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Amazon SageMaker vs PyTorch comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 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 AI Development Platforms
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (4th)
PyTorch
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 2.8%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PyTorch is 2.1%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon SageMaker2.8%
PyTorch2.1%
Other95.1%
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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.
Rohan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
AI/ML Co-Lead at Developer Student Clubs - GGV
Enabled creation of innovative projects through developer-friendly features
The aspect I like most about PyTorch is that it is really developer-friendly. Developers can constantly create new things, and everyone around the world can use it for free because it's an open-source product. What I personally like is that PyTorch has enabled users to use Apple's M1 chip natively for GPU users. Unlike other libraries using CUDA, PyTorch utilizes Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) to enable GPU usage on M1 chips.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker for me is the model deployment service."
"They are doing a good job of evolving."
"The tangible benefits we have observed from using Amazon SageMaker include improved time to insight and generally the common stack that is easier to support over time."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker is its integration. For example, AWS Lambda. Additionally, we can write Python code."
"The solution's ability to improve work at my organization stems from the ensemble model and a combination of various models it provides."
"SageMaker offers functionalities like Jupyter Notebooks for development, built-in algorithms, model tuning, and options to deploy models on managed infrastructure."
"Allows you to create API endpoints."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker is SageMaker Studio."
"I like that PyTorch actually follows the pythonic way, and I feel that it's quite easy. It's easy to find compared to others who require us to type a long paragraph of code."
"The framework of the solution is valuable."
"It’s reliable, secure and user-friendly. It allows you to develop any AIML project efficiently. PySearch is the best option for developing any project in the AIML domain. The product is easy to install."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"We use PyTorch libraries, which are working well. It's very easy."
"It's been pretty scalable in terms of using multiple GPUs."
"We are a data science team that trains mathematical models with this solution, which can spin up VMs that you can use remotely or on your local machines."
"yTorch is gaining credibility in the research space, it's becoming easier to find examples of papers that use PyTorch. This is an advantage for someone who uses PyTorch primarily."
 

Cons

"The platform could be more accessible to users with basic coding skills, making it more intuitive and easier for beginners to use comfortably."
"SageMaker would be improved with the addition of reporting services."
"Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker. This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background."
"Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker."
"They could add features such as managing environments, experiment management across those environments, and the integration with training datasets as you go through those experiments."
"The pricing for the Notebook endpoints is a bit high, but generally reasonable."
"Amazon might need to emphasize its capabilities in generative models more effectively."
"I would recommend having more walkthrough videos and articles beyond AWS Skill Builder."
"I would like a model to be available. I think Google recently released a new version of EfficientNet. It's a really good classifier, and a PyTorch implementation would be nice."
"The product has breakdowns when we change the versions a lot."
"I've had issues with stability when I use a lot of data and try out different combinations of modeling techniques."
"I would like to see better learning documents."
"We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3."
"I do not have any complaints."
"On the production side of things, having more frameworks would be helpful."
"The product has certain shortcomings in the automation of machine learning."
 

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."
"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"In terms of pricing, I'd also rate it ten out of ten because it's been beneficial compared to other solutions."
"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."
"I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price, and ten is the highest price. The solution is priced reasonably. There is no additional cost to be paid in excess of the standard licensing fees."
"Databricks solution is less costly than Amazon SageMaker."
"The solution is affordable."
"It is free."
"PyTorch is open source."
"It is free."
"PyTorch is an open-source solution."
"PyTorch is open-sourced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
University
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

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 Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PyTorch?
I haven't gone for a paid plan yet. I've just been using the free trial or open-source version.
What needs improvement with PyTorch?
There are a few areas for improvement. The biggest one for me is version and dependency management, as I have to ensure my Torch, TorchAudio, and CUDA versions are all aligned. If one is off, thing...
What is your primary use case for PyTorch?
I have been using PyTorch for the last three years, mostly through my thesis work and model deployment projects. I use PyTorch for pretty much everything in my deep learning work, specifically to b...
 

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
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