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Faster AI & Analytics: SAS® Viya ®
Outperforms the Competition

The importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for businesses is clear. Companies that leverage AI tools
have distinct advantages over their peers, with AI Machine Learning (AI/ML) proving invaluable for
finding and enabling insights buried within corporate data.
SAS asked The Futurum Group to independently analyze and review the performance results of SAS
Viya and several leading commercial and open-source AI/ML alternative options. The Futurum Group
Lab worked together with SAS engineering teams to compare SAS Viya against competitive offerings.
We ran over 1500 tests across different Azure Cloud architecture using identical instance types to
provide accurate comparisons.
"The Performance of SAS Viya was Impressive, they didn't just outperform competing AI/ML
libraries, they crushed the competition." – Russ Fellows, Principal Analyst, The Futurum Group
SAS Viya Outperforms Competitors

Performance is an important consideration, impacting business agility, efficiency and ultimately
enabling business decisions and results faster. The Futurum Group Labs testing found multiple
benefits compared to using alternative AI/ML options.
Average 30X faster Faster than H20,

SparkML and
than Competitors “Competitor-A”
Better Scalability Better Performance

than Competitors with Large Datasets
Up to 326X Faster Outperformed

“Competitor-A” in
Average 49X Faster Microsoft Azure
SAS Viya Outperforms the Competition

Superior Scalability of SAS Viya 25
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While testing SAS Viya against competitors, The 20

SparkML Competitor-A
Futurum Group found that the larger the dataset
the better Viya performed.
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Specifically, when training a model on a dataset

with over 300 million unique data points, Viya
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delivered results in under 12 minutes where two
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primary competitors SparkML and Competitor-A,

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ran for hours before failing to yield any results. 0

SAS-Viya
- 100 200 300

Unique Data Points Millions
SAS Viya Delivers Lower Cloud Operating Costs

The value of SAS Viya lies in its ability to deliver business critical decisions significantly faster, and at
lower operating costs than the alternatives tested. This combination of accuracy and speed provides
companies using Viya significantly more options than companies who utilize alternative AI/ML
platforms.
With Viya’s performance advantage, data scientists may investigate more model options without
increasing their operational costs, or may instead choose a model that yields good results and
decrease their operational costs compared to using alternative AI/ML tools. The flexibility to optimize
development and retraining runs while still minimizing expenses provides significant business value.
Do More Work for Do the Same Work

the Same Cost for Less Cost
$ Cost # Results $ Cost # Results
"Competitor-A" "Competitor-A"
Data & AI platform 2 49 Data & AI platform
SparkML 4 28 SparkML
SAS Viya 100 1 SAS Viya
SAS Average 30X More Results SAS Average 86% Lower

Viya with the Same Cost Viya Operational Costs
About The Futurum Group

The Futurum Group is a family of industry research, advisory, consulting, and media companies focused on
analyzing emerging and market-disrupting technologies, identifying and validating trends, and delivering
data and insights that empower clients to find their competitive edge in the digital economy.
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Faster AI & Analytics: SAS® Viya ®

Outperforms the Competition

SAS Viya Outperforms Competitors

Average 30X faster Faster than H20,

Better Scalability Better Performance

Up to 326X Faster Outperformed

SAS Viya Outperforms the Competition

While testing SAS Viya against competitors, The 20

Specifically, when training a model on a dataset

primary competitors SparkML and Competitor-A,

ran for hours before failing to yield any results. 0

- 100 200 300

SAS Viya Delivers Lower Cloud Operating Costs

Do More Work for Do the Same Work

SAS Viya 100 1 SAS Viya

SAS Average 30X More Results SAS Average 86% Lower

About The Futurum Group

Copyright 2023, The Futurum Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

SAS Viya Outperforms the Competition

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