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We performed a comparison between Anaconda and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Science Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Anaconda vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"With Anaconda Navigator, we have been able to use multiple IDEs such as JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebook, Spyder, Visual Studio Code, and RStudio in one place. The platform-agnostic package manager, "Conda", makes life easy when it comes to managing and installing packages.""The virtual environment is very good.""The most valuable feature is the Jupyter notebook that allows us to write the Python code, compile it on the fly, and then look at the results.""I can use Anaconda for non-heavy tasks.""The tool's most valuable feature is its cloud-based nature, allowing accessibility from anywhere. Additionally, using Jupyter Notebook makes it easy to handle bugs and errors.""The most advantageous feature is the logic building.""The documentation is excellent and the solution has a very large and active community that supports it.""The notebook feature is an improvement over RStudio."

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"ML Studio is very easy to maintain.""The visualizations are great. It makes it very easy to understand which model is working and why.""One of the notable advantages is that it offers both a visual designer, which is user-friendly, and an advanced coding option.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to use all of the cognitive services, prebuilt from Azure.""Anyone who isn't a programmer his whole life can adopt it. All he needs is statistics and data analysis skills.""In terms of what I found most valuable in Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, I especially love the designer because you can just drag and drop items there and apply the logic that's already available with the designer. I love that I can use the libraries in Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, so I don't have to search for the algorithms and all the relevant libraries because I can see them directly on the designer just by dragging and dropping. Though there's a bit of work during data cleansing, that's normal and can't be avoided. At least it's easy to find the relevant algorithm, apply that algorithm to the data, then get the desired output through Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio. I also like the API feature of the solution which is readily available for me to expose the output to any consuming application, so that takes out a lot of headache. Otherwise, I have to have a developer who knows the API, and I have to have an API app, so all that is completely taken care of by the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio designer. With the solution, I can concentrate on how to improve the data quality to get quality recommendations, so this lets me concentrate on my job rather than focusing on the regular development of APIs or the pipelines, in particular, the data pipelines pulling the data from other sources. All the data is taken care of and you can also concentrate on other required auxiliary activities rather than just concentrating on machine learning.""The solution is scalable.""The graphical nature of the output makes it very easy to create PowerPoint reports as well."

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Cons
"Having a small guide or video on the tool would help learn how to use it and what the features are.""Anaconda can't handle heavy workloads.""When you install Anaconda for the first time, it's really difficult to update it.""The solution would benefit from offering more automation.""I think better documentation or a step-by-step guide for installation would help, especially for on-premise users.""A lot of people and companies are investing in creating automated data cleaning and processing environments. Anaconda is a bit behind in that area.""It also takes up a lot of space.""The interface could be improved. Other solutions, like Visual Studio, have much better UI."

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"I think it should be made cheaper for certain people…It may appear costlier for those who don't consider time important.""The solution should be more customizable. There should be more algorithms.""The platform's integration feature could be better.""The data processor can pose a bit of a challenge, but the real complexity is determined by the skill of the implementation team.""In terms of data capabilities, if we compare it to Google Cloud's BigQuery, we find a difference. When fetching data from web traffic, Google can do a lot of processing with small queries or functions.""I have found Databricks is a better solution because it has a lot of different cluster choices and better integration with MLflow, which is much easier to handle in a machine learning system.""In the future, I would like to see more AI consultation like image and video classification, and improvement in the presentation of data.""The AutoML feature is very basic and they should improve it by using a more robust algorithm."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing costs for Anaconda are reasonable."
  • "The product is open-source and free to use."
  • "My company uses the free version of the tool. There is also a paid version of the tool available."
  • "The tool is open-source."
  • "Anaconda is free to use, but in terms of hardware costs, you might need heavy GPUs to run CUDA and other demanding tasks."
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  • "To use MLS is fairly cheap. Even the paid account is something like $20/month, unless you are provisioning large numbers of VMs for a Hadoop cluster. The main MS makes money with this solution is forcing the user to deploy their model on REST API, and being charged each time the API is accessed. There are several pricing tiers for the API. If you do not use the API, then value of MLS is to create rapid experiments ($20/month). The resulting model is not exportable to use, thus you’ll have to recreate the algorithms in either R or Python, which is what I did. MLS results gave me a direction to work with, the actual work is mostly done in R and Python outside of MLS."
  • "When we got our first models and were ready for the user acceptance testing, our licensing fees were between €2,500 ($2,750 USD) and €3,000 ($3,300 USD) monthly."
  • "From a developer's perspective, I find the price of this solution high."
  • "The licensing cost is very cheap. It's less than $50 a month."
  • "There is a license required for this solution."
  • "I am paying for it following a pay-as-you-go. So, the more I use it, the more it costs."
  • "In terms of pricing, for any cloud solution, you should know the tricks of the trade and how to use it, otherwise, you'll end up paying a lot of money irrespective of the cloud provider, so at least for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio pricing versus AWS, I would rate it three out of five, with one being the most expensive, and five being the cheapest. It could be cheaper, but you also have to be careful when choosing the plans, for example, consider the architecture and a lot of other factors before choosing your plan, if you don't want to end up paying more. If your cloud provider has an optimizer that seems to be available in every provider, that would keep alerting you in terms of resources not being used as much, then that would help you with budgeting."
  • "My team didn't deal with the licensing for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, so I'm unable to comment on pricing, but the money that was spent on the tool was worth it."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is its cloud-based nature, allowing accessibility from anywhere. Additionally, using Jupyter Notebook makes it easy to handle bugs and errors.
    Top Answer:Anaconda is free to use, but in terms of hardware costs, you might need heavy GPUs to run CUDA and other demanding tasks, which can be expensive. It works on all systems and is not subscription-based.
    Top Answer:A lot of people and companies are investing in creating automated data cleaning and processing environments. Anaconda is a bit behind in that area. Maybe a graphical user interface where we can just… more »
    Top Answer:Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or Python. It offers many different cluster choices and excellent integration with… more »
    Top Answer:The learning curve is very low. Operationalizing the model is also very easy within the Azure ecosystem.
    Top Answer:I would rate the costliness of the solution as a nine out of ten.
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    Also Known As
    Azure Machine Learning, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio
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    Overview

