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We performed a comparison between IBM Watson Machine Learning and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio 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 IBM Watson Machine Learning vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"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 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.""It has improved self-service and customer satisfaction.""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."

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"The solution is easy to use and has good automation capabilities in conjunction with Azure DevOps.""It's a great option if you are fairly new and don't want to write too much code.""ML Studio is very easy to maintain.""The most valuable feature is data normalization.""Azure Machine Learning Studio's most valuable features are the package from Azure AutoML. It is quite powerful compared to the building of ML in Databricks or other AutoMLs from other companies, such as Google and Amazon.""The solution is integrated with our Microsoft Azure tenant, and we don't have to go anywhere else outside the tenant.""The solution facilitates our production.""Regarding the technical support for the solution, I find the documentation provided comprehensive and helpful."

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

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"The data cleaning functionality is something that could be better and needs to be improved.""Operability with R could be improved.""This solution could be improved if they could integrate the data pipeline scheduling part for their interface.""The AutoML feature is very basic and they should improve it by using a more robust algorithm.""In the Machine Learning Studio, particularly the Designer part, which is essentially Azure's demo designer, there is room for improvement. Many customers and users tend to switch to Microsoft Azure Multi-Joiners, which is a more basic version, but they do so internally. One area that could use enhancement is the process of connecting components. Currently, every time you want to connect a component, such as linking it to your storage or an instance like EC2, you have to input your username and password repeatedly. This can be quite cumbersome. Google, for instance, has made it more user-friendly by allowing easy access for connecting services within a workspace. In a workspace, you can set up various resources like storage, a database cluster, machine learning studio, and more. When connecting these services, there's no need to enter your username and password each time, making it a more efficient process. Another aspect to consider is the role of the designer, and they were to integrate a large language model to handle various tasks, it could significantly enhance the overall scalability and usability of the platform.""n the solution, there is the concept of workspaces, and there is no means to share the computing infrastructure across those workspaces.""​It could use to add some more features in data transformation, time series and the text analytics section.""The solution's initial setup process is complicated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "To use MLS is fairly cheap. Even the paid account is something like $20/month, unless you are provisioning large numbers of VMs for a Hadoop cluster. The main MS makes money with this solution is forcing the user to deploy their model on REST API, and being charged each time the API is accessed. There are several pricing tiers for the API. If you do not use the API, then value of MLS is to create rapid experiments ($20/month). The resulting model is not exportable to use, thus you’ll have to recreate the algorithms in either R or Python, which is what I did. MLS results gave me a direction to work with, the actual work is mostly done in R and Python outside of MLS."
  • "When we got our first models and were ready for the user acceptance testing, our licensing fees were between €2,500 ($2,750 USD) and €3,000 ($3,300 USD) monthly."
  • "From a developer's perspective, I find the price of this solution high."
  • "The licensing cost is very cheap. It's less than $50 a month."
  • "There is a license required for this solution."
  • "I am paying for it following a pay-as-you-go. So, the more I use it, the more it costs."
  • "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."
  • "My team didn't deal with the licensing for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, so I'm unable to comment on pricing, but the money that was spent on the tool was worth it."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or Python. It offers many different cluster choices and excellent integration with… more »
    Top Answer:The drag-and-drop interface of Azure Machine Learning Studio has greatly improved my workflow.
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    Azure Machine Learning, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio
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    Overview

    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.

    Azure Machine Learning is a cloud predictive analytics service that makes it possible to quickly create and deploy predictive models as analytics solutions.

    It has everything you need to create complete predictive analytics solutions in the cloud, from a large algorithm library, to a studio for building models, to an easy way to deploy your model as a web service. Quickly create, test, operationalize, and manage predictive models.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Will Help You:

    • Rapidly build and train models
    • Operationalize at scale
    • Deliver responsible solutions
    • Innovate on a more secure hybrid platform

    With Microsoft Azure Machine Learning You Can:

    • Prepare data: Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers data labeling, data preparation, and datasets.
    • Build and train models: Includes notebooks, Visual Studio Code and Github, Automated ML, Compute instance, a drag-and-drop designer, open-source libraries and frameworks, customizable dashboards, and experiments
    • Validate and deploy: Manage endpoints, automate machine learning workflows (pipeline CI/CD), optimize models, access pre-built container images, share and track models and data, train and deploy models across multi-cloud and on-premises.
    • Manage and monitor: Track, log, and analyze data, models, and resources; Detect drift and maintain model accuracy; Trace ML artifacts for compliance; Apply quota management and automatic shutdown; Leverage built-in and custom policies for compliance management; Utilize continuous monitoring with Azure Security Center.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Features:

    • Easy & flexible building interface: Execute your machine learning development through the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio using drag-and-drop components that minimize the code development and straightforward configuration of properties. By being so flexible, the solution also helps build, test ,and generate advanced analytics based on the data.
    • Wide range of supported algorithms: Configuration is simple and easy because Microsoft Azure ML offers readily available well-known algorithms. There is also no limit in importing training data, and the solution enables you to fine-tune your data easily, saving money and time and helping you generate more revenue.
    • Easy implementation of web services: Simply drag and drop your data sets and algorithms, and link them together to implement web services. It only requires one click to create and publish the web service, which can be used from any device by passing valid credentials.
    • Great documentation: Microsoft Azure provides full stacks of documentation, such as tutorials, quick starts, references, and many other resources that help you understand how to easily build, manage, deploy, and access machine learning solutions effectively.

    Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Benefits:

    • It is fully integrated with Python and R SDKs.
    • It has an updated drag-and-drop interface, generally known as Azure Machine Learning Designer.
    • It supports MLPipelines, where you can build flexible and modular pipelines to automate workflows.
    • It supports multiple model formats depending upon the job type.
    • It has automated model training and hyperparameter tuning with code-first and no-code options.
    • It supports data labeling projects.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    "The ability to do the templating and be able to transfer it so that I can easily do multiple types of models and data mining is a valuable aspect of this solution. You only have to set up the flows, the templates, and the data once and then you can make modifications and test different segmentations throughout.” - Channing S.l, Owner at Channing Stowell Associates

    "The most valuable feature is the knowledge bank, which allows us to ask questions and the AI will automatically pull the pre-prescribed responses.” - Chris P., Tech Lead at a tech services company

    "The UI is very user-friendly and the AI is easy to use.” - Mikayil B., CRM Consultant at a computer software company

    "The solution is very fast and simple for a data science solution.” - Omar A., Big Data & Cloud Manager at a tech services company

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    University12%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Financial Services Firm17%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise58%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Watson Machine Learning vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Watson Machine Learning vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    IBM Watson Machine Learning is ranked 9th in AI Development Platforms with 6 reviews while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is ranked 1st in AI Development Platforms with 49 reviews. IBM Watson Machine Learning is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Watson Machine Learning writes "A highly efficient solution that delivers the desired results to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio writes "Good support for Azure services in pipelines, but deploying outside of Azure is difficult". IBM Watson Machine Learning is most compared with Google Cloud AI Platform, Azure OpenAI and TensorFlow, whereas Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is most compared with Databricks, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, TensorFlow and Google Cloud AI Platform. See our IBM Watson Machine Learning vs. Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio report.

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