The Viya platform: Seamless collaboration, scalable AI and accelerated productivity
SAS Viya integrates open source technology across the data and AI life cycle – bringing users together to build and deploy powerful models. It’s collaboration without barriers.
Viya is a cloud-native analytics engine that delivers fast, reliable insights to drive real-time decisions and AI innovation. It breaks down data silos, scales effortlessly and helps teams meet goals while managing costs.
With end-to-end support for the data and AI life cycle – from access to operational decisioning – Viya empowers teams to turn data into results, fast. Using trustworthy AI capabilities, the decision intelligence of SAS Viya enables AI agents to make ethical, explainable decisions – not just offer insights.
Capability Comparison
Compare SAS®9 and SAS Viya to discover how the modern, cloud-native design of Viya unlocks new capabilities for IT leaders, executives and data scientists.
| SAS®9 | SAS Viya (IT Leader Focus) |
SAS Viya (Executive Focus) |
SAS Viya (Data Scientist Focus) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | Good for traditional statistical workloads | High-speed, in-memory distributed computing | Faster insights mean quicker time-to-value | Accelerated ML and deep learning workflows |
| Scalability | Limited by on-premises infrastructure | Elastic scaling in cloud environments | Adapts to business growth and digital strategies | Scale compute dynamically for training models |
| Collaboration | Siloed environments | Git integration, version control, centralized governance | Cross-functional collaboration accelerates impact | Collaborate in shared notebooks and projects |
| User Experience | Programmer-centric (SAS code, GUIs) | Modern IDEs + UI options for all users | Empowers all roles from C-suite to analyst | Code in Python or R, or use GUI for quick starts |
| Governance | Manual processes, separate tooling | Built-in model governance, lineage and policy enforcement | Governed, auditable decisions with full transparency | Track models, monitor drift, retrain automatically |
| Analytics & AI | Strong base analytics | Integrated AI/ML with operationalization tools | From data to decision – all in one platform | AutoML, pipelines, custom model training |
| Cost Efficiency | High TCO due to hardware and maintenance | Lower cost through faster compute and elastic use | Optimize spend and ROI across cloud investment | Faster model training reduces experimentation cost |
| Visualization & Reporting | SAS Visual Analytics add-on | Real-time, interactive dashboards in-browser | Easy-to-digest dashboards for better decisions | Visualize results and share dashboards instantly |
| Deployment Model | Primarily on-premises | Flexible cloud-native deployment | Modern SaaS platform with flexible deployment | Launch anywhere, work seamlessly in cloud IDEs |
Customer Success
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Shawbrook Bank
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Fraport
Learn about Fraport's strategic migration to SAS Viya, emphasizing their organizational evolution. Hear how they prioritize adaptability, involve senior executives and align with industry trends for sustained success and innovation.
Support Resources
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Documentation – System migration and content migration
Training course – Migrating content