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Anaconda vs SAS Visual Analytics comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Anaconda
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (11th)
SAS Visual Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Anaconda is designed for Data Science Platforms and holds a mindshare of 2.1%, down 2.2% compared to last year.
SAS Visual Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on Data Visualization, holds 4.5% mindshare, down 6.1% since last year.
Data Science Platforms
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

Rohan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides all the frameworks and makes it easy to create environments for multiple projects
The best thing is that it provides all the frameworks and makes it easy to create environments for multiple projects using Anaconda. It is easy for a beginner to learn to use Anaconda. Comparatively, it is easier than using virtual environments or other environments because of the Conda environment. However, there are many things in Anaconda that people need to be aware of, so it can be challenging.
Renato Vazamin - PeerSpot reviewer
Single environment for multiple phases saves us time, and has good visualizations
We had that solution installed previously in another solution, Selvaya, but I don't think we used it at the time. We are now using SAS Detect Investigation as a complementary solution, in which we have part of the process, use a gene, SAS collects information and identifies some business situations, and the business guys use Visual Analytics to explore the results of the process. We previously used the FICO platform, but we switched because FICO's pricing was not scalable. Bringing more data or workloads to the platform required a significant investment in order to scale. We needed to change because we have a lot of data to process every day. FICO was also a little more complicated than SAS Visual Analytics.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The virtual environment is very good."
"The product is responsive, sleek and has a beautiful interface that is pleasant to use. It helps users to easily share code."
"It helped us find find the optimal area for where our warehouse should be located."
"The most valuable feature is the Jupyter notebook that allows us to write the Python code, compile it on the fly, and then look at the results."
"It provides a unified platform where you can install Jupyter, Python Spider, and other related tools without needing separate installations."
"The most valuable feature is the set of libraries that are used to support the functionality that we require."
"The most advantageous feature is the logic building."
"It has a lot of functionality available, supports many libraries, and the developers are continually improving it."
"The flexibility of the configuration is valuable to me."
"The technical support services are good."
"I like SAS Visual Analytics for its ability to provide an initial understanding of data through exploration, even before deep analytics."
"The tool's most valuable features are its ease of use and advanced data visualization capabilities."
"Data handling is one of the best features of SAS Visual Analytics."
"The product is stable, reliable, and scalable."
"It's quite easy to learn and to progress with SAS from an end-user perspective."
"Visual Analytics is very easy to use. I use Visual Analytics for all the typical use cases except text mining. I used it to analyze data and monitor statistics, not text mining. I also use it for data visualization as well as creating interactive dashboards and infographics."
 

Cons

"I think better documentation or a step-by-step guide for installation would help, especially for on-premise users."
"I think that the framework can be improved to make it easier for people to discover and use things on their own."
"It also takes up a lot of space."
"Anaconda consumes a significant amount of processing memory when working on it."
"One thing that hurts the product is that the company is not doing more to advertise it as a solution and make it more well known."
"A lot of people and companies are investing in creating automated data cleaning and processing environments. Anaconda is a bit behind in that area."
"The solution would benefit from offering more automation."
"Anaconda could benefit from improvement in its user interface to make it more attractive and user-friendly. Currently, it's boring."
"There is room for improvement in anti-money laundering prevention and operation monitoring, as well as operation monitoring surveillance."
"The installation process can be a bit complex."
"There is a need for coding when it comes to digital reporting which can be intimidating."
"The deployment isn't smooth. Deploying Visual Analytics on the cloud takes a lot of work, or you can use some providers that give you SAS as a service. For example, there is a provider called SaasNow. They host SAS Visual Analytics and the license. You can buy the license and deploy it there without the hassle of installation because deploying the software isn't easy."
"There are certain shortcomings in the tool's support services, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The product is expensive and needs the integration of more languages."
"Some capabilities are missing compared to Power BI, especially when working with spreadsheet types."
"The reason we haven't rolled it out across the board is due to the fact that the licensing is so expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Anaconda is free to use, but in terms of hardware costs, you might need heavy GPUs to run CUDA and other demanding tasks."
"The tool is open-source."
"The licensing costs for Anaconda are reasonable."
"My company uses the free version of the tool. There is also a paid version of the tool available."
"The product is open-source and free to use."
"It was licensed for corporate use, and its licensing was on a yearly basis."
"SAS Visual Analytics is expensive, as is the rest of the platform."
"The product is expensive."
"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."
"It's approximately $114,000 US dollars per year."
"The cost of the solution can be expensive. There is an additional cost for users."
"The product is quite expensive."
"I work with the tool's free version...The tool's corporate version is very expensive and requires a monthly hire."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Anaconda?
The tool's most valuable feature is its cloud-based nature, allowing accessibility from anywhere. Additionally, using Jupyter Notebook makes it easy to handle bugs and errors.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Anaconda?
Anaconda does not require a pricing structure, and it is available as an open-source tool. The features of Python, Jupyter, and others are free to use.
What needs improvement with Anaconda?
Anaconda consumes a significant amount of processing memory when working on it. This is something that needs improvement as it can impact performance.
What do you like most about SAS Visual Analytics?
The most solution's notable aspect, in my view, is the ability to integrate various data sources and harness advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. This helps w...
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...
 

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Sample Customers

LinkedIn, NASA, Boeing, JP Morgan, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, DARPA, Microsoft, Amazon, HP, Cisco, Thomson Reuters, IBM, Bridgestone
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