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    IBM SPSS Modeler

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM SPSS Modeler is a visual data science and machine learning (ML) solution designed to help enterprises accelerate time to value by speeding up operational tasks for data scientists. Organizations can use it for data preparation and discovery, predictive analytics, model management and deployment, and ML to monetize data assets.

    $499

    per month

    SAS Viya

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AAn end-to-end platform for AI, data science, and analytics, used for modeling, as well as management and deployment of AI models.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Editions & Modules
    IBM SPSS Modeler Personal
    4,670
    per year
    IBM SPSS Modeler Professional
    7,000
    per year
    IBM SPSS Modeler Premium
    11,600
    per year
    IBM SPSS Modeler Gold
    contact IBM
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIBM SPSS Modeler Personal enables users to design and build predictive models right from the desktop. IBM SPSS Modeler Professional extends SPSS Modeler Personal with enterprise-scale in-database mining, SQL pushback, collaboration and deployment, champion/challenger, A/B testing, and more. IBM SPSS Modeler Premium extends SPSS Modeler Professional by including unstructured data analysis with integrated, natural language text and entity and social network analytics. IBM SPSS Modeler Gold extends SPSS Modeler Premium with the ability to build and deploy predictive models directly into the business process to aid in decision making. This is achieved with Decision Management which combines predictive analytics with rules, scoring, and optimization to deliver recommended actions at the point of impact.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM SPSS Modeler
    SPSS has a great set of analytical models, but SPSS is especially strong (compared to other tools) in complex statistical modeling and predictive analytics/statistics. However, the data connectivity features of SPSS are not the best, as the data sources SPSS can work with are …
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    Chose IBM SPSS Modeler
    The field of data analytics has important value for each organization. IBM SPSS Modeler is one of the leaders in this highly competitive vertical. IBM SPSS is very intuitive compared with others, and has reduced the complexity. This software has various good functionalities …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Modeler
    SPSS Modeler provides a much more intuitive approach in helping you create and test models.
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    SAS
    Chose SAS Viya
    SAS is faster then both SPSS and STATA. SAS also has better models and graphs when comparing the three softwares. However, STATA and SPSS are more user friendly. It is easy to use SPSS and STATA, because a lot of it is point-click. SAS requires some training to be able to use …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of IBM SPSS Modeler and SAS Viya
    Feature
    IBM SPSS Modeler
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    SAS Viya
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    Ratings
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
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    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
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    9.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM SPSS ModelerSAS Viya
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Fast NLP analytics are very easy in SPSS Modeler because there is a built-in interface for classifying concepts and themes and several pre-built models to match the incoming text source. The visualizations all match and help present NLP information without substantial coding, typically required for word clouds and such. SPSS Modeler is good at attaining results faster in general, and the visual nature of the code makes a good tool to have in the data science team's repository. For younger data scientists, and those just interested, it is a good tool to allow for exploring data science techniques.
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    SAS
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Combine text and data
    • Provide facilities for all phases of the data mining process.
    • Use a node and stream paradigm to easily and quickly create models.
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    SAS
    • SAS is can be used as query builder tool which can automate a lot of excel process.
    • There are variety of statistical options available that tie up good visual analytics.
    • There are inbuilt models available for different operations which doesn't require any coding and are easy to run.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Has very old style graphs, with lots of limitations.
    • Some advanced statistical functions cannot be done through the menu.
    • The data connectivity is not that extensive.
    • It's an expensive tool.
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    SAS
    • SAS Analytics does not have very good graphic capabilities. Their advanced graphics packages are expensive, and still not very appealing or intuitive to customize.
    • SAS Analytics is not as up-to-date when it comes to advanced analytical techniques as R or other open-source analytics packages.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
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    SAS
    Not only does SAS become easier to use as the user gets more familiar with its capabilities, but the customer service is excellent. Any issues with SAS and their technical team is either contacting the user via email, chat, text, WebEx, or phone. They have power users that have years of experience with SAS there to help with any issue.
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    Usability
    IBM
    The ability to do predictive modeling, text analytics for both structured & unstructured data, decision management, optimization, and support for various data sources
