SAS Visual Analytics vs StatPlus

SAS Visual Analytics combines data visualization, business intelligence, reporting, and advanced analytics in one application. Users can explore data, build interactive reports and dashboards, summarize performance metrics, and share results through web and mobile devices. Machine learning and natural-language explanations help surface relationships, outliers, and clusters. Business analysts can use predictive analytics to assess potential outcomes without programming. Data preparation includes importing data, quality operations, calculated columns, transformations, joins, filters, and scheduled jobs. Sources include databases, Hadoop, Excel spreadsheets, social media, CSV files, and SAS data sets. SAS Viya Copilot for Augmented Analytics supports dashboard building, data exploration, and data stories through natural-language prompts. Location information can add geographic context, and SAS for Microsoft 365 supports report interaction and embedding report content in Excel. Security features include authentication, content authorization, and object-, table-, and row-level data security. Deployment is hybrid; web, Windows, iOS, and Android are listed. Pricing is available on request, and a free SAS Viya trial is offered, with no duration stated.

StatPlus provides statistical analysis and graphing tools for work in finance, biostatistics, economics, healthcare, and clinical research. Its methods include descriptive statistics, ANOVA, multivariate and nonparametric analysis, regression, time series, and survival analysis. It supports statistical tests and regression models, but not scripting or Bayesian analysis. The Windows standalone version reads text, XLS, XLSX, and SPSS files and includes the StatFi Excel add-in. StatPlus:mac works with Excel for Mac and Apple Numbers; version 7 also includes a standalone spreadsheet that does not require either, and supports Excel, ODS, and text documents. The Mac app works offline, with internet access only needed for optional updates. AnalystSoft describes StatPlus:mac LE as a free edition of StatPlus:mac Professional. Platforms listed are iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, with both deployment options. Listed single-license commercial prices are $160.00 once for Windows and $195.00 once for macOS; student and academic/non-profit licenses are also listed. The maker describes the license as permanent and says major upgrades are included during the maintenance period.