SAS Visual Analytics vs SPS|PM Analytics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SAS Visual Analytics
Access and interact with business reports and dashboards on the go. Explore data with multi-touch gestures, filter information, and stay updated with real-time changes. Securely view big data from anywhere, whether connected or offline.
- Interactive reports and dashboards
- Multi-touch gestures for data exploration
- Data filtering and drill-down capabilities
- Offline report access
- Secure data access based on user roles
- Access to big data
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SAS® Visual Analytics empowers decision makers with business reports and dashboards anywhere, anytime! SAS® Visual Analytics App, part of the SAS Visual Analytics product family, enables you to view and interact with reports that can contain a variety of charts, graphs, gauges, tables, and other report objects. With easy-to-use multi-touch gestures, you can move through the application, filter and drill into data in the reports, and make decisions in the office, in meetings, or out on the road. Business users can interactively explore vast amounts of data and collaborate with others via the SAS Visual Analytics App. When reports and data change, the app updates the view ensuring users are always up to date. Requirements: A supported version of SAS Visual Analytics: •SAS Visual Analytics on SAS® Viya® •SAS Visual Analytics 7.5 (SAS® 9.5) SAS Visual Analytics server backend versions 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, and 7.5. Highlights: • Anywhere you go. You can work with reports whether you are connected or not. • Interactive reports, dashboards and graphs. A variety of reports, dashboards, graphs, and gauges provide the customization and flexibility you need to meet your wide range of business demands. • Multiple gestures. You can use familiar gestures, including pinch, zoom, tap, and multi-touch. • Fast. Just as you’d expect – the application provides great response times and a fantastic experience while you work with your reports. • Secure. Data access is based on user role and access permissions. • Access to big data. You have the ability to access big data from SAS Visual Analytics. Release 7.5 is powered by SAS® LASR(TM) Analytic Server. Release 8.3 and later, on SAS Viya, are powered by SAS® Cloud Analytic Services (CAS). License Agreement: Your use of this application indicates your acceptance of the terms of the SAS Institute Inc. License Agreement for SAS® Visual Analytics App Software, linked to below. If you do not agree with these terms, you are not authorized to use the application.
SPS|PM Analytics
Access key project analytics functions on your iOS device. This application requires an existing SPS|PM Corporate License for oil and gas, heavy industrial, and civil infrastructure projects.
- Project analytics access
- iOS device compatibility
- Production control insights
- Oil and gas project support
- Heavy industrial project support
- Civil infrastructure project support
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Strategic Project Solutions, Inc. (SPS), enables more effectively delivery of complex and critical oil and gas, heavy industrial and civil infrastructure projects through implementation of a our Project Production Control solutions enabled by SPS|Production Manager (SPS|PM), our proprietary software. Analytics iOS enables users of SPS|PM to access key Analytics functions using iOS devices. This application requires existing SPS|PM Corporate License. For more information, please contact Strategic Project Solutions at info@spsinc.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SAS Visual Analytics at 5.0 against SPS|PM Analytics's 3.0. SAS Visual Analytics also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). SPS|PM Analytics's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SAS Visual Analytics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of SAS Visual Analytics's written reviews are positive against 50% of SPS|PM Analytics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SAS Visual Analytics ships an update monthly, SPS|PM Analytics every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAS Visual Analytics | SPS|PM Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAS Institute Inc. | Strategic Project Solution, Inc. |
Customer experience
SAS Visual Analytics
SPS|PM Analytics
In-app purchases
SAS Visual Analytics
No in-app purchases
SPS|PM Analytics
No in-app purchases
