Cloudera Data Science Workbench vs IBM SPSS Modeler comparison

Cloudera and IBM are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. Cloudera is ranked #23, while IBM is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0. Cloudera holds a 1.8% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to IBM’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Cloudera users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

IBM SPSS Modeler and Cloudera Data Science Workbench are competing products in data science tools. Cloudera has the upper hand with its robust feature set and scalability that many buyers find justify its cost.

Features: IBM SPSS Modeler has strengths in predictive analytics, machine learning capabilities, and easy integration with IBM's ecosystem. Cloudera Data Science Workbench provides scalable data processing, flexibility in coding languages, and strong integration with Hadoop ecosystems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM SPSS Modeler offers straightforward installation with comprehensive customer support resources. Cloudera Data Science Workbench requires a more complex setup but offers strong community support and a versatile infrastructure.

Pricing and ROI: IBM SPSS Modeler has a clear pricing model with predictable ROI, suitable for budget-conscious businesses. Cloudera Data Science Workbench involves higher setup costs, but its ROI is validated by enhanced capabilities and scalability, appealing to businesses seeking growth in data science.

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Categories and Ranking

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

IBM SPSS Modeler

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Mining (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Science Workbench is 1.8%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 3.5%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM SPSS Modeler	3.5%
Cloudera Data Science Workbench	1.8%
Other	94.7%

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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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Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bisping

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.

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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

"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."

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

"It helped me in that I didn't need to write them by hand, and I could get a result in one or two minutes. That helped me a lot."

"We had an IBM Guardium service contract where we used one of their resources to help us develop our prototype. It was a good experience, but they were helpful and responsive."

"Our go live process has been slightly enhanced compared to the previous programmatic process. There is now a faster time to production from the business end."

"The supervised models are valuable. It is also very organized and easy to use."

"Extremely easy to use, it offers a generous selection of proprietary machine learning algorithms."

"It is very scalable for non-technical people."

"A lot of jobs that are stuck in Excel due to the huge numbers of rows are tackled pretty quickly."

"I was familiar with using IBM SPSS Modeler separately in the private sector before that. It's a good tool for extracting data from data warehouses, creating streams, and manipulating logic to extract final data."

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Cons

"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."

"Regarding visual modeling, it is not the biggest strength of the product, although from what I hear in the latest release it's going to be a lot stronger. That, to me, has always been the biggest flaw in using this. It's very difficult to get good visualization."

"The platform's cloud version needs improvements."

"Formula writing is not straightforward for an Excel user. Totally new set of functions, which takes time to learn and teach."

"C&DS will not meet our scalability needs."

"The platform that you can deploy it on needs improvement because I think it is Windows only. I do not think it can run off a Red Hat, like the server products. I am pretty sure it is Windows and AIX only."

"The challenge for the very technical data scientists: It is constraining for them."

"I would not rate the technical support very well. The technicians have accents. When you do find someone, it is very hard to get somebody able to answer the technical questions."

"The product does not have a search function for tags."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."

"It is an expensive product."

"It got us a good amount of money with quick and efficient modeling."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"It is a huge increase to time savings."

"This tool, being an IBM product, is pretty expensive."

"If you are in a university and the license is free then you can use the tool without any charges, which is good."

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11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Also Known As

CDSW

SPSS Modeler

Overview

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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IBM SPSS Modeler is an extensive predictive analytics platform that is designed to bring predictive intelligence to decisions made by individuals, groups, systems and the enterprise. By providing a range of advanced algorithms and techniques that include text analytics, entity analytics, decision management and optimization, SPSS Modeler can help you consistently make the right decisions from the desktop or within operational systems.

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Sample Customers

IQVIA, Rush University Medical Center, Western Union

Reisebªro Idealtours GmbH, MedeAnalytics, Afni, Israel Electric Corporation, Nedbank Ltd., DigitalGlobe, Vodafone Hungary, Aegon Hungary, Bureau Veritas, Brammer Group, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, InSites Consulting, Fortis Turkey

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