G2 Vendor Directory

SAS Visual Analytics vs. Lightdash

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

MetricSAS Visual Analytics

by SAS Institute

Lightdash

by Lightdash

Overall rating4.44.9
Review count21819
Ease of use8.89.4
Ease of setup7.99.6
Quality of support8.99.9
Meets requirements8.99.1
NPS61.352657100
Small Business31.8%21.1%
Mid-Market25.8%57.9%
Enterprise42.4%21.1%
Total page views140251
Total LLM citations3603,824

SAS Visual Analytics

SAS® Visual Analytics is a single application for reporting, data exploration and analytics that empowers everyone to easily discover and share powerful insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWiNNoXYZG8

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations
  • Data Visualization
  • Data Analysis
  • Intuition
  • User Interface

Lightdash

Lightdash is the fastest way for modern data teams to build and scale AI-powered self-serve analytics. It enables analysts to define metrics and make them accessible to non-technical users, who can explore data and build dashboards without writing SQL. Lightdash integrates with modern data stacks, supports a governed semantic layer, and offers developer-friendly features like Git-based workflows. It is designed to reduce the overhead of maintaining BI tools, streamline metric definitions, and improve access to consistent data across teams.

Pros