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Cohere vs IBM Watson Machine Learning comparison

 

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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

Cohere
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
19th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
AI Writing Tools (9th), Large Language Models (LLMs) (6th), AI Proofreading Tools (8th)
IBM Watson Machine Learning
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Cohere is 1.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Watson Machine Learning is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Watson Machine Learning2.1%
Cohere1.1%
Other96.8%
AI Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Gokul Anil - PeerSpot reviewer
Has streamlined test creation and analysis while needing better semantic accuracy for specific domain knowledge
Cohere is very useful because I have been in scenarios where code was written with multiple reusable concepts containing many functionalities covered as different functions, but without descriptions of what particular functions were doing. We used Cohere intelligence and its knowledge on Oracle ERP PPM, and it was able to read through all the TypeScript code and create descriptions intelligently, which were almost 90% correct when reviewed. It was very useful because we had 500-plus reusables, and it was able to analyze all of them and put them into a catalog. This makes it very easy to find and use the catalog to determine whether existing functionality is already implemented, preventing redundant implementations. When it creates a new test, it creates it almost 70 to 80% correctly without errors. The time savings are significant - what previously took one or two days can now be completed in two to three hours maximum. We can complete many more tests in a day or sprint with Cohere's help. Along with test automation, we handle analysis tasks, and now we have more time for better analysis. We are planning to implement test analysis capabilities as well. Once you receive the requirements and test cases, you can directly use them as input, and it will generate all artifacts and test data.
Anurag Mayank - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly efficient solution that delivers the desired results to its users
I had not considered how the solution could be improved because I was focused on how it was helping me to solve my issues. If I consider how we want to use it in our organization, certain areas of improvement can be addressed. For instance, we want to use it with Generative AI, not like ChatGPT, but in a way intended for industrial use. It would be beneficial to incorporate more AI into the solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When it creates a new test, it creates it almost 70 to 80% correctly without errors; the time savings are significant—what previously took one or two days can now be completed in two to three hours maximum."
"The very first thing that I really like about it is the support team. They're really available on Discord, and they answer all of your questions."
"A direct benefit of using Cohere's reranking model is that we can tell clients we have this module rather than missing this piece, as reranking is a very important component that companies discuss to enhance RAG quality."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution ten out of ten."
"The solution is very valuable to our organization due to the fact that we can work on it as a workflow."
"It is has a lot of good features and we find the image classification very useful."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution's the cost and human labor savings."
"We can enable and change developer productivity with artificial intelligence-recommended code based on natural language input or exciting source code."
"It has improved self-service and customer satisfaction."
"I was particularly interested in trying the AutoML feature to see how it handles data and proposes new models. The variety of models it provides is impressive."
 

Cons

"It's challenging for us to make a conclusion about quality, but the speed is good."
"When performing similarity matching between text descriptions and the catalog descriptions created using Cohere, the matching could be improved."
"Cohere has text generation. I think it is mainly focused on AI search. If there was a way to combine the searches with images, I think it would be nice to include that."
"Honestly, I haven't seen any comparative report that has run the same data through two different artificial intelligence or machine learning capabilities to get something out of it. I would love to see that."
"Scaling is limited in some use cases. They need to make it easier to expand in all aspects."
"The supporting language is limited."
"They should add more GPU processing power to improve performance, especially when dealing with large amounts of data."
"In future releases, I would like to see a more flexible environment."
"Sometimes training the model is difficult."
"If I consider how we want to use it in our organization, certain areas of improvement can be addressed. For instance, we want to use it with Generative AI, not like ChatGPT, but in a way intended for industrial use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing model is good."
"I've only been using the free tier, but it's quite competitive on a service basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
University
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Educational Organization
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohere?
Cohere has a free tier. You can use the API in development mode, so you can just use it for free. But if you go to production, you will have to pay. I would advise someone to really consider it fir...
What needs improvement with Cohere?
Cohere has text generation. I think it is mainly focused on AI search. If there was a way to combine the searches with images, I think it would be nice to include that.
What is your primary use case for Cohere?
I use it for a personal project, a Discord bot for my Discord server. I haven't used it that much, but so far it's amazing. I like the support team. They are very good.
What do you like most about IBM Watson Machine Learning?
I was particularly interested in trying the AutoML feature to see how it handles data and proposes new models. The variety of models it provides is impressive.
What needs improvement with IBM Watson Machine Learning?
Sometimes training the model is difficult. We need to have at least a few different components to evaluate and understand the behavior of different users to have a very, very high accuracy in the m...
 

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