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PyTorch vs TensorFlow comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

PyTorch
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TensorFlow
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of PyTorch is 2.0%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TensorFlow is 2.8%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TensorFlow2.8%
PyTorch2.0%
Other95.2%
AI Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Rohan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
AI/ML Co-Lead at Developer Student Clubs - GGV
Enabled creation of innovative projects through developer-friendly features
The aspect I like most about PyTorch is that it is really developer-friendly. Developers can constantly create new things, and everyone around the world can use it for free because it's an open-source product. What I personally like is that PyTorch has enabled users to use Apple's M1 chip natively for GPU users. Unlike other libraries using CUDA, PyTorch utilizes Metal Performance Shaders (MPS) to enable GPU usage on M1 chips.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like that PyTorch actually follows the pythonic way, and I feel that it's quite easy. It's easy to find compared to others who require us to type a long paragraph of code."
"Its interface is the most valuable, and the ability to have an interface to train machine learning models and construct them with the high-level interface, without excess busting and reconstructing the same technical elements, is very useful."
"PyTorch is developer-friendly, allowing developers to continuously create new projects."
"It's been pretty scalable in terms of using multiple GPUs."
"PyTorch allows me to build my projects from scratch."
"I like PyTorch's scalability."
"The framework of the solution is valuable."
"yTorch is gaining credibility in the research space, it's becoming easier to find examples of papers that use PyTorch. This is an advantage for someone who uses PyTorch primarily."
"It is easy to use and learn."
"TensorFlow is an efficient product for building neural networks."
"Our clients were not aware they were using TensorFlow, so that aspect was transparent. I think we personally chose TensorFlow because it provided us with more of the end-to-end package that you can use for all the steps regarding billing and our models. So basically data processing, training the model, evaluating the model, updating the model, deploying the model and all of these steps without having to change to a new environment."
"We haven't had any issues stability-wise or scalability-wise."
"TensorFlow provides Insights into both data and machine learning strategies."
"Edge computing has some limited resources but TensorFlow has been improving in its features. It is a great tool for developers."
"TensorFlow has improved a lot in my company because it can do useful predictions, and if you can predict, you can optimize, and you can make your business from reactive to proactive."
"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."
 

Cons

"PyTorch needs improvement in working on ARM-based chips. They have unified memory for GPU and RAM, however, current GPUs used for processing are slow."
"The training of the models could be faster."
"We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3."
"PyTorch could make certain things more obvious. Even though it does make things like defining loss functions and calculating gradients in backward propagation clear, these concepts may confuse beginners. We find that it's kind of problematic. Despite having methods called on loss functions during backward passes, the oral documentation for beginners is quite complex."
"On the production side of things, having more frameworks would be helpful."
"I've had issues with stability when I use a lot of data and try out different combinations of modeling techniques."
"The product has certain shortcomings in the automation of machine learning."
"I would like a model to be available. I think Google recently released a new version of EfficientNet. It's a really good classifier, and a PyTorch implementation would be nice."
"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."
"I know this is out of the scope of TensorFlow, however, every time I've sent a request, I had to renew the model into RAM and they didn't make that prediction or inference. This makes the point for the request that much longer. If they could provide anything to help in this part, it will be very great."
"However, if I want to change just one thing in the implementation of TensorFlow functions I have to copy everything that they wrote and I change it manually if indeed it can be amended. This is really hard as it's written in C++ and has a lot of complications."
"It currently offers inbuilt functions, however, having the ability to implement custom libraries would enhance its usefulness for enterprise-level applications."
"I would love to have a user interface like a programming interface. You need to have a set of menus where you can put things together in a graphical interface. The complete automation of the integration of the modules would also be interesting. It’s more like plumbing as opposed to a fully automated environment."
"There are a lot of problems, such as integrating our custom code."
"In terms of improvement, we always look for ways they can optimize the model, accelerate the speed and the accuracy, and how can we optimize with our different techniques. There are various techniques available in TensorFlow. Maintaining accuracy is an area they should work on."
"We encountered version mismatch errors while using the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is affordable."
"PyTorch is an open-source solution."
"PyTorch is open source."
"PyTorch is open-sourced."
"It is free."
"It is free."
"It is open-source software. You don't have to pay all the big bucks like Azure and Databricks."
"I rate TensorFlow's pricing a five out of ten."
"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."
"TensorFlow is free."
"I am using the open-source version of TensorFlow and it is free."
"I did not require a license for this solution. It a free open-source solution."
"The solution is free."
"We are using the free version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PyTorch?
I haven't gone for a paid plan yet. I've just been using the free trial or open-source version.
What needs improvement with PyTorch?
There are a few areas for improvement. The biggest one for me is version and dependency management, as I have to ensure my Torch, TorchAudio, and CUDA versions are all aligned. If one is off, thing...
What is your primary use case for PyTorch?
I have been using PyTorch for the last three years, mostly through my thesis work and model deployment projects. I use PyTorch for pretty much everything in my deep learning work, specifically to b...
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 currently offers inbuilt functions, however, having the ability to implement custom libr...
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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