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    SAS
    If SAS Enterprise Guide is utilized any beginning user will be able to shorten the learning curve. This is allow the user a plethora of basic capabilities until they can utilize coding to expand their needs in manipulating and presenting data. SAS is also dedicated to expanding this environment so it is ever growing.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
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    SAS
    SAS probably has the most market saturation out of all of the analytics software worldwide. They are in every industry and they are knowledgable about every industry. They are always available to take questions, solve issues, and discuss a company's needs. A company that buys SAS software has a dedicated representative that is there for all of their needs.
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    Performance
    IBM
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    SAS
    Although nothing is perfect, SAS is almost there. The software can handle billions of rows of data without a glitch and runs at a quick pace regardless of what the user wants to perform. SAS products are made to handle data so performance is of their utmost important. The software is created to run things as efficiently as SAS software can to maximize performance.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    The online support board is helpful and the free add ons are incredibly appreciated.
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    SAS
    SAS is generally known for good support that's one of the main reasons to justify the cost of having SAS licenses within our organization is knowing that customer support is just a quick phone call away. I've usually had good experiences with the SAS customer support team it's one of the ways in which the company stands out in my view.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
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    SAS
    SAS has regional and national conferences that are dedicated to expanding users' knowledge of the software and showing them what changes and additions they are making to the software. There are user groups in most of the major cities that also provide multi-day seminars that focus on specific topics for education. If online training isn't the best way for the user, there is ample in-person training available.
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    Online Training
    IBM
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    SAS
    There are online videos, live classes, and resource material which makes training very easy to access. However, nothing is circumstantial so applying your training can get tricky if the user is performing complex tasks. When purchasing software, SAS will also allocate education credits so the user(s) can access classes and material online to help expand their knowledge.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    SAS
    Ask as many questions you can before the install to understand the process. Since a third party does the installation your company is sort of a passanger and it is easy to get lost in the process. It also helps to have all users and IT support involved in the install to help increase the knowledge as to how SAS runs and what it needs to perform correctly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    When it comes to investigation and descriptive we have found SPSS Statistics to be the tool of choice, but when it comes to projects with large and several datasets SPSS Modeler has been picked from our customers.
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    SAS
    SAS was the incumbent tool, and what the team knew. We did look into using Revolution Analytics enterprise version of R, but the learning curve on that caused us to stick with SAS. In my current position, I've opted for WPS over SAS. I can still leverage my SAS experience, but the price is about 15% of what SAS charges, with extra functionality, such as direct database access. I can supplement WPS with free software, such R for anything that it might be missing.
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    Scalability
    IBM
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    SAS
    It all depends on the type of SAS product the user has. Scaleability differs from product to product, and if the user has SAS Office Analytics the scaleability is quite robust. This software will satisfy the majority of the company's analytic needs for years to come. In addition, if SAS is not meeting the users needs the company can easily find SAS solutions that will.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Positive - Ease of decision making and reduction in product life cycle time.
    • Positive - Gives entirely new perspective with the help of right team. Helps expanding the portfolio.
    • Negative - Needs to have good understanding about mathematical modelling, of which talent is rare and expensive. Hence, increase the costs for R&D and manpower.
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    SAS
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    ScreenShots

    IBM SPSS Modeler Screenshots

    Screenshot of Use a single run to test multiple modeling methods, compare results and select which model to deploy. Quickly choose the best performing algorithm based on model performance.Screenshot of Explore geographic data, such as latitude and longitude, postal codes and addresses. Combine it with current and historical data for better insights and predictive accuracy.Screenshot of Capture key concepts, themes, sentiments and trends by analyzing unstructured text data. Uncover insights in web activity, blog content, customer feedback, emails and social media comments.Screenshot of Use R, Python, Spark, Hadoop and other open source technologies to amplify the power of your analytics. Extend and complement these technologies for more advanced analytics while you keep control.