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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Caffe is 1.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is 3.5%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TensorFlow is 4.9%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio3.5%
TensorFlow4.9%
Caffe1.3%
Other90.3%
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Featured Reviews

RL
Machine/Deep Learning Engineer at UpWork Freelancer
Speeds up the development process but needs to evolve more to stay relevant
In the future, they should expand text processing, for a recommendation system, or to support some other models as well — that would be great. The concept of Caffe is a little bit complex because it was developed and based in C++. They need to make it easier for a new developer, data scientist, or a new machine or deep learning engineer to understand it. You can't work with metrics and vectors as Python does. Python is a vector-oriented language, but Caffe is not. When you deal with memory in C++, you have to allocate the data you will use in memory. You have to manage everything in C++. Conversely, in Python, you don't need to do that since everything is abstract and done by Python itself. It depends on every use case or your requirement goals. Some clients will require you to use Caffe because maybe their projects are old and they want to continue with Caffe. Others are comfortable with their current situation or they are afraid of migrating to another library. From my point of view, they need to make it easier for a new developer to use it. They should incorporate Python API to make it richer, overall.
reviewer2722962 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist
Platform accelerates model development, enhances collaboration, and offers efficient deployment
The best features Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers include deep integration with Python notebooks and Azure Data Lake, which allows me to import external data, and through the pipeline, I can build my models, performing what is called data injection for my model building, making that deep integration quite interesting to use. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is a powerful platform for those already in the Azure ecosystem because it allows for scalability and provides a good environment for reproducibility, as well as collaboration tools, all designed and packaged in one place, which makes it outstanding. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio has positively impacted my organization by reducing our project delivery times and increasing the pace at which we work, allowing us to focus on other more important tasks. Using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio has reduced our model development time from approximately four hours to about two hours.
TJ
Owner at Go knowledge
Has good stability, but the process of creating models could be more user-friendly
The platform integrates well with other tools, especially Python, which we use to create models. These models can be deployed on mobile devices, which perfectly suits our requirements. It supports our AI-driven initiatives very well by producing AI models, which is its primary function. I recommend it for those seeking specialized scripting. However, it's important to consider other options as well. It is better suited for specialists in the field and is less user-friendly than general tools like Excel. I rate it overall at six out of ten. While it is a powerful tool, other software options are slightly simpler for training models.

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Pros

"Caffe has helped our company become up-to-date in the market and has helped us speed up the development process of our projects."
"Caffe has helped our company become up-to-date in the market and has helped us speed up the development process of our projects."
"Overall, I rate Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio a seven out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is its compatibility with Tensorflow."
"The notebook feature allows you to write inquiries and create dashboards. These dashboards can integrate with multiple databases, such as Excel, HANA, or SQL Server."
"The visualizations are great. It makes it very easy to understand which model is working and why."
"Their support is helpful."
"Visualisation, and the possibility of sharing functions are key features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to use all of the cognitive services, prebuilt from Azure."
"The drag-and-drop interface of Azure Machine Learning Studio has greatly improved my workflow."
"TensorFlow is a framework that makes it really easy to use for deep learning."
"It is also totally Open-Source and free. Open-source applications are not good usually. but TensorFlow actually changed my view about it and I thought, "Look, Oh my God. This is an open-source application and it's as good as it could be." I learned that TensorFlow, by sharing their own knowledge and their own platform with other developers, it improved the lives of many people around the globe."
"The most valuable features are the frameworks and the functionality to work with different data, even when we have a certain quantity of data flowing."
"Edge computing has some limited resources but TensorFlow has been improving in its features. It is a great tool for developers."
"TensorFlow is easy to implement and offers inbuilt functions for various tasks."
"TensorFlow improves my organization because our clients get a lot of investment from their investors and we are progressively improving the products. Every six months we release new features."
"The most valuable features are the frameworks and the functionality to work with different data, even when we have a certain quantity of data flowing."
"I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I am not a developer but more of an account manager. I can find what I want with TensorFlow. I haven’t contacted technical support for any issues. Since TensorFlow is vastly documented on the internet, I usually find some good websites where people exchange their views about the solution and apply that."
 

Cons

"Personally, I don't recommend Caffe if you're looking for a scalable system."
"The concept of Caffe is a little bit complex because it was developed and based in C++. They need to make it easier for a new developer, data scientist, or a new machine or deep learning engineer to understand it."
"In the solution, there is the concept of workspaces, and there is no means to share the computing infrastructure across those workspaces."
"It is not easy. It is a complex solution. It takes some time to get exposed to all the concepts. We're trying to have a CI/CD pipeline to deploy a machine learning model using negative actions. It was not easy. The components that we're using might have something to do with this."
"The pricing policy should be improved."
"I'm rating Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio eight out of ten because it still needs some improvement."
"For data science professionals or programmers I would rate this solution a four out of 10."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio was rigorous for someone new like me, but mastering it made things simpler."
"Right now, it is the number of algorithms available in the designer that has to be improved, though I'm sure Microsoft does it regularly."
"The platform's integration feature could be better."
"The process of creating models could be more user-friendly."
"It currently offers inbuilt functions, however, having the ability to implement custom libraries would enhance its usefulness for enterprise-level applications."
"JavaScript is a different thing and all the websites and web apps and all the mobile apps are built-in JavaScript. JavaScript is the core of that. However, TensorFlow is like a machine learning item. What can be improved with TensorFlow is how it can mix in how the JavaScript developers can use TensorFlow."
"There are a lot of problems, such as integrating our custom code. In my experience model tuning has been a bit difficult to edit and tune the graph model for best performance. We have to go into the model but we do not have a model viewer for quick access."
"It doesn't allow for fast proto-typing, so usually when we do proto-typing we will start with PyTorch and then once we have a good model that we trust, we convert it into TensorFlow, so definitely, TensorFlow is not very flexible."
"The solution is hard to integrate with the GPUs."
"Personally, I find it to be a bit too much AI-oriented."
"We encountered version mismatch errors while using the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution operates on a pay-per-use model."
"From a developer's perspective, I find the price of this solution high."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"The solution cost is high."
"I am paying for it following a pay-as-you-go. So, the more I use it, the more it costs."
"I rate the product price as a nine on a scale of one to ten, where ten means it is very expensive."
"I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being very expensive. Not very expensive, not very cheap."
"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."
"I am using the open-source version of TensorFlow and it is free."
"I think for learners to deploy a project, you can actually use TensorFlow for free. It's just amazing to have an open-source platform like TensorFlow to deploy your own project. Here in Russia no one really cares about licenses, as it is totally open source and free. My clients in the United States were also pleased to learn when they enquired, that licensing is free."
"We are using the free version."
"The solution is free."
"I did not require a license for this solution. It a free open-source solution."
"It is open-source software. You don't have to pay all the big bucks like Azure and Databricks."
"TensorFlow is free."
"I rate TensorFlow's pricing a five out of ten."
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Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
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Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
8%
 

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Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

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Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
The learning curve is very low. Operationalizing the model is also very easy within the Azure ecosystem.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
The pricing for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is reasonable since it's pay as you go, meaning it won't cost...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TensorFlow?
I am not familiar with the pricing setup cost and licensing.
What needs improvement with TensorFlow?
Providing more control by allowing users to build custom functions would make TensorFlow a better option. It currentl...
What is your primary use case for TensorFlow?
I've used TensorFlow for image classification tasks, object detection tasks, and OCR.
 

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