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Amazon SageMaker vs Fireworks AI comparison

 

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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 AI Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (3rd)
Fireworks AI
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
11th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 5.5%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fireworks AI is 6.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Create innovative assistants with seamless data integration for large-scale projects
The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker ( /products/amazon-sagemaker-reviews ), such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use. Tools like AWS Glue ( /products/aws-glue-reviews ) integrate well for data transformations. The Databricks ( /products/databricks-reviews ) integration aids data scientists and engineers. SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow ( /products/tensorflow-reviews ), PyTorch ( /products/pytorch-reviews ), and MXNet ( /products/mxnet-reviews ), and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.
reviewer2588646 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced text-to-image creation with solid API and fine-tuning support
We primarily use Fireworks AI for text-to-image generation. We are developing a platform for artists to sell their art styles, where the system helps them tune a model and then sell images generated from their signature Fireworks AI has helped our organization by enabling us to create a platform…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I appreciate the ease of use in Amazon SageMaker."
"They are doing a good job of evolving."
"The technical support of the tool was good."
"The technical support from AWS is excellent."
"The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use."
"Amazon SageMaker is highly valuable for managing ML workloads. It connects to AWS cloud resources, making it easy to deploy algorithms and collaborate using tools like GitLab. It offers a wide range of Python libraries and other necessary tools for modelling and algorithms."
"SageMaker offers functionalities like Jupyter Notebooks for development, built-in algorithms, model tuning, and options to deploy models on managed infrastructure."
"The tool makes our ML model development a bit more efficient because everything is in one environment."
"Fireworks AI has a solid API and is quite easy to interact with."
 

Cons

"The solution requires a lot of data to train the model."
"I would recommend having more walkthrough videos and articles beyond AWS Skill Builder."
"Lacking in some machine learning pipelines."
"The user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) of SageMaker and AWS, in general, need improvement as they are not intuitive and require substantial time to learn how to use specific services."
"The main challenge with Amazon SageMaker is the integrations."
"There is room for improvement in the collaboration with serverless architecture, particularly integration with AWS Lambda."
"The entry point can be a bit difficult. Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement."
"There are other better solutions for large data, such as Databricks."
"When using the API, it does not return information about the charges for image generation, which would be useful for our solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the solution's price a ten out of ten since it is very high."
"There is no license required for the solution since you can use it on demand."
"Databricks solution is less costly than Amazon SageMaker."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"The solution is relatively cheaper."
"SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."
"The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."
"The pricing is comparable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 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?
The pricing is high, around an eight. However, SageMaker offers free trials for the first two months, allowing users to determine which features they need. It is considered value for money given it...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fireworks AI?
I cannot comment on pricing or setup cost since others handle that aspect. As a developer, I primarily use the API.
What needs improvement with Fireworks AI?
Returning the values charged for each event generation would improve Fireworks AI. When using the API, it does not return information about the charges for image generation, which would be useful f...
What is your primary use case for Fireworks AI?
We primarily use Fireworks AI for text-to-image generation. We are developing a platform for artists to sell their art styles, where the system helps them tune a model and then sell images generate...
 

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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