DataRobot vs. IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataRobot
Score 8.8 out of 10
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The DataRobot AI Platform is presented as a solution that accelerates and democratizes data science by automating the end-to-end journey from data to value and allows users to deploy AI applications at scale. DataRobot provides a centrally governed platform that gives users AI to drive business outcomes, that is available on the user's cloud platform-of-choice, on-premise, or as a fully-managed service. The solutions include tools providing data preparation enabling users to explore and…
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IBM Watson Studio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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IBM Watson Studio enables users to build, run and manage AI models, and optimize decisions at scale across any cloud. IBM Watson Studio enables users can operationalize AI anywhere as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, the IBM data and AI platform. The vendor states the solution simplifies AI lifecycle management and accelerates time to value with an open, flexible multicloud architecture.N/A
Pricing
DataRobotIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataRobotIBM Watson Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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DataRobotIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
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DataRobot

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IBM Watson Studio
Chose IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
AWS stacks up very favourably against Watson Studio, and in fact this is what the customer ultimately chose over Watson Studio after an evaluation period due to the sophistication, maturity, security, and capabilities of the AWS components. The downsides of AWS are having to …
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Features
DataRobotIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
DataRobot
7.1
53 Ratings
17% below category average
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.1
22 Ratings
4% below category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources6.148 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources5.843 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection8.451 Ratings10.021 Ratings
MDM Integration8.024 Ratings6.414 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
DataRobot
7.9
52 Ratings
7% below category average
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
10.0
22 Ratings
17% above category average
Visualization8.051 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis7.850 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
DataRobot
7.7
51 Ratings
7% below category average
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
14% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment7.444 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Data Transformations7.549 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Data Encryption8.126 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Built-in Processors7.942 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
DataRobot
8.6
54 Ratings
1% above category average
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
11% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools7.645 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning9.354 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.051 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery8.550 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
DataRobot
8.3
49 Ratings
3% below category average
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.0
22 Ratings
7% below category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options8.549 Ratings9.022 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls8.243 Ratings7.022 Ratings
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User Ratings
DataRobotIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(58 ratings)
8.0
(65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.4
(4 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(5 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DataRobotIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Likelihood to Recommend
DataRobot
Data Robot is a powerful tool for greatly reducing the time required to build powerful and accurate machine learning models. It then allows you to utilize these items. It is probably most appropriate for organisations looking to get into data science and incorporate Machine learning and AI into their decision making. Having dedicated resources that can be upskilled is perfect, as the expertise and software provided allows for a big jump from willing to able. For the to work effectively, organisations should really consider dedicating at least one resource to the ML and AI projects, and understsand that not every project will yield fruit. A lot of this is innovation and experimentation, so relying on data Robots insights in make or break situations is not recommended. You also need to manage expectations well as the data you have may simply not allow for a powerful model. Finally, the organisation must be open to change, this has to exist in tandem with the above. If the organisation's key stakeholders don't want to change, all the insights in the world won't help. So a willingness and ability to change effectively is required to maximize ROI.
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IBM
It has a lot of features that are good for teams working on large-scale projects and continuously developing and reiterating their data project models. Really helpful when dealing with large data. It is a kind of one-stop solution for all data science tasks like visualization, cleaning, analyzing data, and developing models but small teams might find a lot of features unuseful.
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Pros
DataRobot
  • DataRobot helps, with algorithms, to analyze and decipher numerous machine-learning techniques in order to provide models to assist in company-wide decision making.
  • Our DataRobot program puts on an "even playing field" the strength of auto-machine learning and allows us to make decisions in an extremely timely manner. The speed is consistent without being offset by errors or false-negatives.
  • It encompasses many desired techniques that help companies in general, to reconfigure in to artificial intelligence driven firms, with little to no inconvenience.
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IBM
  • Integration of IBM Watson APIs such as speech to text, image recognition, personality insights, etc.
  • SPSS modeler and neural network model provide no-code environments for data scientists to build pipelines quickly.
  • Enforced best-practices set up POCs for deployment in production with a minimum of re-work.
  • Estimator validation lets data scientists test and prove different models.
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Cons
DataRobot
  • The platform itself is very complicated. It probably can't function well without being complicated, but there is a big training curve to get over before you can effectively use it. Even I'm not sure if I'm effectively using it now.
  • The suggested model DataRobot deploys often not the best model for our purposes. We've had to do a lot of testing to make sure what model is the best. For regressive models, DataRobot does give you a MASE score but, for some reason, often doesn't suggest the best MASE score model.
  • The software will give you errors if output files are not entered correctly but will not exactly tell you how to fix them. Perhaps that is complicated, but being able to download a template with your data for an output file in the correct format would be nice.
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IBM
  • The cost is steep and so only companies with resources can afford it
  • It will be nice to have Chinese versions so that Chinese engineers can also use it easily
  • It takes a while to learn how to input different kinds of skin defects for detection
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Likelihood to Renew
DataRobot
DataRobot presents a machine-learning platform designed by data scientists from an array of backgrounds, to construct and develop precise predictive modeling in a fraction of the time previously taken. The tech invloved addresses the critical shortage of data scientists by changing the speed and economics of predictive analytics. DataRobot utilizes parallel processing to evaluate models in R, Python, Spark MLlib, H2O and other open source databases. It searches for possible permutations and algorithms, features, transformation, processes, steps and tuning to yield the best models for the dataset and predictive goal.
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IBM
because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
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Usability
DataRobot
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IBM
The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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Reliability and Availability
DataRobot
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IBM
From time to time there are services unavailable, but we have been always informed before and they got back to work sooner than expected
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Performance
DataRobot
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IBM
Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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Support Rating
DataRobot
As I am writing this report I am participating with Datarobot Engineers in an complex environment and we have their whole support. We are in Mexico and is not common to have this commitment from companies without expensive contract services. Installing is on premise and the client does not want us to take control and they, the client, is also limited because of internal IT regulations ,,, soo we are just doing magic and everybody is committed.
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IBM
I received answers mostly at once and got answered even further my question: they gave me interesting points of view and suggestion for deepening in the learning path
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In-Person Training
DataRobot
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IBM
The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
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Online Training
DataRobot
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IBM
The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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Implementation Rating
DataRobot
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IBM
It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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Alternatives Considered
DataRobot
DataRobot provided the perfect balance of features and price points. The other tools we tried were very expensive and provided extra things that we really didn't need. Some of the other tools also required you to host them on a server at your institution or pay for their cloud service in addition to getting the software. This added to the expense without adding any additional functionality.
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IBM
The main reason I personally changed over from Azure ML Studio is because it lacked any support for significant custom modelling with packages and services such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Spark ML. IBM Watson Studio provides these services and does so in a well integrated and easy to use fashion making it a preferable service over the other services that I have personally used.
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Scalability
DataRobot
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IBM
It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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Return on Investment
DataRobot
  • We have been able to cut costs by not buying leads that we will not be able to sell on
  • We have been able to deploy loan eligibility reporting which brought in new business
  • We have been able to improve the performance of our credit providers and our partners which has helped to retain business
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IBM
  • Could instantly show data driven insights to drive 20% incremental revenue over existing results
  • Still don't have a real use case for unstructured data like twitter feed
  • Some of the insights around user actions have driven new projects to automate mundane tasks
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