Actifile vs. IBM Analytics Engine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Actifile
Score 9.0 out of 10
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IBM Analytics Engine
Score 8.6 out of 10
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IBM BigInsights is an analytics and data visualization tool leveraging hadoop.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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We have tried the following solutions in the past and I must say they can't compare to IBM Analytics Engine:

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Our data analytics team happened to try IBM Analytics just to get acquainted with it & it turned out that this tool fits our business requirement better than the one which we were using in terms of the features along with the level of support that they provide. so, choosing the …
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IBM Analytics is a great tool and a welcome addition to your overall IBM strategy. I think in cases of tools like this, you either go with what your platform works best with or you go completely different with a 3rd party, like Snowflake. We are an Azure shop and just happened …
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We initially wanted to go with Google BigQuery, mainly for the name recognition. However, the pricing and support structure led us to seek alternatives, which pointed us to IBM. Apache Spark was also in the running, but here IBM's domination in the industry made the choice a …
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We did an evaluation of Google Analytics and Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics in comparison to the IBM Analytics Engine product. We choose the product offering from IBM because we felt that for our company, this product offered a more complete and comprehensive package to …
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  • I have been using Azure for my previous analysis, I had a difficult time in understanding the Analytics engine rather IBM provided step by step tutorial for setup.
  • Also turning off a machine was not an option in Azure for some of the services so I had to pay for the service …
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Our professor has worked with IBM And many major tech companies. He’d recommend us which tools to use. And comparing to Azure, IBM is more convenient to use.
Features
ActifileIBM Analytics Engine
BI Standard Reporting
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Actifile
8.5
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5% above category average
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Customizable dashboards9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
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Actifile
8.8
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12% above category average
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Drill-down analysis8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
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8.6
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5% above category average
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Publish to Web8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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Actifile
8.5
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9% above category average
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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.7 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Supermetrics
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Cloudera Manager
Cloudera Manager
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Analytics Engine
IBM Analytics Engine
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
ActifileIBM Analytics Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Usability
9.0
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User Testimonials
ActifileIBM Analytics Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
For data control as it works in the background and identify sensitive data and secures it by encrypting the PHI and PII type of data. Also it is very useful if you need to set rbac for your users within the organisation as it let you control what each user can access and action they can take.
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We are at present utilizing IBM Analytics Engine and it works incredible. Following are the things that I like the most about this product is:- - Simple to Utilize - Reasonable Cost - With only a couple seconds you can ready to fabricate and convey groups - you can without much of a stretch break down information through different applications
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Pros
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  • We are able to build and deploy clusters within minutes to simplify user experience and increase scalability and reliability.
  • We are able to scale and compute on-demand to handle newer workloads like machine learning.
  • We really like that we are able to access and administer the application via multiple interfaces.
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Cons
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  • I would like to see a more robust version of their online help
  • The speed of their business support is adequate, but I kind of expect more from such a powerhouse.
  • Problems with duration of cluster life
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Usability
It has been very helpful as it has reduced the number of traditional system and software that is being used and it does the work of 5 softwares in 1. Also it has been useful as I don't have to worry about the number of resources as one admin can help us maintain the data and its policy.
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  • I have been using Azure for my previous analysis, I had a difficult time in understanding the Analytics engine rather IBM provided step by step tutorial for setup.
  • Also turning off a machine was not an option in Azure for some of the services so I had to pay for the service whether I use it or not
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Return on Investment
  • It has been a great addition to the application and software our org usage and the ROI has been great. As it eliminates the multiple app or software to just 1 and it reduces the cost by almost 35 %
  • Operational cost savings as traditional systems or application require lot of manpower in ensuring the same which Actifile does without any additional cost and resources.
  • Do overall it is best fit for the mid sized to large organisations.
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  • It has saved us quite a bit of time managing our catalog of clusters and keeping things organized.
  • Since we had a division we acquired running IBM Cloud, it was easy to get it running and try it out, but we found we prefer our Azure configuration better simply to keep our technology in alignment across corporate functions.
  • I definitely see some cost savings by separating out the storage and compute. It helps you start to put an appropriate price tag on certain instances of big data.
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