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    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

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

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    Pricing
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Watson Studio
    Less satisfied with Watson and lack of support.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Slack
    -
    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 Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options9.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data and Slack
    Feature
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 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
    (68 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson StudioSlack
    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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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
    Incentivized
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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)
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    IBM
    The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    IBM
    It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
    Incentivized
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