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IBM SPSS Modeler pros and cons

Vendor: IBM
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

IBM SPSS Modeler offers a wide selection of proprietary machine learning algorithms, which simplifies feature engineering and accelerates model development.
It ensures seamless handling of large data sets, outperforming tools like Excel and Access, and effectively scales to meet business needs.
Users experience improved productivity and reduced project timelines, with tasks such as segmentation now taking significantly less time than traditional methods.
The platform remains flexible and adaptable, integrating well with technologies like R and Python, and supports third-party apps for expanded functionality.
Automation and organization of data handling make IBM SPSS Modeler a preferred choice for analyzing data without writing extensive code.

CONS

IBM SPSS Modeler lacks well-known machine learning algorithms and more popular regression models should be included.
It does not support integration with Qlik, Tableau, and Power BI, limiting its compatibility with other analytics tools.
The platform needs improvements for supporting open-source features like embedding R or Python scripts.
Time Series and forecasting features should be easier and more automated, similar to logistic regression capabilities.
Performance issues persist, with data extraction sometimes causing server crashes due to memory leaks.
 

IBM SPSS Modeler Pros review quotes

PeterHuo - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Architect at Canada Border Services Agency
Jul 12, 2024
I was familiar with using IBM SPSS Modeler separately in the private sector before that. It's a good tool for extracting data from data warehouses, creating streams, and manipulating logic to extract final data.
Levi Dovillaire - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Paper Technology Manager, EMEA at Valmet
Oct 5, 2023
We have full control of the data handling process.
Giovanni Cervellati - PeerSpot reviewer
Research Manager at IDC Corporate
Jun 20, 2023
I think the code modeling features are the most valuable and without the need to write a code back with many different possibilities to choose from. And the second one is linked to the activity of the data preparation.
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Abel Georges - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Scientist I at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2023
In the solution, I like the virtualization of data flow since it shows what goes where, which is mostly the strength of the tool.
Anton Nenov - PeerSpot reviewer
Credit Risk Manager at ITF Group JSC
Oct 31, 2023
Compared to other tools, the product works much easier to analyze data without coding.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Feb 21, 2023
The quality is very good.
Javier Segovia - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor of Data Mining at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
May 9, 2022
The most valuable features of the IBM SPSS Modeler are visual programming, you don't have to write any code, and it is easy to use. 90 to 95 percent of the use cases, you don't have to fine-tune anything. If you want to do something deeper, for example, create a better neural network, then you have to go into the features and try to fine-tune them. However, the default selection which is made by the tool, it's very practical and works well.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Feb 4, 2022
It's a very organized product. It's easy to use.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Apr 22, 2021
The supervised models are valuable. It is also very organized and easy to use.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Sep 22, 2020
Automation is great and this product is very organized.
 

IBM SPSS Modeler Cons review quotes

PeterHuo - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Architect at Canada Border Services Agency
Jul 12, 2024
There are performance issues. Extracting data from many combined tables can take hours and occasionally crash the server due to memory leaks. This performance problem bothers people. The performance issue seems to be related to the server. We design streams on the client and submit them to the server, which generates a large SQL statement. There are two potential bottlenecks: one in the server and another in data extraction. I'm unsure about the exact mechanics of data splitting when fetching from the database.
Levi Dovillaire - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Paper Technology Manager, EMEA at Valmet
Oct 5, 2023
The product does not have a search function for tags.
Giovanni Cervellati - PeerSpot reviewer
Research Manager at IDC Corporate
Jun 20, 2023
The integration with sources and visualisation needs some improvement. The scalability needs improvement.
Learn what your peers think about IBM SPSS Modeler. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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Abel Georges - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Scientist I at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2023
I can say the solution is outdated.
Anton Nenov - PeerSpot reviewer
Credit Risk Manager at ITF Group JSC
Oct 31, 2023
The platform's cloud version needs improvements.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Feb 21, 2023
The forecasting could be a bit easier.
Javier Segovia - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor of Data Mining at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
May 9, 2022
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.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Feb 4, 2022
The time series should be improved.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Apr 22, 2021
Time Series or forecasting needs to be easier. It is a very important feature, and it should be made easier and more automated to use. For instance, for logistic regression, binary or multinomial is used automatically based on the type of the target variable. I wish they can make Time Series easier to use in a similar way.
EzzAbdelfattah - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Professor Of Statistics at a university with 10,001+ employees
Sep 22, 2020
Dimension reduction should be classified separately.