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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft R Open and Revolution R Enterprise are big data R distribution for servers, Hadoop clusters, and data warehouses. Microsoft acquired original developer Revolution Analytics in 2016. Microsoft R is available in two editions: Microsoft R Open (formerly Revolution R Open) and Revolution R Enterprise.N/A

    SSIS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a data integration solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    84%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    5.3
    3 Ratings
    45% below category average
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    MDM Integration3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    19% below category average
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Visualization7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    4.8
    3 Ratings
    52% below category average
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Encryption3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Built-in Processors6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    34% below category average
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    27% below category average
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    -
    Ratings
    Flexible Model Publishing Options6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    7.0
    56 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.056 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings5.043 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    6.8
    56 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings4.755 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    7.5
    54 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings6.035 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings7.145 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings9.140 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings6.451 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    Feature
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
    5.4
    43 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings6.238 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings4.638 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (56 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft R Open / Revolution R EnterpriseSSIS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    If you are a MS shop specifically, or have more generic data requirement needs from Microsoft sourced data this will work well. If you have a lot of disparate data across a number of unique platforms/cloud systems/3rd party hosted data warehouses then this product will have issues or a lack of documentation on the net. Performance-wise this product is equal to other R platforms out there.
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    Microsoft
    As I mentioned earlier SQL Server Integration Services is suitable if you want to manage data from different applications. It really helps in fetching the data and generating reports. Its automation make it very easy and time efficient. It works well with large database as well. But it doesn't work well with real time data, it will take some time to gather the real time data. I would not recommend using it in a real time/fast-paced environment.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It allows distributed algorithm runs on Hadoop HDFS cluster
    • It allows using different file formats such as SAS7BAT files or complex files in tab or comma delimited making data munging easier
    • It provides scalable solutions by allowing users to re-use R scripts and distributing the computing over nodes through RHadoop
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    Microsoft
    • Standard ETL use cases for daily loads
    • Loading incoming data from Vendors which is placed on FTP and adding them to the SQL Warehouse
    • Creating outgoing data files and writing them to Vendor FTPs
    • Easy Active Directory integration for seamless connections to SQL Server
    • CI/CD by hosting the code on visualstudio.com
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Very steep learning curve... for such a quick and useful tool the learning curve is unacceptable.
    • Very dangerous in the wrong hands. Because most add-ons are pre-written, you have to trust the community that malicious script is not used.
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    Microsoft
    • Connection managers for online data sources can be tricky to configure.
    • Performance tuning is an art form and trialing different data flow task options can be cumbersome. SSIS can do a better job of providing performance data including historical for monitoring.
    • Mapping destination using OLE DB command is difficult as destination columns are unnamed.
    • Excel or flat file connections are limited by version and type.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    In general, Revolution Analytics brings a lot of value to the organization. The renewal decision would be based on return on investment in terms of quantified actionable insights that are getting generated against the cost of the product. Additionally, market brand of the tool and reputation risk in terms of possible acquisition and its impact to overall organizational analytic strategy would be considered as well.
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    Microsoft
    Some features should be revised or improved, some tools (using it with Visual Studio) of the toolbox should be less schematic and somewhat more flexible. Using for example, the CSV data import is still very old-fashioned and if the data format changes it requires a bit of manual labor to accept the new data structure
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    It is good, easy to use, improvements are being made to the product and more info being shared in the community. It just needs some more time to become more integrated to other platforms and tools/data out there.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    SSIS is a great tool for most ETL needs. It has the 90% (or more) use cases covered and even in many of the use cases where it is not ideal SSIS can be extended via a .NET language to do the job well in a supportable way for almost any performance workload.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SQL Server Integration Services performance is dependent directly upon the resources provided to the system. In our environment, we allocated 6 nodes of 4 CPUs, 64GB each, running in parallel. Unfortunately, we had to ramp-up to such a robust environment to get the performance to where we needed it. Most of the reports are completed in a reasonable timeframe. However, in the case of slow running reports, it is often difficult if not impossible to cancel the report without killing the report instance or stopping the service.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Generally support comes through the forums and user generated channels which are helpful, easy to access, quickly turned around and provided by knowledgeable users. However the support channels are not employees and the channels are often used as a way to learn quick difficult elements of R. Better design, users interface and tutorial options would alleviate the need for this sort of interaction.
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    Microsoft
    The support, when necessary, is excellent. But beyond that, it is very rarely necessary because the user community is so large, vibrant and knowledgable, a simple Google query or forum question can answer almost everything you want to know. You can also get prewritten script tasks with a variety of functionality that saves a lot of time.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The implementation may be different in each case, it is important to properly analyze all the existing infrastructure to understand the kind of work needed, the type of software used and the compatibility between these, the features that you want to exploit, to understand what is possible and which ones require integration with third-party tools
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The two are different products for different purposes. But for someone who has little or no experience in R programming, Power BI would be better for starting with. Having said that, Microsoft R is built on R, thus allowing for customization of complex calculations not typically available otherwise.
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    Microsoft
    I think SQL Server Integration Services is better suited for on-premises data movement and ADF is more suited for the cloud. Though ADF has more connectors, SQL Server Integration Services is more robust and has better functionality just because it has been around much longer
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Helped save company money versus buying other stat software
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    Microsoft
    • Without this, we would have to manually update a spreadsheet of our SQL Server inventory
    • We would also have poor alerting; if an instance was down we wouldn't know until it was reported by a user
    • We only have one other person who uses SQL Server Integration Services , he's the expert. It would fall to me without him and I would not enjoy being responsible for it.
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