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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (57.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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SAS Viya
Star Rating
(615)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(193)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that dbt excels in data transformation with a score of 9.4, while SAS Viya follows with a score of 8.5. Reviewers mention that dbt's ability to handle complex transformations with ease makes it a favorite among data analysts.
- Reviewers mention that dbt offers superior data modeling capabilities, scoring 9.2 compared to SAS Viya's 8.6. Users on G2 appreciate dbt's intuitive approach to building models, which simplifies the process significantly.
- Users say that SAS Viya shines in report generation, achieving a score of 9.2, while dbt scores 8.1. Reviewers highlight SAS Viya's robust reporting features, which allow for detailed and customizable reports that cater to enterprise needs.
- G2 users report that dbt has a more user-friendly setup process, scoring 8.5 compared to SAS Viya's 7.9. Users mention that dbt's straightforward installation and configuration make it accessible for teams without extensive technical expertise.
- Reviewers mention that SAS Viya provides better real-time data processing capabilities, scoring 8.8, while dbt also performs well but does not match this level. Users appreciate SAS Viya's ability to handle real-time analytics, which is crucial for timely decision-making.
- Users on G2 report that dbt has a more flexible API connectivity score of 8.5, compared to SAS Viya's 8.2. Reviewers say that dbt's API allows for seamless integration with various data sources, enhancing its usability in diverse environments.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
SAS Viya
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SAS Viya
Free Trial is available
dbt
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
492
9.2
141
Ease of Use
8.1
549
9.0
143
Ease of Setup
8.0
411
8.6
82
Ease of Admin
7.5
144
8.5
58
Quality of Support
8.3
466
8.9
113
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
147
8.8
52
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
491
9.7
128
Features by Category
Reports
8.3
237
Not enough data
8.0
232
Not enough data
8.5
234
Not enough data
8.1
232
Not enough data
8.4
228
Not enough data
Self Service
8.3
230
Not enough data
8.3
230
Not enough data
8.4
229
Not enough data
8.2
228
Not enough data
8.1
226
Not enough data
8.2
226
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.4
228
Not enough data
8.7
226
Not enough data
8.5
225
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.5
198
Not enough data
8.5
197
Not enough data
7.8
192
Not enough data
7.9
193
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
8.3
237
Not enough data
8.0
232
Not enough data
8.5
234
Not enough data
8.1
232
Not enough data
8.4
228
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.4
209
Not enough data
8.3
205
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
8.4
209
Not enough data
8.7
207
Not enough data
8.5
209
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
7.9
92
Not enough data
7.9
90
Not enough data
8.0
90
Not enough data
8.0
89
Not enough data
7.9
89
Not enough data
7.6
89
Not enough data
8.1
89
Not enough data
Self Service
8.3
230
Not enough data
8.3
230
Not enough data
8.4
229
Not enough data
8.2
228
Not enough data
8.1
226
Not enough data
8.2
226
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.2
89
Not enough data
8.1
88
Not enough data
8.5
88
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.4
228
Not enough data
8.7
226
Not enough data
8.5
225
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
8.5
89
Not enough data
8.4
89
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
8.4
91
Not enough data
8.3
89
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
7.8
88
Not enough data
7.9
87
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
7.8
88
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
8.1
88
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
7.9
88
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.5
198
Not enough data
8.5
197
Not enough data
7.8
192
Not enough data
7.9
193
Not enough data
Data Source Access
8.6
112
8.8
48
8.4
114
9.2
50
8.1
110
8.6
41
Data Interaction
8.5
111
8.3
41
8.2
110
8.5
44
8.5
111
9.0
50
8.7
109
9.1
48
8.7
109
9.1
42
8.7
110
9.4
48
8.3
109
8.7
46
8.5
108
8.7
45
Data Exporting
8.4
108
8.5
42
8.2
108
8.6
44
8.5
107
9.1
46
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
6.5
27
Data
8.6
12
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
Analytics
7.9
12
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
Management
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
7.8
22
Not enough data
Compliance
8.3
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
Security
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data Quality
8.6
23
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.3
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
22
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
134
Not enough data
8.9
137
Not enough data
8.8
134
Not enough data
Capabilities
9.2
138
Not enough data
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.6
132
Not enough data
Methodology
8.9
135
Not enough data
9.2
137
Not enough data
9.1
136
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
36
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
41
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
38
Not enough data
9.2
36
Deployment
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
Deployment
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
Management
7.6
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
Operations
8.8
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
Management
7.9
12
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
