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Altair Knowledge Studio vs Dataiku comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Altair Knowledge Studio
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dataiku
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Altair Knowledge Studio is 1.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dataiku is 5.6%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dataiku5.6%
Altair Knowledge Studio1.6%
Other92.8%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

LS
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 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.
SK
Senior Data Scientist at Deloitte
Visual workflows have streamlined healthcare analytics and have reduced reporting time significantly
In terms of improvement, I cannot comment on the LLMs or the agentic view as I have not used them yet. However, I feel that better documentation is necessary. Dataiku should establish a stronger community since this is proprietary software, where users can share knowledge. Although they have some community interaction, it is often challenging to find assistance when stuck. For example, when I was new to Dataiku and trying to use an external optimization tool such as CPLEX, I struggled with resource directory linking to a project's notebook. Detailed documentation and community discussions could have significantly alleviated these issues for users such as myself.

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."
"I like the interface, which is probably my favorite part of the solution. It is really user-friendly for an IT person."
"Data Science Studio's data science model is very useful."
"Compared to Informatica, this tool is extremely easy with its GUI-based functionality and large compatibility with various data sources, and maintenance processes are much more automated than ever, with fewer errors."
"Dataiku is a complete platform to build ETL and data pipeline and deploy it, which I appreciate."
"I like the interface, which is probably my favorite part of the solution; it is really user-friendly, colorful, and I think it is really beautiful and well-designed."
"Dataiku has positively impacted my organization, specifically in one project where we performed migration from AWS to Dataiku, speeding up the solution by close to 40% and reducing architecture costs by almost 70%, which was a significant benefit and greatly impacted our operations."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is one tool that can do everything, and you have the ability to very easily push your design to prediction."
"Cloud-based process run helps in not keeping the systems on while processes are running."
 

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 license is very expensive. It would be great to have an intermediate license for basic treatments that do not require extensive experience."
"Server up-time needs to be improved. Also, query engines like Spark and Hive need to be more stable."
"I would like to have better exclusion of data capability."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see deep learning better integrated into the tool and not simply an extension or plugin."
"There is room for improvement in terms of allowing for more code-based features."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see deep learning better integrated into the tool and not simply an extension or plugin."
"The ability to have charts right from the explorer would be an improvement."
"There were stability issues: 1) SQL operations, such as partitioning, had bugs and showed wrong results. 2) Due to server downtime, scheduled processes used to fail. 3) Access to project folders was compromised (privacy issue) with wrong people getting access to confidential project folders."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The annual licensing fees are approximately €20 ($22 USD) per key for the basic version and €40 ($44 USD) per key for the version with everything."
"Pricing is pretty steep. Dataiku is also not that cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise13
 

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.
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...
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
The licenses are a bit high for companies that are still hesitating to get started with using Dataiku. For my personal projects, I used the thirty-day free trial. Regarding my company, I did not ha...
What needs improvement with Dataiku Data Science Studio?
I have no suggestions for improvements because it's all good; it just sometimes lags a lot, and I don't know if the server is full or what, but it sometimes takes a lot of time while loading and re...
What is your primary use case for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
My main use case for Dataiku involves ETL pipelines, mainly for data analysis, and I majorly use SQL queries for that. For ETL pipelines and data analysis, I had to create the output by combining a...
 

Also Known As

Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO
Dataiku DSS
 

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Sample Customers

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