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Amazon SageMaker vs OpenVINO comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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
38
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (2nd)
OpenVINO
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 4.0%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenVINO is 1.9%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon SageMaker4.0%
OpenVINO1.9%
Other94.1%
AI Development 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.
Mahender Reddy Pokala - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Developer at University of Chicago
Improved model deployment on edge devices, but compatibility and scalability present challenges
I found OpenVINO's ability to convert custom models into its format particularly beneficial, as businesses sometimes require unique models specific to their use cases. Utilizing OpenVINO allowed me to run these custom models on devices directly, which I found quite impressive. Additionally, the Model Zoo offered by OpenVINO added value to the product.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon SageMaker is highly valuable for managing ML workloads. It connects to AWS cloud resources, making it easy to deploy algorithms and collaborate using tools like GitLab. It offers a wide range of Python libraries and other necessary tools for modelling and algorithms."
"The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use."
"The evolution from SageMaker Classic to SageMaker Studio, particularly the UI part of Studio, is commendable."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SageMaker for me is the model deployment service."
"Feature Store, CodeCommit, versioning, model control, and CI/CD pipelines are the most valuable features in Amazon SageMaker."
"I recommend SageMaker for ML projects if you need to build models from scratch."
"The technical support of the tool was good."
"The intuitive interface and streamlined user experience make it easy to navigate and set up various tools like Visual Studio Code or Jupyter Notebook."
"The features for model comparison, the feature for model testing, evaluation, and deployment are very nice. It can work almost with all the models."
"The benefit from using OpenVINO is that NVIDIA is dominating the market of GPUs and they set the price, so if I am able to run an LLM doing inference in commodity hardware, I am saving costs."
"The initial setup is quite simple."
"One positive aspect about OpenVINO is that it supports more frameworks than the Google Coral TPU."
"Intel's support team is very good."
"The inferencing and processing capabilities are quite beneficial for our requirements."
"The runtime of OpenVINO is highly valuable for running different computer vision models."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the collaboration with serverless architecture, particularly integration with AWS Lambda."
"Improvement is needed in the no-code and low-code capabilities of Amazon SageMaker."
"I would say the IDE is quite immature, but it is still in its infancy, so I expect it to get better over time."
"The model repository is a concern as models are stored on a bucket and there's an issue with versioning."
"AI is a new area and AWS needs to have an internship training program available."
"The product must provide better documentation."
"The documentation must be made clearer and more user-friendly."
"When starting a new session, the waiting time can be quite long, ranging from two to five minutes."
"It would be great if OpenVINO could convert new models into its format more quickly."
"The model optimization is a little bit slow — it could be improved."
"It has some disadvantages because when you're working with very complex models, neural networks if OpenVINO cannot convert them automatically and you have to do a custom layer and later add it to the model. It is difficult."
"At this point, the product could probably just use a greater integration with more machine learning model tools."
"I couldn't get it to run on my Raspberry Pi 4 because the software packages to download were no longer available."
"Scalability is a challenge with OpenVINO, particularly when I try to connect multiple streams of input or run multiple edge devices consecutively."
"I think that it's not properly designed for scalability. It's designed for other purposes, specifically to be able to use Intel hardware and run inference using generative models or deep learning models in Intel hardware."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no license required for the solution since you can use it on demand."
"SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."
"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."
"You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."
"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."
"Amazon SageMaker is a very expensive product."
"The product is expensive."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"We didn't have to pay for any licensing with Intel OpenVINO. Everything is available on their site and easily downloadable for free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
32%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise16
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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 needs improvement with OpenVINO?
I have heard good things about OpenVINO. It doesn't consume much current for external GPU usage. However, it has some downsides because I couldn't get it to run on my Raspberry Pi 4. While not spec...
What is your primary use case for OpenVINO?
I wanted to use OpenVINO for my Raspberry Pi to analyze my sleep with a night vision camera and to improve GPU performance on my Raspberry Pi. I would have used OpenVINO's Model Optimizer feature t...
 

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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