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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Altair RapidMiner is 3.2%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 3.2%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Enterprise Miner is 2.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Altair RapidMiner3.2%
IBM SPSS Modeler3.2%
SAS Enterprise Miner2.3%
Other91.3%
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Featured Reviews

SP
Solution Architect at Hitachi Digital Services
Visual workflows have empowered teams to build and deploy reliable predictive maintenance models
The best features Altair RapidMiner offers in my experience are the visual workflow designer in AI Studio, which is the foundation of everything. Building complete machine learning pipelines, data ingestion, transformation, feature engineering, model training, validation, and deployment in a drag-and-drop visual environment without extensive coding is what makes this accessible to organizations that cannot staff a team of Python developers for every analytics project. That capability opens the door.Auto Model is the feature I lean on most when doing rapid prototyping with clients. It evaluates multiple algorithms automatically, surfaces the best-performing model for the data, and explains why. That dramatically compresses the experimentation phase. What would take a data scientist days of manual testing, Auto Model does in an hour.
RB
Business Owner at SASS GmbH
Support and flexibility enable effective project initiation and meet customer needs but deployment requires enhancement
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult and expensive with IBM SPSS Modeler. With MATLAB, there is no problem. I have a solution, and then I convert my MATLAB solution to C programming language. This I can deploy, and I can check it, and it is MISRA compatible. It is very easy to deploy it, to go from MATLAB to C or C++, which is actually needed in the car industry. In the car industry, they want to have it in the hardware. You cannot put MATLAB or IBM SPSS Modeler in the hardware of a car, but with C, there is no problem with a microcontroller. They can shoot it into the microcontroller, and I can check it with Polyspace, and it is MISRA compatible, which is an industrial standard. There is nothing similar in IBM SPSS Modeler. I made solutions with IBM SPSS Modeler, and then the customer said they wanted to make a production out of it, and it was not possible. I stopped with IBM SPSS Modeler 18. It is now 18.6 from what I know at the moment. I do not believe that there is a possibility to design a graphic user interface with it. It is itself a graphic user interface, where you put all sorts of little icons into the display.
reviewer1352853 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Head of analytics at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees
A stable product that is easy to deploy and can be used for structured and unstructured data mining
We use the solution for predictive analytics to do structured and unstructured data mining I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline. The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies. I have been using the solution for 20 years. The product is very…

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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 is the built-in data tuning feature. Once the model is built, we often struggle to increase its accuracy, but RapidMiner allows us to fine-tune variables. For Example, when working on a project, we can adjust the number of nodes or the depth of trees to see how accuracy changes. This flexibility lets us achieve higher accuracy compared to traditional automated machine-learning models"
"We value the collaboration and governance features because it's a comprehensive platform that covers everything from data extraction to modeling operations in the ML language. RapidMiner is competitive in the ML space."
"RapidMiner has moved companies toward being more data-driven."
"The solution is stable."
"RapidMiner for Windows is an excellent graphical tool for data science."
"The best part of RapidMiner is efficiency."
"The best thing about RapidMiner is efficiency."
"Since the beginning, we had a really nice onboarding experience with RapidMiner."
"Very good data aggregation."
"To date, working with IBM SPSS Modeler has been very good, our installers and trainers have been excellent."
"The ease of use in the user interface is the best part of it. The ability to customize some of my streams with R and Python has been very useful to me, I've automated a few things with that."
"It continues to be a very flexible platform, so that it handles R and Python and other types of technology. It seems to be growing with additional open-source movement out there on different platforms."
"IBM was chosen because of usability. It's point and click, whereas the other out-of-the box-solution, or open-source solutions, require full-on programming and a much higher skill level."
"The benefits are that this product makes us a more efficient sales staff, reducing the inefficiencies in the buying patterns of our customers by calling them when we know they're ready to order, instead of waiting for them to call us."
"Quickness and ease of use with the guarantee of robust modeling techniques and trustworthy accuracy."
"We have integration where you can write third-party apps. This sort of feature opens it up to being able to do anything you want."
"Overall it is a good solution."
"The solution is very good for data mining or any mining issues."
"The setup is straightforward. Deployment doesn't take more than 30 minutes."
"Most of the features, especially on the data analysis tool pack, are really good. The way they do clustering and output is great. You can do fairly elaborate outputs. The results, the ensembles, all of these, are fantastic."
"he solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the decision tree creation."
"I like the way the product visually shows the data pipeline."
"Technical support has been good, and when I called them at the start of using the product with some issues they were very helpful."
 

