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

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

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

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Cons

"The entry point can be a bit difficult. Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement."

"One area for improvement is the pricing, which can be quite high."

"I would say the IDE is quite immature, but it is still in its infancy, so I expect it to get better over time."

"The training modules could be enhanced. We had to take in-person training to fully understand SageMaker, and while the trainers were great, I think more comprehensive online modules would be helpful."

"One area for improvement is the pricing, which can be quite high."

"Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker. This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background."

"Improvements are needed in terms of complexity, data security, and access policy integration in Amazon SageMaker."

"In general, improvements are needed on the performance side of the product's graphical user interface-related area since it consumes a lot of time for a user."

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"Virtualization could be much better."

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

"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."

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

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

"The visualization of the models is not very attractive, so the graphics should be improved."

"The solution needs an easier interface for the user. The user experience isn't so easy for our clients."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing could be better, especially for querying. The per-query model feels expensive."

"The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."

"You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."

"I would rate the solution's price a ten out of ten since it is very high."

"I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price, and ten is the highest price. The solution is priced reasonably. There is no additional cost to be paid in excess of the standard licensing fees."

"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."

"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."

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"The solution must improve its licensing models."

"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."

"This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

University

Financial Services Firm

26%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

10%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Amazon SageMaker?

We've had experience with unique ML projects using SageMaker. For example, we're developing a platform similar to ChatGPT that requires models. We utilize Amazon SageMaker to create endpoints for t...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SageMaker?

If you manage it effectively, their pricing is reasonable. It's similar to anything in the cloud; if you don't manage it properly, it can be expensive, but if you do, it's fine.

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Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker

Enterprise Miner

Overview

Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed platform that enables developers and data scientists to quickly and easily build, train, and deploy machine learning models at any scale. Amazon SageMaker removes all the barriers that typically slow down developers who want to use machine learning.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit

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

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