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Altair Knowledge Studio vs IBM Watson Explorer vs KNIME Business Hub comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Altair Knowledge Studio1.5%
Databricks8.3%
Dataiku5.9%
Other84.3%
Data Science Platforms
Data Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Watson Explorer2.9%
IBM SPSS Modeler17.4%
IBM SPSS Statistics17.2%
Other62.5%
Data Mining
Data Mining Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
KNIME Business Hub11.7%
IBM SPSS Modeler17.4%
IBM SPSS Statistics17.2%
Other53.7%
Data Mining
 

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.
it_user1319820 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
A data analysis tool that is scalable and includes keyword search functionality
The solution is used for a government company for data collection and analysis I have found the auto-generated document very useful as well as the main keywords that are highlighted, which are used for the search functionality within IBM Watson Explorer. I have been using the solution for five…
NataliaRaffo - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder & Chief Data Officer Cdo at NTT DATA
Workflow automation has accelerated advanced analytics and machine learning delivery
Sometimes it is a little bit difficult to use some nodes when we have many large-scale data, for example, CSV files with a large amount of data. It is sometimes difficult to try to import the data in KNIME Business Hub nodes because I think that some features that are in the CSV in text, for example, large text, is difficult for KNIME Business Hub to import these fields. I don't know why, but it is very difficult. We need to try to use different nodes for importing the data, such as File Reader and CSV Reader. However, I think that it is always the features that have much text, it is difficult for KNIME Business Hub to understand and import this information. I don't know why, or maybe I don't know if we don't know what the better option is to configure the node to import all the CSV or the data set. However, we have always had this problem. In some nodes, sometimes it is the same because sometimes, for example, I have a CSV and in my CSV, I have a feature that is, for example, a date. When I import this data set in the File Reader node, I have problems with this field because it is a date, but the problem is that it imports it as text, for example. We try to use their nodes that convert text to date, but sometimes it is difficult, and it is not immediate to transform the text into a date. So we needed to convert the text into a date in the CSV, and then import it again in the KNIME Business Hub node and try to have a good read of this field. I know that KNIME Business Hub has some nodes to convert text to date and others, but sometimes it is difficult to use these nodes. I don't know why. Maybe it needs a specific format for the date and we need to transform our feature in this option. So sometimes it is a large process to convert these features. However, sometimes we need to investigate and search for other nodes, and try with other nodes to import these cases.

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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."
"For me, as a user, the most valuable feature is the ability to ingest and then retrieve information from a range of separate sources; the ability to dissect questions in context and actually answer them."
"The valuable feature of Watson Explorer for us is data entities, and being able to see hidden insights from within unstructured data."
"The ability to easily pull together lots of different pieces of information and drill down in a smarter way than has been possible with other analytics tools is key. Watson is all based on a set of AI and deep learning, machine-learning capabilities, and it is looking behind the scenes at some relationships that you likely would not have spotted on your own. It's pulling things together, categorizing some things, that are not something that you might have seen on your own."
"I have found the auto-generated document very useful as well as the main keywords that are highlighted, which are used for the search functionality within IBM Watson Explorer."
"We take natural language that was happening in our repositories and our application and then feed it to the Watson APIs. We receive JSON payloads as an API response to get cognitive feedback from the repository data."
"Previously we'd have a set of health and safety analysts who would be the key focal points for doing work to understand health and safety risks; so a very small number of people, but through WEX and through our Watson HSEQ solution, we've managed to get engagement across at least one-third of our workforce, so over 1,300 people, and a 25% reduction in health and safety incidents."
"I have found the auto-generated document very useful as well as the main keywords that are highlighted, which are used for the search functionality within IBM Watson Explorer."
"Implementing the solution really helped with manual labor, it takes care of a lot of FT work."
"From a user-friendliness perspective, it's a great tool."
"I believe the main benefits I receive from KNIME Business Hub are automation, because when I work through the workflow one time, I can reuse it later on, saving considerable time for many tasks."
"Easy to connect with every database: We use queries from SQL, Redshift, Oracle."
"What I like the most is that it works almost out of the box with Random Forest and other Forest nodes."
"If you like data analysis, KNIME is the best option; it's free and easy to set up."
"Key features include: very easy-to-use visual interface; Help functions and clear explanations of the functionalities and the used algorithms; Data Wrangling and data manipulation functionalities are certainly sufficient, as well as the looping possibilities which help you to automate parts of the analysis."
"Usability and organizing workflows in a very neat manner, controlling workflow through variables is something amazing."
"The nicest part of KNIME is that the designer tool is free."
 

Cons

"It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation."
"It is a little bit tricky to get used to the workflow of knowing how to train Watson, what can be provided, what can't be, how to provide it, how to import, export, and what it means every time you have to add a new dictionary or something of the like."
"Sometimes the service stops."
"Much of IBM operates this way, where they have sets of tools that are in the middleware space, and it becomes the customer's responsibility or the business partner's responsibility to develop full solutions that take advantage of that middleware."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is a little bit tricky to get used to the workflow of knowing how to train Watson, what can be provided, what can't be, how to provide it, how to import, export, and what it means every time you have to add a new dictionary"
"Small businesses will probably have a little harder time getting into it, just because of the amount of resources that they have available, both financial and time, but it really is a solution that should work for them."
"More cognitive feedback would be good. The natural language analysis is great, the sentiment analyzers are great, but I would just like to see more innovation done with the Watson platform."
"No, it's not yet stable."
"I would prefer to have more connectivity."
"It could input more data acquisitions from other sources and it is difficult to combine with Python."
"There are a lot of tools in the product and it would help if they were grouped into classes where you can select a function, rather than a specific tool."
"KNIME is not good at visualization."
"It needs more examples, use cases, and MOOC to learn, especially with respect to the algorithms and how to practically create a flow from end-to-end."
"In the previous versions, I had some issues when reading large Excel files due to memory usage."
"The documentation is lacking and it could be better."
"The dynamic column name feature could be improved. When attempting to automate processes involving columns, such as with companies, it becomes difficult to achieve the same result when we make changes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"The client versions are mostly free, and we pay only for the KNIME server version. It's not a cheap solution."
"This is an open-source solution that is free to use."
"KNIME is a cost-effective solution because it’s free of cost."
"The price of KNIME is quite reasonable and the designer tool can be used free of charge."
"It's an open-source solution."
"KNIME is a cheap product. I currently use KNIME's open-source version."
"It is free of cost. It is GNU licensed."
"I use the open-source version."
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Healthcare Company
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Financial Services Firm
11%
Performing Arts
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University
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
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Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise31
 

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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...
What needs improvement with Altair Knowledge Studio?
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for KNIME?
I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
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Regarding integration capabilities, I do not think it is that easy to integrate KNIME Business Hub with another produ...
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My use case for KNIME Business Hub includes automation, querying from the database, and outputting to Excel and creat...
 

Also Known As

Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO
IBM WEX
KNIME Analytics Platform
 

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