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out of 5"The capabilities that this software offers are amazing. It is a great application for data analysis and statistical analysis."
"This tool is basically identical to Alteryx, but substantially cheaper - making it a better value pick."
"RapidMiner is easy to use, I like the fact that the drivers that I use are already built in, It is able to read different database and guess what. It is able to merge these database."
"This may be a problem limited to my own machine. Aside from this I found that the application seems to hog my computers memory and cpu resources."
"The software tends to crash often, this is especially more common with things such as neural networks etc. Limitations of some versions."
"What I found to be very inconvenient is that the application crashes at times."
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Rashid
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Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
August 2018
Great tool for data analytics!
Great data analytic and visualization tool!
Pros
No coding skills needed! Rapidminer is a GUI tool that you can connect boxes on a canvas to conduct data anlysis, this serves as a great introduction to data analytics. Free for students! You can get a provisional liscence with a dot edu account. This is a great perk of the software. Data analytics and data visualization tools are available within the software with a plethora of other features!
Cons
Very buggy! The software tends to crash often, this is especially more common with things such as neural networks etc. Limitations of some versions! Even with the student version there is a limit of 10,000 rows of output, so if you are trying to do analysis on a 12,000 point data set , 2000 points will randomly be omitted.

Maynard John
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Research
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
June 2019
The data scientist's swiss knife: Fast and Easy Machine Learning through RapidMiner Studio
Overall my experience with using RapidMiner was great. It allowed me to rapidly try out different machine learning models and compare each result with one another. It also allowed me to conveniently address my workflow without having to write code. It is a great tool for students and people without a strong programming background. Its well documented functions and strong community addresses what ever questions I had with the processes.
Pros
One of the daunting requirements for data scientists and data storytellers is learning a programming language such as matlab and python and writing code for their tasks. This is on top of having to analyze and learn complex algorithms needed for the task. This can be a time consuming problem, especially for those who are not adept at programming. However, this is now a thing of the past because of RapidMiner Studio. This is because RapidMiner features are drag and drop visual interface which makes all the difference. Data preparation to the final output and visualization is as simple as dragging blocks of your workflow into a canvas and connecting them altogether. RapidMiner Studio also has most of the machine learning models used in the academe and the industry. One of the difficulties when dealing with code is tweaking the parameters of these models but because of the visual interface, you could simply click on the process and update this. RapidMiner is also well documented. Each of the processes has their description, input, output, and parameters well described. Tutorial videos as well as blogs are available on their website. And finally, RapidMiner Studio has a community of data scientists that can help you when you have a question.
Cons
What I found to be very inconvenient is that the application crashes at times. This may be a problem limited to my own machine. Aside from this I found that the application seems to hog my computers memory and cpu resources. This may be because the application is running on Java (VM). This may not be a problem for people with a higher spec machine. I also found that the application lacks collaboration features which may be something that they could improve on in the future.
Ambreen
Verified reviewer
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
March 2019
Userfriendly Interface for ETL
It's a good platform while applying predictive analytics on any dataset with a user friendly interface to have the true picture of the future.
Pros
Visual workflow designer is the best part for predictive analytics. I really like drag n drop interface for generating models. Prebuilt templates are quite useful.
Cons
It's not always free. You need to purchase it if you wana work with more than 10000 rows. Its processing becomes too slow (almost hangs) while working with terabyte or petabyte of data. Sometimes, it becomes difficult to handle hundreds of models available.

Roberto
Verified reviewer
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Telecommunications
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
February 2020
I never had guessed that Data Science software was so easy
As being an old time user of data mining project using open programming languages, I found extremely useful all the features of Rapid Miner. Form preparing the data, creating predictive models and potting them in a visualized presentation.
Pros
The easiness of use, the support team, the video tutorials of the company, the career certification program, the visualization module has been upgraded, the integration capabilities to R, Python and Hadoop.
Cons
Actually the only complaint I have is that the sw didnt make it in the "LEADERS" quadrant of Gardner.
Reasons for switching to RapidMiner
So much easy to use
Nadia
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Accounting
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
June 2021
RapidMiner Review
Pros
RapidMiner is easy to use, I like the fact that the drivers that I use are already built in, It is able to read different database and guess what? It is able to merge these database.
Cons
You are limited when using the free version, to get more rows you are required to purchase the software. RapidMiner is expensive. Asking questions you get no answer, most times I have to watch youtube videos to get certain information which at times is still not clear.

