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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Excel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

    $6.99

    per month

    Pricing
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Excel with Microsoft 365
    $6.99
    per month
    Excel for 1 PC or Mac
    $139.99
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    78 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    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 IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    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 Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    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 Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    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 Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    9.0
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson StudioMicrosoft Excel
    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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    Microsoft
    I don't really know another program as powerful as Excel. I've used Google Doc programs but do not feel they come close. So far, anytime I've needed a table of some sort for data, whether it's budget oriented or information off a survey, the best system has been Excel. We do web audits on occasion and we create an Excel worksheet featuring every URL of the pages we're auditing, notes, data about the content, information about files attached to the page and other information to help us determine what pages need updating, deleting or otherwise. We also use Excel primarily to export our Google Analytics to in order for us to create reports for clients that need to see specific information about their traffic.
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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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    Microsoft
    • It is very good at embedded formulas and tying cells to one another
    • It allows me to compare deals terms on a side-by-side basis and talk my clients through it easily.
    • It is very helpful as well in terms of allowing me to filter/sort results in many different ways depending on what specific information I am most interested in prioritizing.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Excel offers collaboration features that allow multiple users to work on the same spreadsheet, but managing changes made by different users can be challenging. Excel could improve its features by offering more granular control, better tracking of changes, and more robust conflict resolution tools.
    • Itcan be a barrier to productivity when importing and exporting data from other applications or file formats. To improve its features, it should offer better support for standard file formats and more robust error handling and reporting tools.
    • Excel can be challenging for finance students and working professionals, but it can be improved by offering more robust tutorials, better documentation, and more user communities and support forums.
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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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    Microsoft
    Excel remains the industry standard for spreadsheets and has maintained simple and straight-forward formula writing methods. Although there is a learning curve to do more complex calculations, there are countless help sites and videos on the Internet for almost any need.
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    Usability
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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    Microsoft
    I'm giving it a 7 because it is my go to. But the fact other prefer Google Sheets when working with a team does get irritating. I've used the online version of Microsoft Excel that other teams can get into and it still seems behind Google Sheets. It's a little clanky and slow? If that's even a term.
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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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    Microsoft
    I have rarely, if ever, had issues with its availability.
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    Performance
    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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    Microsoft
    Excel load and performs calculations immediately. It integrate well with all Microsoft Office applications and does not slow them down.
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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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    Microsoft
    I have not had to use it often, but it 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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    IBM
    The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    Out of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS, and Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel is by far the most common tool used for anything data-related across organizations. Accordingly, our organization has also implemented Microsoft Excel as a first-step tool. We recently adopted Microsoft Power BI (the free version), and use it occasionally (mostly for creating dashboards), but it is less commonly understood by stakeholders across our organization and by our clients. Accordingly, Microsoft Excel is more user-friendly and because of its popularity, we can easily look up how to do things in the program online. Google Sheets is a comparable alternative to Microsoft Excel, but because it's cloud-based and we have sensitive data that needs to be protected, we chose against using this software. Finally, a few users (including myself) have access to and utilize IBM's SPSS. For my role, it's a helpful tool to do more rigorous analyses. However, because of its cost and limited functionality as a simple spreadsheet, we only use it for more complex analyses.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    N/A I was not involved in this process.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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    Microsoft
    Each user can use it to whatever level of expertise they have. It remains the same so users can contribute to another's work regardless of whether they have more or less expertise
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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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    Microsoft
    • Excel has positively impacted the business as it has increased our efficiency.
    • It also saves us the time that we would have spent on making the calculations that it does for us.
    • Since it works on all devices and is compatible with both Windows and Mac, we do not have to invest in any other alternative.
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