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    IBM Watson Studio

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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

    MATLAB

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMatLab is a predictive analytics and computing platform based on a proprietary programming language. MatLab is used across industry and academia.

    $49

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    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
    Editions & Modules
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    Student
    $49
    per student license
    Home
    $149
    perpetual license
    Education
    $250
    per year
    Education
    $500
    perpetual license
    Standard
    $860
    per year
    Standard
    2,150
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Watson Studio
    IBM offers a deep neural network training workflow, with a flow editor interface similar to the one used in Azure ML Studio. However, the custom build modeling in IBM has notebooks such as Jupiter to program models manually using popular frameworks like TensorFlow, …
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    IBM DSx lost the comparison.
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    Chose IBM Watson Studio
    DSX has power of open source tools brought together in an integrated and secured environment.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
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    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and MATLAB
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    MATLAB
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    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 IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and MATLAB
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    17% above category average
    MATLAB
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    Visualization10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and MATLAB
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    MATLAB
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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 IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and MATLAB
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    12% above category average
    MATLAB
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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 IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and MATLAB
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    MATLAB
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    Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    9.0
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson StudioMATLAB
    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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    MathWorks
    MATLAB really does best for solving computational problems in math and engineering. Especially when you have to use a lot of functions in your solving process, or if you have a nonlinear equation that must be iteratively solved. [MATLAB] can also perform things like integration and derivation on your equations that you put into it.
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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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    • It has a very user friendly library which helps users learn this software fairly quickly in a short span of time.
    • The graphical user interface provided by the software is really good.
    • The code that a person writes allows options for debugging.
    • One can visualize the flow of control of their code inside MATLAB.
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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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    MathWorks
    • MatLab is pricier than most of its competitors and because of this reason, many organizations are moving towards cheaper alternatives - mostly Python.
    • MatLab is inefficient when it comes to performing a large number of iterations. It gets laggy and often crashes. Python is better in this regard.
    • There is a limited number of hardware options (mostly NI) that can be connected directly to the data acquisition toolbox.
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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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    MathWorks
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    Usability
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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    MathWorks
    MATLAB is pretty easy to use. You can extend its capabilities using the programming interface. Very flexible capabilities when it comes to graphical presentation of your data (so many different kinds of options for your plotting needs). Anytime you are working with large data sets, or with matrices, MATLAB is likely to be very helpful.
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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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    MathWorks
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    Performance
    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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    MathWorks
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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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    MathWorks
    The built-in search engine is not as performing as I wish it would be. However, the YouTube channel has a vast library of informative video that can help understanding the software. Also, many other software have a nice bridge into MATLAB, which makes it very versatile. Overall, the support for MATLAB is good.
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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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    MathWorks
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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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    MathWorks
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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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    MathWorks
    How MATLAB compares to its competition or similar open access tools like R (programming language) or SciLab is that it's simply more powerful and capable. It embraces a wider spectrum of possibilities for far more fields than any other environment. R, for example, is intended primarily for the area of statistical computing. SciLab, on the other hand, is a similar open access tool that falls very short in its computing capabilities. It's much slower when running larger scripts and isn't documented or supported nearly as well as MATLAB.
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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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    MathWorks
    • MATLAB helps us quickly sort through large sets of data because we keep the same script each time we run an analyzation, making it very efficient to run this whole process.
    • The software makes it super easy for us to create plots that we can then show to investors or clients to display our data.
    • We are also looking to create an app for our product, and we will not be able to do that on MATLAB, therefore creating a limiting issue and a new learning curve for a programming language.
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