# SAS-STAT Software Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is SAS-STAT Software the right Statistical Analysis solution for you? Explore 79 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/121765/SAS-Statistics/reviews --- SAS-STAT Software 4.4 (79) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/121765/SAS-Statistics/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 15th, 2026 # Reviews of SAS-STAT Software Ease of use 3.6 Customer Service 4.2 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews JV Julian V Assistant Professor of FinanceHigher Education, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like that it is an extremely powerful and fast software, that can handle large datasets with ease.“ December 29, 2024 MM Mitiku Wale M Lecturer and researcherResearch, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The software is case-sensitive and time consuming to install.“ January 10, 2023 AN Alberto N Sales supportFood & Beverages, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Versatile and time-saving, it's a valuable tool for analyzing and visualizing data.“ June 5, 2023 Kimberly S statisticianBiotechnology, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The software is expensive as well, but for what you get it is work the money.“ February 3, 2023 Mohan K Tech LeadInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “SAS-STAT offers industry best statistical interferences, reports and all other items can be generated using regulatory guidelines.“ October 14, 2022 Shelby D EpidemiologistGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “SAS is not the best when it comes to data visualization tools like bar charts.“ April 30, 2022 KM KALA MALLIK M graduate research assistantFarming, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “easy to analyze statistical data, I tried from R, and then I used this one, it is quite impressive for statistical analysis.“ July 11, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 79 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Martha Leah N. Programmer Analyst Oil & Energy Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SAS Review" October 11, 2024 5.0 When I joined the company, there were many systems and different databases to get data from and integrate and provide Reports. SAS made things seemless. Pros SAS Institute... Their traners are superb. When I was working with SAS, we were pulling data from many Legacy systems. I fell in love with their Reports. Later, Data Integregation. Cons I have nothing but praises for SAS. It is that good. Review Source Md Anisur R. Research assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Offers a wide range of tools to analyze statistical analysis like ANOVA, Regression, Correlation." October 1, 2021 4.0 Analyzing statistical data including complex breeding trial can be performed in SAS but it is expensive option for many researchers. Pros The effectiveness of the software is out of question. This is a very effective software for all sort of statistical analysis. Linear mixed modelling, ANOVA, Regression and correlation are done easily and effectively by using several SAS procedure (e.g. Proc GLM, Proc Mixed, Proc Glimixed etc.) It also produces graphs and other visual representations of the output. Cons The lone negative side of this software is that it is very expensive one. Only, institutes with good funds available in hands can have the opportunity to use this exclusive features. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lecturer Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great analytics but the age shows" May 18, 2019 3.0 If you're familiar with sql, learning the syntax for sas would not be too hard. However, with the number of versions this software has gone through there are a lot of redundant commands. Different codes that are used in different procedures that do the same thing but the developers never bothered removing the older commands which make it feel clunky. Nonetheless, a reliable statistical software that is powerful and understandable. Pros This software is very reliable. There are a lot of analyses that are available in the saved procedures (proc) thus less need for having to code from scratch. They have good graphing options. I find the syntax is intuitive because of the amount of actual english words in it so it, similar to sql Cons Paid software. Overlapping commands that have different codes but do the same thing. If you're used to programming in c, this might feel a bit restrictive because of the existing syntax. If you have questions, your guide will probably come from official documentation only as the community is not very active in online fora. Review Source Arpine A. Marketing Specialist Telecommunications Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Data warehousing and analysis elegant software" March 26, 2020 5.0 I am working with large databases (several millions of rows with hundreds of columns) almost a year, and I can imagine what I would have done without SAS. It is fast, comprehensive, capacious in comparison with other statistical packages. It handles the data gracefully. Pros What I like about SAS is that there are no limits - You want to join 20 tables and filter with 10 parameters? - Go ahead! You want to merge, transpose and show the sum of just one parameter? Go ahead! Did not