Azure Databricks vs. IBM SPSS Modeler

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Databricks
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Azure Databricks is a service available on Microsoft's Azure platform and suite of products. It provides the latest versions of Apache Spark so users can integrate with open source libraries, or spin up clusters and build in a fully managed Apache Spark environment with the global scale and availability of Azure. Clusters are set up, configured, and fine-tuned to ensure reliability and performance without the need for monitoring. The solution includes autoscaling and auto-termination to improve…N/A
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
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IBM SPSS Modeler is a visual data science and machine learning (ML) solution designed to help enterprises accelerate time to value by speeding up operational tasks for data scientists. Organizations can use it for data preparation and discovery, predictive analytics, model management and deployment, and ML to monetize data assets.
$499
per month
Pricing
Azure DatabricksIBM SPSS Modeler
Editions & Modules
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IBM SPSS Modeler Personal
4,670
per year
IBM SPSS Modeler Professional
7,000
per year
IBM SPSS Modeler Premium
11,600
per year
IBM SPSS Modeler Gold
contact IBM
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure DatabricksIBM SPSS Modeler
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsIBM SPSS Modeler Personal enables users to design and build predictive models right from the desktop. IBM SPSS Modeler Professional extends SPSS Modeler Personal with enterprise-scale in-database mining, SQL pushback, collaboration and deployment, champion/challenger, A/B testing, and more. IBM SPSS Modeler Premium extends SPSS Modeler Professional by including unstructured data analysis with integrated, natural language text and entity and social network analytics. IBM SPSS Modeler Gold extends SPSS Modeler Premium with the ability to build and deploy predictive models directly into the business process to aid in decision making. This is achieved with Decision Management which combines predictive analytics with rules, scoring, and optimization to deliver recommended actions at the point of impact.
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Features
Azure DatabricksIBM SPSS Modeler
Platform Connectivity
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Azure Databricks
9.7
1 Ratings
14% above category average
IBM SPSS Modeler
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Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
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Azure Databricks
4.0
1 Ratings
71% below category average
IBM SPSS Modeler
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Ratings
Visualization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
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Azure Databricks
8.5
1 Ratings
3% above category average
IBM SPSS Modeler
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
IBM SPSS Modeler
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Azure Databricks
9.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
IBM SPSS Modeler
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Flexible Model Publishing Options8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
Saturn Cloud
Saturn Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Mathematica
Mathematica
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mathematica
Mathematica
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
Posit
Posit
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure DatabricksIBM SPSS Modeler
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure DatabricksIBM SPSS Modeler
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Having access to all databases and tables in one place is what has helped me and my team to function better. The in built functionality/access to SQL and Python is definitely an added bonus! The icing on the cake is the ability to export your data into an Excel spreadsheet for additional analysis. If you have less to no working knowledge of SQL or Python, its better to look at alternatives.
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IBM
Fast NLP analytics are very easy in SPSS Modeler because there is a built-in interface for classifying concepts and themes and several pre-built models to match the incoming text source. The visualizations all match and help present NLP information without substantial coding, typically required for word clouds and such. SPSS Modeler is good at attaining results faster in general, and the visual nature of the code makes a good tool to have in the data science team's repository. For younger data scientists, and those just interested, it is a good tool to allow for exploring data science techniques.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Consistently great performance when dealing with huge scale data with the help of spark architecture
  • Magic commands such as spark sql, pyspark, scala . This comes really handy in day to day work
  • Integration with other Azure services is super smooth and robust
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IBM
  • Combine text and data
  • Provide facilities for all phases of the data mining process.
  • Use a node and stream paradigm to easily and quickly create models.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Intuitive interface
  • Ease of use
  • Providing FAQ or QRGs
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IBM
  • Has very old style graphs, with lots of limitations.
  • Some advanced statistical functions cannot be done through the menu.
  • The data connectivity is not that extensive.
  • It's an expensive tool.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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IBM
The online support board is helpful and the free add ons are incredibly appreciated.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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IBM
When it comes to investigation and descriptive we have found SPSS Statistics to be the tool of choice, but when it comes to projects with large and several datasets SPSS Modeler has been picked from our customers.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Helped reduce time for collecting data
  • Reduced cost in maintaining multiple data sources
  • Access for multiple users and management of users/data in a single platform
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IBM
  • Positive - Ease of decision making and reduction in product life cycle time.
  • Positive - Gives entirely new perspective with the help of right team. Helps expanding the portfolio.
  • Negative - Needs to have good understanding about mathematical modelling, of which talent is rare and expensive. Hence, increase the costs for R&D and manpower.
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ScreenShots

IBM SPSS Modeler Screenshots

Screenshot of Use a single run to test multiple modeling methods, compare results and select which model to deploy. Quickly choose the best performing algorithm based on model performance.Screenshot of Explore geographic data, such as latitude and longitude, postal codes and addresses. Combine it with current and historical data for better insights and predictive accuracy.Screenshot of Capture key concepts, themes, sentiments and trends by analyzing unstructured text data. Uncover insights in web activity, blog content, customer feedback, emails and social media comments.Screenshot of Use R, Python, Spark, Hadoop and other open source technologies to amplify the power of your analytics. Extend and complement these technologies for more advanced analytics while you keep control.