Difference between SAS tool and other tools

The differences between SAS and other tools are:

1.SAS is a reporting tool.
2.SAS is an ETL tool and also a forecasting tool.

Tools other than SAS consists of reporting tool, for example, Business Objects Cognos or ETL tool, for example, Informatica, or both , for example Business Objects.Other tools does not have forecasting tool. For this reason, SAS is used in most in Clinical Trials and health care industry.SAS provides more features in comparison to other tools. it supports almost ALL database interfaces and has its own extensive database engine.

Q.Why is SAS so popular?
A.Statistical Analysis System is an integration of various software products which allows the developers to perform the following:

Data entry, data retrieval, data management and data mining
Report writing and supports for graphics
Statistical analysis, business planning, business forecasting and business decision support
Operations research and project management, quality improvement, application development
Extract, transform and load functions in data warehousing.
Platform independent and remote computing

Because of these many features, SAS has become more and more popular.SAS is an ETL tool. Not just this it can be used for reporting and can be used for forecasting business needs