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see vs workflowsets
A side-by-side editorial comparison of see and workflowsets — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
see vs workflowsets: at a glance
What is see?
see grows wherever easystats adds a diagnostic, one plot method at a time.
see is the visualization layer for the easystats ecosystem, supplying plot() methods for performance, parameters and datawizard objects. Each release adds methods for whatever those packages shipped — prior predictive checks, DAG diagrams, factor-analysis graphs — alongside steady theme and geom refinement.
What is workflowsets?
workflowsets keeps widening what counts as a model worth comparing.
workflowsets holds a grid of preprocessor and model combinations and evaluates all of them under one call to workflow_map(). The releases in view widen that grid — clustering specifications via tidyclust, censored regression via an eval_time argument, case weights — and fill in the accessors around it with collect_notes(), collect_extracts() and fit_best(). The long-running pull_*() deprecation finally reached the error stage in 1.1.1.
see vs workflowsets: editorial side-by-side
see
0.0ANALYTICS
see grows wherever easystats adds a diagnostic, one plot method at a time.
◆ Current state
see is the visualization layer for the easystats ecosystem, supplying plot() methods for performance, parameters and datawizard objects. Each release adds methods for whatever those packages shipped — prior predictive checks, DAG diagrams, factor-analysis graphs — alongside steady theme and geom refinement.
◆ Where it's heading
Growth here is downstream-driven rather than self-directed: see expands to cover new diagnostics as easystats produces them. Running alongside that is a sustained investment in presentation control — theme arguments on plot methods, elements that scale with base_size — which suits users embedding these plots in documents rather than glancing at them interactively.
◆ Prediction
Expect new plot methods to keep arriving in step with performance and parameters releases, with continued theming work rather than any change in the package's scope.
workflowsets
0.0ANALYTICS
workflowsets keeps widening what counts as a model worth comparing.
◆ Current state
workflowsets holds a grid of preprocessor and model combinations and evaluates all of them under one call to workflow_map(). The releases in view widen that grid — clustering specifications via tidyclust, censored regression via an eval_time argument, case weights — and fill in the accessors around it with collect_notes(), collect_extracts() and fit_best(). The long-running pull_*() deprecation finally reached the error stage in 1.1.1.
◆ Where it's heading
The package's job is comparison, so its direction is set by what tidymodels can express: every time a new model paradigm lands elsewhere, workflowsets has to learn to rank it. Clustering was the largest of those steps because it has no outcome column to score against. Alongside that runs a slower cleanup — named-only optional arguments, type checking on inputs, informative errors when someone passes a workflow set to fit() — that reads as a package hardening after its API settled.
◆ Prediction
Expect the tailor postprocessors that workflows added in 1.3.0 to need representation here next, since a workflow set that cannot vary the postprocessor cannot compare calibration choices.
Alternatives to see and workflowsets
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either see or workflowsets.
mlr3viz
mlr3viz keeps the ecosystem's plots working while the plots themselves move out
mlr3tuning
mlr3tuning is rebuilding its async machinery under a stable public surface
timetk
timetk swallowed anomalize whole, then went quiet for two years
modelbased
modelbased is turning marginal effects into a full contrast grammar
parameters
easystats' parameters package absorbs one more model class every few weeks
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Recent activity from see and workflowsets
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1mo agoseesee 0.14.1 adds plots for prior checks and grouped means
- 2mo agoseesee 0.14.0 renders factor loadings as node-edge graphs
- 6mo agoseesee 0.13.0 fixes reversed plot sorting, adds theme arguments
- 11mo agoseesee 0.12.0 extends normality checks to psych factor models
- 1y agoworkflowsetscollect_extracts() added; pull_*() functions now error
- 1y agoseesee 0.11.0 scales theme elements with base_size
- 1y agoseesee 0.10.0 plots random-effect group levels for mixed models
- 2y agoworkflowsetsCensored regression evaluation; eval_time breaks positional args
- 3y agoworkflowsetsClustering models enter workflow sets via tidyclust ⚡
- 4y agoworkflowsetsCase weights supported across a workflow set
- 4y agoworkflowsetsUpdate models and recipes across a set; mixed inputs accepted
- 5y agoworkflowsetsextract_*() supersedes pull_*() across tidymodels
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between see and workflowsets?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. see and workflowsets are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is see better than workflowsets?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. see and workflowsets are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to see?
Top see alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "see alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/see-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to workflowsets?
Top workflowsets alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "workflowsets alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/workflowsets for the full list with editorial commentary on each.