Altair Knowledge Studio vs Cloudera Data Science Workbench comparison

Altair and Cloudera are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. Altair is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0, while Cloudera is ranked #23 with an average rating of 6.0. Altair holds a 0.4% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to Cloudera’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Altair users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of Cloudera users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Altair Knowledge Studio and Cloudera Data Science Workbench based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Knowledge Studio

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cloudera Data Science Workb...

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

23rd

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Altair Knowledge Studio is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudera Data Science Workbench is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Leo Sundararaj

Account Manager at JegaSure

Advanced decision trees and seamless data pattern analysis transform data preparation

One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools. The Segment ( /products/segment-reviews ) Viewer is another unique feature that provides a comprehensive view of data patterns and helps identify anomalies before creating decision trees. Additionally, the ability to export code in the language of SAS is valuable, and the tool's drag-and-drop functionality makes it accessible to business users without a coding background.

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Ismail Peer

Program Management Lead Advisor at Unionbank Philippines

Useful for data science modeling but improvement is needed in MLOps and pricing

If you don't configure CDSW well, then it might be not useful for you. Deploying the tool can vary in complexity, but most of the time, it's relatively simple and straightforward. Triggering a job from data to production is easy, as the platform automates the deployment process. However, ensuring optimal resource allocation is essential for smooth operations.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools."

"The Cloudera Data Science Workbench is customizable and easy to use."

"I appreciate CDSW's ability to logically segregate environments, such as data, DR, and production, ensuring they don't interfere with each other. The deployment of machine learning is fast and easy to manage. Its API calls are also fast."

Cons

"It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation."

"The tool's MLOps is not good. It's pricing also needs to improve."

"Running this solution requires a minimum of 12GB to 16GB of RAM."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Altair Knowledge Studio?

The licensing is straightforward, and we have not encountered any pushbacks from our procurement team. The pricing is on par with market competitors.

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What needs improvement with Altair Knowledge Studio?

It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation. Having all these functionalities wi...

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What is your primary use case for Altair Knowledge Studio?

I used Altair Knowledge Studio ( /products/altair-knowledge-studio-reviews ) mainly for data preparation and creating decision trees. We used SAS for data preparation and decision trees in Altair K...

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What do you like most about Cloudera Data Science Workbench?

I appreciate CDSW's ability to logically segregate environments, such as data, DR, and production, ensuring they don't interfere with each other. The deployment of machine learning is fast and easy...

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What needs improvement with Cloudera Data Science Workbench?

The tool's MLOps is not good. It's pricing also needs to improve.

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What is your primary use case for Cloudera Data Science Workbench?

We have different use cases. Our banking use case uses machine learning to identify customer life events and recommend the best-suited card products. These machine-learning models are deployed in o...

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Also Known As

Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO

CDSW

Overview

Business intelligence and predictive analytics software suite from Angoss Software Corporation. KnowledgeSTUDIO is a market-leading business intelligence software product with data mining and predictive analytics capabilities including data profiling, advanced data visualization, advanced modeling, unsupervised learning, decision tree and strategy design functionality.

Altair

Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) makes secure, collaborative data science at scale a reality for the enterprise and accelerates the delivery of new data products. With CDSW, organizations can research and experiment faster, deploy models easily and with confidence, as well as rely on the wider Cloudera platform to reduce the risks and costs of data science projects. Access any data anywhere – from cloud object storage to data warehouses, CDSW provides connectivity not only to CDH but the systems your data science teams rely on for analysis.

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Sample Customers

HSBC, MBNA, US Ban Corp, MasterCard Worldwide, Invesco, Citi Bank, ATB Financial, PayPal, Bajaj Finserv

IQVIA, Rush University Medical Center, Western Union

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