Altair Knowledge Studio vs IBM SPSS Modeler comparison

Altair and IBM are both solutions in the Data Science Platforms category. Altair is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0, while IBM is ranked #13 with an average rating of 6.8. Altair holds a 0.3% mindshare in Data Science Platforms, compared to IBM’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Altair users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Altair Knowledge Studio

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100% willing to recommend

IBM SPSS Modeler

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86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Altair Knowledge Studio

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM SPSS Modeler

Ranking in Data Science Platforms

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Mining (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Altair Knowledge Studio is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 2.4%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Leo Sundararaj

Account Manager at JegaSure

Advanced decision trees and seamless data pattern analysis transform data preparation

One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools. The Segment ( /products/segment-reviews ) Viewer is another unique feature that provides a comprehensive view of data patterns and helps identify anomalies before creating decision trees. Additionally, the ability to export code in the language of SAS is valuable, and the tool's drag-and-drop functionality makes it accessible to business users without a coding background.

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PeterHuo

Application Architect at Canada Border Services Agency

Good tool for extracting data from data warehouses, creating streams, and manipulating logic to extract final data

There are performance issues. Extracting data from many combined tables can take hours and occasionally crash the server due to memory leaks. This performance problem bothers people. The performance issue seems to be related to the server. We design streams on the client and submit them to the server, which generates a large SQL statement. There are two potential bottlenecks: one in the server and another in data extraction. I'm unsure about the exact mechanics of data splitting when fetching from the database. When streams become larger, performance bottlenecks may occur in the IBM SPSS Modeler server or the database. Sometimes the server crashes and needs to be restarted to release memory on both sides. I'm not sure exactly where the problem is caused, as I focus on stream design rather than server issues. The problem could be on the IBM SPSS Modeler server and database.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"One of the most valuable features of Altair Knowledge Studio is its decision trees, which are quite advanced and popular compared to other tools."

"It handles large data better than the previous system that we were using, which was basically Excel and Access. We serve upwards of 300,000 parts over a 150 regions and we need to crunch a lot of numbers."

"It continues to be a very flexible platform, so that it handles R and Python and other types of technology. It seems to be growing with additional open-source movement out there on different platforms."

"The ease of use in the user interface is the best part of it. The ability to customize some of my streams with R and Python has been very useful to me, I've automated a few things with that."

"It will scale up to anything we need."

"Very good data aggregation."

"We had an IBM Guardium service contract where we used one of their resources to help us develop our prototype. It was a good experience, but they were helpful and responsive."

"Extremely easy to use, it offers a generous selection of proprietary machine learning algorithms."

"Our business units' capabilities with SPSS Modeler is high. They no longer waste time on modeling and algorithms, meaning they are not coding any more. For example, segmentation projects now take one to three months, rather than six months to a year, as before."

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Cons

"It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation."

"Formula writing is not straightforward for an Excel user. Totally new set of functions, which takes time to learn and teach."

"I would like see more programming languages added, like MATLAB. That would be better."

"I would not rate the technical support very well. The technicians have accents. When you do find someone, it is very hard to get somebody able to answer the technical questions."

"Customer support is hard to contact."

"The biggest issue with the visual modeling capability is that we can't extract the SQL code under the hood."

"C&DS will not meet our scalability needs."

"We would like to see better visualizations and easier integration with Cognos Analytics for reporting."

"I would like better integration into the Weather Company solution. I have raised a couple of concerns about this integration and having more time series capabilities."

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"When you are close to end of quarter, IBM and its partners can get you 60% to 70% discounts, so literally wait for the last day of the quarter for the best prices. You may feel like you are getting robbed if you can't receive a good discount."

"It is an expensive product."

"Its price is okay for a company, but for personal use, it is considered somewhat expensive."

"It is a huge increase to time savings."

"It got us a good amount of money with quick and efficient modeling."

"The government has funds and a budget, it's hard to say if it's expensive or cheap. In Canada, they have a yearly budget. They used to encourage people to use the modeler for development. If ten users use the server with ten licenses, it runs faster. But if forty users use the same appliance, everything slows down. People then think it's not easy to do things and prefer using remote tools like Python to extract data from the database. It's not about being expensive or cheap, but about people's knowledge and experience in how to do the work."

"Having in mind all four tools from Garner’s top quadrant, the pricing of this tool is competitive and it reflects the quality that it offers."

"I am using the free version of IBM SPSS Modeler, it is the educational edition version."

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Educational Organization

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University

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Altair Knowledge Studio?

The licensing is straightforward, and we have not encountered any pushbacks from our procurement team. The pricing is on par with market competitors.

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What needs improvement with Altair Knowledge Studio?

It would be beneficial if Altair Knowledge Studio could offer a more unified platform that includes data preparation, predictive modeling, and model exportation. Having all these functionalities wi...

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What is your primary use case for Altair Knowledge Studio?

I used Altair Knowledge Studio ( /products/altair-knowledge-studio-reviews ) mainly for data preparation and creating decision trees. We used SAS for data preparation and decision trees in Altair K...

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What do you like most about IBM SPSS Modeler?

Compared to other tools, the product works much easier to analyze data without coding.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM SPSS Modeler?

The government has funds and a budget, it's hard to say if it's expensive or cheap. In Canada, they have a yearly budget. They used to encourage people to use the modeler for development. If ten us...

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What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Modeler?

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Also Known As

Angoss KnowledgeSTUDIO

SPSS Modeler

Overview

Business intelligence and predictive analytics software suite from Angoss Software Corporation. KnowledgeSTUDIO is a market-leading business intelligence software product with data mining and predictive analytics capabilities including data profiling, advanced data visualization, advanced modeling, unsupervised learning, decision tree and strategy design functionality.

Altair

IBM SPSS Modeler is an extensive predictive analytics platform that is designed to bring predictive intelligence to decisions made by individuals, groups, systems and the enterprise. By providing a range of advanced algorithms and techniques that include text analytics, entity analytics, decision management and optimization, SPSS Modeler can help you consistently make the right decisions from the desktop or within operational systems.

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HSBC, MBNA, US Ban Corp, MasterCard Worldwide, Invesco, Citi Bank, ATB Financial, PayPal, Bajaj Finserv

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