OEM Partnership Model
Visionaries Quadrant
AWS (various
products)
Pros: Breadth and depth of cloud platform; performance and
scalability; data labeling and human-in-the-loop capabilities
Cons: Lack of attention on citizen data scientists; a rapid rollout
of products and maturity; maturity of on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud support
DataRobot Enterprise
AI Platform
Pros: Sales strategy and execution; high-touch customer
service; successful acquisitions.
Cons: Complexity of product portfolio; resource-heavy
onboarding; capability gaps.
Google Cloud AI
Platform
Pros: Responsible AI vision and capabilities; research
contributions; cohesion and simplification of consolidated products.
Cons: Rapid pace of change; steep learning curve; lack of
capabilities for on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployments.
KNIME Analytics
Platform
Pros: Breadth and depth of DSML capabilities; commitment to
open-source; visual workflow coherence.
Cons: Limitations in enterprise deployments; responsible AI
vision; low market traction.
Microsoft Azure
Machine Learning
Pros: Strong support for enterprise DS; support for multiple
personas; openness and partnerships.
Cons: Requirement of use of other Azure services; immaturity
of on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud capabilities; lack of support for augmented
DSML capabilities.
RapidMiner (various
products)
Pros: Support for multiple personas; “clear vision and
delivery of aligned features”; expandability and governance.
Cons: Growth rate; average advanced analytics capabilities;
academic perception of a product.
H2O.ai (various
products)
Pros: Vision for value creation; extensive automation; rich
AI explainability features (XAI).
Cons: Lack of some data access and data prep features; OEM partner strategy; collaboration and cohesion.
Challengers Quadrant
Alteryx Analytics
Process Automation
Pros: Support for multiple personas; product packaging and
go-to-market strategy; customer support.
Cons: Changing product portfolio; high cost; lack of
innovation.
Niche Players Quadrant
Alibaba Cloud’s
Platform for AI (PAI) Studio and Data Science Workshop
Pros: Strong community in China; advanced use-case modeling;
and seamless integration.
Cons: Focus on Asia; lack of product vision; narrow usage
and focus on professional data scientists.
Altair Knowledge
Studio and Knowledge Works
Pros: Ease of use; support for data pipelines; customer
satisfaction
Cons: Functional gaps in the lineup; limited rollouts in
some industries; relatively slow growth.
Anaconda Enterprise
Pros: Trusted and flexible platform; based on open source;
culture of collaboration.
Cons: Focus on a technical audience; lack of model
operationalization functions; runtime stability.
Cloudera Data
Platform
Pros: Native Spark on Kubernetes; support for complex data
workloads; metadata support for DataOps and MLOps.
Cons: No GUI for development; lack of coherence of products;
domain-specific solutions.
Domino Data Lab Data
Science Platform
Pros: Support for large, expert teams; mature MLOps
capabilities; support for on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud.
Cons: Support for small, immature DS teams; low market
visibility; open-source vision;
Samsung SDS Brightics
AI
Pros: Comprehensive ecosystem vision; data access, prep, and
visualization; ease of use and collaboration.
Cons: Limited adoption outside of Asia; gaps in product
vision; limited capabilities in ModelOps and explainability.
This is indeed a great time to be in the data science and
machine learning business. Whether you’re a user of these tools or helping to
develop them, the rapid pace of innovation is not only exciting but good for
business as a whole.
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