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Dataiku vs IBM SPSS Modeler comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

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
IBM SPSS Modeler
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Mining (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Dataiku is 5.9%, down from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 3.2%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dataiku5.9%
IBM SPSS Modeler3.2%
Other90.9%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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.
RB
Business Owner at SASS GmbH
Support and flexibility enable effective project initiation and meet customer needs but deployment requires enhancement
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult and expensive with IBM SPSS Modeler. With MATLAB, there is no problem. I have a solution, and then I convert my MATLAB solution to C programming language. This I can deploy, and I can check it, and it is MISRA compatible. It is very easy to deploy it, to go from MATLAB to C or C++, which is actually needed in the car industry. In the car industry, they want to have it in the hardware. You cannot put MATLAB or IBM SPSS Modeler in the hardware of a car, but with C, there is no problem with a microcontroller. They can shoot it into the microcontroller, and I can check it with Polyspace, and it is MISRA compatible, which is an industrial standard. There is nothing similar in IBM SPSS Modeler. I made solutions with IBM SPSS Modeler, and then the customer said they wanted to make a production out of it, and it was not possible. I stopped with IBM SPSS Modeler 18. It is now 18.6 from what I know at the moment. I do not believe that there is a possibility to design a graphic user interface with it. It is itself a graphic user interface, where you put all sorts of little icons into the display.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Data Science Studio's data science model is very useful."
"I like the interface, which is probably my favorite part of the solution; it is really user-friendly, colorful, and I think it is really beautiful and well-designed."
"Dataiku is a complete platform to build ETL and data pipeline and deploy it, which I appreciate."
"One of the valuable features of Dataiku is the workflow capability."
"Cloud-based process run helps in not keeping the systems on while processes are running."
"Data Science Studio's data science model is very useful."
"Extremely easy to use with its GUI-based functionality and large compatibility with various data sources. Also, maintenance processes are much more automated than ever, with fewer errors."
"The best features Dataiku offers that help me with my demand forecasting and data science projects include having a complete overview of the flow directly from the flowchart, allowing me to observe all the steps in a single overview, and the ability to use a no-code, low-code node."
"IBM was chosen because of usability. It's point and click, whereas the other out-of-the box-solution, or open-source solutions, require full-on programming and a much higher skill level."
"It makes pretty good use of memory. There are algorithms take a long time to run in R, and somehow they run more efficiently in Modeler."
"I still use it because when I got the latest version it had all those things that I wish I would've had when I was working at the office."
"New algorithms are added into every version of Modeler, e.g., SMOTE, random forest, etc. The Derive node is used for the syntax code to derive the data."
"I would recommend SPSS to someone who has just started trying to run a lot of modeling, it's a good starting point."
"I used it mostly for the PCA, the principal component analysis, and I have been using that for my bachelor's thesis."
"We are primarily interested in the supply chain data analytics, focusing mainly on procurement, because we believe that there is a lot of value in spend analytics in understanding and identifying opportunities, reducing prices, improving negotiations, and better understanding the categories."
"It is pretty scalable."
 

Cons

"Server up-time needs to be improved. Also, query engines like Spark and Hive need to be more stable."
"I find that it is a little slow during use. When I use Dataiku to run my script to transfer data, it takes more time than I would expect for the operation to complete."
"There were stability issues: 1) SQL operations, such as partitioning, had bugs and showed wrong results. 2) Due to server downtime, scheduled processes used to fail. 3) Access to project folders was compromised (privacy issue) with wrong people getting access to confidential project folders."
"I would like to have better exclusion of data capability."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see deep learning better integrated into the tool and not simply an extension or plugin."
"Maybe on the interface in general, the information can easily get lost."
"Dataiku is down a lot of times, and we have to wait for sometimes five, ten, or fifteen minutes, after which it gets working again, and during those times, we are unable to get our work done."
"We still encounter some integration issues."
"Unstructured data is not appropriate for SPSS Modeler."
"Regarding visual modeling, it is not the biggest strength of the product, although from what I hear in the latest release it's going to be a lot stronger. That, to me, has always been the biggest flaw in using this. It's very difficult to get good visualization."
"Easier coding language that is more flexible with other platforms."
"It would be good if IBM added help resources to the interface."
"I would not rate the technical support very well. The technicians have accents, and when you do find someone, it is very hard to get somebody able to answer the technical questions."
"Neural networks are quite simple, and now neural networks are evolving to these architecture related to deep learning, etc. They didn't incorporate this in IBM SPSS Modeler."
"The time series is a very important issue, however, it is not given its value in the package as it should be."
"​Initial setup of the software was complex, because of our own problems within the government."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is pretty steep. Dataiku is also not that cheap."
"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."
"This tool, being an IBM product, is pretty expensive."
"I am using the free version of IBM SPSS Modeler, it is the educational edition version."
"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."
"It is a huge increase to time savings."
"If you are in a university and the license is free then you can use the tool without any charges, which is good."
"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."
"The scalability was kind of limited by our ability to get other people licenses, and that was usually more of a financial constraint. It's expensive, but it's a good tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise32
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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...
What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Modeler?
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult and expensive with IBM SPSS Modeler. With MATLAB, there is no problem. I have a ...
What is your primary use case for IBM SPSS Modeler?
I have been using IBM SPSS Modeler for a long time. I am using IBM SPSS Modeler mainly for ETL. Sometimes I use it to compare the results of the modeling as compared to MATLAB. MATLAB is the main t...
 

Also Known As

Dataiku DSS
SPSS Modeler
 

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Sample Customers

BGL BNP Paribas, Dentsu Aegis, Link Mobility Group, AramisAuto
Reisebªro Idealtours GmbH, MedeAnalytics, Afni, Israel Electric Corporation, Nedbank Ltd., DigitalGlobe, Vodafone Hungary, Aegon Hungary, Bureau Veritas, Brammer Group, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, InSites Consulting, Fortis Turkey
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