G2 Vendor Directory

ROOT vs. SAS Viya

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricROOT

by CERN

SAS Viya

by SAS Institute

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count18832
Ease of use7.68.5
Ease of setup9.58.3
Quality of support7.98.6
Meets requirements8.48.8
NPS55.55555656.162643
Small Business55.6%34.5%
Mid-Market33.3%31.5%
Enterprise11.1%34.1%
Total page views352,874
Total LLM citations148,976

ROOT

ROOT is a modular scientific software framework that provides all the functionalities needed to deal with big data processing, statistical analysis, visualisation and storage, it is mainly written in C++ but integrated with other languages such as Python and R.

Pros

    SAS Viya

    SAS Viya is a cloud-native data and AI platform that enables teams to build, deploy and scale explainable AI that drives trusted, confident decisions. It unites the entire data and AI life cycle and empowers teams to innovate quickly while balancing speed, automation and governance by design. Viya unifies data management, advanced analytics and decisioning in a single platform, so organizations can move from experimentation to production with confidence, delivering measurable business impact that is secure, explainable and scalable across any environment.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Features
    • Analytics
    • Data Analysis
    • User Interface
    • Data Visualization