Convert SAS to CSV Online — Free, No SAS License

Need to get data out of a .sas7bdat file and into CSV? PondPilot converts SAS files to CSV entirely in your browser. No SAS license. No Python environment. No uploading files to some random website.

How to Convert SAS to CSV

  1. Open app.pondpilot.io
  2. Drag in your .sas7bdat file
  3. Preview the data and optionally filter with SQL
  4. Export to CSV

The conversion happens locally via DuckDB running as WebAssembly. Your SAS file is parsed by the duckdb-read-stat extension — the same engine handles SAS, Stata, and SPSS formats.

Filter Before You Export

Unlike blind conversion tools, PondPilot lets you query your data first:

SELECT patient_id, visit_date, outcome
FROM sas_data
WHERE outcome IS NOT NULL

Export only the rows and columns you need. This is especially useful for large SAS datasets where you only care about a subset.

Why Not Upload to an Online Converter?

Most online SAS-to-CSV converters require you to upload your file to their servers. For research data, clinical trial data, or anything under a data use agreement — that’s a non-starter. PondPilot processes everything in-browser. The file never touches a server.

Handles Large Files

DuckDB’s engine is efficient with memory. It can handle SAS files that would make a naive Python script choke. If your browser can load it, PondPilot can convert it.

Beyond CSV

While you’re at it, you can also export to Parquet (better compression, typed columns), JSON, or Excel. SAS to Parquet is particularly useful if you’re migrating data into a modern analytics stack.

Get Started

Open app.pondpilot.io and convert your first SAS file in under a minute.

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