Amazon SageMaker vs Microsoft Power BI comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in Data Science Platforms , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 7.5% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 22.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Featured Reviews

Md Masudul Hassan

Agricultural Finance and IT Researcher at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Comprehensive data analysis capabilities with a user-friendly interface, providing an efficient and reliable platform for researchers and analysts

I believe that offering short-term SPSS licenses, perhaps when customer sourcing is available, could make it more affordable. These licenses shouldn't include features tailored for universities or large sales organizations. Instead, they could offer discounts or additional facilities for smaller entities to access the software. In developing countries, it would be beneficial to provide certain features to users at no cost initially, while also customizing pricing options. For example, offering basic features to the first hundred users can help them become familiar with the software and its capabilities. This approach encourages users to upgrade to higher tiers as they become more experienced and require additional functionality.

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Natu Lauchande

Tech Lead - Sanlam Fintech Cluster - Data,ML,AI Eng. at Sanlam

Easy to use and manage, but the documentation does not have a lot of information

SageMaker Studio sounds very interesting. Feature Store and data pipeline features are very interesting. The product is a one-stop shop. It allows people without much engineering knowledge to try out and deploy models in environments similar to the production environments. The tool makes our ML model development a bit more efficient because everything is in one environment. It is easy to manage compared to when things were in different components of AWS. Amazon SageMaker is in AWS, so I need not pay two bills. It is one less system to manage, so it is easier.

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Amol Rane

Solutions Architect M365 at Sogeti UK

Supports AI initiatives in terms of predictive analytics

The only issue is with permissions. Sometimes, despite granting granular permissions, dashboards are visible to people who shouldn't have access. It's difficult to understand why the permissions slip out. Sometimes dashboards are visible to stakeholders even though they should not have permission. It's a bit difficult to understand why the permissions slip out. The dashboards lack a user-friendly appearance, and the permissions should be easier to understand. At this point, we have to go through a lot of details. It takes a lot of time to understand the permissions, so if there were better options available within the Power BI setup, it would be quite beneficial, especially for admins. So, there should be a more user-friendly dashboard appearance and easier-to-understand permissions.

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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

"Custom tables and macros: They allow us to create useful reports quickly for a broad audience."

"Since we are using the software as a statistical tool, I would say the best aspects of it are the regression and segmentation capabilities. That said, I've used it for all sorts of things."

"It offers very good visualization."

"It is perfectly adequate if all you need are the results and not the trail of evidence."

"You can find a complete algorithm in the solution and use it. You don't need to write your own algorithms for predictive analytics. That's the most valuable feature and the main one we use."

"The learning curve to using this product is not steep. The program is appropriate for those who do not have a lot of background in programming, yet have to perform basic statistical analysis."

"The most valuable features are the solution is easy to use, training new users is not difficult, and our usage is comprehensive because the whole service is beneficial."

"The most valuable features mainly include factor analysis, correlation analysis, and geographic analysis."

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"I have contacted the solution's technical support, and they were really good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."

"The superb thing that SageMaker brings is that it wraps everything well. It's got the deployment, the whole framework."

"The product aggregates everything we need to build and deploy machine learning models in one place."

"The deployment is very good, where you only need to press a few buttons."

"The intuitive interface and streamlined user experience make it easy to navigate and set up various tools like Visual Studio Code or Jupyter Notebook."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker for me is the model deployment service."

"The tool makes our ML model development a bit more efficient because everything is in one environment."

"SageMaker is a comprehensive platform where I can perform all machine learning activities."

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"The solution is easy to use."

"The scalability overall has been quite good."

"The solution is easy to use and charts can be built quickly with the tools."

"The sharing features are vital, especially the ability to share and test different shared dashboards."

"What I liked most about the tool is that we can use text queries to create projects and modify columns according to our needs. There are hundreds of YouTube courses on how to use it."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is an easy-to-use tool."

"The solution is very intuitive, you do not need to have too much programming knowledge to use it. Advanced Excel users can use it very easily."

"Users already using Excel can generate new reports and dashboards within minutes."

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Cons

"I'd like to see them use more artificial intelligence. It should be smart enough to do predictions and everything based on what you input."

"The statistics should be more self-explanatory with detailed automated reports."

"In some cases, the product takes time to load a large dataset. They could improve this particular area."

"Most of the package will give you the fixed value, or the p-value, without an explanation as to whether it it significant or not. Some beginners might need not just the results, but also some explanation for them."

"In developing countries, it would be beneficial to provide certain features to users at no cost initially, while also customizing pricing options."

"One of the areas that should be similar to Minitabs is the use of blogs. The Minitabs blog helps users understand the tools and gives lots of practical examples. Following the SPSS manual is cumbersome. It's a good, exhaustive manual, but it's not practical to use. With Minitabs, you can go to the blogs and find specific articles written about various components and it's very helpful. Without blogs, we find SPSS more complicated."

"IBM SPSS Statistics does not keep you close to your data like KNIME."

"Improvements are needed in the user interface, particularly in terms of user-friendliness."

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"The model repository is a concern as models are stored on a bucket and there's an issue with versioning."

"The solution requires a lot of data to train the model."

"Amazon SageMaker can make it simpler to manage the data flow from start to finish, such as by integrating data, usingthe machine, and deploying models. This process could be more user-friendly compared to other tools. I would also like to improve integration with Bedrock and the LLM connection for AWS."

"The solution is complex to use."

"The documentation must be made clearer and more user-friendly."

"SageMaker would be improved with the addition of reporting services."