Cons

"Regarding Altair RapidMiner's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are not the greatest."
"I would like to see more integration capabilities."
"RapidMiner can improve deep learning by enhancing the features."
"I think that they should make deep learning models easier."
"I would like to see all users have access to all of the deep learning models, and that they can be used easily."
"In terms of the UI and SaaS, the user interface with KNIME is more appealing than RapidMiner."
"It's supposedly very intuitive, and yet, I don't know where to click, honestly."
"Altair RapidMiner can be improved as the cloud-native story is still maturing."
"The biggest issue with the visual modeling capability is that we can't extract the SQL code under the hood."
"Easier coding language that is more flexible with other platforms."
"When I do clustering, I want to try a different stream, but currently the only thing that I can really pick is averaging."
"The challenge for the very technical data scientists: It is constraining for them.​"
"It's very stable, although it is not as user friendly as it could be."
"Expensive to deploy solutions. You need to buy an extra deployment unit."
"This is an expensive predicament software solution."
"The standard package (personal) is not supported for database connection."
"While I don't personally need tutorials, I can't say that it wouldn't be helpful for others to have some to help them navigate and operate the system."
"The license is really expensive. This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."
"The ease of use can be improved. When you are new it seems a bit complex."
"Virtualization could be much better."
"The stability isn't perfect. We have issues with accuracy in some AI forecasting areas, and the accuracy is not as good as the clients need it to be."
"We really don't like the protocols the solution offers. The solution is much more complex than other options."
"The initial setup is challenging if doing it for the first time."
"The product must provide better integration with cloud-native technologies."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Although we don't pay licensing fees because it is being used within the university, my understanding is that the cost is between $5,000 and $10,000 USD per year."
"I'm not fully aware of RapidMiner's price because we had licenses provided, but from my analysis, it's moderately priced, not too high or too low. It's worth the investment."
"For the university, the cost of the solution is free for the students and teachers."
"The client only has to pay the licensing costs. There are not any maintenance or hidden costs in addition to the license."
"I used an educational license for this solution, which is available free of charge."
"The scalability was kind of limited by our ability to get other people licenses, and that was usually more of a financial constraint. It's expensive, but it's a good tool."
"$5,000 annually."
"It is a huge increase to time savings."
"It is an expensive product."
"Its price is okay for a company, but for personal use, it is considered somewhat expensive."
"The government has funds and a budget, it's hard to say if it's expensive or cheap. In Canada, they have a yearly budget. They used to encourage people to use the modeler for development. If ten users use the server with ten licenses, it runs faster. But if forty users use the same appliance, everything slows down. People then think it's not easy to do things and prefer using remote tools like Python to extract data from the database. It's not about being expensive or cheap, but about people's knowledge and experience in how to do the work."
"Having in mind all four tools from Garner’s top quadrant, the pricing of this tool is competitive and it reflects the quality that it offers."
"When you are close to end of quarter, IBM and its partners can get you 60% to 70% discounts, so literally wait for the last day of the quarter for the best prices. You may feel like you are getting robbed if you can't receive a good discount."
"The solution is expensive for an individual, but for an enterprise/institution (purchasing bulk licenses), it is not a high price for the use that will come from it."
"The solution must improve its licensing models."
"This solution is for large corporations because not everybody can afford it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise10
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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise32
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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RapidMiner?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that the licensing model is based on Altair Units, which ...
What needs improvement with RapidMiner?
Altair RapidMiner can be improved by enhancing the newer GenAI features, which are interesting but honestly still qui...
What is your primary use case for RapidMiner?
My main use case for Altair RapidMiner is predictive quality analysis on the manufacturing site, as Wagner Spraytech ...
What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Modeler?
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult ...
What is your primary use case for IBM SPSS Modeler?
I have been using IBM SPSS Modeler for a long time. I am using IBM SPSS Modeler mainly for ETL. Sometimes I use it to...
What advice do you have for others considering IBM SPSS Modeler?
You should put MATLAB into your database. According to Gartner, from what I have seen last year, there was a Gartner ...
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Sample Customers

PayPal, Deloitte, eBay, Cisco, Miele, Volkswagen
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