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Amazon SageMaker vs Dataiku comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
Amazon SageMaker offers varied ROI, improving efficiency and reducing costs with real-time fraud detection, despite long-term expense concerns.
Sentiment score
5.9
Dataiku offers efficient data management, improving collaboration and ease of use, despite challenges in cost and competition.
The return on investment varies by use case and offers significant value in revenue increases and cost saving capabilities, especially in real time fraud detection and targeted advertisements.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The market is competitive, and Dataiku must adopt a consumption-based model instead of the current monthly model.
Cognitive Business Operation at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I consider the return on investment with Dataiku valuable because for us, it is one single platform where all our data scientists come together and work on any model building, so it is collaboration, plus having everything in one place, organized, having proper project management, and then built-in capabilities which help to facilitate model building.
Cdao/Global Head Of Data And Analytics at Givaudan Roure
In terms of ROI, the use of Dataiku simplifies the architecture of customers, which helps them to decommission some of their existing tools;
Head of Delivery & Practice (Data & AI) at a recruiting/HR firm with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Amazon SageMaker support is praised for expertise, though some note slow responses and challenges for new users. Responses vary.
Sentiment score
6.2
Dataiku's customer service has mixed reviews, with praise for quick support and criticism for slow billing responses.
The technical support from AWS is excellent.
Lead Consultant at Saama
The support is very good with well-trained engineers.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The response time is generally swift, usually within seven to eight hours.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
Dataiku partners with local industry experts who understand the business better and provide support.
Data Science Lead at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
The support team does not provide adequate assistance.
Cognitive Business Operation at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
They should not take the complaints so lightly.
Cdao/Global Head Of Data And Analytics at Givaudan Roure
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Amazon SageMaker is highly scalable and flexible, but may need skilled personnel and resource adjustments for optimal performance.
Sentiment score
6.4
Dataiku is scalable with integration benefits but faces challenges in speed and cost for large datasets and licenses.
The availability of GPU instances can be a challenge, requiring proper planning.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It works very well with large data sets from one terabyte to fifty terabytes.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
Amazon SageMaker is scalable and works well from an infrastructure perspective.
Lead Consultant at Saama
Dataiku is quite scalable, as long as I can pay for more licenses, there is no technical limitation.
Cdao/Global Head Of Data And Analytics at Givaudan Roure
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Amazon SageMaker is praised for stability and reliability, though users face a learning curve and occasional UI changes.
Sentiment score
6.8
Users had mixed experiences with Dataiku's stability, noting bugs and downtime, but some praised its performance with optimizations.
There are issues, but they are easily detectable and fixable, with smooth error handling.
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
The product has been stable and scalable.
Data Lake and MLOps Lead at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I rate the stability of Amazon SageMaker between seven and eight.
Lead Consultant at Saama
In terms of stabilization, if my data has no outlier creation in the raw data, then it is quite stable.
Data Scientist at Ericsson
As for stability and reliability, so far so good; after the installation, I really had no problems.
Cdao/Global Head Of Data And Analytics at Givaudan Roure
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon SageMaker users desire improved pricing, interface, documentation, integration, and features for scalability, automation, security, and usability.
Dataiku needs improved server stability, user communication, and support features for better data handling, collaboration, and user experience.
Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background.
Lead Consultant at Saama
Integration of the latest machine learning models like the new Amazon LLM models could enhance its capabilities.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Someone who needs to do coding can do it, and someone who does not know coding can also build solutions.
Head of Delivery & Practice (Data & AI) at a recruiting/HR firm with 201-500 employees
The license is very expensive.
Manager at CTTI - Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació
I would love for Dataiku to allow more flexibility with code-based components and provide the possibility to extend it by developing and integrating custom components easily with existing ones.
Big Data Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Amazon SageMaker is costly but flexible, offering pay-as-you-go pricing and discounts, with charges only for compute resources.
Dataiku's pricing is seen as costly for smaller users but manageable for large organizations with no setup fees.
The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
For a single user, prices might be high yet could be cheaper for user-managed services compared to AWS-managed services.
Lead Consultant at Saama
The pricing can be up to eight or nine out of ten, making it more expensive than some cloud alternatives yet more economical than on-premises setups.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There are no extra expenses beyond the existing licensing cost.
Manager at CTTI - Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació
I find the pricing of Dataiku quite affordable for our customers, as they are usually large companies.
Big Data Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The pricing for Dataiku is very high, which is its biggest downside.
Cognitive Business Operation at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SageMaker offers seamless AWS integration, intuitive tools, and scalability, supporting both beginner and expert machine learning projects.
Dataiku provides a user-friendly platform integrating code, ETL, and machine learning with strong collaboration and automation features.
SageMaker supports building, training, and deploying AI models from scratch, which is crucial for my ML project.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
They offer insights into everyone making calls in my organization.
President & CEO at Y12
The most valuable features include the ML operations that allow for designing, deploying, testing, and evaluating models.
Senior Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
This feature is useful because it simplifies tasks and eliminates the need for a data scientist.
Data Science Lead at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
Dataiku primarily enhances the speed at which our customers can develop or train their machine learning models because it is a drag-and-drop platform.
Big Data Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It offers most of the capabilities required for data science, MLOps, and LLMOps.
Cognitive Business Operation at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
AI Development Platforms (4th)
Dataiku
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 4.6%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dataiku is 8.0%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon SageMaker4.6%
Dataiku8.0%
Other87.4%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
Create innovative assistants with seamless data integration for large-scale projects
The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use. Tools like AWS Glue integrate well for data transformations. The Databricks integration aids data scientists and engineers. SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.
PriyankaSharma3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cdao/Global Head Of Data And Analytics at Givaudan Roure
Unified platform has accelerated model development and improved collaborative data science work
I think Dataiku could be improved or enhanced in future releases with more 'talk to my data' capabilities, maybe more NLP features, and maybe a platform to build agents. These improvements would benefit me and my processes because they will help us to continue using Dataiku as one platform; right now we are exploring other platforms for the features which are missing, and if they are available within the same platform, I think it will increase the usage of Dataiku further. I think the pricing and licensing of Dataiku is a bit expensive; it could be improved further, and I think they should have a different kind of licensing model as well.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

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?
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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
I find the pricing of Dataiku quite affordable for our customers, as they are usually large companies. However, it is a pricey solution and I primarily recommend it to bigger companies.
What needs improvement with Dataiku Data Science Studio?
I do not see anything that I would improve or enhance in Dataiku at this time; overall, it is a good tool to incorporate and to suggest to customers. Currently, I do not see anything specific that ...
What is your primary use case for Dataiku Data Science Studio?
We are a consulting firm for BFSI customers for the FSI value chain use cases, which is what we use Dataiku for, based on the problem statement the customer comes up with.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
Dataiku DSS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
BGL BNP Paribas, Dentsu Aegis, Link Mobility Group, AramisAuto
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