    Anaconda makes it easy for you to install and maintain Python environments. Our development team tests to ensure compatibility of Python packages in Anaconda. We support and provide open source assurance for packages in Anaconda to mitigate your risk in using open source and meet your regulatory compliance requirements.

    Python is the fastest growing language for data science. Anaconda includes 720+ Python open source packages and now includes essential R packages. This powerful combination allows you to do everything you want from BI to advanced modeling on complex Big Data

    Azure Machine Learning is a cloud predictive analytics service that makes it possible to quickly create and deploy predictive models as analytics solutions.

    It has everything you need to create complete predictive analytics solutions in the cloud, from a large algorithm library, to a studio for building models, to an easy way to deploy your model as a web service. Quickly create, test, operationalize, and manage predictive models.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Will Help You:

    • Rapidly build and train models
    • Operationalize at scale
    • Deliver responsible solutions
    • Innovate on a more secure hybrid platform

    With Microsoft Azure Machine Learning You Can:

    • Prepare data: Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers data labeling, data preparation, and datasets.
    • Build and train models: Includes notebooks, Visual Studio Code and Github, Automated ML, Compute instance, a drag-and-drop designer, open-source libraries and frameworks, customizable dashboards, and experiments
    • Validate and deploy: Manage endpoints, automate machine learning workflows (pipeline CI/CD), optimize models, access pre-built container images, share and track models and data, train and deploy models across multi-cloud and on-premises.
    • Manage and monitor: Track, log, and analyze data, models, and resources; Detect drift and maintain model accuracy; Trace ML artifacts for compliance; Apply quota management and automatic shutdown; Leverage built-in and custom policies for compliance management; Utilize continuous monitoring with Azure Security Center.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Features:

    • Easy & flexible building interface: Execute your machine learning development through the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio using drag-and-drop components that minimize the code development and straightforward configuration of properties. By being so flexible, the solution also helps build, test ,and generate advanced analytics based on the data.
    • Wide range of supported algorithms: Configuration is simple and easy because Microsoft Azure ML offers readily available well-known algorithms. There is also no limit in importing training data, and the solution enables you to fine-tune your data easily, saving money and time and helping you generate more revenue.
    • Easy implementation of web services: Simply drag and drop your data sets and algorithms, and link them together to implement web services. It only requires one click to create and publish the web service, which can be used from any device by passing valid credentials.
    • Great documentation: Microsoft Azure provides full stacks of documentation, such as tutorials, quick starts, references, and many other resources that help you understand how to easily build, manage, deploy, and access machine learning solutions effectively.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Benefits:

    • It is fully integrated with Python and R SDKs.
    • It has an updated drag-and-drop interface, generally known as Azure Machine Learning Designer.
    • It supports MLPipelines, where you can build flexible and modular pipelines to automate workflows.
    • It supports multiple model formats depending upon the job type.
    • It has automated model training and hyperparameter tuning with code-first and no-code options.
    • It supports data labeling projects.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    "The ability to do the templating and be able to transfer it so that I can easily do multiple types of models and data mining is a valuable aspect of this solution. You only have to set up the flows, the templates, and the data once and then you can make modifications and test different segmentations throughout.” - Channing S.l, Owner at Channing Stowell Associates

    "The most valuable feature is the knowledge bank, which allows us to ask questions and the AI will automatically pull the pre-prescribed responses.” - Chris P., Tech Lead at a tech services company

    "The UI is very user-friendly and the AI is easy to use.” - Mikayil B., CRM Consultant at a computer software company

    "The solution is very fast and simple for a data science solution.” - Omar A., Big Data & Cloud Manager at a tech services company

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    LinkedIn, NASA, Boeing, JP Morgan, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, DARPA, Microsoft, Amazon, HP, Cisco, Thomson Reuters, IBM, Bridgestone
    Walgreens Boots Alliance, Schneider Electric, BP
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    Manufacturing Company18%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Anaconda vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Anaconda vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Anaconda is ranked 13th in Data Science Platforms with 17 reviews while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is ranked 2nd in Data Science Platforms with 53 reviews. Anaconda is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Anaconda writes "Offers free version and is helpful to handle small-scale workloads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio writes "Good support for Azure services in pipelines, but deploying outside of Azure is difficult". Anaconda is most compared with Databricks, Amazon SageMaker, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS Statistics and IBM Watson Studio, whereas Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is most compared with Google Vertex AI, Databricks, Azure OpenAI, TensorFlow and Alteryx. See our Anaconda vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio report.

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