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IBM Watson Studio vs Prem Studio comparison

IBM and Prem are both solutions in the AI Development Platforms category. IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.0, while Prem is ranked #18 with an average rating of 10.0. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Prem users who would recommend it.
IBM Watson Studio
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100% willing to recommend
Prem Studio
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  • 89 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between IBM Watson Studio and Prem Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two AI Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Studio
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (18th)
Prem Studio
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
18th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
1.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
AI Software Development (22nd)
 

Featured Reviews

AA
Altan_Atabarut
Director, Channel and Alliances at Akinon
Automated processes improve efficiency while user interface and accessibility need enhancements
IBM Watson Studio, while powerful, lacks user-friendliness. It is not easy to use, particularly for medium or small enterprises or less experienced staff. Another aspect that requires improvement is the complexity involved in computer vision tasks. The integration capabilities have not significantly impacted workflow since there are simpler tools like Alteryx and Nine. The platform is associated with a complicated setup process and demands heavy hardware, making it expensive to scale. IBM should work on optimizing the user interface and enhancing the product's accessibility for medium and small enterprises.
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reviewer2760291 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2760291
Head of AI at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has accelerated AI solution development through automated evaluation and fine-tuning
Prem Studio allowed me to easily automate and solve the complicated problem of exploring and identifying the best AI architecture for our problems. Prem Studio has a straightforward yet powerful approach to evaluate disparate AI architectures on our business problems and to accurately fine-tune the most promising ones. This significantly reduced time-to-market, almost by a factor of ten in my case, for solutions tailored and optimized for customer requirements and KPIs.
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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 stands out for its substantial AI capabilities, offering a broad spectrum of features for crafting solutions that meet specific requirements."
"It has greatly improved the performance because it is standardized across the company."
"Technical support is great. We have had weekly teleconferences with the technical people at IBM, and they have been fantastic."
"The scalability of IBM Watson Studio is great."
"It is a very stable and reliable solution."
"For me, the valuable feature of the solution is the one that I used, which was Jupyter notebooks."
"IBM Watson Studio consistently automates across channels."
"The solution is very easy to use."
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"The dataset management feature and the managed finetuning are the most valuable because they save the most time."
 

Cons

"One area that could be improved is the backup and restoration of the database and the overall database configuration."
"Watson Studio would be improved with a clearer path for the deployment of docker images."
"So a better user interface could be very helpful"
"IBM Watson Studio, while powerful, lacks user-friendliness. It is not easy to use, particularly for medium or small enterprises or less experienced staff."
"Some of the solutions are really good solutions but they can be a little too costly for many."
"Better documentation and more tutorials could enhance user experience with IBM Watson Studio."
"More features in data virtualization would be helpful. The solution could use an interactive dashboard that could make exploration easier."
"The initial setup was complex."
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"The inference should be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Watson Studio is a reasonably priced product"
"The pricing is generally reasonable and straightforward but can vary significantly depending on the specific workloads in use."
"Watson Studio's pricing is reasonable for what you get."
"IBM Watson Studio is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Watson Studio?
IBM Watson Studio is considered rather expensive, with a rating of six or seven. The pricing could be optimized relative to the features and capabilities of the product.
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What needs improvement with IBM Watson Studio?
I think IBM Watson Studio can be improved. I wish learning IBM Watson Studio could be easier and more gradual, as it is a complex task. Also, I think pricing is a bit high.
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What is your primary use case for IBM Watson Studio?
My main use case for IBM Watson Studio is the end-to-end ML life cycle. A specific example of a project where I used IBM Watson Studio for the end-to-end machine learning life cycle is that I built...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prem Studio?
Evaluations can be costly.
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What needs improvement with Prem Studio?
The inference should be faster.
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What is your primary use case for Prem Studio?
I use Prem Studio to finetune LLM models so that they answer the way I want.
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Also Known As

Watson Studio, IBM Data Science Experience, Data Science Experience, DSx
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Overview

IBM Watson Studio provides tools for data scientists, application developers and subject matter experts to collaboratively and easily work with data to build and train models at scale. It gives you the flexibility to build models where your data resides and deploy anywhere in a hybrid environment so you can operationalize data science faster.

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Sample Customers

GroupM, Accenture, Fifth Third Bank
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