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We performed a comparison between Anaconda and SAS Enterprise Miner based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Science Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Anaconda vs. SAS Enterprise Miner Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It helped us find find the optimal area for where our warehouse should be located.""The notebook feature is an improvement over RStudio.""The solution is stable.""The tool's most valuable feature is its cloud-based nature, allowing accessibility from anywhere. Additionally, using Jupyter Notebook makes it easy to handle bugs and errors.""I can use Anaconda for non-heavy tasks.""Voice Configuration and Environmental Management Capabilities are the most valuable features.""It has a lot of functionality available, supports many libraries, and the developers are continually improving it.""With Anaconda Navigator, we have been able to use multiple IDEs such as JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebook, Spyder, Visual Studio Code, and RStudio in one place. The platform-agnostic package manager, "Conda", makes life easy when it comes to managing and installing packages."

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"Good data management and analytics.""The technical support is very good.""I found the ease of use of the solution the most valuable. Additionally, other valuable features include: the user interface, power to extract data, compatibility with other technologies (specifically with PS400), and automation of several tasks.""The most valuable feature is the decision tree creation.""Most of the features, especially on the data analysis tool pack, are really good. The way they do clustering and output is great. You can do fairly elaborate outputs. The results, the ensembles, all of these, are fantastic.""he solution is scalable.""The setup is straightforward. Deployment doesn't take more than 30 minutes.""I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline."

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Cons
"Anaconda could benefit from improvement in its user interface to make it more attractive and user-friendly. Currently, it's boring.""A lot of people and companies are investing in creating automated data cleaning and processing environments. Anaconda is a bit behind in that area.""The solution would benefit from offering more automation.""Having a small guide or video on the tool would help learn how to use it and what the features are.""I think better documentation or a step-by-step guide for installation would help, especially for on-premise users.""The ability to schedule scripts for the building and monitoring of jobs would be an advantage for this platform.""I think that the framework can be improved to make it easier for people to discover and use things on their own.""Anaconda should be optimized for RAM consumption."

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"The initial setup is challenging if doing it for the first time.""The ease of use can be improved. When you are new it seems a bit complex.""The visualization of the models is not very attractive, so the graphics should be improved.""Technical support could be improved.""The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies.""The user interface of the solution needs improvement. It needs to be more visual.""The solution is much more complex than other options.""The solution needs an easier interface for the user. The user experience isn't so easy for our clients."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing costs for Anaconda are reasonable."
  • "The product is open-source and free to use."
  • "My company uses the free version of the tool. There is also a paid version of the tool available."
  • "The tool is open-source."
  • "Anaconda is free to use, but in terms of hardware costs, you might need heavy GPUs to run CUDA and other demanding tasks."
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  • "This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."
  • "The solution is expensive for an individual, but for an enterprise/institution (purchasing bulk licenses), it is not a high price for the use that will come from it."
  • "The solution must improve its licensing models."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is its cloud-based nature, allowing accessibility from anywhere. Additionally, using Jupyter Notebook makes it easy to handle bugs and errors.
    Top Answer:Anaconda is free to use, but in terms of hardware costs, you might need heavy GPUs to run CUDA and other demanding tasks, which can be expensive. It works on all systems and is not subscription-based.
    Top Answer:A lot of people and companies are investing in creating automated data cleaning and processing environments. Anaconda is a bit behind in that area. Maybe a graphical user interface where we can just… more »
    Top Answer:I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline.
    Top Answer:The solution must improve its licensing models. It bundles all the products into smaller products. We can only have a subset of the functionality available according to our license. I rate the pricing… more »
    Top Answer:The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies.
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    Enterprise Miner
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    Overview

    Anaconda makes it easy for you to install and maintain Python environments. Our development team tests to ensure compatibility of Python packages in Anaconda. We support and provide open source assurance for packages in Anaconda to mitigate your risk in using open source and meet your regulatory compliance requirements.

    Python is the fastest growing language for data science. Anaconda includes 720+ Python open source packages and now includes essential R packages. This powerful combination allows you to do everything you want from BI to advanced modeling on complex Big Data

    SAS Enterprise Miner is a solution to create accurate predictive and descriptive models on large volumes of data across different sources in the organization. SAS Enterprise Miner offers many features and functionalities for the business analysts to model their data. Some of the business applications are for detecting fraud, minimizing risk, resource demands, reducing asset downtime, campaigns and reduce customer attrition.
    Sample Customers
    LinkedIn, NASA, Boeing, JP Morgan, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, DARPA, Microsoft, Amazon, HP, Cisco, Thomson Reuters, IBM, Bridgestone
    Generali Hellas, Gitanjali Group, Gloucestershire Constabulary, GS Home Shopping, HealthPartners, IAG New Zealand, iJET, Invacare
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Manufacturing Company18%
    Non Tech Company9%
    Energy/Utilities Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm44%
    Retailer22%
    University22%
    Media Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    University13%
    Educational Organization8%
    Insurance Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Anaconda vs. SAS Enterprise Miner
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Anaconda vs. SAS Enterprise Miner and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Anaconda is ranked 13th in Data Science Platforms with 17 reviews while SAS Enterprise Miner is ranked 17th in Data Science Platforms with 13 reviews. Anaconda is rated 8.0, while SAS Enterprise Miner is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Anaconda writes "Offers free version and is helpful to handle small-scale workloads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Enterprise Miner writes "A stable product that is easy to deploy and can be used for structured and unstructured data mining". Anaconda is most compared with Databricks, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, Amazon SageMaker, Microsoft Power BI and IBM SPSS Statistics, whereas SAS Enterprise Miner is most compared with SAS Visual Analytics, IBM SPSS Modeler, RapidMiner, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and KNIME. See our Anaconda vs. SAS Enterprise Miner report.

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