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We performed a comparison between Cloudera Data Science Workbench and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The Cloudera Data Science Workbench is customizable and easy to use.""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."

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"The most valuable feature is the knowledge bank, which allows us to ask questions and the AI will automatically pull the pre-prescribed responses.""The solution is very fast and simple for a data science solution.""When you import the dataset you can see the data distribution easily with graphics and statistical measures.""The drag-and-drop interface of Azure Machine Learning Studio has greatly improved my workflow.""Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is easy to use and deploy.""It's a great option if you are fairly new and don't want to write too much code.""ML Studio is very easy to maintain.""The most valuable feature is its compatibility with Tensorflow."

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Cons
"Running this solution requires a minimum of 12GB to 16GB of RAM.""The tool's MLOps is not good. It's pricing also needs to improve."

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"There's room for improvement in terms of binding the integration with Azure DevOps.""The regulatory requirements of the product need improvement.""The data processor can pose a bit of a challenge, but the real complexity is determined by the skill of the implementation team.""Microsoft should also include more examples and tutorials for using this product.​""The solution cannot connect to private block storage.""I would like to see modules to handle Deep Learning frameworks.""I think it should be made cheaper for certain people…It may appear costlier for those who don't consider time important.""The solution's initial setup process is complicated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "To use MLS is fairly cheap. Even the paid account is something like $20/month, unless you are provisioning large numbers of VMs for a Hadoop cluster. The main MS makes money with this solution is forcing the user to deploy their model on REST API, and being charged each time the API is accessed. There are several pricing tiers for the API. If you do not use the API, then value of MLS is to create rapid experiments ($20/month). The resulting model is not exportable to use, thus you’ll have to recreate the algorithms in either R or Python, which is what I did. MLS results gave me a direction to work with, the actual work is mostly done in R and Python outside of MLS."
  • "When we got our first models and were ready for the user acceptance testing, our licensing fees were between €2,500 ($2,750 USD) and €3,000 ($3,300 USD) monthly."
  • "From a developer's perspective, I find the price of this solution high."
  • "The licensing cost is very cheap. It's less than $50 a month."
  • "There is a license required for this solution."
  • "I am paying for it following a pay-as-you-go. So, the more I use it, the more it costs."
  • "In terms of pricing, for any cloud solution, you should know the tricks of the trade and how to use it, otherwise, you'll end up paying a lot of money irrespective of the cloud provider, so at least for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio pricing versus AWS, I would rate it three out of five, with one being the most expensive, and five being the cheapest. It could be cheaper, but you also have to be careful when choosing the plans, for example, consider the architecture and a lot of other factors before choosing your plan, if you don't want to end up paying more. If your cloud provider has an optimizer that seems to be available in every provider, that would keep alerting you in terms of resources not being used as much, then that would help you with budgeting."
  • "My team didn't deal with the licensing for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, so I'm unable to comment on pricing, but the money that was spent on the tool was worth it."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's MLOps is not good. It's pricing also needs to improve.
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    Also Known As
    CDSW
    Azure Machine Learning, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio
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    Overview

    Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) makes secure, collaborative data science at scale a reality for the enterprise and accelerates the delivery of new data products. With CDSW, organizations can research and experiment faster, deploy models easily and with confidence, as well as rely on the wider Cloudera platform to reduce the risks and costs of data science projects. Access any data anywhere – from cloud object storage to data warehouses, CDSW provides connectivity not only to CDH but the systems your data science teams rely on for analysis.

    Azure Machine Learning is a cloud predictive analytics service that makes it possible to quickly create and deploy predictive models as analytics solutions.

    It has everything you need to create complete predictive analytics solutions in the cloud, from a large algorithm library, to a studio for building models, to an easy way to deploy your model as a web service. Quickly create, test, operationalize, and manage predictive models.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Will Help You:

    • Rapidly build and train models
    • Operationalize at scale
    • Deliver responsible solutions
    • Innovate on a more secure hybrid platform

    With Microsoft Azure Machine Learning You Can:

    • Prepare data: Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers data labeling, data preparation, and datasets.
    • Build and train models: Includes notebooks, Visual Studio Code and Github, Automated ML, Compute instance, a drag-and-drop designer, open-source libraries and frameworks, customizable dashboards, and experiments
    • Validate and deploy: Manage endpoints, automate machine learning workflows (pipeline CI/CD), optimize models, access pre-built container images, share and track models and data, train and deploy models across multi-cloud and on-premises.
    • Manage and monitor: Track, log, and analyze data, models, and resources; Detect drift and maintain model accuracy; Trace ML artifacts for compliance; Apply quota management and automatic shutdown; Leverage built-in and custom policies for compliance management; Utilize continuous monitoring with Azure Security Center.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Features:

    • Easy & flexible building interface: Execute your machine learning development through the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio using drag-and-drop components that minimize the code development and straightforward configuration of properties. By being so flexible, the solution also helps build, test ,and generate advanced analytics based on the data.
    • Wide range of supported algorithms: Configuration is simple and easy because Microsoft Azure ML offers readily available well-known algorithms. There is also no limit in importing training data, and the solution enables you to fine-tune your data easily, saving money and time and helping you generate more revenue.
    • Easy implementation of web services: Simply drag and drop your data sets and algorithms, and link them together to implement web services. It only requires one click to create and publish the web service, which can be used from any device by passing valid credentials.
    • Great documentation: Microsoft Azure provides full stacks of documentation, such as tutorials, quick starts, references, and many other resources that help you understand how to easily build, manage, deploy, and access machine learning solutions effectively.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Benefits:

    • It is fully integrated with Python and R SDKs.
    • It has an updated drag-and-drop interface, generally known as Azure Machine Learning Designer.
    • It supports MLPipelines, where you can build flexible and modular pipelines to automate workflows.
    • It supports multiple model formats depending upon the job type.
    • It has automated model training and hyperparameter tuning with code-first and no-code options.
    • It supports data labeling projects.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    "The ability to do the templating and be able to transfer it so that I can easily do multiple types of models and data mining is a valuable aspect of this solution. You only have to set up the flows, the templates, and the data once and then you can make modifications and test different segmentations throughout.” - Channing S.l, Owner at Channing Stowell Associates

    "The most valuable feature is the knowledge bank, which allows us to ask questions and the AI will automatically pull the pre-prescribed responses.” - Chris P., Tech Lead at a tech services company

    "The UI is very user-friendly and the AI is easy to use.” - Mikayil B., CRM Consultant at a computer software company

    "The solution is very fast and simple for a data science solution.” - Omar A., Big Data & Cloud Manager at a tech services company

    Sample Customers
    IQVIA, Rush University Medical Center, Western Union
    Walgreens Boots Alliance, Schneider Electric, BP
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    Financial Services Firm30%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Retailer9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Healthcare Company7%
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    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise78%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Cloudera Data Science Workbench is ranked 17th in Data Science Platforms with 2 reviews while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is ranked 2nd in Data Science Platforms with 48 reviews. Cloudera Data Science Workbench is rated 7.0, while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cloudera Data Science Workbench writes "Useful for data science modeling but improvement is needed in MLOps and pricing ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio writes "Good support for Azure services in pipelines, but deploying outside of Azure is difficult". Cloudera Data Science Workbench is most compared with Databricks, Amazon SageMaker, Dataiku Data Science Studio, Google Cloud Datalab and Alteryx, whereas Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is most compared with Databricks, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, TensorFlow and Google Cloud AI Platform.

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