Item: Posit
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, we use RStudio within our group as the primary way to interact with R and particularly R scripts for automated analysis of large datasets. We've also used RStudio to develop Shiny GUIs to provide a user-friendly interface for these R scripts for others in our organization that may be less familiar with running scripts in RStudio.

Pros and Cons

Great statistical packages
Good code visualization (formatting/color coding options)
Decent integration with other languages

Documentation and versioning of the packages can be tedious to track and check for compatibility
Requires startup time from the user to learn to use/setup
Some features like RStudio Connect are a little buggy/not super smooth

Return on Investment

It enabled our organization to have a common platform for data analysis and for running R, which led to higher efficiencies between groups.
It provided us with the ability to develop GUIs through RShiny for users who preferred to work with a different user interface which allowed us to reach a higher user base and extend the efficiencies further.
It expedited some of our analysis workstreams by helping analysts and developers develop scripts faster through its tools and open source offerings.

Alternatives Considered

Anaconda, Tableau Online and Wolfram Data Science Platform

RStudio was provided as the most customizable. It was also strictly the most feature-rich as far as enabling our organization to script, run, and make use of R open-source packages in our data analysis workstreams. It also provided some support for python, which was useful when we had R heavy code with some python threaded in. Overall we picked Rstudio for the features it provided for our data analysis needs and the ability to interface with our existing resources.

Key Insights

Do you think Posit delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Posit's feature set?

Yes

Did Posit live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Posit go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Posit again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Anaconda, Tableau Online

Likelihood to Recommend

RStudio is well suited, particularly to providing an environment for the statistical analysis of datasets and leveraging various data analysis packages using R. Its user interface is highly customizable and provides all the information users need to script, run, and generate various GUIs and dashboards. Overall it's well suited to R and perhaps less well suited (although it does allow) for other languages such as Python. Overall it's well suited for analysis needs but probably less suited for other development needs, especially if they require the heavy use of other languages.

RStudio: An all-purpose way to interact with R

Overall Satisfaction with Posit