System
8.4
67
Not enough data
Model Development
8.0
78
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.2
75
Not enough data
8.6
75
Not enough data
Model Development
8.4
66
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.6
73
Not enough data
7.3
72
Not enough data
7.9
72
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
7.5
66
Not enough data
7.9
66
Not enough data
Deployment
8.2
74
Not enough data
8.0
72
Not enough data
8.0
72
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.2
26
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
7.1
26
Not enough data
7.0
26
Not enough data
7.0
26
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
Financial Planning
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Financial Insight
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Status Communication
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
Management
8.8
26
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.4
27
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.9
26
Not enough data
Maintenance
8.8
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
Security
9.0
27
Not enough data
8.6
26
Not enough data
Integration
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
Business Logic
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.3
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
Management
7.7
18
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
Analytics
8.4
20
Not enough data
7.6
19
Not enough data
Deployment
8.2
19
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Decision Management Platforms
7.5
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
9.2
50
Not enough data
9.1
52
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
9.3
50
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
47
Not enough data
7.3
35
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.7
43
Not enough data
8.9
50
Cloud Deployment
Not enough data
8.8
38
Not enough data
8.8
30
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.9
13
Not enough data
6.3
13
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
8.3
32
Not enough data
8.6
35
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
8.6
33
Not enough data
8.4
33
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
8.9
34
Not enough data
9.1
34
Agentic AI - Data Warehouse Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Setup
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
Data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
Analysis
8.4
19
Not enough data
7.9
19
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
7.4
18
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
Customization
7.6
18
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integration - Machine Learning
8.2
34
Not enough data
Learning - Machine Learning
8.4
36
Not enough data
8.4
36
Not enough data
8.5
35
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Ingestion & Preparation - Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
Model Construction & Automation - Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Connectivity & Federation - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Modeling & Metrics - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Intelligence - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Enablement - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
Data Analysis
8.9
66
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
Decision Making
8.7
67
Not enough data
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data Transformation
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
9.4
39
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
9.0
31
Operations
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
38
Not enough data
8.6
31
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.6
30
Functionality
8.7
64
8.7
39
8.7
64
8.4
36
9.0
62
8.6
39
8.8
63
8.2
38
8.8
62
8.4
37
Management
9.2
64
8.4
38
9.0
61
9.2
42
8.9
63
8.9
37
8.9
61
8.2
39
Feature Not Available
8.3
42
Generative AI
8.2
59
6.3
20
8.2
60
6.7
20
Building Reports
8.5
198
Not enough data
8.5
197
Not enough data
7.8
192
Not enough data
7.9
193
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
SAS Viya and dbt are categorized as Data Preparation and Data Quality
Unique Categories
SAS Viya is categorized as MLOps Platforms, Statistical Analysis, Data Governance, Event Stream Processing, Text Analysis, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Machine Learning, Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, Database Management Systems (DBMS), FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis), Decision Management Platforms, and Low-Code Machine Learning Platforms
dbt is categorized as Big Data Analytics, Big Data Integration Platforms, ETL Tools, Data Warehouse Automation, DataOps Platforms, and Semantic Layer Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
SAS Viya
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
dbt
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Pharmaceuticals
13.8%
Higher Education
9.1%
Banking
8.4%
Financial Services
6.6%
Information Technology and Services
6.3%
Other
55.8%
Information Technology and Services
19.5%
Computer Software
16.3%
Financial Services
10.5%
Retail
4.7%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Other
44.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
SAS Viya has no discussions with answers
What is DBT tool used for?
2 Comments
WW
SQL data transformations.Read more
What is DBT data Modelling?
2 Comments
TH
dbt data modeling is not a thing. Dbt is a transformation tool that makes it easier to implement data modeling techniques like snowflake, data vault etc. Read more
What is DBT database tool?
1 Comment
SY
DBT (DataBase Transformations) uses SQL select statements, with some added magic from Jinja templating language, to model and transform data. It's a highly...Read more
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