Altair SLC vs. Anaconda

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SLC
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Altair SLC (formerly the WPS industrial analytics platform, acquired by Altair in late 2021) is designed for data science and heavyweight data processing with the languages of SAS and R. Best known for its SAS language compiler, the software includes advanced graphical user interfaces, robust, high-performance data processing and production-ready application frameworks.N/A
Anaconda
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Anaconda provides access to the foundational open-source Python and R packages used in modern AI, data science, and machine learning. These enterprise-grade solutions enable corporate, research, and academic institutions around the world to harness open-source for competitive advantage and research. Anaconda also provides enterprise-grade security to open-source software through the Premium Repository.
$0
per month
Pricing
Altair SLCAnaconda
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free Tier
$0
per month
Starter Tier
$9
per month
Business Tier
$50
per month per user
Enterprise Tier
60.00+
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SLCAnaconda
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Altair SLCAnaconda
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
8.6
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Anaconda
-
Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
8.6
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Anaconda
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
8.8
4 Ratings
4% above category average
Anaconda
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
9.0
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Anaconda
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
-
Ratings
Anaconda
9.3
25 Ratings
11% above category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings9.822 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings9.721 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings9.614 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
-
Ratings
Anaconda
8.5
25 Ratings
2% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
-
Ratings
Anaconda
9.0
26 Ratings
10% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings8.823 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings9.719 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings9.620 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
-
Ratings
Anaconda
9.2
24 Ratings
9% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings8.921 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
-
Ratings
Anaconda
9.5
21 Ratings
11% above category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings9.020 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair SLCAnaconda
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(4 ratings)
10.0
(38 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SLCAnaconda
Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Engineering, Inc.
WPS Analytics allowed our company's business users to keep using their existing programs while getting similar results with much less learning time. It's a great accomplishment when software for business users is changed—excellent relationships with providers and other salespeople. As a SAS user, I needed an interpreter for the SAS language, and WPS has more packages and a lower price than any other company I could find, so I decided to go with
it.
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Anaconda
I have asked all my juniors to work with Anaconda and Pycharm only, as this is the best combination for now. Coming to use cases: 1. When you have multiple applications using multiple Python variants, it is a really good tool instead of Venv (I never like it). 2. If you have to work on multiple tools and you are someone who needs to work on data analytics, development, and machine learning, this is good. 3. If you have to work with both R and Python, then also this is a good tool, and it provides support for both.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • WPS Analytics is powered with high performance data processing engine.
  • Reusable data models save finances and time.
  • Self-service data analyzation portals.
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Anaconda
  • Anaconda is a one-stop destination for important data science and programming tools such as Jupyter, Spider, R etc.
  • Anaconda command prompt gave flexibility to use and install multiple libraries in Python easily.
  • Jupyter Notebook, a famous Anaconda product is still one of the best and easy to use product for students like me out there who want to practice coding without spending too much money.
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Cons
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Currently, I barely encounter challenges when using WPS Analytics although I don't use it on a daily basis. There's no functionality or feature that needs more improvement.
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Anaconda
  • It can have a cloud interface to store the work.
  • Compatible for large size files.
  • I used R Studio for building Machine Learning models, Many times when I tried to run the entire code together the software would crash. It would lead to loss of data and changes I made.
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Likelihood to Renew
Altair Engineering, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Anaconda
It's really good at data processing, but needs to grow more in publishing in a way that a non-programmer can interact with. It also introduces confusion for programmers that are familiar with normal Python processes which are slightly different in Anaconda such as virtualenvs.
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Usability
Altair Engineering, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Anaconda
I am giving this rating because I have been using this tool since 2017, and I was in college at that time. Initially, I hesitated to use it as I was not very aware of the workings of Python and how difficult it is to manage its dependency from project to project. Anaconda really helped me with that. The first machine-learning model that I deployed on the Live server was with Anaconda only. It was so managed that I only installed libraries from the requirement.txt file, and it started working. There was no need to manually install cuda or tensor flow as it was a very difficult job at that time. Graphical data modeling also provides tools for it, and they can be easily saved to the system and used anywhere.
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Support Rating
Altair Engineering, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Anaconda
Anaconda provides fast support, and a large number of users moderate its online community. This enables any questions you may have to be answered in a timely fashion, regardless of the topic. The fact that it is based in a Python environment only adds to the size of the online community.
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
I use a lot of data discovery and visualization tools at workstations to help me gain deep insights into data. WPS Analytics doesn't vary much from all the DVD tools that I have listed, I always go for the best.
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Anaconda
I have experience using RStudio oustide of Anaconda. RStudio can be installed via anaconda, but I like to use RStudio separate from Anaconda when I am worin in R. I tend to use Anaconda for python and RStudio for working in R. Although installing libraries and packages can sometimes be tricky with both RStudio and Anaconda, I like installing R packages via RStudio. However, for anything python-related, Anaconda is my go to!
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Return on Investment
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Using machine learning and natural language to analyze data saves time and effort.
  • Standard reporting and business intelligence help us reduce workload and make data-driven decisions.
  • Drag-and-drop workflow saves time when different languages like SQL and SAS make it easier to code and prepare data.
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Anaconda
  • It has helped our organization to work collectively faster by using Anaconda's collaborative capabilities and adding other collaboration tools over.
  • By having an easy access and immediate use of libraries, developing times has decreased more than 20 %
  • There's an enormous data scientist shortage. Since Anaconda is very easy to use, we have to be able to convert several professionals into the data scientist. This is especially true for an economist, and this my case. I convert myself to Data Scientist thanks to my econometrics knowledge applied with Anaconda.
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