# SAS Viya: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/sas-viya/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ML platforms | 0% | 84 | 50% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Difficult for non-technical users... Expensive, particularly in enterprise licensing" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, ML platforms)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- ML platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 84 of 107.

## In its own words

What SAS Viya's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: SAS Viya brings data, analytics and AI together in a single platform designed for enterprise scale. Build, deploy and govern AI faster — turning insight into decisions across your organization. (https://sas.com/)
- For: organizations (https://sas.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free SAS Viya Trial (https://sas.com/)
- Customers named: Georgia-Pacific, Posten Bring, Liverpool FC, DB Insurance, ERGO, Erasmus MC, Ulta Beauty, Orlando Magic

## What it publishes

Every page sas.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 25696 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 6337 pages, 43 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- webinar or virtual event: 476 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- conference or event: 96 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-28
- report or ebook: 548 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-09
- comparison: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-05
- template or tool: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-10-16
- glossary or explainer: 625 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- podcast or video: 16 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- news or press: 36 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- Recent: 2026-09-29 blog: Ind health care https://blogs.sas.com/content/industry/ind-health-care/
- Recent: 2026-09-29 blog: Ind insurance https://blogs.sas.com/content/industry/ind-insurance/
- Recent: 2026-09-29 blog: Ind life sciences https://blogs.sas.com/content/industry/ind-life-sciences/
- Recent: 2026-09-29 blog: En https://blogs.sas.com/content/language/en/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 news or press: News https://www.sas.com/en_gb/news.html
- Recent: 2026-09-28 news or press: News https://www.sas.com/en_ie/news.html

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.