Altair SLC vs. Kibana

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
Kibana
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Kibana allows users to visualize Elasticsearch data and navigate the Elastic Stack so you can do anything from tracking query load to understanding the way requests flow through your apps.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SLCKibana
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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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
Kibana
7.1
5 Ratings
13% below category average
Customizable dashboards8.64 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.23 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
Kibana
6.6
5 Ratings
17% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.64 Ratings7.95 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.64 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.64 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings6.54 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
Kibana
6.8
2 Ratings
19% below category average
Publish to Web8.64 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.64 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.34 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.02 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
Kibana
6.7
4 Ratings
15% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.64 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.34 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair SLCKibana
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(4 ratings)
7.9
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SLCKibana
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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Elastic
Kibana is indeed a powerful tool and has many use cases especially in environments that rely heavily on real-time log analysis and visualisation. Kibana’s ability to handle large volumes of log data and present it in an accessible, searchable format is invaluable. We use Kibana to monitor security related issues and it proactively alerts our Slack channels about any anomality or issues.
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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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Elastic
  • Fast searches with powerful index.
  • Beautiful data visualizations.
  • Real-time observability.
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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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Elastic
  • Some performance issues with large datasets.
  • Linking to dashboards makes extremely long urls.
  • Lack of reports.
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Usability
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Elastic
Its usability is generally good and it provides teams with a basic to intermediate understanding about data visualization. It is very user-friendly when it comes to creating dashboards. The UI is very good and simple. Its integration with other tools for alerting and reporting is amazing. But its advance features have a learning curve and a first timer needs some time to use the advance features.
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Support Rating
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Elastic
We did not use the official Kibana support. Documentation was easy enough to follow.
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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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Elastic
Kibana is free; it was the first and only thing we've tried in this area.
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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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Elastic
  • Issues that affect checkout experiences for customers are able to be prioritized and solved quickly.
  • We are able to more efficiently use resources due to the automation of reporting alerts. Decreasing employee resources needed.
  • Visualization allows us to quickly share issues and explain to coworkers in order to escalate issues that can cost our bottom line.
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