like the interface? Filter out what you need, download it and work in Excel. In SAS working board you can run several projects, save them and open them later. SAS has also other components such as Data Miner, Quality Control etc. when facing different business challenges. Cons Although the interface is user friendly, but if you wish to do the coding, instead of dragging up and down the functions, you will be needing some advanced training. Another con worth mentioning is that when opening Excel database in SAS, the columns should be examined thoroughly, and type and length of the variable must be predetermined, otherwise the work should be done again. To Apple lovers - SAS is not compatible with macOS. Review Source Rohit N. Assistant Vice President Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SAS EG v7.1 is a great data analytics tool with Project files to store process flows" January 15, 2019 4.0 Overall for Huge data volumes, SAS is one of the best tool for Data Analytics, creating data marts and where specialized layers needs to be build for modelling & statistical usage. Cost needs to be handled carefully. Pros Great UI to aid non-programmers and ability to slice & dice large data with inbuild query creators makes it easy to use. Macro utility within SAS is a Top feature to deploy recurring codes and everything runs on server data. Cons With advent of new versions, embedding proc import/export with codes is still a challenge, one needs to do it using wizard which is a manual intervention. Review Source Thomas Y. Economist Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful, quick analytics and visualization" February 7, 2018 5.0 I get easy to present results and well-inderstood visualization graphs. The software is world-class. Pros I've used SAS for almost 20 years. Recent developments have made the software much more user-friendly. Cons Learning and using SAS still require a heavy investment in time and human capital. Once the investment is made, it's worth the effort, but it's difficult sometimes to gain all the skills required for all of the potential tasks. Review Source Girish P. Key Account Manager Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best to configure " April 7, 2022 5.0 Great to have a very useful. Pros Easy to config and setup and easy of presentation. Cons Hard to master all features and usaging. Review Source David B. IT Operations Management Intern Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful, Supported, Expensive" April 6, 2018 5.0 Pros Great support, features. Overall, whenever I needed to learn more beyond SAS Base, I was able to use the online documentation to help - and that was superb. Cons It's so dang expensive. If the price could go down just a little, it would make it more profitable in my opinion. Overall, I think a lower price and a bit easier to use language would be nice Review Source Dikshya S. Graduate Research Assistant/ Student Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Go play with your data!!" October 24, 2021 4.0 Pros Codes and running of programs are easy and handy. Its very easy for students to learn the codes and use the software. It is useful for data analysis and inference. Cons The price is a-bit high to be affordable to all people. Review Source Jorgen S. MS1 Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SAS is powerful, but complex" February 19, 2019 5.0 Pros SAS is extremely powerful and able to handle very large datasets. Management of tables and databases are relatively​ easy to manage and ensure that not all users rewrite tables. Cons The coding for this program is by far the least intuitive language I have learned. That being said, once you understand the basics with a large learning curve, it's not that hard to do pretty much anything you want to do. Review Source JV Julian V. Assistant Professor of Finance Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Extremely fast and powerful" December 29, 2024 5.0 Great! This very powerful and fast software allows me to analyze datasets with dozens of millions of observations relatively quickly! Pros I like that it is an extremely powerful and fast software, that can handle large datasets with ease. Cons There is definitely a learning curve in learning the programming language, which is alleviated with more intuitive, click-based UX. Review Source SBA Setegn Bayabil A. University Lecturer Market Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Data analysis" January 7, 2023 5.0 Economic data Pros This software is more powerful for economic data and experimental designs. Cons As far as I know this software hasn't any limitations, after once installed. Review Source VV Vaibhav V. Data scientist Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "All in one reporting solution" May 14, 2020 5.0 I have been very much satisfied and the product in all in one software for all my business intelligence requests . Pros It helps you to build end to end reporting and automate it very easily . You can also do modeling aswell. Cons Cost is a bit on the higher side and also certifications are all to be done going to a center instead of online assessments. Review Source EA Eric A. Programmer Analyst Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awesome for data" November 14, 2018 5.0 Great, but you pay for it... Pros This is the perfect tool to handle