You can burn at the stake for that kind of question. Jokes aside, it's not even close for actual modeling building. SAS has vertical integrations which make it

You can burn at the stake for that kind of question. Jokes aside, it's not even close for actual modeling building. SAS has vertical integrations which make it worthwhile for corporations. Things like portfolio risk management, marketing optimization software, intranets, BI, etc., but R is unparalleled for model building.