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Amazon SageMaker vs FICO Decision Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (4th)
FICO Decision Management
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
26th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Decision Management Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 3.3%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FICO Decision Management is 1.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon SageMaker3.3%
FICO Decision Management1.5%
Other95.2%
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.
it_user147981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
I would recommend buying this product for loan origination purposes
FICO OM is very flexible in terms of development, with rapid application development options Streamlined loan origination processes. Credit products. Two years. No. No. Below average. Straightforward. Flexible. Yes, we did. I would recommend buying this product for loan origination…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The intuitive interface and streamlined user experience make it easy to navigate and set up various tools like Visual Studio Code or Jupyter Notebook."
"The technical support from AWS is excellent."
"The support is very good with well-trained engineers whose training curriculum is rigorous."
"There is no cessation from what I can see; whatever they have in the industry, they can solve 98% of the use cases."
"The solution's ability to improve work at my organization stems from the ensemble model and a combination of various models it provides."
"The tool has made client management easier where patients need to upload their health records and we can use the tool to understand details on treatment date, amount, etc."
"SageMaker offers functionalities like Jupyter Notebooks for development, built-in algorithms, model tuning, and options to deploy models on managed infrastructure."
"The most valuable features include the ML operations that allow for designing, deploying, testing, and evaluating models."
"FICO OM is very flexible in terms of development, with rapid application development options."
 

Cons

"The product must provide better documentation."
"The pricing of the solution is an issue...In SageMaker, monitoring could be improved by supporting more data types other than JSON and CSV."
"The dashboard could be improved by including more features and providing more information about deployed models, their drift, performance, scaling, and customization options."
"The main challenge with Amazon SageMaker is the integrations."
"Comparatively, GCP offers very low cost when compared to Amazon SageMaker. People are moving from Amazon SageMaker to GCP because of the cost constraints."
"The model repository is a concern as models are stored on a bucket and there's an issue with versioning."
"Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker."
"The documentation must be made clearer and more user-friendly."
"Customer service is below average."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is complicated as it is based on what kind of machines you are using, the type of storage, and the kind of computation."
"SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."
"You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."
"The product is expensive."
"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."
"The pricing is comparable."
"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."
"The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise18
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Questions from the Community

How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
We researched AWS SageMaker, but in the end, we chose Databricks. Databricks is a Unified Analytics Platform designed to accelerate innovation projects. It is based on Spark so it is very fast. It...
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.
What needs improvement with Amazon SageMaker?
It takes some work. We need to refer to the documentation. The documentation is good regarding what other providers we are able to connect with. Out of five, I can say 3.5.
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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
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