We performed a comparison between KNIME, SAS Enterprise Miner, and SAS Visual Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Knime, Weka, IBM and others in Data Mining."This open-source product can compete with category leaders in ELT software."
"Easy to connect with every database: We use queries from SQL, Redshift, Oracle."
"It's a huge tool with machine learning features as well."
"KNIME is easy to learn."
"I was able to apply basic algorithms through just dragging and dropping."
"From a user-friendliness perspective, it's a great tool."
"We can deploy the solution in a cluster as well."
"Since KNIME is a no-code platform, it is easy to work with."
"I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline."
"The solution is very good for data mining or any mining issues."
"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."
"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."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the decision tree creation."
"The setup is straightforward. Deployment doesn't take more than 30 minutes."
"he solution is scalable."
"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."
"The alert generation feature also helps in sending out ad hoc messages to the business users if business thresholds have been crossed."
"Visual Analytics is very easy to use. I use Visual Analytics for all the typical use cases except text mining. I used it to analyze data and monitor statistics, not text mining. I also use it for data visualization as well as creating interactive dashboards and infographics."
"It's relatively simple to create basic dashboards and reports."
"The technical support services are good."
"It integrates well with SAS, making it simple and quick for developers."
"We've found the product to be stable and reliable."
"It's quite easy to learn and to progress with SAS from an end-user perspective."
"KNIME needs to provide more documentation and training materials, including webinars or online seminars."
"It's pretty straightforward to understand. So, if you understand what the pipeline is, you can use the drag-and-drop functionality without much training. Doing the same thing in Python requires so much more training. That's why I use KNIME."
"I would like it to have data visualitation capabilities. Today I'm still creating my own data visualtions tools to present my reports."
"If they had a more structured training model it would be very helpful."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"Both RapidMiner and KNIME should be made easier to use in the field of deep learning."
"I would like to see better web scraping because every time I tried, it was not up to par, although you can use Python script."
"Compared to the other data tools on the market, the user interface can be improved."
"The solution is very stable, but we do have some problems with discrepancies involving SAS not matching with the latest Java versions. It's not stable in cases where SAS tries to run on a different version because SAS doesn't connect with the latest Java update. Once a month we need to restart systems from scratch."
"The solution is much more complex than other options."
"The ease of use can be improved. When you are new it seems a bit complex."
"Virtualization could be much better."
"While I don't personally need tutorials, I can't say that it wouldn't be helpful for others to have some to help them navigate and operate the system."
"The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies."
"The visualization of the models is not very attractive, so the graphics should be improved."
"The user interface of the solution needs improvement. It needs to be more visual."
"The charts and tables could use better sorting, primarily using other variables than the ones on the figure. If they could implement views like in the older version (previous to Viya), it would be very nice."
"The product is expensive and needs the integration of more languages."
"There is room for improvement in anti-money laundering prevention and operation monitoring, as well as operation monitoring surveillance."
"The installation process can be a bit complex."
"Colours used on report objects"
"The solution is a little weak at the front end."
"The deployment isn't smooth. Deploying Visual Analytics on the cloud takes a lot of work, or you can use some providers that give you SAS as a service. For example, there is a provider called SaasNow. They host SAS Visual Analytics and the license. You can buy the license and deploy it there without the hassle of installation because deploying the software isn't easy."
"In Brazil, there are few documents, courses, and other resources for studying and implementing the tool."
