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Altair SLC vs. Blacklight

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
Blacklight
Score 0.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Blacklight provides business users the ability to include data stored in NoSQL repositories, cloud services and even application data into their reports and analytics in real-time. DataCurrent enables users of business intelligence tools to connect to these data sources as though they are simply connecting to another database. Blacklightis a lightweight set of services that can be installed into your business intelligence environment. Blacklight comes with a JDBC driver that makes…N/A
Pricing
Altair SLCBlacklight
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SLCBlacklight
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
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Features
Altair SLCBlacklight
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SLC
8.6
4 Ratings
6% above category average
Blacklight
-
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
10% above category average
Blacklight
-
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
7% above category average
Blacklight
-
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
15% above category average
Blacklight
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
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Altair SLCBlacklight
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User Ratings
Altair SLCBlacklight
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SLCBlacklight
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.
Khairul Islam Tonmoy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Khairul Islam Tonmoy
Software Developer
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Blacklight Solutions
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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.
AC
Adam Collier
Account Executive
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Blacklight Solutions
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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.
JH
Jonas Harmer
Business Development Specialist
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Blacklight Solutions
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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.
SS
Stefanie Smolinsky
Data Analytics Manager
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Blacklight Solutions
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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.
Khairul Islam Tonmoy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Khairul Islam Tonmoy
Software Developer
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Blacklight Solutions
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