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SAS Access vs Zapier comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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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 Access
Ranking in Data Integration
61st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zapier
Ranking in Data Integration
23rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (14th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (19th), AI Software Development (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SAS Access is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zapier is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zapier1.0%
SAS Access0.8%
Other98.2%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Robert Heck - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Owner at Hecht und Heck GmbH
The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible
I rate the solution eight out of ten. The number of people required to maintain the solution is dependent on the other applications running. The solution in itself does not require a lot of maintenance. The solution is flexible and I recommend it when you have more complex applications with special requirements.
TK
Chief Technology Advocate at PURESOFT GLOBAL LLC
Helps in seamless workflow integration but needs user interface improvements
Improvement is needed on the user interface aspect. To make it a complete BPM solution, the UI component needs significant enhancement. When comparing to OutSystems, which has better UI capabilities for creating screens and forms, Zapier has basic features for creating pages, screens, and forms, but additional development is needed in this area. Another area for improvement would be providing more capability to create custom integration points. While Zapier already has more than 2,000 webhooks, users or developers should have the flexibility to create additional custom connectors.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."
"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."
"The SAS/ACCESS ability to connect creates an elegant simplicity."
"I like the ability to connect one system to another, whereas that wasn’t previously possible without a custom integration."
"Technical support is fantastic; top notch."
"The ability to link Google Sheets to Salesforce is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is pretty easy to do."
"I recommend Zapier because there is demand and it is easy to use."
"With Zapier, I am able to handle workflows much faster, reduce the effort the manual onboarding team and the operations team had to do in terms of employee onboarding, reduce the workflow time, make things more efficient and smoother, and avoid any repetitive tasks in the day-to-day workflow of a team member."
"The most valuable aspect is the ability to integrate with over 20,000 applications, which is a superior feature compared to Make.com that has limited applications access."
"Requeue is a time saver."
 

Cons

"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."
"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."
"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."
"The primary way that this product can be improved is by adjusting their pricing model."
"What I miss the most is the ability to share my Zaps with my teammates."
"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."
"We currently switch from Zapier because it was so expensive. My experience shows that for our use cases, other tools are cheaper."
"The error reporting UI and organizing Zaps could be improved."
"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."
"It can be challenging to get timely responses as they typically answer questions after a long period, sometimes taking up to a month to respond."
"To make it a complete BPM solution, the UI component needs significant enhancement."
"Not all Zaps work perfectly the first time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."
"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."
"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."
"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."
"The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"It's very affordable."
"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."
"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."
"It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?
The pricing is in accordance with market standards and even lower in some cases. The license setup cost is reasonable.
What needs improvement with Zapier?
Zapier can be improved by having more complex running scenarios, such as running code and more custom modules, and maybe multi-router cases which will make the workflows even tighter and more compl...
What is your primary use case for Zapier?
My main use case for Zapier is that it acts as a no-code automation platform which helps us in automating business platforms and business process automation. It is a tool that we were using prior t...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SAS/Access
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Sample Customers

Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX
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