benjamin.seidle (4/9/2015)
I find myself continually reminding folks that Analysis Services has had data mining features for quite some time. The while implementations may vary, algorithms all fall into the same categories weather you are using R, SSAS, Pentaho or others.
Unfortunately, while they do fall into the same category of algorithmic offerings, they do not all offer the same performance or features. For example, SSAS is not as powerful as R out the box. I think this is because SSAS has not really changed all that much in the previous years. Yet, SSAS is easier to setup in a more generic fashion if you are using a multi-dimensional structure within SQL Server already.
You have to also be invested in the Microsoft Stack ($$$) and work with multi-dimensional data to really take advantage of SSAS. It's hard to compete with R and Python that are completely free and work with anything. They also have a fierce community. Someone please point me to the SSAS community. Where they hiding at? I would love to use it more on my multi-dimensional data. :hehe: