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SAS Viya

bySAS
in
3.9
Market Presence: Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms (Transitioning to AI Platforms For Data Science and Machine Learning)

Overview

Product Information on SAS Viya

Updated 13th October 2025

What is SAS Viya?

SAS Viya is a software platform designed for data management, analytics, and artificial intelligence tasks. It supports a range of analytical methods including data preparation, statistical analysis, machine learning, and deep learning. The software enables users to integrate data from multiple sources, perform complex data transformations, and build analytical models. SAS Viya supports collaborative workflows, allowing different users to access and work on data projects using a common platform. It offers programming interfaces in languages such as Python and R and provides deployment options that accommodate on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. The software addresses the challenge of deriving insights from large and diverse datasets to enable data-driven decision making in organizations.

SAS Viya Pricing

SAS Viya software offers a consumption-based pricing model where charges are determined by computing resources and usage capacity, measured through units or credits. This structure allows organizations to scale costs based on demand and specific workload requirements, rather than relying on traditional user or device counts.

Overall experience with SAS Viya

Senior Specialist
10B - 30B USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Powerful Analytics Platform with a Steep Learning curve”

4.0
Nov 9, 2024
It is a robust platform that has helped us in executing many machine learning projects by integrating analytics, machine learning as well as data management on a single platform. This unified environment also allows integration of R and Python along with SAS language which becomes very essential for executing machine learning projects and workflows
SENIOR DATA ANALYST
1B - 3B USD, Telecommunication
CRITICAL

“Analyzing and Modeling Large Data Efficiently: A Focus on Speed”

3.0
Mar 14, 2025
it provides the tools you need to analyze, transform and model your data.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 1st November 2023

SAS is a global leader in AI and analytics software, including industry-specific solutions. SAS helps organizations transform data into trusted decisions faster by providing knowledge in the moments that matter. SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.

Company Details

Updated 31st October 2024
Company type
Private
Year Founded
1976
Head office location
Cary, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
3B-10B USD
Website
http://www.sas.com

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Performance of SAS Viya Across Market Features

SAS Viya Likes & Dislikes

Like

- Unification of data management and predictive analytics platform - Scalable to handle large datasets and complex models - Less performance issues

Like

the quickness of executing queries when analyzing large data tables

Like

SAS Viya is comparatively quick in terms of deriving results out of the data even if its not in tye perfectly oriented format. Data manipulation frature is beneficial as the straming high volumes of the same reuire a tool that can be implemented on a real-time basis. Running various data science models has been crucially beneficial for our company and SAS Viya does that effortlessly by integrating with Data lakes and servers across domains.

Dislike

Although it is an excellent platform but it requires deep technical expertise without which it can be overwhelming to new users

Dislike

you need to learn specific syntax when coding that you can not use elsewhere

Dislike

It is a single system tool meaning collaboration across multiple operators is restricted. SAS is not an open tool that is available for free like R or Spyder, hence to access its advantages one must invest heavily. Lacks user experience in terms of graphical matrices.

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SAS Viya Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 9 ratings and reviews for Predictive Analytics Software market. View all 311 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

3.9

(9 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
33%
4 Star
33%
3 Star
33%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.2

Integration & Deployment

4.1

Service & Support

3.9

Product Capabilities

4.2

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  • SENIOR DATA ANALYST
    1B-10B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Analyzing and Modeling Large Data Efficiently: A Focus on Speed

    3.0
    Mar 14, 2025
    it provides the tools you need to analyze, transform and model your data.
  • Senior Specialist
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Powerful Analytics Platform with a Steep Learning curve

    4.0
    Nov 8, 2024
    It is a robust platform that has helped us in executing many machine learning projects by integrating analytics, machine learning as well as data management on a single platform. This unified environment also allows integration of R and Python along with SAS language which becomes very essential for executing machine learning projects and workflows
  • INTERNAL CONTROL AND PROFIT PROTECTION
    10B+ USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Upsides and Drawbacks of Using SAS Viya for Real-Time Data Manipulation

    5.0
    Oct 26, 2024
    SAS Viya has turned out to be a useful tool in terms of mining customer data to bring out highly usable insights to predict future trends and plan for the same accordingly. It deploys advanced statistical and analytical features to bring about a reliable output that can be trusted for more powerful decision making.
  • Researcher
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Enhancing Workplace Efficiency with SAS Viya's Data Analysis Capabilities

    5.0
    Sep 30, 2024
    SAS Viya has been tremendously helpful within the workplace because of its ability to help make predictions and forecast trends of what the next outbreak of diseases or trends within healthcare facilities that we may see. When having to deal with so many different sources of data it can be difficult to manage parentheses but is easily done through the application of this software. It is great to be able to utilize one system and pull information from many different data sources, which not only increases our efficiency in producing visualizations tables, but also produces results for our deliverables. Overall, it has boosted efficiency in meeting timelines and emphasizes an importance in creating effective visualizations that other platforms are not as able to efficiently as this one.
  • OPERATIONS MANAGER
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Exploring Challenges and Opportunities of a Multi-Source Analytical Tool

    4.0
    Oct 17, 2024
    Powerful tool to help make predictions and to forecast trends. The solution is able to manage multiple sources and deal with them
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