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Azul Zing vs C3 AI comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Azul Zing
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
24th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (12th)
C3 AI
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
18th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (19th), AI Sales & Marketing (10th), AI Content Creation (13th), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Customer Experience Personalization category, the mindshare of Azul Zing is 0.9%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of C3 AI is 1.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Experience Personalization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
C3 AI1.1%
Azul Zing0.9%
Other98.0%
AI Customer Experience Personalization
 

Featured Reviews

Mohakhan Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Technical Expert at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real-time charging has stayed consistent and cuts GC incidents while reducing cloud costs
The best features Azul Zing offers include no stop-the-world during the full GC. No stop-the-world pauses during full GC, and we hit higher TPS with fewer JVMs -- a real win for maintenance and cost. As an online charging system, we can't afford crashes or latency spikes. Before Zing, JVMs would hang and drop from the grid on missed heartbeats. GC tuning is also out-of-the-box -- no more time consuming manual tuning like with Oracle/OpenJDK with no significant outcome.
reviewer2795349 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Head of Data Strategy & Enterprise Governance at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
Struggled to justify enterprise adoption but have valued broader developer accessibility
If I could change or add anything to improve C3 AI, I would suggest making it not just an AI platform, but a data and AI combined platform, as bringing in data management elements, governance, and cloud features is critical. The real AI and modeling represent only 20 percent of what is needed; there is over 80 percent in the rest of the world that should be addressed. Given Tom Siebel's deep understanding of corporate work and his network, integrating C3 AI with other ERP solutions such as Oracle, SAP, or Microsoft is essential. If C3 AI can be an enterprise platform, embedding more data elements and ensuring seamless integration with other ERP solutions would significantly enhance its capabilities and attractiveness. If someone told me that they have SAP, and C3 AI can seamlessly integrate the data and perform action calls between SAP, allowing me to operate on C3 AI as I would on SAP, that would be a killer feature for me. I would suggest avoiding traditional licensing sales as it is too expensive; the starting price is too high. Considering a subscription model or a pay-per-use model is the best business structure for AI or data solution vendors. The pay-per-use model benefits usage, as the more you use, the more successful you become with the platform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance dramatically."
"No other JVM on the market even comes close to competing with the Azul Zing."
"Performance of the JVM, especially the C4 Pauseless Garbage Collection, for continuous application execution is the most valuable feature."
"The non-stop garbage collector (C4 - Continuously Concurrent Compacting Collector) is the most valuable feature."
"Zing has completely solved the garbage collection problem for us."
"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance dramatically."
"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance drastically."
"After using Azul Zing, it is almost a zero-incident situation because of the GCs."
"The biggest strength of C3 AI is how much it handles in one platform: data integration, model deployment, governance, monitoring, and application development."
"One of the best features C3 AI offers is that you do not need to learn Python or any specific machine learning programming language; you can use C3 AI with JavaScript."
"In the first phase alone, there was approximately $90 million in savings, which reduced about 5% of inventory."
"I have noticed improvements in efficiency, reduced downtime, and time saved for my team, as it is quite integrated through the source ML pipeline to report to general customer UI, functioning as one platform that takes care of everything, thus improving efficiency, optimization, and increasing project deliverables."
 

Cons

"However, like every other great product, there is always something that can be improved."
"The profiling tools included with Zing lag behind those available for Oracle's Java implementation."
"It is extremely expensive."
"The licensing over non-production environments considerably affects the cost of our solution as a software vendor."
"We have encounter stability issues and that has been a source of frustration at times."
"Although Azul claims to have a fast warmup, we still experience higher latency for the first trade when our system starts up on Sundays."
"Although Azul claims to have a fast warmup, we still experience higher latency for the first trade when our system starts up on Sundays."
"However, I sometimes hear from colleagues that hallucination is an issue."
"The reason I chose eight out of ten is that as a user of C3 AI, I found the operational aspect not easy to understand; it is a bit tricky, and you should have more core knowledge to navigate C3 AI."
"C3 AI can feel very enterprise-heavy. For smaller teams, it may feel excessive."
"We even failed to open any doors for C3 AI; there are no smaller wins, learning opportunities, or process improvements, even if the main goals were not met."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
25%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for C3 AI?
The pricing for C3 AI was quite high compared to other smaller AI platforms and open-source alternatives we had explored. Initially, we were cautious due to the significant investment involved.
What needs improvement with C3 AI?
C3 AI can feel very enterprise-heavy. For smaller teams, it may feel excessive. Some workflows also feel more complex than they need to be. Overall, it is a good product, but the platform can feel ...
What is your primary use case for C3 AI?
I have been using C3 AI for roughly eight to ten months as part of a small engineering team working on operational analytics. We primarily use it for predictive maintenance and some newer generativ...
 

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Priceline, RBS, Credit Suisse, ING, Creditex, Nielsen, Workday, Saks Fifth Avenue, Entergy, Quotix, Puma and many more.  Visit azul.com for more.
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