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SAS Analytics vs Weka comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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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…
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Manager at XS AMSAFIS DATASETS, S.L.
A good solution offering a range of tools but is limited by its user-handling capacities
In a new machine learning job, if the method is a bit foreign to me, if I have to do it in R, it could be a tedious task. First, I need to identify the libraries required for the new methodology. This can involve identifying two, three, or even four libraries. Then, I need to read their manuals thoroughly. This is time-consuming. In Weka, as all machine learning tools are on my desktop, I easily find out the method. As a freelancer, people send me datasets, and I work on the statistics at home before providing the solution. When a solution needs to be implemented on a server, server programmers install it on the server. This is similar to Power BI, where I prepare files on my desktop, and someone else uploads them to the server for others to access. I think I cannot send a Weka solution to a server programmer. In Weka, anyone can run the program without being a programmer, which is a good feature since the entry cost is very low.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Modeling ones and figures, such as PROC LIFETEST, PROC LOGISTICS, PROC GPLOT. PROC FREQ and PROC MEANS, are also among the valuable features."
"All of the data analytics features in SAS Analytics are valuable to us since we're using them daily across our entire analytics team."
"I like that it is quickly embedding interactive reports and dashboards into a website, Outlook Mail, or even a mobile app."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to handle large data sets."
"The most valuable aspect of SAS Analytics is the ability to automate work using macros without heavily relying on technology teams."
"The technical support is okay."
"It's very easy to use once you learn it."
"It is able to connect to all major platforms, and all the smaller platforms that I have come across."
"Weka's best features are its user-friendly graphic interface interpretation of data sets and the ease of analyzing 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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
 

Cons

"This solution should be made more user-friendly."
"They could enhance the AI capabilities of the product."
"One of the things that can be simplified is self-service analytics, especially for a citizen developer or a citizen data scientist."
"The natural language querying and automated preparation of dashboards should be improved."
"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."
"The installation could also be easier, and the price could be better."
"The training for SAS Business Intelligence is often difficult to arrange. It is often cancelled due to not enough people being enrolled."
"​Support at universities used to be limited, but I hear this is changing.​"
"The visualization of Weka is subpar and could improve. Machine learning and visualization do not work well together. For example, we want to know how we can we delete empty cells or how can we fill in the empty cells without cleaning the data system and putting it together."
"In terms of scalability, I think Weka is not prepared to handle a large number of users."
"Weka could be more stable."
"While it might offer insights for basic warehouse tasks, it falls short of deeper understanding and results."
"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."
"If there are a lot more lines of code, then we should use another language."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"Weka is a little complicated and not necessarily suited for users who aren't skilled and experienced in data science."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing was rather straightforward."
"I think that the cost-benefit ratio is okay."
"​Setup costs were quite reasonable."
"Our licensing covers the usage for around 50 data analysts."
"SAS is very expensive."
"It is relatively expensive. It is not an easy software to afford."
"​The cost for SAS Business Intelligence can prove to be a little prohibitive.​"
"I rate the product’s pricing a one out of ten."
"We use the free version now. My faculty is very small."
"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
University
7%
Educational Organization
14%
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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