SAS Visual Text Analytics vs ATLAS.ti

SAS Visual Text Analytics9.1Visit ATLAS.ti8.8Visit

Higher score SAS Visual Text Analytics #2 in Text Analysis Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit SAS

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ATLAS.ti #3 in Text Analysis Software 8.8/10 20-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit ATLAS.ti

• SAS Visual Text Analytics fits best

  Large organizations building text analytics workflows

• ATLAS.ti fits best

  Researchers analyzing mixed media and surveys

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Side by side

Feature	SAS Visual Text Analytics 9.1/10 Visit ↗	ATLAS.ti 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.8
Ranking	#2 in Text Analysis Software	#3 in Text Analysis Software
Best for	Large organizations building text analytics workflows	Researchers analyzing mixed media and surveys
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	20-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	20 days
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SAS Visual Text Analytics 3/3 · ATLAS.ti 3/3
Sentiment analysis	✓	✓
Topic modeling	✓	✓
Entity extraction	✓	✓
Specs
Supported languages	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Text input sources	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Export formats	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines parsing, sentiment, topics, classification and entity extraction Visual interfaces support creation and management of text models Integrates results with broader SAS analytics workflows	Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data. AI tools cover coding, querying, transcription, sentiment, and entity recognition. Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS apps support distributed teams.
Cons	Designed for SAS Viya environments rather than a standalone open-source stack Sales-led purchasing may require direct vendor engagement Enterprise-oriented scope may exceed the needs of small teams	No free plan; ongoing access requires a paid offering. Trial allows up to five active-use days within a 20-day period. Support is provided through email and documentation, without 24/7 coverage.
Our verdict	SAS Visual Text Analytics is text-analysis software within the SAS platform, built for organizations working with large collections of unstructured content. It applies linguistic processing and machine-learning techniques to customer… Read the review →	ATLAS.ti is qualitative data analysis software for researchers, students, universities, marketers, UX professionals, and data analysts. It brings text, PDF, image, audio, video, survey, interview, focus-group, literature, and geographic… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• SAS Visual Text Analytics — where it wins

  • Combines parsing, sentiment, topics, classification and entity extraction
  • Visual interfaces support creation and management of text models
  • Integrates results with broader SAS analytics workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Designed for SAS Viya environments rather than a standalone open-source stack
  • Sales-led purchasing may require direct vendor engagement
  • Enterprise-oriented scope may exceed the needs of small teams

• ATLAS.ti — where it wins

  • Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data.
  • AI tools cover coding, querying, transcription, sentiment, and entity recognition.
  • Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS apps support distributed teams.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; ongoing access requires a paid offering.
  • Trial allows up to five active-use days within a 20-day period.
  • Support is provided through email and documentation, without 24/7 coverage.

• SAS Visual Text Analytics9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  An enterprise text-analysis suite for modeling, classification and SAS workflow integration.

  Visit SASFull verdict →
• ATLAS.ti8.8/10 · 20-day trial

  A multimodal research workspace with AI analysis, transcription, and collaboration.

  Visit ATLAS.tiFull verdict →