EViews vs. Posit

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EViews
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$1,650
per year per user
Posit
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Posit, formerly RStudio, is a modular data science platform, combining open source and commercial products.N/A
Pricing
EViewsPosit
Editions & Modules
Basic
$1,650
per year per user
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EViewsPosit
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
EViewsPosit
Features
EViewsPosit
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Posit
9.3
27 Ratings
11% above category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings10.027 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings10.026 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Posit
9.0
27 Ratings
6% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Posit
10.0
26 Ratings
20% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings10.026 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Posit
10.0
22 Ratings
17% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
EViews
-
Ratings
Posit
9.9
18 Ratings
15% above category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
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User Ratings
EViewsPosit
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(123 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(17 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(4 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
EViewsPosit
Likelihood to Recommend
S&P Global Inc.
High-frequency data, with frequencies of hours and seconds, is needed for the database. There are also frequency options that are multi-year, bimonthly, fortnightly, ten-day, and daily. With a large database, this kind of data can be handled with the E-Views package. Using the nonparametric kernel, this software can compute long-run variances that are symmetric or one-sided.
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
In my humble opinion, if you are working on something related to Statistics, RStudio is your go-to tool. But if you are looking for something in Machine Learning, look out for Python. The beauty is that there are packages now by which you can write Python/SQL in R. Cross-platform functionality like such makes RStudio way ahead of its competition. A couple of chinks in RStudio armor are very small and can be considered as nagging just for the sake of argument. Other than completely based on programming language, I couldn't find significant drawbacks to using RStudio. It is one of the best free software available in the market at present.
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Pros
S&P Global Inc.
  • Useful for modeling and forecasting for agribusiness research
  • Data is simple to import and manipulate
  • Extensive collection of econometric tools and methods
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
  • The support is incredibly professional and helpful, and they often go out of their way to help me when something doesn't work.
  • The one-click publishing from RStudio Connect is absolutely amazing, and I really like the way that it deploys your exact package versions, because otherwise, you can get in a terrible mess.
  • Python doesn't feel quite as native as R at the moment but I have definitely deployed stuff in R and Python that works beautifully which is really nice indeed.
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Cons
S&P Global Inc.
  • For panel data analysis, it is not robust
  • There is a need to enhance table features
  • Obtaining results for arbitrary maximization or minimization may not be possible using the same algorithm
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
  • Python integration is newer and still can be rough, especially with when using virtual environments.
  • RStudio Connect pricing feels very department focused, not quite an enterprise perspective.
  • Some of the RStudio packages don't follow conventional development guidelines (API breaking changes with minor version numbers) which can make supporting larger projects over longer timeframes difficult.
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Likelihood to Renew
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Posit (formerly RStudio)
There is no viable alternative right now. The toolset is good and the functionality is increasing with every release. It is backed by regular releases and ongoing development by the RStudio team. There is good engagement with RStudio directly when support is required. Also there's a strong and growing community of developers who provide additional support and sample code.
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Usability
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Posit (formerly RStudio)
For someone who learns how to use the software and picks up on the "language" of R, it's very easy to use. For beginners, it can be hard and might require a course, as well as the appropriate statistical training to understand what packages to use and when
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Reliability and Availability
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Posit (formerly RStudio)
RStudio is very available and cheap to use. It needs to be updated every once in a while, but the updates tend to be quick and they do not hinder my ability to make progress. I have not experienced any RStudio outages, and I have used the application quite a bit for a variety of statistical analyses
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Support Rating
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Posit (formerly RStudio)
Since R is trendy among statisticians, you can find lots of help from the data science/ stats communities. If you need help with anything related to RStudio or R, google it or search on StackOverflow, you might easily find the solution that you are looking for.
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Implementation Rating
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Posit (formerly RStudio)
We did it at the individual level: anyone willing to code in R can use it. No real deployment involved.
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Alternatives Considered
S&P Global Inc.
Time-series data analysis is very accessible with EViews. It makes data analysis easier without requiring the writing of intricate scripts. A database frequently needs long-term computations of covariance and variance, where the errors are randomly distributed and represent a specific kind of sequence. For regression, time series analysis, and other statistical tasks, I found time series to be useful in my agribusiness research.
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
RStudio was provided as the most customizable. It was also strictly the most feature-rich as far as enabling our organization to script, run, and make use of R open-source packages in our data analysis workstreams. It also provided some support for python, which was useful when we had R heavy code with some python threaded in. Overall we picked Rstudio for the features it provided for our data analysis needs and the ability to interface with our existing resources.
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Scalability
S&P Global Inc.
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
RStudio is very scalable as a product. The issue I have is that it doesn't necessarily fit in nicely with the mainly Microsoft environment that everybody else is using. Having RStudio for us means dedicated servers and recruiting staff who know how to manage the environment. This isn't a fault of the product at all, it's just part of the data science landscape that we all have to put up with. Having said that RStudio is absolutely great for running on low spec servers and there are loads of options to handle concurrency, memory use, etc.
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Return on Investment
S&P Global Inc.
  • Numerous effective and potent statistics for our research project can be obtained
  • Can perform powerful functions with data if they comprehend the statistical and mathematical theory underlying forecasting
  • can carry out a wide range of statistical analyses, time series modeling, forecasting, and data manipulation tasks for our research project
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Posit (formerly RStudio)
  • Using it for data science in a very big and old company, the most positive impact, from my point of view, has been the ability of spreading data culture across the group. Shortening the path from data to value.
  • Still it's hard to quantify economic benefits, we are struggling and it's a great point of attention, since splitting out the contribution of the single aspects of a project (and getting the RStudio pie) is complicated.
  • What is sure is that, in the long run, RStudio is boosting productivity and making the process in which is embedded more efficient (cost reduction).
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ScreenShots

Posit Screenshots

Screenshot of Posit runs on most desktops or on a server and accessed over the webScreenshot of Posit supports authoring HTML, PDF, Word Documents, and slide showsScreenshot of Posit supports interactive graphics with Shiny and ggvisScreenshot of Shiny combines the computational power of R with the interactivity of the modern webScreenshot of Remote Interactive Sessions: Start R and Python processes from Posit Workbench within various systems such as Kubernetes and SLURM with Launcher.Screenshot of Jupyter: Author and edit Python code with Jupyter using the same Posit Workbench infrastructure.