We performed a comparison between Microsoft Purview and SAS Data Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Collibra, erwin by Quest and others in Data Governance."The most valuable feature is the tracking activity and device onboarding."
"The best part is that I can create classifications per my requirements. I use it to classify multiple platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, and different file sharing systems."
"The data lineage feature stands out. It tracks where the data comes from and any changes made."
"Their data labeling or data classification is particularly valuable because we want to categorize all of our data into confidential, public, or internal."
"Data segregation is the most valuable feature."
"Microsoft Purview is extremely stable."
"The data classification part of the solution is excellent, especially as it gives us an insight into our sensitive data within Microsoft 365."
"We can prevent, block, or audit however we like."
"This is an established product with powerful data analysis and varied options for user entry points."
"The product offers very good flexibility."
"The technical support is excellent."
"Its robustness is valuable. It is a full-fledged suite. We have a data warehouse model, and there are also a lot of data quality management tools. The repository and all other tools are there. So, it is a full package in terms of reporting tools."
"The tool is reliable, quick, and powerful."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to customize."
"If you compare it to SQL, the memory and development times are very quick."
"In terms of which features I have found most valuable, I would say the importing and exporting features. Additionally, the data sorting, categorizing and summarizing features, especially how it can summarize based on categories. These are the key features."
"There are some non-Microsoft file formats that are not supported."
"It supports only a limited number of tools and technologies that pertain to Microsoft products. If you want to leverage other solutions such as Workday or Oracle Fusion, features will be coming up, but as of now, it is for the Microsoft suite."
"We've had a few issues with the scanner. It runs perfectly one day, and on another day, it will run the whole night. It's probably related to the rules. If I set some compliance rules and apply the rules to any column, I can't delete it. I have to disable it and reactivate it."
"It could reduce pricing to encourage usage."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"Non-Microsoft use cases are not very high. It's limited for now."
"There are some limitations with regard to the lineage of data from different parts of the system."
"I would like to have AI functionality on the dashboard to help me analyze and report on the data that we capture using Purview on a daily basis."
"The pricing of the solution needs to be improved. They need to work to make it more affordable."
"The solution is quite expensive and hard to install/configure."
"One problem is accessing the data using a solution other than SAS. The SAS data, which we create in the SAS, cannot be accessed by other tools. We can't open those data in other applications. So we need to have that application in place."
"We implemented it a while ago, and we are trying to improve the data delivery performance. We are looking into how to get faster and automated reporting. We would need better designs and workflows."
"Very little needs to improve but perhaps a nicer graphic interface and remaining competetive in the growing field of data analytics."
"I would like the tool to include the ability to automate the modifications of the integrations."
"We find we often have to go back and re-train users when there are changes made to the solution because the changes are not intuitive."
"The solution could use better documentation."
Microsoft Purview is ranked 1st in Data Governance with 48 reviews while SAS Data Management is ranked 26th in Data Governance with 15 reviews. Microsoft Purview is rated 7.6, while SAS Data Management is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Purview writes "User friendly with good documentation but needs to cover more non-Microsoft use cases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Data Management writes "A scalable solution with customer support that is responsive and diligent". Microsoft Purview is most compared with Collibra Governance, Alation Data Catalog, Varonis Platform, Informatica Axon and Collibra Lineage, whereas SAS Data Management is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Tungsten RPA, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Collibra Governance and Palantir Foundry.
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