database. Powerfull and fast architecture to deal with your query. The fact it can be coded in SQL is also a nice plus. Great set of add-on can really help produce awesome and clear reports. Cons Not so user-friendly coding language, some particulary are a non-sense, in my opinion. Some add-on are expensive for what they add to the product. Price is off the chart. Review Source OA Olayinka A. Specialist Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It is the best software ever developed to tackle issues relating to statistical analyses & analytics" March 6, 2018 5.0 It can be considered to be relatively expensive. It is more appropriate for those who are statistically or mathematically oriented. Pros It is very easy to use and comprehensive. It is applicable to every aspect of analytics, including predictive. Its results are valid, reliable and respected every where. Review Source HH Huong H. Office Manager Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideal tool for quantitative data analysis" December 17, 2021 5.0 Pros I have used SAS for multiple research projects. It is simple and easy to use. Very similar to other tools such as STATA and SPSS. However, it is more easily accessible as compared to others. Cons There are many glitches when using it to analyze larger data sets. Review Source Sara Natalie A. Analista Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Used to perform sample selection, descriptive statistics, linear and logistic regression, as well as" March 8, 2018 4.0 The tool has been used for advanced analysis, multivalent analysis, data management and predictive analysis. Pros The results of their analysis are easy to understand, they can be used for small data sets, to analyze data with missing values. Cons SAS / STAT has many procedures for statistical analysis with significant functionality. Statistical methods and high performance computational tools, for which I do not think that it has any disadvantage with respect to this tool. Review Source DS Darshan S. Student Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SAS - A not so complete package" June 6, 2019 3.0 Pros SAS has the excellent ability to handle large database sets, and the syntaxes required for the software is also easy to learn. and to conclude, I love the fact that every algorithm in SAS are tested before implementation so adequate results can be arrived at. Cons I don't like the fact that it has very less graphical representation capabilities. There are better software wherein much more detailed graphical plots and diagrams could be plotted. And last but not least, SAS is very expensive software to operate and licenses are needed to operate in comparison to other open source software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Graduate Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "my favorite statistical analysis app" September 20, 2019 5.0 Pros SAS/STAT is my favorite statistical analysis app. Its plenty of fully tested PROC packages provides excellent ways to fulfil my analytical tasks. Cons Dealing with big size data is a problem. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Graduate Research Assistant Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good for data work at low level" September 6, 2018 5.0 Pros Not a very steep learning curve, plenty of resources online for help with code Cons Few data presentation options, model options, non-intuitive syntax Review Source SR Sheikh R. Coordinator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "you need to learn the language " January 18, 2020 5.0 it makes work easier and less time consuming if you know the language. Pros If you know the language, it can be a life saver. Cons very complex. Also Very expensive. If you do not use it regularly, you will forget coding. Review Source SP SAPNA P. Student Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SAS the best " October 8, 2018 5.0 Research Analysis Pros The ease that it allows us to change the data counting in our collected research data. Moreover, the graphical presentation is better than other software. Cons The time takes to download in a personal computer. However the world of citrix has made it easy for us to use it. Review Source AK Akhil K. Student Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "very good software, takes time to pick up" June 6, 2018 4.0 Pros Can do just about any analytics operation one might need quickly. Documentation ins extensive and helpful. Cons The UI is difficult to get used to. Graphs and other visualizations aren't as good as other competitors. Review Source Shriya C. Account Manager Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Software for big data" February 2, 2018 5.0 Pros SAS/STAT is good for handling big data. It is a reliable solution for business users. You can apply latest statistical techniques to any size of data. Cons Please upgrade the features of software and I think its costly when compared to its competitors. But I will recommend everyone to use this software as it is reliable. Review Source JK Jen K. Lecturer Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Grad school" August 29, 2018 4.0 Pros Used it for most research, including dissertation. Easy to learn, not too complicated with coding. Cons It’s a bit of a headache to learn all the macros and such. 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