IBM SPSS Modeler vs TIBCO Statistica comparison

IBM and TIBCO are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. IBM is ranked #14 with an average rating of 6.8, while TIBCO is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM holds a 2.5% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to TIBCO’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

IBM SPSS Modeler

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86% willing to recommend

TIBCO Statistica

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between IBM SPSS Modeler and TIBCO Statistica based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM SPSS Modeler

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Mining (4th)

TIBCO Statistica

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Predictive Analytics (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Statistica is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeterHuo

Application Architect at Canada Border Services Agency

Good tool for extracting data from data warehouses, creating streams, and manipulating logic to extract final data

There are performance issues. Extracting data from many combined tables can take hours and occasionally crash the server due to memory leaks. This performance problem bothers people. The performance issue seems to be related to the server. We design streams on the client and submit them to the server, which generates a large SQL statement. There are two potential bottlenecks: one in the server and another in data extraction. I'm unsure about the exact mechanics of data splitting when fetching from the database. When streams become larger, performance bottlenecks may occur in the IBM SPSS Modeler server or the database. Sometimes the server crashes and needs to be restarted to release memory on both sides. I'm not sure exactly where the problem is caused, as I focus on stream design rather than server issues. The problem could be on the IBM SPSS Modeler server and database.

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reviewer2038860

Key Account Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Provides versatility in analysis and problem-solving

I use TIBCO Statistica for quality control, creating profile control charts, and employing basic statistical tools in production. Some clients prefer advanced options like neural networks and decision trees for more in-depth analysis. TIBCO Statistica helps us meet a range of statistical needs for…

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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

"It's very easy to use. The drag and drop feature makes it very easy when you are building and testing the streams. That's very useful."

"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."

"We are using it either for workforce deployment or to improve our operations."

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

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

"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."

"So far, the stability has been rock solid."

"Stability is good."

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"One of the best features of TIBCO Statistica is its block-based solution building."

Cons

"It would be good if IBM added help resources to the interface."

"The time series should be improved."

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

"We have run into a few problems doing some entity matching/analytics."

"When you are not using the product, such as during the pandemic where we had worldwide lockdowns, you still have to pay for the licensing."

"Customer support is hard to contact."

"If IBM could add some of the popular models into the SPSS for further analysis, like popular regression models, I think that would be a helpful improvement."

"When I used it in the office, back in the day, we did have some stability issues. Sometimes it just randomly crashed and we couldn't get good feedback. But when I use it for my own stuff now I don't have any problems."

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"TIBCO Statistica could improve by expanding its neural network capabilities to support multi-layer networks, addressing user demands for advanced tasks like image analysis."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

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

"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."

"Its price is okay for a company, but for personal use, it is considered somewhat expensive."

"It is a huge increase to time savings."

"It is an expensive product."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

13%

Educational Organization

11%

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Computer Software Company

Educational Organization

23%

University

17%

Hospitality Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM SPSS Modeler?

Compared to other tools, the product works much easier to analyze data without coding.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM SPSS Modeler?

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 us...

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What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Modeler?

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What do you like most about TIBCO Statistica?

One of the best features of TIBCO Statistica is its block-based solution building.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Statistica?

TIBCO Statistica offers a basic desktop certificate at a reasonable cost. However, the more advanced options, like network licenses for concurrent users, can become quite expensive. This creates a ...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Statistica?

TIBCO Statistica could improve by expanding its neural network capabilities to support multi-layer networks, addressing user demands for advanced tasks like image analysis. I also find the user int...

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Also Known As

SPSS Modeler

Quest Statistica, Dell Statistica

Overview

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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TIBCO Statistica is a flexible analytics system, which allows users to: create analytic workflows that are packaged and published to business users, explore interactively and visualize problems and create and deploy statistical, predictive, data mining, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, and text analytic models. TIBCO Statistica advanced analytics and data science platform helps you to Embed Analytics Everywhere. TIBCO Statistica capabilities: Predictive Analytics, Provide broad access and data preparation everywhere, including for databases, cloud, and Apache Hadoop sources. Native Distributed Analytical Architecture (NDAA), Real-time Big-data Answers, Security and governance and Statistica works with R, Python, Scala scripts in-database or at the edge.

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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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