IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data vs. IBM Watson Visual Recognition (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
IBM Watson Visual Recognition (discontinued)
Score 8.5 out of 10
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IBM's Watson Visual Recognition was a machine learning application designed to tag and classify image data, and deployable for a wide variety of purposes. The service was discontinued in early 2021, and is no longer available.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.1
22 Ratings
4% below category average
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Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources8.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration6.414 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
10.0
22 Ratings
17% above category average
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Visualization10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
14% above category average
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Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
11% above category average
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Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools10.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.0
22 Ratings
7% below category average
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Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Mathematica
Mathematica
Score 8.2 out of 10
Posit
Posit
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
IBM SPSS Modeler
IBM SPSS Modeler
Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(65 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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As I mentioned before, it can only be employed in simple basic visual recognition applications. It can be employed in large projects and relying it on completely is not encouraged. It's better to create your own algorithms rather than using it. If you are from a non-programming background, then I may suggest you rely on this and use it to develop simple apps that can predict a few plants and animals.
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Pros
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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  • Food recognition
  • High reliability
  • Speed
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Cons
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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  • Not perfect
  • Accuracy is doubted and sometimes it may not predict correctly.
  • I think it should be improved and should add a few more functionalities.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
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Usability
IBM
The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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I am giving this rating on the basis of its usability in real-time applications and based on the interface to upload negative and positive images to train the AI. But it's not perfect and sometimes its predictions are wrong. On overall usability, it's better if you are planning on working with UI rather than using complex programs and algorithms on your own.
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Reliability and Availability
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
IBM
Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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Support Rating
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
IBM
The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
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Online Training
IBM
The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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Implementation Rating
IBM
It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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Alternatives Considered
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
IBM
It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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Return on Investment
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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  • High cost if models are trained
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