"I would say the IDE is quite immature, but it is still in its infancy, so I expect it to get better over time."

"Amazon might need to emphasize its capabilities in generative models more effectively."

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"It needs a wizard that covers all its options."

"I found data cleaning in the solution to be quite difficult. If I could add a feature, I'd include Excel's Flash Fill function. This allows you to set a formula for one row and column and automatically apply it to thousands of rows, making data sorting much easier."

"I would like for there to be some type of user manual that shows steps on how to navigate the solution."

"I have found using Microsoft BI is not easy. For example, trying to use the auto-refresh feature is not simple."

"Whenever you work on the same dashboard or on the same code, Microsoft Power BI doesn't have a good architecture that allows multiple people to work on the same project."

"I think that the solution is harder to use for people who are not experts in data."

"SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is not user friendly."

"It needs more analytic tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We think that IBM SPSS is expensive for this function."

"It's quite expensive, but they do a special deal for universities."

"The pricing of the modeler is high and can reduce the utility of the product for those who can not afford to adopt it."

"While the pricing of the product may be higher, the accompanying service and features justify the investment."

"More affordable training for new staff members."

"SPSS is an expensive piece of software because it's incredibly complex and has been refined over decades, but I would say it's fairly priced."

"Our licence is on a yearly renewal basis. While pricing is not the primary concern in our evaluation, as products are assessed by whether they can meet our user needs and expertise, the cost can be a limiting factor in the number of licences we procure."

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."

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"Amazon SageMaker is a very expensive product."

"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."

"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."

"You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."

"I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price, and ten is the highest price. The solution is priced reasonably. There is no additional cost to be paid in excess of the standard licensing fees."

"I would rate the solution's price a ten out of ten since it is very high."

"The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."

"SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."

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"The cost of the solution is more flexible for us because the desktop is free and we pay as we use it in the cloud."

"Its price is very low. It is like $10 per user, per month. The clients pay for their own licenses. It is not on us. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. That's the beauty. With other systems, you need to spend a couple of thousand dollars just to get started, and then you need to spend $500 per year for the license, which becomes much more costly. You have a system here where for $120 to $140 a year, you can start with two people and start developing and deploying. You can see why the cost difference is huge, especially when you are on a low scale, like us, and you're not building something very huge."

"Microsoft BI is considered to be competitively priced when compared to other similar solutions in the market."

"I am satisfied with its price. Its price is very less as compared to Tableau and QlikView."

"It is reasonably priced."

"The price of Microsoft BI is reasonable. Other solutions such as SAP Cloud are more expensive."

"Remove the cost of a licence to show a dashboard within SharePoint. Why should readers of a dashboard have to pay to view? "

"Microsoft BI is not expensive."

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Questions from the Community

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Overview

IBM SPSS Statistics is a powerful data mining solution that is designed to aid business leaders in making important business decisions. It is designed so that it can be effectively utilized by organizations across a wide range of fields. SPSS Statistics allows users to leverage machine learning algorithms so that they can mine and analyze data in the most effective way possible.

IBM SPSS Statistics Benefits

Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy IBM SPSS Statistics include:

Ease of use. SPSS Statistics enables users to simply and intuitively take control of their statistical needs. The solution is designed so that analysts who do not know how to code can easily make full use of the various tools and capabilities that SPSS Statistics has to offer. Its command language is so straightforward that it does not require users to undergo special training before they use it.

Comprehensive and flexible build. SPSS Statistics is designed to be both a comprehensive and highly flexible analytics solution. It enables users to utilize a variety of integrations that make it easy for users to add features that they might feel they are missing.

Automation. SPSS Statistics makes it simple for users to automate basic tasks that they might otherwise devote too much time worrying about. Tasks like calculation or data gathering can be delegated to the system while more conceptual tasks like data analysis are given to an organization’s analysts to handle.

IBM SPSS Statistics Features

Intuitive user interface. SPSS Statistics enables users to deploy an intuitive interface that makes the process of system management simple. Among the other components of this interface is a drag-and-drop feature that makes analysis and management possible for anyone who wants to use it.

Advanced data visualizations. Analysts that employ SPSS Statistics gain access to tools that empower them to create and export data visualizations. These visualizations can be formatted in many different ways depending on what the user needs.

Local data storage. SPSS Statistics has the ability to securely store data on a user’s computer. This enables them to add layers of security that would not necessarily be present if the data was stored in the cloud.

Reviews from Real Users

IBM SPSS Statistics is a highly effective solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Two major advantages it offers are the wealth of functionalities that it provides and its high level of accessibility.

An Emeritus Professor of Health Services Research at a university writes, "The most valuable feature of IBM SPSS Statistics is all the functionality it provides. Additionally, it is simple to do the five-way analysis that you can in a multidimensional setup space. It's the multidimensional space facility that is most useful."

A Director of Systems Management & MIS Operations at a university, says, “The SPSS interface is very accessible and user-friendly. It's really easy to get information from it. I've shared it with experts and beginners, and everyone can navigate it.”

Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed platform that enables developers and data scientists to quickly and easily build, train, and deploy machine learning models at any scale. Amazon SageMaker removes all the barriers that typically slow down developers who want to use machine learning.

Microsoft Power BI is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. This tool stands out for its ability to merge and analyze data from various sources. Widely adopted across different industries and departments, Power BI is instrumental in creating visually appealing dashboards and generating insightful business intelligence reports. Its intuitive interface, robust visualization capabilities, and seamless integration with other Microsoft applications empower users to easily create interactive reports and gain valuable insights.

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