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Amazon SageMaker vs Darwin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Organizations using Amazon SageMaker achieve ROI through cost reductions and increased revenue, especially in fraud detection and advertising.
Sentiment score
6.2
Companies find Darwin efficient, preventing revenue loss and enhancing machine learning, with returns two to three times higher.
The return on investment varies by use case and offers significant value in revenue increases and cost saving capabilities, especially in real time fraud detection and targeted advertisements.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Amazon SageMaker definitely provides ROI.
Machine Learning Engineer at Macquarie Group
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
AWS documentation helps users, but support experiences vary, with premium users usually receiving better assistance and quicker responses.
Sentiment score
8.4
Darwin's support is highly responsive and efficient, quickly resolving issues and providing valuable guidance, ensuring customer satisfaction.
The technical support from AWS is excellent.
Lead Consultant at Saama
The response time is generally swift, usually within seven to eight hours.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
The support is very good with well-trained engineers.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Amazon SageMaker offers scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes, though resource allocation and costs require careful management.
Sentiment score
6.7
Darwin scales well with challenges on large datasets; plans for expansion need internal changes for wider departmental adoption.
It works very well with large data sets from one terabyte to fifty terabytes.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
The availability of GPU instances can be a challenge, requiring proper planning.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Amazon SageMaker is scalable and works well from an infrastructure perspective.
Lead Consultant at Saama
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Amazon SageMaker offers high stability with minimal glitches; proper configuration ensures consistent performance, despite occasional manageable challenges.
Sentiment score
7.0
Darwin's stability has improved, boasting 99% availability, though some issues persist; support is responsive, yet enhancements continue.
There are issues, but they are easily detectable and fixable, with smooth error handling.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
The product has been stable and scalable.
Data Lake and MLOps Lead at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I rate the stability of Amazon SageMaker between seven and eight.
Lead Consultant at Saama
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon SageMaker users seek better integration, clearer documentation, improved scalability, enhanced features, and reduced deployment costs for greater accessibility.
Darwin users seek API integration, improved functionality, educational resources, and better automation for precision and transparency in AI processes.
Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
Both SageMaker and Lambda are powerful tools, and combining their capabilities could be beneficial.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
Integration of the latest machine learning models like the new Amazon LLM models could enhance its capabilities.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Amazon SageMaker pricing reasonable but costly, competitive with Azure and Google Cloud, with expensive querying.
Darwin's licensing costs are significant yet often seen as valuable, with predictable setup fees and optional costs for integrations.
The pricing is high, around an eight.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
The pricing can be up to eight or nine out of ten, making it more expensive than some cloud alternatives yet more economical than on-premises setups.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SageMaker offers key features like AutoML, seamless AWS integration, hyperparameter tuning, and easy model deployment for accessible machine learning.
Darwin excels in data cleaning, model-building, and integration, enhancing productivity and accessibility for non-experts in machine learning.
At a time we can develop simultaneously and work on different use cases in the same notebook itself.
Machine Learning Engineer at Macquarie Group
SageMaker supports building, training, and deploying AI models from scratch, which is crucial for my ML project.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (4th)
Darwin
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
25th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 3.5%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Darwin is 1.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon SageMaker3.5%
Darwin1.6%
Other94.9%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

NeerajPokala - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at Macquarie Group
Automation has transformed document review and reduces manual effort in financial workflows
There will be many features in Amazon SageMaker itself, but we don't know whether the feature is there or not, particularly the documentation part. Whatever the new releases will be, they will not post very fast. It is very easy to deploy Amazon SageMaker. The documentation is also very good. It is good because we are able to collaborate with our notebooks. At a time we can develop simultaneously and work on different use cases in the same notebook itself.
AC
Founder at Helio Summit
Empowers SMEs to build solutions and interface them with the existing business systems, products and workflows.
There's always room for improvement in the UI and continuing to evolve it to do everything that the rest of AI can do. Because it's so much better than traditional methods, we don't get a ton of complaints of, "Oh, we wish we could do that." Most people are happy to see that they can build models that quickly, and that it can be done by the people who actually understand the problem, i.e. SMEs, rather than having to rely on data scientists. There's a small learning curve, but it's shorter for an SME in a given industry to learn Darwin than it takes for data scientists to learn industry-specific problems. The industry I work in deals with tons and tons of data and a lot of it lends itself to Darwin-created solutions. Initially, there were some limitations around the size of the datasets, the number of rows and number of columns. That was probably the biggest challenge. But we've seen the Darwin product, over time, slowly remove those limitations. We're happy with the progress they've made.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Amazon SageMaker?
We've had experience with unique ML projects using SageMaker. For example, we're developing a platform similar to ChatGPT that requires models. We utilize Amazon SageMaker to create endpoints for t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SageMaker?
If you manage it effectively, their pricing is reasonable. It's similar to anything in the cloud; if you don't manage it properly, it can be expensive, but if you do, it's fine.
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
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Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
Hunt Oil, Hitachi High-Tech Solutions
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