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Cloudera Data Science Workbench vs KNIME Business Hub comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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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
KNIME Business Hub
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
65
Ranking in other categories
Data Mining (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Cloudera Data Science Workbench is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of KNIME Business Hub is 4.1%, down from 11.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
KNIME Business Hub4.1%
Cloudera Data Science Workbench1.6%
Other94.3%
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.
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Data Analyst at Politecnico di Milano
Automation has transformed payroll reporting and empowers nontechnical teams to run data workflows
KNIME Business Hub could be improved by increasing integration between KNIME and other tools, such as where companies store data and data visualization tools, making it easier to integrate with these tools and faster to create dashboard updates and quick data extraction through KNIME. An ETL process must communicate with both data sources and the data visualization layer. The integration needs to be more robust, and the nodes that act as connectors to these sources and tools need to be more robust, as the flow often broke when the problem was just a connection issue. This should be improved and perhaps expanded. Another problem was that KNIME could not integrate with all tools. Expanding the possibilities of creating reports and connecting to data visualization tools, especially on the data visualization side, would be useful. The output of an ETL process or ETL flow is visualization through a dashboard or report, so more downstream integration in the process would be needed. Regarding improvements needed in KNIME Business Hub, there may be a hierarchy of users and certain applications created. On the security side of accessing company data, I do not know whether this is already sufficiently considered by KNIME or not. I hope so, because certain data are sensitive and need to be handled with care. The fact that KNIME is enabled to access such data means you also need to ensure that authorizations and data processing policies are respected. Because some company data are sensitive, the fact that KNIME reads them also requires guaranteeing that a policy is respected on the other side. I hope this has already been considered by KNIME Business Hub; I am not aware, but if it has not, this could be an aspect to consider: privacy and the protection of company data when they are read by a system that is not company-owned but still must read them with all proper requirements and safeguards.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 Cloudera Data Science Workbench is customizable and easy to use."
"It has allowed us to easily implement advanced analytics into various processes."
"Easy to connect with every database: We use queries from SQL, Redshift, Oracle."
"The product is open-source and therefore free to use."
"Automation is most valuable. It allows me to automatically download information from different sources, and once I create a workflow, I can apply it anytime I want. So, there is efficiency at the same time."
"The product is very easy to understand even for non-analytical stakeholders. Sometimes we provide them with KNIME workflows and teach them how to run it on their own machine."
"The most valuable feature is the data wrangling, which is what I mainly use it for."
"I am very happy with the product and it would be hard to find something better in the market."
"We have been using these features extensively and we find them to be very valuable in achieving what we hoped to achieve with the tool."
 

Cons

"We found this solution a little bit difficult to scale."
"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."
"I've had some problems integrating KNIME with other solutions."
"Sometimes, we needed more space to handle larger operations, especially since our machines had limited space and memory due to Kubernetes clusters."
"KNIME is not good at visualization."
"I feel the query performance is slower than my old code."
"When deploying models on a regular system, it works fine. However, when accuracy is a priority, hyperparameter tuning is necessary. Currently, KNIME doesn't have the best tools for this which they could improve in this area."
"It needs more examples, use cases, and MOOC to learn, especially with respect to the algorithms and how to practically create a flow from end-to-end."
"Sometimes it is a little bit difficult to use some nodes when we have large-scale data, for example CSV files with a large amount of data, because some features that are in the CSV as text, for example large text, are difficult for KNIME Business Hub to import, and we need to try to use different nodes for importing the data, such as File Reader and CSV Reader."
"The visualization functionalities are not good (cannot be compared to, for instance, the possibilities in R)."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."
"KNIME is a cost-effective solution because it’s free of cost."
"KNIME is free as a stand-alone desktop-based platform but if you want to get a KNIME server then you can find the cost on their website."
"KNIME desktop is free, which is great for analytics teams. Server is well priced, depending on how much support is required."
"There is a Community Edition and paid versions available."
"It is expensive to procure the license."
"KNIME Business Hub is expensive for small companies."
"I use the open-source version."
"KNIME offers a free version"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise35
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with KNIME?
KNIME Business Hub could be improved by increasing integration between KNIME and other tools, such as where companies store data and data visualization tools, making it easier to integrate with the...
What is your primary use case for KNIME?
I used KNIME Business Hub in my previous role for approximately six months, from April to September 2025. The primary use case for KNIME Business Hub was creating an ETL flow for the HR team that g...
What advice do you have for others considering KNIME?
Regarding concrete examples of metrics or results obtained with KNIME Business Hub, we definitely saved a lot in terms of time and productivity. The work was also much more fluid and activities wer...
 

Also Known As

CDSW
KNIME Analytics Platform
 

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Sample Customers

IQVIA, Rush University Medical Center, Western Union
Infocom Corporation, Dymatrix Consulting Group, Soluzione Informatiche, MMI Agency, Estanislao Training and Solutions, Vialis AG
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