Altair SmartWorks vs. Dryad

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SmartWorks
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Altair SmartWorks, or SmartCore (formerly Carriots) offers an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) platform. SmartWorks is available as Platform as a Service (PaaS) or on-premise, and designed for machine to machine (M2M) and digital twin projects. SmartWorks accelerates your IoT application development and provides simple scalability as your projects and devices grow. Altair SmartWorks lets users collect and store data from connected devices, build powerful applications, deploy and scale from…N/A
Dryad
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Dryad is a large-scale IoT startup based in Berlin-Brandenburg. Formerly known as, Eywa Networks GmbH, Dryad's mission is to develop a large-scale environmental IoT network that allows public and private forest owners to monitor, analyze and protect the world’s largest, most remote forests. The initial focus is to develop a system for the ultra-early detection of wildfires.N/A
Pricing
Altair SmartWorksDryad
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SmartWorksDryad
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee$2 devicesNo setup fee
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Features
Altair SmartWorksDryad
Internet of Things
Comparison of Internet of Things features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartWorks
9.4
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Dryad
7.2
1 Ratings
9% below category average
IoT Device Management9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Device Security9.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
IoT Data Management9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
IoT Analytics10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
IoT Integration10.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair SmartWorksDryad
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SmartWorksDryad
Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Because Altair does not handle the area of automated marketing plans adequately, it is not as relevant in the implementation for marketing agencies, but this is easy to solve if you use an external tool to execute mail marketing campaigns, and thus also cover the project advertising, or send informative announcements about the progress of the project.
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Dryad Networks GmbH
Dryad is well suited for situations where you are lacking data and or on the lookout for more interesting datasets to work with. It is also easy to read about how the authors collected the data and even provides a link to email them in case you need more information.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Dryad Networks GmbH
  • Data curation
  • Easy to use website
  • Data in any format
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Cons
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Since the service can be used to manage development in teams of various sizes, we can conclude that Altair Smartworks can be used in almost all kinds of areas that require code development for projects, and with this, we decide that there are no negative points about the platform that can affect our experience of use.
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Dryad Networks GmbH
  • More incentives for people to contribute data
  • More promotion of the platform so people know about it
  • Expand data categories
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Dryad Networks GmbH
The website isn't as clean as that for Dryad and there seems to be less support for the end-user. However, it appears that they also have a large number of data repositories and have backing from many well-known universities. Ultimately, it comes down to personal preference and likability.
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Return on Investment
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • In view of the fact that profits have proven to be exemplary during the last quarter that we have been working with Altair to cover our operations, as our ROI has increased by 4.
  • In reality, results may vary depending on both how easy it is for employees to get used to the service and to deliver bottom-line profits, but overall the results are promising.
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Dryad Networks GmbH
  • 35% time saved when it comes to cleaning
  • Obviate the need for purchasing data
  • Do not need to hire people to collect data
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