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Cloudera Data Science Workbench vs Dataiku comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudera Data Science Workb...
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
24th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dataiku
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Science Workbench is 1.6%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dataiku is 5.2%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dataiku5.2%
Cloudera Data Science Workbench1.6%
Other93.2%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Ismail Peer - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Management Lead Advisor at Unionbank Philippines
Useful for data science modeling but improvement is needed in MLOps and pricing
If you don't configure CDSW well, then it might be not useful for you. Deploying the tool can vary in complexity, but most of the time, it's relatively simple and straightforward. Triggering a job from data to production is easy, as the platform automates the deployment process. However, ensuring optimal resource allocation is essential for smooth operations.
SK
Senior Data Scientist at Deloitte
Visual workflows have streamlined healthcare analytics and have reduced reporting time significantly
In terms of improvement, I cannot comment on the LLMs or the agentic view as I have not used them yet. However, I feel that better documentation is necessary. Dataiku should establish a stronger community since this is proprietary software, where users can share knowledge. Although they have some community interaction, it is often challenging to find assistance when stuck. For example, when I was new to Dataiku and trying to use an external optimization tool such as CPLEX, I struggled with resource directory linking to a project's notebook. Detailed documentation and community discussions could have significantly alleviated these issues for users such as myself.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Cloudera Data Science Workbench is customizable and easy to use."
"I appreciate CDSW's ability to logically segregate environments, such as data, DR, and production, ensuring they don't interfere with each other. The deployment of machine learning is fast and easy to manage. Its API calls are also fast."
"The solution is quite stable."
"Dataiku has positively impacted my organization, specifically in one project where we performed migration from AWS to Dataiku, speeding up the solution by close to 40% and reducing architecture costs by almost 70%, which was a significant benefit and greatly impacted our operations."
"The best features Dataiku offers include the ability for users to use the node without having to code and the functionality related to low-code/no-code."
"Traceability is vital since I manage many cohorts, and collaboration is key as I have multiple engineers substituting for one another."
"The most valuable feature is the set of visual data preparation tools."
"Dataiku has positively impacted my organization as most of our projects have been migrated to Dataiku, and now people are relying on it as a go-to tool for all our data use cases."
"Dataiku is really a very intuitive platform that allows you to carry out data projects from end to end, with the opportunity to reuse templates, models, and recipes, which is one of the big advantages of using it."
"Compared to Informatica, this tool is extremely easy with its GUI-based functionality and large compatibility with various data sources, and maintenance processes are much more automated than ever, with fewer errors."
 

Cons

"The tool's MLOps is not good. It's pricing also needs to improve."
"Running this solution requires a minimum of 12GB to 16GB of RAM."
"We found this solution a little bit difficult to scale."
"I have not seen a return on investment with Dataiku in terms of time saved, money saved, or fewer employees needed."
"All products have room for improvement, and I would like to see their pricing simplified, as it is somewhat complex."
"One area for improvement is the need for more capabilities similar to those provided by NVIDIA for parallel machine learning training. We still encounter some integration issues."
"The interface for the web app can be a bit difficult. It needs to have better capabilities, at least for developers who like to code."
"One of the main challenges was collaboration. Developers typically use GitHub to push and manage code, but integrating GitHub with Dataiku was complicated."
"The technical support from Dataiku is not good. The support team does not provide adequate assistance, and there are concerns about billing requests."
"In terms of enhancing collaboration within my team, I would not say Dataiku is the best one because it's so expensive."
"The license is very expensive. It would be great to have an intermediate license for basic treatments that do not require extensive experience."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"The annual licensing fees are approximately €20 ($22 USD) per key for the basic version and €40 ($44 USD) per key for the version with everything."
"Pricing is pretty steep. Dataiku is also not that cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
32%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise13
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
The licenses are a bit high for companies that are still hesitating to get started with using Dataiku. For my personal projects, I used the thirty-day free trial. Regarding my company, I did not ha...
What needs improvement with Dataiku Data Science Studio?
I have no suggestions for improvements because it's all good; it just sometimes lags a lot, and I don't know if the server is full or what, but it sometimes takes a lot of time while loading and re...
What is your primary use case for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
My main use case for Dataiku involves ETL pipelines, mainly for data analysis, and I majorly use SQL queries for that. For ETL pipelines and data analysis, I had to create the output by combining a...
 

Also Known As

CDSW
Dataiku DSS
 

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Sample Customers

IQVIA, Rush University Medical Center, Western Union
BGL BNP Paribas, Dentsu Aegis, Link Mobility Group, AramisAuto
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