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SAS Analytics vs Weka comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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

SAS Analytics
Ranking in Data Mining
5th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Weka
Ranking in Data Mining
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Anomaly Detection Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Mining category, the mindshare of SAS Analytics is 7.7%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Weka is 8.8%, down from 21.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Weka8.8%
SAS Analytics7.7%
Other83.5%
Data Mining
 

Featured Reviews

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Finance Business Intelligence at Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca
Automated workflows enhance productivity but could better handle stress tests
I use SAS Analytics in my work to analyze data, such as selecting credits for traditional securitization. Recently, I used SAS Analytics for the project roster from Santander, selecting and evaluating credits, and conducting historical research on the reception of contracts to issue securitization…
AwaisAnwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Treasury Management in Finance Department at National University of Pakistan
Open source, good for basic data mining use cases except for the visualization results
I haven't found it particularly useful. It lacks state-of-the-art algorithms and impressive outcomes. While it might offer insights for basic warehouse tasks, it falls short of deeper understanding and results. Moreover, a new user interface would be great, especially for beginners. Something that guides them through the available tools and helps them achieve their goals. I haven't seen anything like that myself, though maybe it's there and I missed it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is able to connect to all major platforms, and all the smaller platforms that I have come across."
"It's very easy to use once you learn it."
"It has also been around for an extremely long time, has a strong history, and good market penetration."
"SAS Business Intelligence is well-suited for our large corporation. We have demand for scalable and reliable insights into information which is housed in our large systems."
"I use SAS daily to analyze data, produce reports, and other outputs."
"It has facilitated timely analysis results with quality work and meaningful output."
"The most valuable aspect of SAS Analytics is the ability to automate work using macros without heavily relying on technology teams."
"All of the data analytics features in SAS Analytics are valuable to us since we're using them daily across our entire analytics team."
"The path of machine learning in classification and clustering is useful. The GUI can get you results. No programming is needed. No need to write down your script first or send to your model or input your data."
"Weka is a very nice tool, it needs very small requirements. If I want to implement something in Python, I need a lot of memory and space but Weka is very lightweight. Anyone can implement any kind of algorithm, and we can show the results immediately to the client using the one-page feature. The client always wants to know the story. They want the result."
"It doesn’t cost anything to use the product."
"Weka eliminates the need for coding, allowing you to easily set parameters and complete the majority of the machine learning task with just a few clicks."
"I like the machine algorithm for clustering systems. Weka has larger capabilities. There are multiple algorithms that can be used for clustering. It depends upon the user requirements. For clustering, I've used DBSCAN, whereas for supervised learning, I've used AVM and RFT."
"The interface is very good, and the algorithms are the very best."
"Working with complicated algorithms in huge datasets is really easy in Weka."
"There are many options where you can fill all of the data pre-processing options that you can implement when you're importing the data. You can also normalize the data and standardize it in an easier way."
 

Cons

"They could enhance the AI capabilities of the product."
"The installation could also be easier, and the price could be better."
"The graphing and visualization features could be enhanced, in my opinion. I would especially stress improving the visualization capabilities."
"I would like to see their interface to R added to either Base SAS or SAS Analytics."
"The training for SAS Business Intelligence is often difficult to arrange. It is often cancelled due to not enough people being enrolled."
"Once a SAS figure is produced one would like to modify things, such as titles, legends, and incorporate risk sets as a footer on the plots."
"One of the things that can be simplified is self-service analytics, especially for a citizen developer or a citizen data scientist."
"This solution should be made more user-friendly."
"If there are a lot more lines of code, then we should use another language."
"Weka could be more stable."
"Weka is a little complicated and not necessarily suited for users who aren't skilled and experienced in data science."
"The filter section lacks some specific transformation tools. If you want to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable, you don't have a feature that can enable you to change a variable from a numeric variable to a categorical variable."
"A few people said it became slow after a while."
"I believe is there are a few newer algorithms that are not present in the Weka libraries. Whereas, for example, if I want to have a solution that involves deep learning, so I don't think that Weka has that capability. So in that case I have to use Python for ... predict any algorithms based on deep learning."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"The product is good, but I would like it to work with big data. I know it has a Spark integration they could use to do analysis in clusters, but it's not so clear how to use it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing covers the usage for around 50 data analysts."
"SAS is very expensive."
"I rate the product’s pricing a one out of ten."
"I think that the cost-benefit ratio is okay."
"It is relatively expensive. It is not an easy software to afford."
"Licensing was rather straightforward."
"​The cost for SAS Business Intelligence can prove to be a little prohibitive.​"
"Prices were comparable with alternative solutions."
"We use the free version now. My faculty is very small."
"The solution is free and open-source."
"Currently, I am using an open-source version so I don't know much about the price of this solution."
"As far as I know, Weka is a freeware tool, and I am not aware if they have an online solution or if it is a commercial product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
University
7%
Educational Organization
15%
University
13%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAS Analytics?
I like that it is quickly embedding interactive reports and dashboards into a website, Outlook Mail, or even a mobile app.
What needs improvement with SAS Analytics?
SAS Analytics could improve in areas such as handling stress tests and workloads, as well as predicting financial movements, specifically profit and loss movements.
What is your primary use case for SAS Analytics?
I use SAS Analytics ( /products/sas-analytics-reviews ) in my work to analyze data, such as selecting credits for traditional securitization. Recently, I used SAS Analytics ( /products/sas-analytic...
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Sample Customers

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