We performed a comparison between Information Builders WebFOCUS and RapidMiner based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Predictive Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The data science, collaboration, and IDN are very, very strong."
"The most valuable features are the Binary classification and Auto Model."
"The most valuable feature is what the product sets out to do, which is extracting information and data."
"It is easy to use and has a huge community that I can rely on for help. Moreover, it is interactive."
"The solution is stable."
"The best part of RapidMiner is efficiency."
"I've been using a lot of components from the Strategic Extension and Python Extension."
"Using the GUI, I can have models and algorithms drag and drop nodes."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"In the Mexican or Latin American market, it's kind of pricey."
"If they could include video tutorials, people would find that quite helpful."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"RapidMiner can improve deep learning by enhancing the features."
"The biggest problem, not from a platform process, but from an avoidance process, is when you work in a heavily regulated environment, like banking and finance. Whenever you make a decision or there is an output, you need to bill it as an avoidance to the investigator or to the bank audit team. If you made decisions within this machine learning model, you need to explain why you did so. It would better if you could explain your decision in terms of delivery. However, this is an issue with all ML platforms. Many companies are working heavily in this area to help figure out how to make it more explainable to the business team or the regulator."
"Many things in the interface look nice, but they aren't of much use to the operator. It already has lots of variables in there."
"The server product has been getting updated and continues to be better each release. When I started using RapidMiner, it was solid but not easy to set up and upgrade."
"I think that they should make deep learning models easier."
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Information Builders WebFOCUS is ranked 6th in Predictive Analytics with 18 reviews while RapidMiner is ranked 2nd in Predictive Analytics with 19 reviews. Information Builders WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while RapidMiner is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Information Builders WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RapidMiner writes "Offers good tutorials that make it easy to learn and use, with a powerful feature to compare machine learning algorithms". Information Builders WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Alteryx and Databricks, whereas RapidMiner is most compared with KNIME, Alteryx, Dataiku Data Science Studio, Tableau and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio. See our Information Builders WebFOCUS vs. RapidMiner report.
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