# Weka Reviews **Vendor:** Weka **Category:** [Machine Learning Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/machine-learning) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 13 ## About Weka Weka is a machine learning algorithms for data mining tasks that can either be applied directly to a dataset or called from own Java code, it contains tools for data pre-processing, classification, regression, clustering, association rules, and visualization and well-suited for developing new machine learning schemes. ## Weka Reviews ### 1. Interesting tool for learning **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ernesto S. | Assistant Professor, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2022 **What do you like best about Weka?** - Rapid exploratory analysis and testing of simple ideas **What do you dislike about Weka?** - Graphics are not of the best quality out of the box - Does not have implemented some alternative algorithms **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Teaching data mining techniques - It serves as a didactic tool for rapid demonstration ### 2. Ideal for classification **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Management Consulting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2019 **What do you like best about Weka?** Using Naive Bayes theorems and other clustering algorithms it was very easy to get a visualization and classification **What do you dislike about Weka?** The user interface can be improved significantly **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** For those who cannot use python for machine learning, weka is the ideal tool which is simple and easy to understand ### 3. Easy, Simple yet Powerful tool for data mining **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rashmi G. | Data Analyst intern, Utilities, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** Weka is easy to learn.I am using it for a year to solve data mining problems. I can directly fit the data to any machine learning algorithm available in weka which makes my job simple without worrying about coding. One can experiment with their data set by applying various algorithms to know which model gives more accuracy quickly. **What do you dislike about Weka?** The user interface needs enhancement. Although it is straightforward and easy to use, the design and feel of the tool look old. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** I strongly recommend individuals to use Weka who are interested to solve data mining problems as it is incorporated with advanced machine learning algorithms. It can also be used for data preparation and visualization too. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used weka to solve regression problem to analyze the factors involved in gerrymandering to win elections. Currently, I use weka for finding the correlation between the crime and arrest data for which clustering and classifications algorithms are being used ### 4. Great test environment **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anthony K. | Lead sales Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** The software is platform independent and can run on most machines that run java. This is great since one does not have to keep on downloading extra software to enable WEKA environment to run **What do you dislike about Weka?** The user interface is quite rigid and not really appealing to the eye, and for users that spend many hours on the computer, it may be straining to their eyes **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** Weka is great for everybody that has a programming background and the CLI,(Command Line Interface) is great with many functionalities **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have the ability to test new software in the test environment before deployment to their respective clients ### 5. Easy and flexible to use and learn **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanjana P. | Python Developer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** I found Weka very easy and flexible to use and learn. The visualizations are simple to implement and understand. Incorporating several difficult clustering and classification algorithms becomes fairly simple. **What do you dislike about Weka?** The user interface can be more contemporary. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** This is definitely one of the best Data Mining tools I've come across so far. It's also well equipped with Business Intelligence and visualization resources. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm trying to solve a classification based problem using Weka. The problems deals with training the system with items of a recipe and the type of cuisine and test the system for the type of cuisine based on the items of a recipe. ### 6. My Weka experience in Machine learning **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2019 **What do you like best about Weka?** I have used Weka for machine learning in order to analysing of test data.And also it is a good platform as a machine learning source, because we can do both training and testing through this application more conveniently. **What do you dislike about Weka?** Sometimes it took long time to load the data set,so this would reduce customer satisfaction. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to hande and manipulate.It provides a excellent platform to test and train data very efficiently and effectively. Cost effective and high quality product for machine learning purposes. ### 7. Easy ability to read data in multiple formats from one screen! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 11, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** I love that this software helps you read data in multiple formats and from multiple sources including files and several database. **What do you dislike about Weka?** It can lag sometimes and be slow in uploading. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** Use this software if needing a data mining tool for business or to implement most machine learning algorithms, on text files such as NLP. You have the ability to do so much with this program if you are willing. It does happen to lag sometimes but overall a great buy for the money. I would definitely suggest this to anyone interested. Its worth the time to try out. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using algorithms to determine different calculations of material margin with each manufacturer to find what best suits each client we have and their budget. ### 8. Easy to use as a beginner **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Niti S. | Graduate Assistant, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** Weka is very convenient to use. It can be considered as a good starting point when you're learning to go hand-on on the data processing, model evaluation, training and other topics. **What do you dislike about Weka?** It can not handle huge files and crashes a lot. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helped me reinforce the concepts learned in data science class ### 9. Great for ML and DA beginners **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** No code required and everything can be done through a UI **What do you dislike about Weka?** It is still limited to a few techniques that can be implemented. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** I wanted to quickly check the data and explore it without writing and looking up for code ### 10. Weka Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sayali K. | Data Analyst, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** Easy to analyze data, good to do predictions on data **What do you dislike about Weka?** The interface can be a little better. It would be more interactive. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** Prediction problem ### 11. great machine learning toolkit for data scientist and resercher **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** Weka represents a high-level solution for software maturity and brilliant results that have captured the attention of a vast scientific community. Weka contains an advanced collection of machine learning algorithms and preprocessing techniques. Weka was designed to test different existing methodologies on data sets, quickly and flexibly; in fact, it provides support for the entire data mining experimentation process: the preparation of input data, the statistical evaluation of learning schemes, the graphic visualization of input data and the learning outcomes. **What do you dislike about Weka?** Weka runs inside the JVM therefore some models of machine learning are not performing as in a native application: sometimes it is important to obtain classification results as quickly as possible and weka is not the best choice. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** consider to use knowledge flow for design complex workflow for knowledge discovery in databases process. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** The libraries contained in weka were used to train an automatic learning model for automatic classification of texts for a mail routing application. ### 12. The best data mining tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karla Lucia H. | Communications Coordinator of Student Success Center (Graduate Assistant), Higher Education, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** I like how easy is to use Weka, and the flexibility it provides by accepting multiple formats from multiple sources when reading data. The data can come from files or databases. From an individual stand point, Weka is free and open source, it can be extended and use in multiple programming languages. **What do you dislike about Weka?** I do not like how for commercial purposes, Weka is not free. It requires you to purchase licenses. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** I would definitely recommend Weka for data mining and machine learning purposes. **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using Weka to predict and compare users shopping patterns. ### 13. Weka **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Weka?** Weka is great for machine learning analysis, it is a very powerful tool. It is simple to import a data set and generate graphics such as a neural network for it. **What do you dislike about Weka?** The interface feels quite ancient and it can take some digging around to figure out where everything is. However, after you get over the initial learning curve, it's not to bad. **Recommendations to others considering Weka:** If you're looking for an easy to use machine learning tool, consider Weka **What problems is Weka solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've used Weka for some decision tree and neural network problems - [View Weka pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/weka/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-16+03%3A50%3A16+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=7105d95e-65f9-4e01-a804-605cd87568b9&secure%5Btoken%5D=2ce0f845c64ab8829f47019d872eeb5f18b1f166ba0a265c44989f30d1097927&format=llm_user) ## Weka Features **Integration - Machine Learning** - Integration **Learning - Machine Learning** - Training Data - Actionable Insights - Algorithm ## Top Weka Alternatives - [scikit-learn](https://www.g2.com/products/scikit-learn/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (60 reviews) - [machine-learning in Python](https://www.g2.com/products/machine-learning-in-python/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (48 reviews) - [XGBoost](https://www.g2.com/products/xgboost/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (12 reviews)