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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Analytics Engine

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM BigInsights is an analytics and data visualization tool leveraging hadoop.N/A

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

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    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsAdditional cost per extra user (varies by edition)
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    Features
    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of IBM Analytics Engine and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM Analytics Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of IBM Analytics Engine and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM Analytics Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of IBM Analytics Engine and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM Analytics Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of IBM Analytics Engine and Rational BI
    Feature
    IBM Analytics Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
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    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudera Manager (no longer available standalone)
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Hadoop
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Analytics EngineRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    • Well suited for my big data related project or a static data set analysis especially for uploading huge dataset to the cluster.
    • But had some issues with connecting IoT real-time data and feeding to Power BI. It might be my understanding please take it as a mere comment rather than a suggestion.
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    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Jobs with Spark, Hadoop, or Hive queries are rapidly attained
    • Can collect, organize and analyze your data accurately
    • You can customize, for example, Spark or Hadoop configuration settings, or Python, R, Scala, or Java libraries.
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    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Easier pricing and plug-and-play like you see with AWS and Azure, it would be nice from a budgeting and billing standpoint, as well as better support for the administration.
    • Bundling of the Cloud Object Storage should be included with the Analytics Engine.
    • The inability to add your own Hadoop stack components has made some transfers a little more complex.
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    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    We initially wanted to go with Google BigQuery, mainly for the name recognition. However, the pricing and support structure led us to seek alternatives, which pointed us to IBM. Apache Spark was also in the running, but here IBM's domination in the industry made the choice a no-brainer. As previously stated, the support received was not quite what we expected, but was adequate.
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    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • This product has allowed us to gather analytics data across multiple platforms so we can view and analyze the data from different workflows, all in one place.
    • IBM Analytics has allowed us to scale on demand which allows us to capture more and more data, thus increasing our ROI.
    • The convenience of the ability to access and administer the product via multiple interfaces has allowed our administrators to ensure that the application is making a positive ROI for our business users and partners.
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    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Modern Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Drag-and-drop InsightsScreenshot of Accessible for everyone, power when you need itScreenshot of Beautiful analytics on every screen and deviceScreenshot of Scheduled reporting: Broadcast your findings to everyoneScreenshot of Connect all your data no matter where it lives