Azure Machine Learning vs. Pecan.ai

Azure can be a more unified product. It feels like 10 different tech teams were building it but we're not talking to each other. An example is when the user needs to know what is the next step. Automatically saving a previous state is very helpful as new users are usually not aware of the functionality.

Incentivized

Pecan is something that few know and that I feel can represent a great utility for an entire company, to focus and prioritize all its products and services in favor of the right path, avoiding making mistakes and jumping directly to the solution of future problems before they happen. Pecan will allow you to always be one step ahead and improve your trading system quickly.

Incentivized

• Easy to create the experiment.
• Easy to adopt the best algorithm.
• Efficient way to deploy the model as a web service.
• Centralized platform for the life cycle of machine learning goal.

• One of the main important characteristics is its ease of use and the intuitive nature of the platform. It is possible to carry out analyzes quickly and efficiently without requiring user experience. This positive point really gives us what we need for our work: optimization and automation.
• The creation of reports and statistics allows us to fully visualize the analysis carried out, in order to develop our work and carry out the pertinent actions.
• Segmentation allows us to prioritize potential customers, more focused marketing campaigns, highlight our services with what our public is really interested in.

Incentivized

• Few models: Even though it has a lot of Machine Learning models, it is quite limited when compared to R. Most Data Scientists still use and prefer R, so the newest models tend to release as R libraries. With Azure ML, we need to wait for Microsoft to evaluate and decide if including a new model is a good idea or not
• Tableau interface: last time I checked there was no easy way to connect with Tableau.
• Cloud based: You always need a good internet connection to use it.

Incentivized

Good UX/UI and overall good usability, but it takes a while to get used to the product & platform. The whole design seems fragmented with little in terms of integration with project management tools such as JIRA, or wireframing. Overall it feels like an unfinished product that's meant for teaching more than for production.

Incentivized

I'm satisfied with the Azure Machine Learning Studio- it fulfilled my goal in a single channel. Even haven't worr[ied] about the maintenance or any fault tolerance. This provide[s] the user interactive UI to grab the features easily. [Their] support teams also very help[ful], they stand with us at any time.

Not sure

The answer is quite simple: Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Workbench is the cheapest and most user friendly analytics tool I have ever seen! Unless you are running a team of data scientists, this is the tool to go. Most functions (marketing, sales, finance, supply chain, logistics, HR, R&D, etc.) could easily integrate Azure ML in its day to day activity.

Incentivized

I particularly believe that CrossEngage has some features that Pecan does not offer, such as A/B Testing, however, we were looking for a good predictor and analyst and the truth is that Pecan does its job very well.

Incentivized

• It is easy to learn and construct, which impacts directly on productivity.
• Good for experimentation and validation for simple models.
• Has a use cost less than the best alternatives in the market.

Incentivized