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IBM Watson Studio vs Starburst Enterprise comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Studio
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (11th)
Starburst Enterprise
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Streaming Analytics (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Studio is 2.1%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Starburst Enterprise is 1.6%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Watson Studio2.1%
Starburst Enterprise1.6%
Other96.3%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2715654 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director and Marketing Consultant at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
Collaborative analytics workspace has improved campaign insights and saves weekly manual effort
One of the best features IBM Watson Studio offers is the ability to collaborate across teams using a centralized workspace. The centralized workspace helps my team collaborate because we did not need to spend excessive time on manual processes. This helped us collaborate across teams by selecting which data and which channels should be reflected in IBM Watson Studio. In this way, we saved time and could easily see campaign outcomes and make better data-driven marketing decisions. IBM Watson Studio has positively impacted my organization by being time-efficient and enabling collaboration, as we can see everything in one screen. It helped improve our efficiency and provided deeper customer insights that enable better decision-making. It definitely helped our weekly time efficiency by saving manual workload because we have a lot of work going on. It really helped us in analyzing the data and analytics.
KamleshPant - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Architect at USEReady
Connects to any data source from any region and offers unified access
There are no specific projects supported by Starburst regarding AI initiatives or machine learning projects. In the future, if we have all the data available, we can definitely capitalize on AI/ML and LLM capabilities to summarize data and gain insights. That's our future goal, but we haven't reached that point yet. There should be support for REST API data sources to access data from the web. We often have data coming in and communicate with data sources via REST API calls. I don't see that capability in Starburst currently; everything is through JDBC or ODBC. If Starburst could seamlessly access data using REST API capabilities, it would be a game-changer. The self-service data management features, like self-service materialized views, are great, but they can be a bit complex for basic users to understand.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has greatly improved the performance because it is standardized across the company."
"My advice to anybody who is considering this solution is that it is really good for an enterprise-level organization."
"The most important thing is that it's a multi-faceted solution. It's a kind of specialist, not a generalist. It can produce very specific information for the customer. It's totally different from Google or any search engine that produces generic information. It's specialty is that it's all on video."
"It is a very stable and reliable solution."
"The scalability of IBM Watson Studio is great."
"Watson Studio is very stable."
"The main benefit is the ease of use. We see a lot of engineers in our site and customers that really like the way the tools are able to work with the people."
"IBM Watson Studio has positively impacted my organization by increasing work efficiency, as it is an end-to-end ML pipeline in one place."
"It's very scalable, fast performing, and supports many catalogs."
"We have noticed improvements in performance using Starburst Enterprise. It handles complex data, including reading and partitioning files. We can add a new catalog to Starburst Enterprise by providing connection details and service account information. This allows us to integrate with existing tools, such as the Snowflake database, which we use for data protection in our project."
 

Cons

"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."
"The main challenge lies in visibility and ease of use."
"It's sometimes easy to get lost given the number of images the solution opens up when you click on the mouse and the amount of different tabs."
"IBM Watson Studio can be improved because there is currently a learning curve."
"IBM Watson Studio, while powerful, lacks user-friendliness. It is not easy to use, particularly for medium or small enterprises or less experienced staff."
"IBM Watson Studio has great features but the decision making in their decision making feature is less good than other options."
"The initial setup was very complex, although it was not due to the product but rather, the complexity of the business."
"It might be easy for someone to lose their way around the system."
"There should be support for REST API data sources to access data from the web."
"Starburst Enterprise could improve by offering additional features similar to those provided by other SQL query tools. For example, incorporating functionalities like pivot tables would make it more feasible to use."
 

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."
"IBM Watson Studio is an expensive solution."
"Watson Studio's pricing is reasonable for what you get."
"I haven't personally dealt with the pricing aspects first-hand, but from what I understand, it largely depends on the specifics of your setup, especially the machines you use on AWS. The cost of using Starburst Enterprise can vary based on the amount of data you're processing and the type of machines you opt for, whether on AWS or another cloud platform."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
32%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Watson Studio?
My thoughts about licensing cost are that it is a bit of a tricky question to be honest, because it depends on what you compare it to. For the product suite, I think we have negotiated a good price...
What needs improvement with IBM Watson Studio?
I face some difficulties and room for improvement in IBM Watson Studio. A lot of the functions they did bring in are what we asked for, and I think a lot of them are roadmap items, but perhaps tigh...
What is your primary use case for IBM Watson Studio?
I have been in IT in this particular sphere for my whole career, basically spanning over 20 years. I remember approximately how much time deployment for IBM Watson Studio required, and it was a cou...
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Also Known As

Watson Studio, IBM Data Science Experience, Data Science Experience, DSx
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Sample Customers

GroupM, Accenture, Fifth Third Bank
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