Amazon SageMaker vs. IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon SageMaker
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Amazon SageMaker enables developers and data scientists to quickly and easily build, train, and deploy machine learning models at any scale. Amazon SageMaker removes all the barriers that typically slow down developers who want to use machine learning.N/A
IBM Watson Studio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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IBM Watson Studio enables users to build, run and manage AI models, and optimize decisions at scale across any cloud. IBM Watson Studio enables users can operationalize AI anywhere as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, the IBM data and AI platform. The vendor states the solution simplifies AI lifecycle management and accelerates time to value with an open, flexible multicloud architecture.N/A
Pricing
Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Considered Both Products
Amazon SageMaker
Chose Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker comes with other supportive services like S3, SQS, and a vast variety of servers on EC2. It's very comfortable to manage the process and also support the end application by one click hosting option. Also, it charges on the base of what you use and how long you …
IBM Watson Studio
Chose IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SageMaker
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Ratings
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.1
22 Ratings
4% below category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings6.414 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SageMaker
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Ratings
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
10.0
22 Ratings
17% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SageMaker
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Ratings
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
14% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SageMaker
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Ratings
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
9.5
22 Ratings
11% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Amazon SageMaker
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Ratings
IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
8.0
22 Ratings
7% below category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.022 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.0
(65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon SageMakerIBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
It allows for one-click processes and for things to be auto checked before they are moved through the process but through the system. It also makes training easy. I am able to train users on the basic fundamentals of the tool and how it is used very easily as it is fully managed on its own which is incredible.
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IBM
It has a lot of features that are good for teams working on large-scale projects and continuously developing and reiterating their data project models. Really helpful when dealing with large data. It is a kind of one-stop solution for all data science tasks like visualization, cleaning, analyzing data, and developing models but small teams might find a lot of features unuseful.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Machine Learning at scale by deploying huge amount of training data
  • Accelerated data processing for faster outputs and learnings
  • Kubernetes integration for containerized deployments
  • Creating API endpoints for use by technical users
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IBM
  • Integration of IBM Watson APIs such as speech to text, image recognition, personality insights, etc.
  • SPSS modeler and neural network model provide no-code environments for data scientists to build pipelines quickly.
  • Enforced best-practices set up POCs for deployment in production with a minimum of re-work.
  • Estimator validation lets data scientists test and prove different models.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • It's very good for the hardcore programmer, but a little bit complex for a data scientist or new hire who does not have a strong programming background.
  • Most of the popular library and ML frameworks are there, but we still have to depend on them for new releases.
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IBM
  • The cost is steep and so only companies with resources can afford it
  • It will be nice to have Chinese versions so that Chinese engineers can also use it easily
  • It takes a while to learn how to input different kinds of skin defects for detection
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
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Usability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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Reliability and Availability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
From time to time there are services unavailable, but we have been always informed before and they got back to work sooner than expected
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Performance
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
I received answers mostly at once and got answered even further my question: they gave me interesting points of view and suggestion for deepening in the learning path
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In-Person Training
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
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Online Training
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Amazon SageMaker took the heavy lifting out of building and creating models. It allowed for our organization to use our current system for integration and essentially added on a feature to help all levels of Data scientists and IT professionals in our department and company as a whole. The training was simple as well.
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IBM
The main reason I personally changed over from Azure ML Studio is because it lacked any support for significant custom modelling with packages and services such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Spark ML. IBM Watson Studio provides these services and does so in a well integrated and easy to use fashion making it a preferable service over the other services that I have personally used.
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Scalability
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
IBM
It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • We have been able to deliver data products more rapidly because we spend less time building data pipelines and model servers.
  • We can prototype more rapidly because it is easy to configure notebooks to access AWS resources.
  • For our use-cases, serving models is less expensive with SageMaker than bespoke servers.
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IBM
  • Could instantly show data driven insights to drive 20% incremental revenue over existing results
  • Still don't have a real use case for unstructured data like twitter feed
  • Some of the insights around user actions have driven new projects to automate mundane tasks
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