We performed a comparison between ibi WebFOCUS and SAS Visual Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Alteryx, SAP, RapidMiner and others in Predictive Analytics."The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The product is stable, reliable, and scalable."
"We've found the product to be stable and reliable."
"Quick deployment to dashboards and analytics features (using SAS Visual Statistics and Enterprise Guide). Easy to create a simple forecast and discover business insights using segmentation tools."
"The speed to display charts and react to users' choices is great."
"What I really love about the software is that I have never struggled in implementing it for complex business requirements. It is good for highly sophisticated and specialized statistics in the areas that some people tend to call artificial intelligence. It is used for everything that involves visual presentation and analysis of highly sophisticated statistics for forecasting and other purposes."
"I like SAS Visual Analytics for its ability to provide an initial understanding of data through exploration, even before deep analytics."
"The alert generation feature also helps in sending out ad hoc messages to the business users if business thresholds have been crossed."
"It provided the capability to visualize a bunch of data in an organized way."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"I haven't come across any missing features."
"Colours used on report objects"
"The licensing ends up being more expensive than other options."
"The reason we haven't rolled it out across the board is due to the fact that the licensing is so expensive."
"There is room for improvement in anti-money laundering prevention and operation monitoring, as well as operation monitoring surveillance."
"In Brazil, there are few documents, courses, and other resources for studying and implementing the tool."
"It is not as mature as competitors such as Tableau and QlikView."
"A bit more flexibility in the temperatization will be helpful."
ibi WebFOCUS is ranked 6th in Predictive Analytics with 18 reviews while SAS Visual Analytics is ranked 8th in Data Visualization with 36 reviews. ibi WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while SAS Visual Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ibi WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Visual Analytics writes "Single environment for multiple phases saves us time, and has good visualizations". ibi WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Databricks and Amazon QuickSight, whereas SAS Visual Analytics is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Databricks, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and Dataiku.
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