Powerful yet easy to use

What are the best aspects of this product?

I appreciate that RapidMiner has an intuitive interface that is easy to learn and use. The app offers a good selection of the needed operators to load, blend, and analyze data. I can get extra operators from the marketplace to connect easily to online APIs. I don’t need coding as the simple drag-and-drop interface helps me to perform even complex analysis. Finally, you can use the free trial period to compare the app with its competitors.

What aspects are problematic or could work better?

There are a few glitches that affect the pace of the workflow. The descriptions of a few of the operators and parameters are confusing and could be made clearer. Plus, it’s not clear what the parameters are doing. The user interface is also a bit clunky and could be improved.

What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?

I use RapidMiner for the following tasks: Text analysis of a brand Twitter feed, basket analysis using online and offline transactions for a retail company, geocoding using the Google Maps API to create spacial analysis, and finally, to create consumer segments and for RFM analysis.

Are you a current user of this product?

Yes