Open SAS Files in Your Browser — No SAS License Needed

SAS licenses cost tens of thousands of dollars per year. But maybe you just need to look at a .sas7bdat file someone sent you. Maybe you need to run a quick query, check row counts, or export it to CSV. You shouldn’t need a five-figure license for that.

PondPilot opens SAS .sas7bdat files directly in the browser. No SAS installation, no license, no server-side processing. Just drag your file in and start querying.

How It Works

PondPilot uses duckdb-read-stat, a DuckDB extension that reads statistical data formats natively. When you open a .sas7bdat file, the extension parses it entirely in-browser via WebAssembly. Your data never leaves your machine.

  1. Open app.pondpilot.io
  2. Drag in your .sas7bdat file
  3. Browse the schema, preview rows, or write SQL against it

Full SQL on SAS Data

This isn’t just a viewer. You get the full power of DuckDB’s SQL engine:

SELECT region, COUNT(*) as n, AVG(revenue) as avg_rev
FROM my_sas_file
GROUP BY region
ORDER BY avg_rev DESC

Joins, window functions, CTEs — everything works. It’s a proper analytics engine, not a file previewer.

Export to Any Format

Once you’ve opened your SAS file, you can export it to CSV, Parquet, JSON, or Excel. Need to convert a batch of .sas7bdat files to Parquet for a data lake migration? PondPilot handles that without writing a single line of Python.

Why Not Just Use Python?

You could install pandas and pyreadstat and write a script. But if you’re a researcher who just received a dataset, or an analyst who doesn’t code in Python, that’s a barrier. PondPilot is zero-setup — open a browser tab and go.

Your Data Stays Private

PondPilot is a client-side application. SAS files often contain sensitive research or healthcare data. Nothing gets uploaded, nothing gets logged. The file is processed entirely in your browser’s memory.

Get Started

Open app.pondpilot.io and drop in a .sas7bdat file. That’s it.

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