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IBM Watson Studio vs Starburst Enterprise 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

IBM Watson Studio
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (16th)
Starburst Enterprise
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Streaming Analytics (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Studio is 2.2%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Starburst Enterprise is 1.6%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Starburst Enterprise1.6%
IBM Watson Studio2.2%
Other96.2%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2715654 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director and Marketing Consultant at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
Collaborative analytics workspace has improved campaign insights and saves weekly manual effort
One of the best features IBM Watson Studio offers is the ability to collaborate across teams using a centralized workspace. The centralized workspace helps my team collaborate because we did not need to spend excessive time on manual processes. This helped us collaborate across teams by selecting which data and which channels should be reflected in IBM Watson Studio. In this way, we saved time and could easily see campaign outcomes and make better data-driven marketing decisions. IBM Watson Studio has positively impacted my organization by being time-efficient and enabling collaboration, as we can see everything in one screen. It helped improve our efficiency and provided deeper customer insights that enable better decision-making. It definitely helped our weekly time efficiency by saving manual workload because we have a lot of work going on. It really helped us in analyzing the data and analytics.
KamleshPant - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Architect at USEReady
Connects to any data source from any region and offers unified access
There are no specific projects supported by Starburst regarding AI initiatives or machine learning projects. In the future, if we have all the data available, we can definitely capitalize on AI/ML and LLM capabilities to summarize data and gain insights. That's our future goal, but we haven't reached that point yet. There should be support for REST API data sources to access data from the web. We often have data coming in and communicate with data sources via REST API calls. I don't see that capability in Starburst currently; everything is through JDBC or ODBC. If Starburst could seamlessly access data using REST API capabilities, it would be a game-changer. The self-service data management features, like self-service materialized views, are great, but they can be a bit complex for basic users to understand.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution was a deployed model and I was just installing the API, sending some data and returning some data from REST API, and it was very easy to use."
"It has greatly improved the performance because it is standardized across the company."
"The most important thing is that it's a multi-faceted solution. It's a kind of specialist, not a generalist. It can produce very specific information for the customer. It's totally different from Google or any search engine that produces generic information. It's specialty is that it's all on video."
"The features I find most valuable in IBM Watson Studio are machine learning support and testing different models for a use case, which is one of the best features on the system."
"The scalability of IBM Watson Studio is great."
"It has a lot of data connectors, which is extremely helpful."
"IBM Watson Studio has positively impacted my organization by being time-efficient and enabling collaboration, as we can see everything in one screen."
"In my experience, AutoML is the most valuable feature of IBM Watson Studio."
"We have noticed improvements in performance using Starburst Enterprise. It handles complex data, including reading and partitioning files. We can add a new catalog to Starburst Enterprise by providing connection details and service account information. This allows us to integrate with existing tools, such as the Snowflake database, which we use for data protection in our project."
"It's very scalable, fast performing, and supports many catalogs."
 

Cons

"The main challenge lies in visibility and ease of use."
"IBM Watson Studio has great features but the decision making in their decision making feature is less good than other options."
"One area that could be improved is the backup and restoration of the database and the overall database configuration."
"I think maybe the support is an area where it lacks."
"More features in data virtualization would be helpful. The solution could use an interactive dashboard that could make exploration easier."
"IBM Watson Studio can be improved because there is currently a learning curve."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The product is already really great but for most researchers or a person like me, there are few templates to try something new, so we're limited."
"There should be support for REST API data sources to access data from the web."
"Starburst Enterprise could improve by offering additional features similar to those provided by other SQL query tools. For example, incorporating functionalities like pivot tables would make it more feasible to use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is generally reasonable and straightforward but can vary significantly depending on the specific workloads in use."
"IBM Watson Studio is an expensive solution."
"Watson Studio's pricing is reasonable for what you get."
"IBM Watson Studio is a reasonably priced product"
"I haven't personally dealt with the pricing aspects first-hand, but from what I understand, it largely depends on the specifics of your setup, especially the machines you use on AWS. The cost of using Starburst Enterprise can vary based on the amount of data you're processing and the type of machines you opt for, whether on AWS or another cloud platform."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
35%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Construction Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Watson Studio?
The pricing for IBM Watson Studio is very high, but we are talking about an enterprise solution. Most of the time we try to convince the customer with the price because it is a robust and enterpris...
What needs improvement with IBM Watson Studio?
I have not used the AutoAI feature yet, if it is a feature in IBM Watson Studio. I think the user experience of IBM Watson Studio can be improved, as I am trying to use other products outside IBM a...
What is your primary use case for IBM Watson Studio?
IBM Watson Studio is used primarily with our customers, though we have also tested it in our company and laboratories. I am also dealing with products like IBM Watson Studio and IBM Cognos.
What needs improvement with Starburst Enterprise?
There are no specific projects supported by Starburst regarding AI initiatives or machine learning projects. In the future, if we have all the data available, we can definitely capitalize on AI/ML ...
What is your primary use case for Starburst Enterprise?
We use Starburst with one client who is exploring their ecosystem to remove data silos and enable data access across departments. It's a very big ecosystem, like a finance institute. They are curre...
What advice do you have for others considering Starburst Enterprise?
Starburst requires a heavy investment in infrastructure; it needs heavy computing and storage. If your use case doesn't involve heavy processing or storage, then Starburst might not be the solution...
 

Also Known As

Watson Studio, IBM Data Science Experience, Data Science Experience, DSx
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Sample Customers

GroupM, Accenture, Fifth Third Bank
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