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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud AI Platform and IBM Watson Machine Learning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two AI Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Cloud AI Platform vs. IBM Watson Machine Learning Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The initial setup is very straightforward.""Some of the valuable features are the vast amount of services that are available, such as load balancer, and the AI architecture.""I think the user interface is quite handy, and it is easy to use as compared to the other cloud platforms.""On GCP, we are exposing our API services to our clients so that they send us their information. It can be single individual records or it can be a batch of their clients.""A range of a a wide range of algorithms, EIM voice mails, which can be plugged in right away into your solution into into into our solution, and then have platform that provides know, to to come up with an operational solution really quick.""The solution is able to read 90% of the documents correctly with a 10% error rate.""Since the model could be trained in just a couple of hours and deploying it took only a few minutes, the entire process took less than an hour."

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"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution ten out of ten.""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.""It has improved self-service and customer satisfaction.""The solution is very valuable to our organization due to the fact that we can work on it as a workflow.""The most valuable aspect of the solution's the cost and human labor savings.""It is has a lot of good features and we find the image classification very useful."

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Cons
"Customizations are very difficult, and they take time.""One thing that I found is that Azure ML does not directly provide you with features on Google Cloud AI Platform, whereas Vertex provides some features of the platform.""The solution can be improved by simplifying the process to make your own models.""It could be more clear, and sometimes there are errors that I don't quite understand.""I think it's the it it also has has evolved quite a bit over the last few years, and Google Cloud folks have been getting, more and more services. But I think from a improvement standpoint, so maybe they can look at adding more algorithms, so adding more AI algorithms to their suite.""At first, there were only the user-managed rules to identify the best attributes of the individual. Then, we came up with a truth set and developed different machine learning models with the help of that truth set, so now it's completely machine learning.""The initial setup was straightforward for me but could be difficult for others."

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"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.""In future releases, I would like to see a more flexible environment.""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.""The supporting language is limited.""They should add more GPU processing power to improve performance, especially when dealing with large amounts of data.""Scaling is limited in some use cases. They need to make it easier to expand in all aspects."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of the solution is competitive."
  • "For every thousand uses, it is about four and a half euros."
  • "The solution has an attractive starting program, which costs only 300 USD for a duration of three months. During this period, one can accomplish a lot of work on the solution."
  • "The licenses are cheap."
  • "The pricing is on the expensive side."
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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:A range of a a wide range of algorithms, EIM voice mails, which can be plugged in right away into your solution into into into our solution, and then have platform that provides know, to to come up… more »
    Top Answer:It's a host of use cases depending on, again, the the client requirement.
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:I've only been using the free tier, but it's quite competitive on a service basis. Heavy data usage and management can drive up the costs, but that's true for most platforms. Ultimately, pricing… more »
    Top Answer:In future releases, I would like to see a more flexible environment. It's a good product for customization and developing products. But when we need the most control over the delivery, Watson isn't… more »
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    Overview

    Google AI Platform is a managed service that enables you to easily build machine learning models, that work on any type of data, of any size. Create your model with the powerful TensorFlow framework that powers many Google products, from Google Photos to Google Cloud Speech.

    IBM Watson Machine Learning helps data scientists and developers accelerate AI and machine-learning deployment. With its open, extensible model operation, Watson Machine Learning helps businesses simplify and harness AI at scale across any cloud.

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    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    University10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
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    Educational Organization20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    University12%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise58%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Cloud AI Platform vs. IBM Watson Machine Learning
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud AI Platform vs. IBM Watson Machine Learning and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Google Cloud AI Platform is ranked 6th in AI Development Platforms with 7 reviews while IBM Watson Machine Learning is ranked 9th in AI Development Platforms with 6 reviews. Google Cloud AI Platform is rated 7.8, while IBM Watson Machine Learning is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud AI Platform writes "An AI platform AI Platform to train your machine learning models at scale, to host your trained model in the cloud, and to use your model to make predictions about new data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Watson Machine Learning writes "A highly efficient solution that delivers the desired results to its users". Google Cloud AI Platform is most compared with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face and Amazon SageMaker, whereas IBM Watson Machine Learning is most compared with Azure OpenAI and TensorFlow. See our Google Cloud AI Platform vs. IBM Watson Machine Learning report.

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