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Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio vs TIBCO Data Science comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Machine Lea...
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (6th)
TIBCO Data Science
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
25th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is 2.6%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Data Science is 1.5%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio2.6%
TIBCO Data Science1.5%
Other95.9%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2722962 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist
Platform accelerates model development, enhances collaboration, and offers efficient deployment
The best features Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers include deep integration with Python notebooks and Azure Data Lake, which allows me to import external data, and through the pipeline, I can build my models, performing what is called data injection for my model building, making that deep integration quite interesting to use. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is a powerful platform for those already in the Azure ecosystem because it allows for scalability and provides a good environment for reproducibility, as well as collaboration tools, all designed and packaged in one place, which makes it outstanding. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio has positively impacted my organization by reducing our project delivery times and increasing the pace at which we work, allowing us to focus on other more important tasks. Using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio has reduced our model development time from approximately four hours to about two hours.
JS
Tibco Spotfire Expert (contractor via Amaris) at GSK
Good performance, reporting, and data visualization
The two similar solutions that I have used are MicroStrategy and Tableau. Tableau is pretty similar and it would be difficult for me to point out the differences. With MicroStrategy, it has a great feature where you build the representation in the database and it then the tool creates SQL queries by itself. There are more differences between these tools but this is the one essential difference.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is easy to use and deploy."
"The graphical nature of the output makes it very easy to create PowerPoint reports as well."
"The UI is very user-friendly and that AI is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the knowledge bank, which allows us to ask questions and the AI will automatically pull the pre-prescribed responses."
"I've developed a couple of chatbots using Azure OpenAI, leveraging its documented solutions and APIs. The tools available make it straightforward to implement machine learning solutions. However, there are challenges, such as hallucinations and security issues, but overall, it works well and is quite fast, allowing for the development of interesting projects."
"Azure Machine Learning Studio's most valuable features are the package from Azure AutoML, which is quite powerful compared to the building of ML in Databricks or other AutoMLs from other companies, such as Google and Amazon, and it has the most sophisticated set of categories of parameters with good data encodings, options, and the most detailed settings for specific models."
"I find Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio advantageous because it allows integration with Titan Scratch and offers an easy-to-use drag-and-drop menu for developing machine learning models."
"Azure's AutoML feature is probably better than the competition."
"In this sector of the market, it is indeed a better tool than the other data analytics tool, such as QlikView, for example."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setting up visualizations."
"We like the way we can drill down into each report to get back data on each project. From the portfolio level, I can see what is happening on it. That is a really important feature. I can look at indirect costs, for example, which are hitting each CIO portfolio. It's good to be able to see actual resources in terms of time as well as cost."
"The idea that you don't have to generate reports each day but they are sent automatically is great."
"In general, I would say that this is a good tool and I recommend it."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
 

Cons

"The stability of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio could improve. The solution is good for test development but it is not good for production environments."
"The pricing policy should be improved."
"The solution must increase the amount of data sources that can be integrated."
"Microsoft should also include more examples and tutorials for using this product.​"
"The product must improve its documentation."
"In the future, I would like to see more AI consultation like image and video classification, and improvement in the presentation of data."
"There's room for improvement in terms of binding the integration with Azure DevOps."
"Some of the terminologies, or the way that the questions are asked, could be stronger."
"I would like the visualization for the map of countries to be more easily configurable."
"In terms of performance, I can see there are some issues when you are working with big data. When we are taking it from the Data Lake, we have a lot of issues."
"The initial setup was quite complex."
"The scripting for customization could be improved."
"Additional templates would help to get things moving more quickly in terms of getting the reports out."
"Whenever the client or someone was opening the report it would take around 15 to 20 minutes to open the first time."
"At this point, there are other tools that I would recommend before using Spotfire."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"To use MLS is fairly cheap. Even the paid account is something like $20/month, unless you are provisioning large numbers of VMs for a Hadoop cluster. The main MS makes money with this solution is forcing the user to deploy their model on REST API, and being charged each time the API is accessed. There are several pricing tiers for the API. If you do not use the API, then value of MLS is to create rapid experiments ($20/month). The resulting model is not exportable to use, thus you’ll have to recreate the algorithms in either R or Python, which is what I did. MLS results gave me a direction to work with, the actual work is mostly done in R and Python outside of MLS."
"On a scale from one to ten, with ten being overpriced, I would rate the price of this solution at six."
"Last year, we paid 60,000 for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio in our department."
"The product's pricing is reasonable."
"The product is not that expensive."
"I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being very expensive. Not very expensive, not very cheap."
"The solution cost is high."
"When we got our first models and were ready for the user acceptance testing, our licensing fees were between €2,500 ($2,750 USD) and €3,000 ($3,300 USD) monthly."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Performing Arts
7%
Construction Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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By reviewers
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Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise32
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Questions from the Community

Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or Python. It offers many different cluster choices and excellent integration with ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
The pricing for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is reasonable since it's pay as you go, meaning it won't cost excessively unless specific resources are used.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
The initial setup can be a bit challenging for someone new, as the learning curve can be steep, but once I master the platform, I find it quite manageable. I would love to see the integration of a ...
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Azure Machine Learning, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio
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