SAS Business Intelligence: Offering Advanced Solutions for Data Analysis and Visualization

SAS Business Intelligence is a Business Intelligence (BI) tool that offers numerous products and technologies for a wide range of specialists, including data scientists, text analysts, data engineers, forecasting analysts, econometricians, and optimization modelers. Founded in the 70s, SAS Business Intelligence has a long tradition in the market, developing and expanding its products every year. With a rating of 4.3 on Capterra and 4.2 on G2Crowd, this software enjoys a decent level of trust and satisfaction from users.

KEY FEATURES

1. 5 main topics: SAS offers various BI products and technologies focused on visual data exploration and easy analysis, interactive reporting and dashboards, collaboration, and mobile applications.
2. Visual data exploration powered by machine learning: SAS Data Exploration provides automated analysis powered by machine learning, compiled into interactive visualizations that answer business questions like: "Where do my customers come from?"
3. Text analytics capabilities: Interesting features include text analytics, which allows you to gain insights from textual data, such as that from social media, and location analytics, which combines data in a geographic context.
4. Reports and dashboards on different devices: Dynamic visuals are organized into interactive reports and dashboards, similar to other tools on our lists, and you can also access them on mobile devices and tablets (both Android and iOS).
5. Integration with other applications: You can integrate SAS with Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, or Excel with their Office Analytics solution, which allows you to view results directly in the Microsoft Office Suite.

Weak Points

Given the complexity of the product and its offerings, the higher price range and limited customization options can be significant factors in the decision to choose this business intelligence tool, as most reviews on Capterra and G2Crowd indicate.