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    Altair SLC

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AAltair 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

    Azure Data Lake Analytics

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Data Lake Analytics is a BI service for processing big data jobs without consideration for infrastructure.N/A
    Pricing
    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
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    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
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    Microsoft
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Altair SLC and Azure Data Lake Analytics
    Feature
    Altair SLC
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Azure Data Lake Analytics
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    Customizable dashboards8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Altair SLC and Azure Data Lake Analytics
    Feature
    Altair SLC
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Azure Data Lake Analytics
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    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 Altair SLC and Azure Data Lake Analytics
    Feature
    Altair SLC
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Azure Data Lake Analytics
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    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 Altair SLC and Azure Data Lake Analytics
    Feature
    Altair SLC
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Azure Data Lake Analytics
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
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    User Testimonials
    Altair SLCAzure Data Lake Analytics
    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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    Microsoft
    Azure Data Lake Analytics services are beneficial when working with a lot of data. It can process enormous amounts of data extremely quickly. Service is secure and easy to set up, build, scale, and run on Azure. Regarding big data analytics and reporting, parallel processing has a significant impact. It consolidated our analytics from multiple systems and increased our analysis productivity. This tool has excellent support for reporting tools like Power BI and is very quick when performing analytics.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Process large data transformation jobs using pretty much any language needed.
    • Native integration with Azure storage.
    • Top notch security that fulfills all audit needs.
    • Easy to consolidate enterprise data under one location - Single source of truth.
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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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    Microsoft
    • There's a bit of bias towards cloud with ADL Analytics. Depending upon a company's infra strategy and investment plans, there are some challenges with migration and integeration.
    • Not worth the time/effort/money if the organization doesn't have "Volume" of data. Cost effective only when daily loads exceed around 1million.
    • While training materials are available online, Adoption rate - Yet to pick up.
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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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    Microsoft
    We did some research about Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Analytics and even being cheaper than Azure Data Lake Analytics, we decided to go for the second one once we noticed they have more features and better documentation. Another thing we considered during this process was the fact that we have more people that already have Azure Cloud knowledge.
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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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    Microsoft
    • It lets us manage and scan data, making our work easy and efficient.
    • It helped me manage real-time data, process it, and send it to reporting.
    • Data centralization or data warehousing projects are being implemented with its help.
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