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We performed a comparison between Amazon SageMaker and IBM Watson 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 Amazon SageMaker vs. IBM Watson Studio Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker for me is the model deployment service.""The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker is its integration. For example, AWS Lambda. Additionally, we can write Python code.""The superb thing that SageMaker brings is that it wraps everything well. It's got the deployment, the whole framework.""We've had no problems with SageMaker's stability.""I have contacted the solution's technical support, and they were really good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.""The deployment is very good, where you only need to press a few buttons.""The product aggregates everything we need to build and deploy machine learning models in one place.""The tool makes our ML model development a bit more efficient because everything is in one environment."

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"Watson Studio is very stable.""It is a very stable and reliable solution.""It has greatly improved the performance because it is standardized across the company.""It has a lot of data connectors, which is extremely helpful.""The system's ability to take a look at data, segment it and then use that data very differently.""Technical support is great. We have had weekly teleconferences with the technical people at IBM, and they have been fantastic.""For me, the valuable feature of the solution is the one that I used, which was Jupyter notebooks.""It is a stable, reliable product."

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Cons
"The pricing of the solution is an issue...In SageMaker, monitoring could be improved by supporting more data types other than JSON and CSV.""In general, improvements are needed on the performance side of the product's graphical user interface-related area since it consumes a lot of time for a user.""Lacking in some machine learning pipelines.""In my opinion, one improvement for Amazon SageMaker would be to offer serverless GPUs. Currently, we incur costs on an hourly basis. It would be beneficial if the tool could provide pay-as-you-go pricing based on endpoints.""AI is a new area and AWS needs to have an internship training program available.""The payment and monitoring metrics are a bit confusing not only for Amazon SageMaker but also for the range of other products that fall under AWS, especially for a new user of the product.""Amazon SageMaker could improve in the area of hyperparameter tuning by offering more automated suggestions and tips during the tuning process.""The product must provide better documentation."

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"I want IBM's technical support team to provide more specific answers to queries.""We would like to see it more web-based with more functionality.""More features in data virtualization would be helpful. The solution could use an interactive dashboard that could make exploration easier.""I think maybe the support is an area where it lacks.""Watson Studio would be improved with a clearer path for the deployment of docker images.""So a better user interface could be very helpful""We would like to see it less as one big, massive product, but more based on smaller services that we can then roll out to consumers.""The decision making in their decision making feature is less good than other options."

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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."
  • "The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."
  • "SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."
  • "Databricks solution is less costly than Amazon SageMaker."
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."
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  • "Watson Studio's pricing is reasonable for what you get."
  • "IBM Watson Studio is a reasonably priced product"
  • "IBM Watson Studio is an expensive solution."
  • "The pricing is generally reasonable and straightforward but can vary significantly depending on the specific workloads in use."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
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    Also Known As
    AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
    Watson Studio, IBM Data Science Experience, Data Science Experience, DSx
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    Overview

    Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed platform that 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.

    IBM Watson Studio provides tools for data scientists, application developers and subject matter experts to collaboratively and easily work with data to build and train models at scale. It gives you the flexibility to build models where your data resides and deploy anywhere in a hybrid environment so you can operationalize data science faster.

    Sample Customers
    DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
    GroupM, Accenture, Fifth Third Bank
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Manufacturing Company11%
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Educational Organization13%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Manufacturing Company22%
    Insurance Company11%
    Marketing Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider11%
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    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon SageMaker vs. IBM Watson Studio
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon SageMaker vs. IBM Watson Studio and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Amazon SageMaker is ranked 5th in Data Science Platforms with 19 reviews while IBM Watson Studio is ranked 10th in Data Science Platforms with 13 reviews. Amazon SageMaker is rated 7.4, while IBM Watson Studio is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon SageMaker writes "Easy to use and manage, but the documentation does not have a lot of information". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Watson Studio writes "A highly robust and well-documented platform that simplifies the complex world of AI". Amazon SageMaker is most compared with Databricks, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, Domino Data Science Platform and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, whereas IBM Watson Studio is most compared with Databricks, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, Google Vertex AI and Amazon Comprehend. See our Amazon SageMaker vs. IBM Watson Studio report.

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