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At a Glance
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball
Star Rating
(20)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics
Star Rating
(889)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $99.00 1 User Per Month
Free Trial is available
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Crystal Ball vs IBM SPSS Statistics

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Crystal Ball easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Crystal Ball overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Crystal Ball meets the needs of their business better than IBM SPSS Statistics.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Crystal Ball is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of IBM SPSS Statistics over Crystal Ball.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Crystal Ball
No pricing available
IBM SPSS Statistics
Base Subscription: Monthly auto-renewal - Buy online
Starting at $99.00
1 User Per Month
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Free Trial
Crystal Ball
No trial information available
IBM SPSS Statistics
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
15
8.5
754
Ease of Use
8.4
15
7.9
758
Ease of Setup
8.8
7
7.8
149
Ease of Admin
8.6
7
7.6
130
Quality of Support
8.3
13
7.6
565
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
7
8.0
124
Product Direction (% positive)
6.1
15
6.4
730
Features by Category
Not enough data
8.5
1,529
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
164
Not enough data
8.7
180
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Capabilities
Not enough data
7.8
198
Not enough data
8.3
161
Not enough data
8.3
144
Not enough data
8.2
141
Methodology
Not enough data
9.0
181
Not enough data
9.1
194
Not enough data
8.7
166
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
8.8
98
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
Data Analysis
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
Decision Making
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics
Crystal Ball and IBM SPSS Statistics share no categories
Unique Categories
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball is categorized as Predictive Analytics
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics is categorized as Statistical Analysis
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
29.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
47.1%
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
26.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
29.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
43.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball
Higher Education
23.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.6%
Research
11.8%
Oil & Energy
11.8%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
5.9%
Other
29.4%
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics
Higher Education
26.9%
Research
17.0%
Education Management
7.8%
Market Research
7.5%
Hospital & Health Care
6.8%
Other
34.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Krishna G.
KG
Krishna G.
Verified User in Management Consulting

Ability to create predictive models and forecasting facility

Most Helpful Critical Review
Zoe M.
ZM
Zoe M.
Verified User in Research

Can be a bit of a learning curve to understand the interface and how to set up your simulation, but tutorials are helpful.

IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics
Most Helpful Favorable Review
JG
johnie g.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The way i can analyse my project data using graphs and charts is superb. It has a good user interface which is much easier to use and understand. Almost every project be it large or small projects can be analysed by this software. Data input computation...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Market Research
GM
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

I dislike how sometimes it gets overwhelmed and quits on me, especially if I hadn't saved my work in a few minutes.

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Discussions
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Crystal Ball has no discussions with answers
IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics Discussions
Classes?
4 comments
Verified User
G2
Dear Diego. That is right. SPSS is a complex software. Firstly, I recoomend you think about what do you need to do with it. For example, it is very differnt...Read more
Is there a user guide from IBM for SPSS?
2 comments
Aimee F.
AF
I'm unable to access or interpret URLs or external content. If you have specific text from the page that you would like translated, please provide it here.Read more
Is there possibility that IBM SPSS can be incoperated with other plugins.
2 comments
Greg T.
GT
I know that SPSS has an R integration which can use several routines from R.Read more