Khurram
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Higher Education
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Excellent tool for Data Mining
Pros
Started using this software a few months ago, and its shear power is amazing. The number of things the user can do with this software are amazing
Cons
Sometimes, while handling big data, like having large number of examples and attributes, it takes a lot of time. The cumulative time increase, when the user is optimizing manually different attributes based on the results
parinaz
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Civil Engineering
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
October 2018
Easily do your data mining
Pros
I learnt how to do data mining with this software. I can only say it is perfect even for new learners. When I started data mining the concept itself was new to me and I did not want to do complicated programming to do my data mining. That is why I chose RapidMiner. It is so easy to use and it provides lots of hint how to use each icon. I really prefer RapidMiner if I want to get my data mined faster and easier. Highly recommended.
Cons
The help section was not %100 complete. It has many explanation but examples are not good explained.
francis
Verified reviewer
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
May 2018
Its simplicity enables one to do data science and the best part is you can customize as per need.
Pros
Very comfortable to use especially for a beginner and since it can be supported in any platform and excellent form of teaching.Makes machine learning easy
Cons
A bit pricey to acquire but worth it at the end and it can consume a lot RAM sometimes your computer freezes
Anonymous
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2017
Fairly straight forward analytics
I'm using the basic version but was surprised to be able to easily analyse my small data set and identify a few interesting trends very swiftly. Usually I'd do basic analysis manually with SQL and gnuplot, but can see myself using to Rapidminer more in future (not something I thought I'd say)
Pros
Provides a surprising array of different analytical templates from to off. Very easy to get up and running, an online tutorial videos quickly show how to use the different analytical reports.
Cons
I always prefer free versions of software to be open source, but that's perhaps being too picky. Learning curve.
Devon
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Accounting
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
September 2020
Stat crunch is a great data analysis software
I was impressed with the software and loved learning the data analysis tools that it offers.
Pros
The capabilities that this software offers are amazing. It is a great application for data analysis and statistical analysis.
Cons
The learning curve is steep and you are much more likely to learn this software if you follow tutorials or a guided lecture.
Yehia
Time used: Free Trial
Review Source: Capterra
February 2017
Great tool for Proof of Concept purposes
I used RapidMiner a lot for doing proof of concept of some machine learning models before going to the production. It is really easy to construct a machine learning workflow, including loading data, features selection and cleaning, applying machine learning models and visualization. Sometimes, RapidMiner does not work well with big data as it requires a lot of memory to process the data. However, for me, it is the best tool yet to do pre-production experiements.
Pros
Easy to use. Perfect for non-technical users. RapidMiner includes a lot of Machine Learning libraries and algorithms. Easy to construct simple and understandable machine learning workflows
Cons
Does not scale well with the big data. Some visualization techniques are ambiguous.
Emad
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Civil Engineering
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Toward sophisticated data analytics :RapidMiner
I use RapidMiner for data analytics, data mining, classification and clustering in construction management.
Pros
1- Friendly interface, robust software operation 2- Easy to learn 3- It support several data types
Cons
Graphic plotting capabilities compare to R is low, I think this important feature that make RapidMiner stronger.
igor
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: E-Learning
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2020
Solving difficult problems with easy solutions
business predictions, for instance short term default prediction using 4 different models in a few hours.
Pros
enough variety fast learning curve reliability vizualization
Cons
still searching, but if I have to write something: some add-ons are not free
navid
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
do you need to analyze the data?
Pros
I had a big data set I should analyze and didn't have any clue about data mining that's where I was introduced with rapid miner and I analyzed my data in less than a day. so I can just say its so easy and pretty simple and perfect.
Cons
I couldn't find any instructions and manual as a guideline for using it.
Anonymous
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
April 2019
Best bang for your buck analytics tool, but only for Windows
Pros
This tool is basically identical to Alteryx, but substantially cheaper - making it a better value pick
Cons
This tool only worked well for my teammates who are in Windows....anyone who was using Mac had consistent issues (even after reinstalls), making it hard to pick for a team that uses both Windows and Mac
Howard
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Research
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
December 2016
Very fast work and excellent presentation of results
I combined RapidMiner with R and it is a wonderful tool. It is the best in the market to build useful information from the result of data ming process.
Pros
Easy of use, fast, really nice presentation of results.
Cons
The expansion through code is not easy. It has a lot of functionalities but in some locations you got stuck and need to implement in other way.
Anonymous
Company size: 201-500 employees
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2019
Great tool to enter with Data Science Analysis and Machine Learning
I used Rapid Miner in a certification of Big Data and Machine learning. It was tremendous support on the first stage of this courses
Pros
Graphic tool with lot of Predictive tools . Support Python code Support easy and complex of data sources Great tool for beginners and experts
Cons
Needs a good computer to support the engine. Output Graphics are not the best and I used excel to improve my presentations
Melissa
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
March 2018
Rapid Miner is a fantastic tool for machine learning!
It allowed us to do predictions on our data without having to be an experienced Data Scientist
Pros
It's so intuitive and easy to use. You can have a machine learning model built in just minutes and the price is great too! The best thing is that I don't have to be an experienced Data Scientist to work with this too. It's a great tool at a great price and very easy to use compared to other tools on the market!
Anonymous
Company size: 1 employee
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2018
RapidMiner Data Modelling
Pros
Easy to transform data and model easy to use machine learning algorithms Options for feature customization
Cons
webservice is difficult to use the GUI is not aesthetic
Dimitris
Verified reviewer
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Education Management
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2019
Good but demanding
I used Rapid Miner as part of a data mining lab at the university. It was pretty amazing what can be done with just a few clicks.
Pros
It makes data mining extremely easy even for beginners. Has many ready to go mining methods and drag and drop design.
Cons
It is very resource hungry. Makes memory full after a while. Despite its ease of use, it is also easy to get lost with so many features.
Anonymous
Company size: 2-10 employees
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
April 2020
Great for Predictive Analytics
Pros
Fast at reading many kinds of databases. Various add-ons
Cons
It is very costly. It is hard to share the data with someone else.
