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    IBM watsonx.ai

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AWatsonx.ai is part of the IBM watsonx platform that brings together new generative AI capabilities, powered by foundation models, and traditional machine learning into a studio spanning the AI lifecycle. Watsonx.ai can be used to train, validate, tune, and deploy generative AI, foundation models, and machine learning capabilities, and build AI applications with less time and data.

    $0

    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)

    Score4.7 out of 10
    N/AMcAfee's Total Protection included antivirus and antimalware offerings for home and small businesses or home offices. This product line is not a focus for Trellix, the brand formed from the merger of McAfee and FireEye that offers business grade products. Trellix Endpoint Security is the company's product line for business endpoint security.

    $24.99

    per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)

    Pricing
    IBM watsonx.aiMcAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Free Trial
    $0
    ML functionality (20 CUH limit /month); Inferencing (50,000 tokens / month)
    Standard
    $1,050
    Monthly tier fee; additional usage based fees
    Essentials
    Contact Sales
    Usage based fees
    Multi-Device
    $24.99
    per year (2 year subscription, 5 devices)
    Individual
    $29.99 ($79.99)
    1st year price (subsequent years)
    Family
    $29.99
    per year (2 year subscription, 10 devices)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for watsonx.ai includes: model inference per 1000 tokens and ML tools and ML runtimes based on capacity unit hours.—
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
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    Features
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    AI Development
    Comparison of AI Development features of IBM watsonx.ai and McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
    Feature
    IBM watsonx.ai
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    13% below category average
    McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Machine learning frameworks6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data management6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data monitoring and version control5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated model training6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Managed scaling7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model deployment6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security and compliance7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (36 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    I have built a code accelerator tool for one of the IBM product implementation. Although there was a heavy lifting at the start to train the model on specifics of the packaged solution library and ways of working; the efficacy of the model is astounding. Having said that, watsonx.ai is very well suited for customer service automation, healthcare data analytics, financial fraud detection, and sentiment analysis kind of projects. The Watsonx.ai look and feel is little confusing but I understand over a period of time , it will improve dramatically as well. I do feel that Watsonx.ai has certain limitations from cross-platform deployment flexibility. If an organization is deeply invested in a multi-cloud environment, Watson's integration on other cloud platforms may not be seamless comported to other AI platforms.
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    I think McAfee is great to have whether it's for work or for personal use. While it has some drawbacks, I like the peace of mind of feeling safe when I'm browsing the web/email, especially when my computer has sensitive/confidential information, knowing that McAfee will immediately detect any threats. The UI is extremely easy to navigate, which makes it easy for users regardless of how tech-savvy they are.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • It allows specialists to apply several base models for specific subtasks in the field of NLP.
    • Gives the availability of many models developed for AI enhancement for different solutions.
    • Has incorporated functionality for data governance and security to support access to AI tools by multiple users.
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    • Excellent protection of all internet connected assets on our VPN.
    • Constant updates of needed security patches that ensure our network and systems are protected from current and emerging/potential threats.
    • Prompt and reliable customer service that provides needed answers and expertise in a crisis.
    • Strategic whitepapers on emerging cyber threats and McAfee solutions to resolve them before they become a problem for my team or our clients.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • IBM watsonx.ai is expensive than other platforms.
    • Limited integraions though it has many but still some tools integrations not there for medical usecase
    • Its little difficult to learn as right now not many open reseouces
    • Community is not that strong to get any answer
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    • Price - Extremely high price tag for many of the solutions.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    I still don't have enough experience, but i have seen a lot of demos and i have made some real world scenarios and so far so long every thing looks fine. I was at IBM Think 2025 and IBM TechXchange 2025 and the labs were really usefull and simple to understand.
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    McAfee has consistently delivered on its stated goals of providing comprehensive protection for our networks and systems. Due to their excellent work and follow through I have been, and will continue to be a loyal customer.
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    Usability
    IBM
    I needed some time to understand the different parts of the web UI. It was slightly overwhelming in the beginning. However, after some time, it made sense, and I like the UI now. In terms of functionality, there are many useful features that make your life easy, like jumping to a section and giving me a deployment space to deploy my models easily.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I still don't have enough experience, but i have seen a lot of demos and i have made some real world scenarios and so far so long every thing looks fine. I was at IBM Think 2025 and IBM TechXchange 2025 and the labs were really usefull and simple to understand.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM watsonx.ai has been far superior to that of Chat GPT AI. the UI elements prompt responses and overall execution of the AI was much better and more accurate compared to the competition. I can not recommend using this platform enough. Great job IBM. I hope the team behind this project continues to grow and prosper.
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    I haven't used Norton for a while, but when I did use it I felt that it slowed down my computer and had constant pop-ups, which were both equally frustrating and annoying. It was also very difficult to remove from my computer. Malwarebytes is a great, straightforward program I've used for virus scanning. It's pretty bare bones but I think if you just want something to scan for viruses it gets the job done quickly and reliably. In my opinion McAfee offers similar benefits as Norton but its more intuitive and doesn't impact system performance.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    I still don't have enough experience, but i have seen a lot of demos and i have made some real world scenarios and so far so long every thing looks fine. I was at IBM Think 2025 and IBM TechXchange 2025 and the labs were really usefull and simple to understand.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Time saving to set up the infrastructure - without watsonx.ai we would have had to set up everything individually
    • The first point translates directly into cost savings
    • The compliance aspect was a game changer for us and provided us with the confidence to focus all our efforts only on IBM watsonx.ai
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    • Blocks unsafe websites
    • Virus detection and removal
    • Protects sensitive data
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    ScreenShots

    IBM watsonx.ai Screenshots

    Screenshot of the foundation models available in watsonx.ai. Clients have access to IBM selected open source models from Hugging Face, as well as other third-party models, and a family of IBM-developed foundation models of different sizes and architectures.Screenshot of the Prompt Lab in watsonx.ai, where AI builders can work with foundation models and build prompts using prompt engineering techniques in watsonx.ai to support a range of Natural Language Processing (NLP) type tasks.Screenshot of the Tuning Studio in watsonx.ai, where AI builders can tune foundation models with labeled data for better performance and accuracy.Screenshot of the data science toolkit in watsonx.ai where AI builders can build machine learning models automatically with model training, development, visual modeling, and synthetic data generation.