Excellent for moving from willing to able.
October 25, 2023

Excellent for moving from willing to able.

Ross Skelton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with DataRobot

I used Data Robot to design a machine learning algorithm that profiled employee's work environment and absenteeism behaviour (as well as other market factors) to determine if they matched the profile of those employees who had left before us. We were able to use this information to understand the emerging turnover risk of our employees across our various facilities, managers, states and tenures.

The result allowed us to target our HR initiatives, provide additional training and support to staff and managers, and implement out of the box solutions to newly discovered issues resulting in turnover. It also allowed us to confirm and quantify the impact of different drivers on turnover, which in turn let us prioritise our responses. Finally, we were able to use the models to estimate the impact on turnover and costs a change initiative might cause by looking at the historical impact of initiatives run by our individual sites and/or how difference between a variable had impacted turnover previously.

Having access to data scientists and project management staff to help design, understand, train and utilize, identify use cases and design the change process was the highlight of their service.

Pros

  • Supporting its users to identify and execute on use cases
  • Building internal capability
  • Providing a powerful tool that simplifies the end to end machine learning process.

Cons

  • Some of the UI takes some time to get around (look for orange text)
  • The idea of "machine learning" citizen is a bit of a stretch. But they empower your analysts
  • Increased Productivity
  • Increased Revenue
  • More accurate forcasting
  • Better understanding of key drivers
  • Better empowered decision making
I've done machine learning through python before, however having to code and test each model individually was very time consuming and required a lot of expertise. The data Robot approach, is an excellent way of getting to a well placed starting point. You can then pick up the model from there and fine tune further if you need.

Do you think DataRobot delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with DataRobot's feature set?

Yes

Did DataRobot live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of DataRobot go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy DataRobot again?

Yes

Data Robot is a powerful tool for greatly reducing the time required to build powerful and accurate machine learning models. It then allows you to utilize these items.

It is probably most appropriate for organisations looking to get into data science and incorporate Machine learning and AI into their decision making. Having dedicated resources that can be upskilled is perfect, as the expertise and software provided allows for a big jump from willing to able.

For the to work effectively, organisations should really consider dedicating at least one resource to the ML and AI projects, and understsand that not every project will yield fruit. A lot of this is innovation and experimentation, so relying on data Robots insights in make or break situations is not recommended. You also need to manage expectations well as the data you have may simply not allow for a powerful model.

Finally, the organisation must be open to change, this has to exist in tandem with the above. If the organisation's key stakeholders don't want to change, all the insights in the world won't help. So a willingness and ability to change effectively is required to maximize ROI.

DataRobot Feature Ratings

Connect to Multiple Data Sources
10
Extend Existing Data Sources
Not Rated
Automatic Data Format Detection
10
MDM Integration
10
Visualization
10
Interactive Data Analysis
7
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment
10
Data Transformations
7
Data Encryption
Not Rated
Built-in Processors
10
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools
Not Rated
Automated Machine Learning
10
Single platform for multiple model development
10
Self-Service Model Delivery
10
Flexible Model Publishing Options
10
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls
10

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