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Why choose SAS® Viya®?

See why experts consider it the clear path forward to making the most of your data and AI investment.

The data and AI platform that analysts love

SAS is the only vendor named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms for eight years straight.
“SAS’s flagship Viya platform includes beautifully designed interfaces across the entire data-to-decision lifecycle.” The Forrester Wave: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2023
 “SAS Viya is one of the most comprehensive analytics platforms on the market today.” Dan Vesset Group Vice President, Analytics & Information Management, IDC

Optimized for cloud computing, where performance is money

“With Viya’s performance advantage, data scientists may investigate more model options without increasing their operational cost or may instead choose a model that yields good results and decrease their operational costs compared to using alternative AI/ML tools.”

Do more work for the same cost

SAS Viya average 30x more results with the same cost

Do the same work for less cost

SAS Viya over 86% lower operational costs    

The Performance of SAS Viya was impressive, they didn’t just outperform competing AI/ML libraries, they crushed the competition. russ fellows potrait Russ Fellows, Head of Futurum Labs The Futurum Group

The proof is in the productivity

See why SAS Viya is the platform Georgia-Pacific and others count on.

“For us, ticking up productivity translates into tremendous value. Ultimately, SAS helps us make better products and get them to market faster.”

Steven Bakalar
Vice President of IT Digital Transformation, Georgia-Pacific 

"One of the most significant benefits we’ve achieved with SAS is being able to rapidly put new analytical models into production. This accelerates traditionally laborious processes and enables us to deliver new drugs to market faster."

Andrea Beccari
Head of R&D Platforms and Services, Dompé farmaceutici

“We have at our fingertips a very large set of data as it relates to an e-commerce retail provider. And we see the right data go to the right processes and the right people at the right time at a much higher rate and pace than ever before.”

Arnie Leap
Chief Information Officer, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC.

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  • With the SAS Viya implementation in the cloud, we have significantly improved [our] development of new analytics infrastructure by notably decreasing the costs and the complexity of processes, and by acquiring agility, speed and efficiency." Pantelis Maraveas Pantelis Maraveas Retail Segments, Bank Analytics and Liability Products, National Bank of Greece
    I have heard positive reactions from users who find SAS Viya more user-friendly, and the analytical performance has also improved. … By transitioning to SAS Viya, we are ready for the future." Rijkswaterstaat Logo Hans Soeteman Head of Information Provision Platforms, Rijkswaterstaat
  • We’re using analytics no longer just for reporting based on historical data, but also for improving decisions and decision-making processes through simulations and predictive analytics. This applies the full potential of the cloud and machine learning, and it’s why we moved from the on-prem solution to the cloud and the latest Viya 4 platform." Antonio Carli Gianantonio Carli CIO, Comelit Group
    SAS integrates seamlessly with other open-source languages. … This saves us time and effort and allows us to focus on solving problems rather than learning and switching between different tools." Baha Arafaoui portrait Baha Arfaoui Data Scientist, Positive Thinking Company, 2023 SAS Hackathon participant

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