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Altair RapidMiner vs Pentaho Business Analytics 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.0
Altair RapidMiner's initial high cost is offset by long-term savings and high ROI, with users appreciating its value.
Sentiment score
5.4
Pentaho Business Analytics mixed ROI perceptions highlight efficiency gains but unclear returns compared to competitors like QlikView and Tableau.
The utilities predictive maintenance return on investment I mentioned, with a twenty percent reduction in unplanned downtime, is the clearest example.
Solution Architect at Hitachi Digital Services
I have seen a return on investment, as the defect reduction and forecast accuracy improvements have tangible financial value, with the scrap reduction alone recovering a significant portion of the platform cost in the first year.
Data Analytics Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Altair RapidMiner's customer service is praised for community resources, though direct support response times can vary.
Sentiment score
6.5
Pentaho Business Analytics receives mixed reviews for customer support, with users relying heavily on forums and community assistance.
I have not encountered any problems with Altair RapidMiner technical support.
Professor at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administraçao de Coimbra
the technical documentation is thorough
Data Analytics Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.2
Altair RapidMiner scales efficiently for machine learning, though complex operations may need guidance, with scalability and load balance as key interests.
Sentiment score
7.0
Pentaho Business Analytics is scalable with good performance but occasionally needs professional help for complex data handling.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Altair RapidMiner is celebrated for its stability and reliability, with occasional minor issues, rated 8-9 out of 10.
Sentiment score
6.5
Pentaho Business Analytics is stable but may face Java caching issues, impacting performance and requiring careful cache management.
Altair RapidMiner is stable with no issues of downtime or crashes.
Professor at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administraçao de Coimbra
Altair RapidMiner is a stable product, and it has been smooth to use without any bugs or issues.
Senior Manager, Digitalization of Supply Chain& Traceability at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
It can handle large datasets.
DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia
 

Room For Improvement

Altair RapidMiner users desire improved UI, tool integration, pricing, deep learning, documentation, security, automation, and open-source adoption.
Pentaho Business Analytics lacks an intuitive interface, robust integration, self-service features, and requires technical expertise, limiting usability.
Graph Studio and knowledge graph capabilities are powerful in theory, but the learning curve is steep.
Data Analytics Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Incorporating generative AI as an AI assistant would be beneficial.
Professor at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administraçao de Coimbra
It would be beneficial if the platform could suggest suitable AI models and provide more advanced AI features.
Senior Manager, Digitalization of Supply Chain& Traceability at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
Pentaho Business Analytics is hard to learn and not suited for initial users as it requires knowledge of operating systems, Java, and other technical skills.
DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia
 

Setup Cost

Altair RapidMiner offers a flexible pricing model, perceived as expensive but more affordable than SAS or SPSS, with educational benefits.
Enterprise buyers find the free Pentaho Community Edition cost-effective, while the Enterprise Edition offers value with support and features.
The licensing model is flexible in the sense that you can apply units across different products.
Data Analytics Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We are likely to purchase a license, which may offer additional features.
Senior Manager, Digitalization of Supply Chain& Traceability at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
Pentaho Business Analytics is priced similarly to other competitors such as QlikView and Tableau.
DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia
 

Valuable Features

Altair RapidMiner simplifies building ML pipelines with no-code workflows, data integration, and seamless Python/R integration for organizations.
Pentaho Business Analytics provides easy data integration, customizable dashboards, extensive connectivity, and supports efficient data transformation and delivery.
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.
Solution Architect at Hitachi Digital Services
Altair RapidMiner offers several best features, including visual workflow design, which is the foundation of everything, and the ability to build complete end-to-end machine learning pipelines, encompassing data preparation, feature engineering, model training, validation, and deployment.
Data Analytics Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Additionally, it includes machine learning and AI tools to work on complex datasets.
Senior Manager, Digitalization of Supply Chain& Traceability at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
It is a stable product, and it can handle large datasets.
DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia
 

Categories and Ranking

Altair RapidMiner
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (6th), Data Science Platforms (11th)
Pentaho Business Analytics
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (19th), Cloud Operations Analytics (2nd), Reporting (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Altair RapidMiner is designed for Predictive Analytics and holds a mindshare of 5.8%, down 10.9% compared to last year.
Pentaho Business Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 0.5% since last year.
Predictive Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Altair RapidMiner5.8%
Alteryx7.7%
DataRobot6.2%
Other80.3%
Predictive Analytics
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pentaho Business Analytics1.1%
Microsoft Power BI7.6%
Tableau Enterprise6.3%
Other85.0%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

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.
JB
Founder at SJT Consult
Solution enables effective ETL processes and exhibits high satisfaction
From an integration perspective, Pentaho Business Analytics is not the best tool on the market. There are things done by Apache that are better, though I am not the one implementing them, so this is based on what I have heard about novelties in the market. I do not see the need to extend the coverage of Pentaho Business Analytics's domain. For things that it does not do, there are better solutions on the market, and it would be costly to implement them. Pentaho Business Analytics is a very great tool for very specific standardized scenarios. If you need more complex elastic solutions because the process is different, there are better tools available.
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Comparison Review

it_user6978 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Helical IT Solution (Jaspersoft, Pentaho, Talend, Kettle, DWBI, ETL, Ctools, iReport, Jasper Report)
Jun 10, 2013
Jaspersoft vs. Pentaho – Which one to use & is there any need to purchase the commercial edition
Any company (be it technology, manfucaturing, human resource, ecommerce, SME etc) always has the need for Business Intelligence to some or the other extent. If cost is one of the consideration factor, then the 2 BI tools which are at the forefront are Pentaho and Jaspersoft. But, often the same…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise15
 

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 is their shared token-based system across their product portfolio and is flexibl...
What needs improvement with RapidMiner?
Altair RapidMiner can be improved by enhancing the newer GenAI features, which are interesting but honestly still quite early, and the documentation does not yet match the ambition of what they are...
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 manufactures spray finishing equipment and we generate a significant amount of o...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pentaho Business Analytics?
Pentaho Business Analytics offers the best value for money. While improvements can be made in some areas, particularly with more cloud-based solutions, it is not in their domain because they do not...
What needs improvement with Pentaho Business Analytics?
From an integration perspective, Pentaho Business Analytics is not the best tool on the market. There are things done by Apache that are better, though I am not the one implementing them, so this i...
 

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Pentaho, Kettle, Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics
 

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