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Dataiku vs IBM SPSS Statistics 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
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM SPSS Statistics
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Data Mining (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Dataiku is 13.0%, up from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Statistics is 2.8%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RichardXu - PeerSpot reviewer
The platform organizes workflows visually and efficiently
One of the valuable features of Dataiku is the workflow capability. It allows us to organize a workflow efficiently. The platform has a visual interface, making it much easier for educated professionals to organize their work. This feature is useful because it simplifies tasks and eliminates the need for a data scientist. If you are knowledgeable about AI, you can directly write using primitive tools like Pantera flow, PyTorch, and Scikit-learn. However, Dataiku makes this process much easier.
Laurence Moseley - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivers reliable results for academic research and keeps you close to your data.
SPSS is perfectly adequate if all you want are some results. If you only need the results, you do not require the trail of evidence on how you obtained those results. I mainly used it for cross tabs, correlation, regression, chi-squared tests, and similar analyses often seen in published papers; I used it for my papers as well. For wider uses I find Knime keeps me in touch with my data, however much I transform them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the set of visual data preparation tools."
"I rate the overall product as eight out of ten."
"If many teams are collaborating and sharing Jupyter notebooks, it's very useful."
"One of the valuable features of Dataiku is the workflow capability."
"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 advantage is that you can focus on machine learning while having access to what they call 'recipes.' These recipes allow me to preprocess and prepare data without writing any code."
"I like the interface, which is probably my favorite part of the solution. It is really user-friendly for an IT person."
"Data Science Studio's data science model is very useful."
"The most valuable feature is the user interface because you don't need to write code."
"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."
"It is a modeling tool with helpful automation."
"The most valuable features mainly include factor analysis, correlation analysis, and geographic analysis."
"The solution is very comprehensive, especially compared to Minitabs, which is considered more for manufacturing. However, whatever data you want to analyze can be handled with SPSS."
"I've found the descriptive statistics and cross-tabs valuable. The very simple correlations and regressions are as well."
"One feature I found very valuable was the analysis of variance (ANOVA)."
"SPSS can handle whatever you throw at it, whether your data set contains 10,000, 100,000, or a million objects. It's like the heavy artillery of analytical tools."
 

Cons

"I find that it is a little slow during use. It takes more time than I would expect for operations to complete."
"The technical support from Dataiku is not good. The support team does not provide adequate assistance, and there are concerns about billing requests."
"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. This is due to the fact that everything is enabled in a single window with different tabs. For them to actually develop and do the concurrent testing that needs to be done, it takes a bit of time. That is one improvement that I would like to see - from a web app developer perspective."
"Server up-time needs to be improved. Also, query engines like Spark and Hive need to be more stable."
"We still encounter some integration issues."
"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 license is very expensive."
"The license is very expensive. It would be great to have an intermediate license for basic treatments that do not require extensive experience."
"In developing countries, it would be beneficial to provide certain features to users at no cost initially, while also customizing pricing options."
"SPSS is a tool that's been around since the late 60s, and it's the universal worldwide standard for quantitative social science data analysis. That said, it does seem a bit strange to me that the graphical output functions are so clunky after all these years. The output of charts and graphs that SPSS produces is hideous."
"IBM SPSS Statistics does not keep you close to your data like KNIME."
"Technical support needs some improvement, as they do not respond as quickly as we would like."
"I think the visualization and charting should be changed and made easier and more effective."
"It would be helpful if there was better documentation on how to properly use the solution. A beginner's guide on how to use the various programming functions within the product would be so useful to a lot of people. I found that everything was very confusing at first. Having clear documentation would help alleviate that."
"IBM SPSS Statistics could improve the visual outputs where you are producing, for example, a graph for a company board of directors, or an advert."
"The statistics should be more self-explanatory with detailed automated reports."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"While the pricing of the product may be higher, the accompanying service and features justify the investment."
"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."
"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."
"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."
"More affordable training for new staff members."
"We think that IBM SPSS is expensive for this function."
"The price of IBM SPSS Statistics could improve."
"The price of this solution is a little bit high, which was a problem for my company."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
I find the pricing of Dataiku quite affordable for our customers, as they are usually large companies. However, it is a pricey solution and I primarily recommend it to bigger companies.
What needs improvement with Dataiku Data Science Studio?
There is room for improvement in terms of allowing for more code-based features. I would love for Dataiku to allow more flexibility with code-based components and provide the possibility to extend ...
What is your primary use case for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
My company sells licenses for both Dataiku and Alteryx, and we have clients who use them. I engage with several companies in telecommunications, retail, and energy to assess how our clients are uti...
What do you like most about IBM SPSS Statistics?
The software offers consistency across multiple research projects helping us with predictive analytics capabilities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM SPSS Statistics?
SPSS is horrendously expensiver. On a laptop Knime is free of charge (Windows, Mac, Linux)
What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Statistics?
Better guidance both in producing programs and interpreting their output.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Dataiku DSS
SPSS Statistics
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

BGL BNP Paribas, Dentsu Aegis, Link Mobility Group, AramisAuto
LDB Group, RightShip, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Capgemini Consulting, TEAC Corporation, Ironside, nViso SA, Razorsight, Si.mobil, University Hospitals of Leicester, CROOZ Inc., GFS Fundraising Solutions, Nedbank Ltd., IDS-TILDA
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