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"Monarch lets you quickly extract in your preferred format."

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"We are able to work on the server, and I can copy a data set and share it with someone in my team. Similarly, if I want some data from them, I can get it. Being able to work on the server and being able to switch from one user to another is a good thing. It is reliable and powerful, and its community is very wide.""The query builder feature is the most valuable.""An excellent tool for data manipulation and analysis.""The Query Builder is very valuable.""Similar to Microsoft Access, you can drag and drop. You can simply drag and drop objects onto the page and create various flows to establish your query within the project. You can extract those queries from the preview as needed.""Brought better performance by having people work on a powerful server instead of a workstation.""Enabled us to remove PC SAS, which reduced risk.""Areas where SAS EG does a better job than regular SAS are in the realm of importing and exporting data. For instance, exporting a SAS data set in Unix to an Excel spreadsheet on a PC is a simple task compared to doing the same task with Base SAS."

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Cons
"I rate Altair Monarch seven out of 10 for affordability. Recently, the pricing model changed from end-user licensing to a concurrent licensing model."

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"They should provide more information for the errors or logs. Currently, it gives you just the error message without explaining anything.""The stability is not very reliable.""The technical support response time has been consistently slow, and this has been a concern.""For some of the advanced functions, you need to learn some SAS code to get what you want.""More bi-directional integration with the SAS Studio suite of tools is needed.""Recently, we realized that SAS Enterprise Guide is not so stable and gives us some outputs which are not suitable...Sometimes it's quite hard to report its stability issues.""I would like to see integration with schedulers when run from hosting environments such as Citrix.""I feel that the performance could be increased by leveraging multi-thread with any SAS BI platform, not just the high performance ones."

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  • "Management liked it a lot because the license per seat was cheaper than a traditional SAS environment."
  • "It is very expensive. We have a basic license, and there are many features that are not available with the basic version."
  • "In general, SAS has high prices, which is a reason why some clients don't use SAS solutions. The licensing is on a yearly basis."
  • "It is expensive. We get a different price based on our corporate rate. So, I'm not sure what the general cost is because we got a special rate for it."
  • "I did look at the prices a few years ago, and I believe it was approximately $1,000 for a yearly subscription at that time."
  • "The pricing and associated costs are substantial."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Monarch lets you quickly extract in your preferred format.
    Top Answer:I rate Altair Monarch seven out of 10 for affordability. Recently, the pricing model changed from end-user licensing to a concurrent licensing model.
    Top Answer:We use Monarch for account reconciliation. We have several accounts from last year that carry over into this year, so we do reconciliation to see if there are any outliers compared to last year and if… more »
    Top Answer:It streamlines our workflow involving multiple steps, from data extraction to modeling, and it is aimed at improving various aspects of banking operations, including customer retention and risk… more »
    Top Answer:I find it challenging when I need to use certain functions and predictive modeling techniques in SAS. The procedures and data steps for database analysis take longer, and I've noticed that the current… more »
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    Also Known As
    Monarch Data Pump
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    Overview

    Datawatch Monarch is an application that runs on your Windows desktop and as soon as you drop a file or web page onto the canvas it automatically begins to extract into analytics-ready rows and columns. You can also connect to all major relational, big data, and over 30 other sources, but often the most important information you need is locked away in existing reports or difficult sources that seem impossible to use without re-keying the data.

    SAS Enterprise Guide is an intuitive statistical analysis solution that enables users of all backgrounds to engage in statistical analysis.

    Users can create and deploy customized tasks and dynamic content that best meet their needs. Interactive content can easily be shared on the cloud and the internet.

    Benefits of SAS Enterprise Guide

    Some of the benefits of using SAS Enterprise Guide include:

    • Provides users with robust, centralized, and role based system security. SAS Enterprise Guide enables users to protect their network from a wide variety of threats. A single system of security provides and authenticates system access credentials. Individuals are empowered to easily adjust their organization’s security credentials to meet their changing security needs.
    • Easily access and manipulate system data. SAS Enterprise Guide employs a user-friendly user interface that enables users to view and and use data without requiring them to have an extensive knowledge of coding. Business analysts can generate and disseminate reports without help. Information technology teams are freed up to handle more pressing issues. Datasets can also be embedded into the system so that users dont have to re-enter them into the system.

    Reviews from Real Users

    SAS Enterprise Guide is a statistical analysis tool that stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are the solution’s intuitive nature and the suite of functionalities that it offers. SAS Enterprise Guide makes it easy for users who lack a background in statistical analysis to create workflows. The solution enables users to customize and configure queries without requiring them to have a background in coding. SAS Enterprise Guide has a wide variety of functionalities. It is highly flexible and gives users the ability to complete many different tasks.

    The head of analytics at a communications services provider writes, “I think that the ease of use is the most valuable feature. I know SQL. I even taught SQL. But new people who come to the tool without in-depth knowledge of SQL or people who do not have an analytics background can still use the tool. It is very easy for these new users to climb the learning curve using SAS Enterprise Guide because of the way it was created with ease-of-use in mind. It is well-oriented to the business user. In no time new users are able to create workflows. Obviously, it is best if they have some basic knowledge of how things work in doing analysis — like the concept of joins, data profiling, and maybe some other SQL-related concepts. But the key here is they do not need to know how it is coded or the exact commands. All the features are available within Enterprise Guide through a drag-and-drop interface so queries can be built without extensive knowledge of how that works behind the scenes. The ease-of-use makes the tool valuable even for someone who is near the beginner level.”

    Monica B., an SAS Application Architect at a computer software company, writes, “It has a lot of functionalities. We can build ETL processes. There are clients who are using SAS Enterprise Guide to build ETL processes. They have a SAS-based program that is scheduled to run at a certain frequency to produce some reports for the business. It is a very useful tool for ETL unit tests and functional tests. You can also do data science projects in SAS Enterprise Guide by using different statistics. During my MBA, we used SAS Enterprise Guide for our statistics course.”

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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm31%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    Retailer8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm53%
    Healthcare Company16%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Insurance Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise82%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise76%

    Altair Monarch is ranked 4th in Data Preparation Tools with 1 review while SAS Enterprise Guide is ranked 2nd in Data Preparation Tools with 24 reviews. Altair Monarch is rated 9.0, while SAS Enterprise Guide is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Altair Monarch writes "In 10 minutes, I can do work that would take me two or three hours in another solution. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Enterprise Guide writes "Easy to use, drag and drop interface, with good built-in help facilities". Altair Monarch is most compared with Alteryx and ETL Solutions Transformation Manager, whereas SAS Enterprise Guide is most compared with Alteryx, Toad Data Point and Trifacta Wrangler Enterprise.

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