SAS Visual Analytics vs. Spotfire

SAS Visual Analytics

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SAS Visual Analytics	Score7.6 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization, enabling users to identify patterns and relationships in data that weren't initially evident. Interactive, self-service BI and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.	N/A
Spotfire	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Spotfire, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire, is a visual data science platform that combines visual analytics, data science, and data wrangling, so users can analyze data at-rest and at-scale to solve complex industry-specific problems.	N/A

Pricing

SAS Visual Analytics

Spotfire

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Pricing Offerings
SAS Visual Analytics	Spotfire
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

No setup fee

SAS Visual Statistics and SAS Office Analytics are also available as add-ons.

For Enterprise engagements, contact Spotfire directly for a custom price quote.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	SAS Visual Analytics	Spotfire
Considered Both Products	SAS No answer on this topic	Spotfire Verified User Chose Spotfire We evaluated on Mobility, Dashboarding, Web Based User Interface and Analytical capability. At the forefront was the user experience which accounted for just over half of our evaluation criteria. No platform was a 10/10 in all four categories - SAS Visual Analytics excelled in … Incentivized Helpful? Giorgio Dal Checco Application Development Assoc Manager in Information Technology at Accenture (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Spotfire Spotfire was chosen by the company. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Spotfire Tableau rich in visuals and customization but easily breaks with large volume and complex drill downs. Spotfire being an enterprise level tool, handles it better. QlikView is great at handling large volumes of data but the visuals are not intuitive enough. Comparatively, … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

SAS Visual Analytics

Spotfire

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 8.3 11 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports	8.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	8.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	9.010 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 8.8 12 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Drill-down analysis	9.012 Ratings	00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	8.012 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	8.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	10.011 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 9.2 12 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Publish to Web	9.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Publish to PDF	9.012 Ratings	00 Ratings
Report Versioning	9.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	10.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers	9.06 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 9.7 10 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	10.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	10.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	9.09 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 8.3 11 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)	9.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	8.010 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	8.011 Ratings	00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	8.07 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 8.7 9 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access	10.09 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Application	9.07 Ratings	00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	9.08 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics 9.2 5 Ratings	Spotfire - Ratings
REST API	10.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Javascript API	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
iFrames	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Java API	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)	9.04 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)	9.03 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics - Ratings	Spotfire 7.2 8 Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources	00 Ratings	7.88 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources	00 Ratings	7.48 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection	00 Ratings	7.88 Ratings
MDM Integration	00 Ratings	6.05 Ratings

Comparison of Data Exploration features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics - Ratings	Spotfire 9.1 8 Ratings
Visualization	00 Ratings	9.08 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis	00 Ratings	9.28 Ratings

Comparison of Data Preparation features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics - Ratings	Spotfire 7.4 8 Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment	00 Ratings	7.28 Ratings
Data Transformations	00 Ratings	8.08 Ratings
Data Encryption	00 Ratings	7.05 Ratings
Built-in Processors	00 Ratings	7.55 Ratings

Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics - Ratings	Spotfire 7.6 8 Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools	00 Ratings	7.57 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning	00 Ratings	8.55 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development	00 Ratings	7.68 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery	00 Ratings	6.76 Ratings

Comparison of Model Deployment features of SAS Visual Analytics and Spotfire
Feature	SAS Visual Analytics - Ratings	Spotfire 7.4 7 Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options	00 Ratings	7.87 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls	00 Ratings	7.07 Ratings

User Ratings
	SAS Visual Analytics	Spotfire
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (17 ratings)	8.4 (351 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.3 (3 ratings)	9.6 (30 ratings)
Usability	6.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (27 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (3 ratings)	8.7 (27 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (52 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (55 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.4 (17 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (3 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	9.6 (11 ratings)	8.5 (36 ratings)
Data Sources	9.8 (11 ratings)	9.3 (36 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)