--- title: SAS Visual Forecasting Reviews meta\_title: 'SAS Visual Forecasting Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 13 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how SAS Visual Forecasting works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 13 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-07-17' parent\_category: name: Analytics Tools & Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/analytics-tools-software --- # SAS Visual Forecasting Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by SAS Visual Forecasting but has limited features. Are you part of the SAS Visual Forecasting team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! SAS Visual Forecasting allows users to generate large numbers of trustworthy forecasts, quickly and automatically, using time series, machine learning and deep learning techniques. It comes with a no/low-code user interface, as well as a programmatic interface where users can code in SAS and open-source languages such as Python and R. Key features include: automatic data preparation, hierarchical forecasting, automatic segmentation of time series, incorporation of external drivers and events in a simple manner, hybrid forecasting techniques, interactive modeling capabilities, a framework to scale open-source algorithms in the cloud, a user friendly way for flexible overrides, and easy deployment of forecasting pipelines. * * * Seller [SAS Institute Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sas-institute-inc-df6dde22-a5e5-4913-8b21-4fa0c6c5c7c2) Discussions [SAS Visual Forecasting Community](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-visual-forecasting/discuss) Overview by Crystal Sullivan (Customer Engagement Analyst at SAS) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Tableau](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tableau") Tableau 4.4/5(3,785) ](https://www.g2.com/products/tableau/reviews) [ ![SAP Analytics Cloud](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SAP Analytics Cloud") SAP Analytics Cloud 4.2/5(910) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-analytics-cloud/reviews) [ ![SAP HANA Cloud](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SAP HANA Cloud") SAP HANA Cloud 4.3/5(621) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/sas-visual-forecasting/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 13 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Josh A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Josh A.") JA Josh A. Data Scientist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/27/2026 "Large-Scale Automated Forecasting Made Easy" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? Large scale automated forecasting gives a great baseline forecast to improve upon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? The plotting within the interface sometimes does not work consistently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? Demand Forecasting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite DG David G. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/18/2024 "Visual Forecasting for the win" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? It is super easy to use and the ability to generate data and output it directly in VIYA is a mojor win. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? So far everything is great, only downfall for us is we are not on VIYA 4 yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? You built our first company wide forecast with Visual Forecasting this year and we were able to build it at such a granular level which provided us with much more accurate results. In our first test SAS Forecasting missed our actual results by only .08% Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/7/2025 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Humza E.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Humza E.") HE Humza E. Performance Marketing and SEO Lead Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/12/2024 "Amazing tool for forecasting" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? The platform’s ability to automate the forecasting process saves a significant amount of time, allowing our team to focus on analyzing the results and making data-driven decisions. The flexibility to use both pre-built models and custom code for more complex scenarios is another huge advantage. Additionally, the intuitive interface makes it easy to visualize trends and patterns, even for those without a deep statistical background. Overall, SAS Visual Forecasting has greatly improved our efficiency and forecasting accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? Customer support is a bit lagging. They should work on the support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? Sas Visual helps me forecasting the leads. very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MT manozna t. SAS Visual Forecast developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/30/2024 "Agile, efficient and innovative" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? Integration of various advanced features into a single interface really made the user friendly which has greatly effected the user time utillisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? More illustrative user support about the features and options available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? Minimal use of other platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Tiffiany S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Tiffiany S.") TS Tiffiany S. Management Staff Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2023 "User Friendly & Intuitive!" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? The charts and AI generated analytics are incredibly accurate. I have checked many of the things that I've been given in chart/graph form and there have been zero errors. Not only is the platform "smart", but it's intuitive and very user friendly! Set up is quick and easy, integration was flawless. Customer service is top-notch! I use this platform many times per day! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? I've not come across any downsides or dislikes for this platform at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? It saves me tons of time by generating all of my data and analytics and creating handy visuals to view and share with my team. This saves so much time and energy. I can focus my attention elsewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Hans D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hans D.") HD Hans D. Senior Data Scientist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/1/2023 "Sas Visual forecast is forecast tool, that can produce millions of models without code involved." 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? the tools check if the time series data is correct, if not it can can create for example new records when we are missing dates(records). smart imputation of missing values (using prediction) Sas model studio create a good pipeline, where you have a good overview and it is flexible to do tailormade stuff (like deep learning or implementing open source). I always follow a dataops/modelops approach and I can do tha easily with Sas viusal Forecasting. I have control of the whole analytical lifecycle. It is easy to show the results of the forecasting in reports (Sas Visual Analytics). It is scalable. We are able to produce millions of forecast models each day, Sas Viya Cas engine can handle that easily. Good documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? There is not so much communities/knowledge available about Sas Visual Forecasting as in open source. not so much examples available for implementing open source in Sas Visual forecasting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? how many staff do we need in Customer Care tomorrow or in some hours? Customer has a good customer experience , less waiting time. Mobile capacity planning. Which basestations will reach their capacity within a month. Now we have time to set up a team for implementing new cells and order new equipment. Energy saving. Which Cell/basestation can we shutdown in the night, without having a bad customer experience (speedtest, slow internet, drop calls). Energy costs is the biggest highest costs center of Telcos. with this solution procurement can buy in better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/17/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic VS Vijayan S. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/2/2023 "Intuitive Tool for Forecasting" 5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? SAS® Visual Forecasting is an intuitive and easy tool to use for quickly building a variety of forecasting models - from the simplest to the most complicated models. Very easy to compare different models and pick the champion model. I use it in my classroom teaching, and students really like it. Another advantage is the visual interface which allows me to focus on the model building and not worry about the syntax etc. It has been a great experience using it in my teaching and research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? Not much, initially getting the hang of the interface, just like anything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? Many real-world problems can be accurately modeled and solved using SAS Visual Forecasting. It directly benefits me in teaching some of my classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Human Resources](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Human Resources") UH Verified User in Human Resources Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/29/2018 "Excellent" 4.5/5 What do you like best about SAS Visual Forecasting? Being able to filter out the information you don't want or doesn't pertain to what you NEED to display. Makes it easier for your audience to understand what point you are making and what you are really trying to highlight. By using this software, we would take FAQ when it came to showing spikes in the budget, it allowed us to use this software to show where the real effects were coming in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SAS Visual Forecasting? The more you use this software the easier it is to navigate, sometimes you can mess up easily. it's best to take notes or use "steps recorder' Sometimes I would forget to remove certain information, and going back and such. At first when I used the software, I notice that I would get lost when trying to filter information. So when using this software, remember PRACTICE, PRACTICE PRACTICE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SAS Visual Forecasting solving and how is that benefiting you? allowing to highlight the major impacts and just how much they were impacting our budgets It allowed us to be able to incorporate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about SAS Visual Forecasting? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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