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IBM Watson Explorer vs Oracle Advanced Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Explorer
Ranking in Data Mining
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Advanced Analytics
Ranking in Data Mining
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Mining category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Explorer is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Advanced Analytics is 4.2%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Mining
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1319820 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Alejandro Merida - PeerSpot reviewer
Has efficient predictive analysis capabilities, helping us maintain a secure network environment
Our primary use case for the product is managing and analyzing our business's data lakes, which have accumulated over nearly 40 years The platform's most valuable features are the efficient organization of data and the ability to extract specific insights for predictive analysis. One area for…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Ease of use is pretty good as is the standardization of not actually having to have my own natural learning algorithms, just to use the Watson APIs."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The valuable feature of Watson Explorer for us is data entities, and to see the hidden insights from within unstructured data."
"Ability to pull together multiple sources of information."
"The dashboard interface is intuitive and the user is able to interact with it to receive good results from the analytic."
"When needed, we will work closely with Oracle support and implement their workaround in our application."
"Oracle Advanced Analytics effectively prevents threats and helps maintain a secure network environment."
 

Cons

"The solution is expensive."
"Stability is actually one of the areas that could use improvement. Setting it up is always tough. Setting Explorer requires experts, but also the underlying platform is not that stable. So it really needs a good expert to keep it running."
"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."
"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. I think IBM's finding itself in that spot with Watson-related technologies as well, where the capabilities to do really interesting and useful things for customers is there, but somebody still has to build it. Is that going to be the customer? Are they going to be willing to take on that responsibility themselves"
"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."
"It needs better language support, to include some other languages. Also, they should improve the user interface."
"I would say, give some kind of a community edition, a free edition. A lot of companies do, even Amazon gives you some kind of trial and error opportunities. If they could provide something like that, it would be good."
"There are some transactions we have not been able to find through the dashboard."
"One area for product improvement is the user experience, particularly when navigating through screens."
"Could use some refinement getting things that are not standard cloud applications, but more customized."
"The performance, scalability and queries should be addressed, as well as the data distribution of certain data techniques."
 

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Educational Organization
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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What needs improvement with Oracle Advanced Analytics?
One area for product improvement is the user experience, particularly when navigating through screens, especially on Windows.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Advanced Analytics?
Our primary use case for the product is managing and analyzing our business's data lakes, which have accumulated over nearly 40 years.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Advanced Analytics?
Oracle Advanced Analytics effectively prevents threats and helps maintain a secure network environment. Experienced personnel are crucial for handling the solution effectively after installation. O...
 

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Sample Customers

RIMAC, Westpac New Zealand, Toyota Financial Services, Swiss Re, Akershus University Hospital, Korean Air Lines, Mizuho Bank, Honda
Orbitz, Marriott, SGS Life Science, Masdar, AlliantEnergy Corporation, British Standards Institute, Skybox Security, Triple PointTechnology, and Coca Cola.
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