Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Amazon SageMaker vs Hugging Face comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

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

Amazon SageMaker
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (2nd)
Hugging Face
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 3.7%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hugging Face is 7.2%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Hugging Face7.2%
Amazon SageMaker3.7%
Other89.1%
AI Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Python AWS & AI Expert at a tech consulting company
Create innovative assistants with seamless data integration for large-scale projects
The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use. Tools like AWS Glue integrate well for data transformations. The Databricks integration aids data scientists and engineers. SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.
SwaminathanSubramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Director/Enterprise Solutions Architect, Technology Advisor at Kyndryl
Versatility empowers AI concept development despite the multi-GPU challenge
Regarding scalability, I'm finding the multi-GPU aspect of it challenging. Training the model is another hurdle, although I'm only getting into that aspect currently. Organizations are apprehensive about investing in multi-GPU setups. Additionally, data cleanup is a challenge that needs to be resolved, as data must be mature and pristine.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool makes our ML model development a bit more efficient because everything is in one environment."
"SageMaker is a comprehensive platform where I can perform all machine learning activities."
"We've had no problems with SageMaker's stability."
"The most valuable features in Amazon SageMaker are its AutoML, feature store, and automated hyperparameter tuning capabilities."
"The few projects we have done have been promising."
"I have seen a return on investment, probably a factor of four or five."
"SageMaker offers functionalities like Jupyter Notebooks for development, built-in algorithms, model tuning, and options to deploy models on managed infrastructure."
"The technical support of the tool was good."
"The tool's most valuable feature is that it's open-source and has hundreds of packages already available. This makes it quite helpful for creating our LLMs."
"The product is reliable."
"I like that Hugging Face is versatile in the way it has been developed."
"We have seen improved productivity and time saved from using Hugging Face; for a task that would have taken six hours, it saved us five hours, and we completed it in one hour with the plug-and-play integration of inference and everything, using the few lines of code that Hugging Face provides."
"There are numerous libraries available, and the documentation is rich and step-by-step, helping us understand which model to use in particular conditions."
"My preferred aspects are natural language processing and question-answering."
"The solution is easy to use compared to other frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow."
"Hugging Face provides open-source models, making it the best open-source and reliable solution."
 

Cons

"The model repository is a concern as models are stored on a bucket and there's an issue with versioning."
"I would say the IDE is quite immature, but it is still in its infancy, so I expect it to get better over time."
"One area for improvement is the pricing, which can be quite high."
"In my opinion, one improvement for Amazon SageMaker would be to offer serverless GPUs. Currently, we incur costs on an hourly basis. It would be beneficial if the tool could provide pay-as-you-go pricing based on endpoints."
"The solution is complex to use."
"While integration is available, there are concerns about how secure this integration is, particularly when exposing data to SageMaker."
"Amazon SageMaker could improve in the area of hyperparameter tuning by offering more automated suggestions and tips during the tuning process."
"The solution requires a lot of data to train the model."
"The initial setup can be rated as a seven out of ten due to occasional issues during model deployment, which might require adjustments."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved."
"Everything is pretty much sorted in Hugging Face, but it could be improved if there was an AI chatbot or an AI assistant in Hugging Face platform itself, which can guide you through the whole platform, making it easier for the user."
"Hugging Face could improve by implementing a search engine or chat bot feature similar to ChatGPT."
"Implementing a cloud system to showcase historical data would be beneficial."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved. Many interesting ones are restricted."
"Initially, I faced issues with the solution's configuration."
"I've worked on three projects using Hugging Face, and only once did we encounter a problem with the code. We had to use another open-source embedding from OpenAI to resolve it. Our team has three members: me, my colleague, and a team leader. We looked at the problem and resolved it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"SageMaker is worth the money for our use case."
"In terms of pricing, I'd also rate it ten out of ten because it's been beneficial compared to other solutions."
"There is no license required for the solution since you can use it on demand."
"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."
"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."
"I would rate the solution's price a ten out of ten since it is very high."
"The support costs are 10% of the Amazon fees and it comes by default."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable."
"So, it's requires expensive machines to open services or open LLM models."
"The solution is open source."
"We do not have to pay for the product."
"Hugging Face is an open-source solution."
"The tool is open-source. The cost depends on what task you're doing. If you're using a large language model with around 12 million parameters, it will cost more. On average, Hugging Face is open source so you can download models to your local machine for free. For deployment, you can use any cloud service."
"I recall seeing a fee of nine dollars, and there's also an enterprise option priced at twenty dollars per month."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which AI Development Platforms solutions are best for your needs.
881,360 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
University
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
We researched AWS SageMaker, but in the end, we chose Databricks. Databricks is a Unified Analytics Platform designed to accelerate innovation projects. It is based on Spark so it is very fast. It...
What do you like most about Amazon SageMaker?
We've had experience with unique ML projects using SageMaker. For example, we're developing a platform similar to ChatGPT that requires models. We utilize Amazon SageMaker to create endpoints for t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SageMaker?
If you manage it effectively, their pricing is reasonable. It's similar to anything in the cloud; if you don't manage it properly, it can be expensive, but if you do, it's fine.
What needs improvement with Hugging Face?
Everything is pretty much sorted in Hugging Face, but it could be improved if there was an AI chatbot or an AI assistant in Hugging Face platform itself, which can guide you through the whole platf...
What is your primary use case for Hugging Face?
My main use case for Hugging Face is to download open-source models and train on a local machine. We use Hugging Face Transformers for simple and fast integration in our applications and AI-based a...
What advice do you have for others considering Hugging Face?
We have seen improved productivity and time saved from using Hugging Face; for a task that would have taken six hours, it saved us five hours, and we completed it in one hour with the plug-and-play...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
Information Not Available
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon SageMaker vs. Hugging Face and other solutions. Updated: December 2025.
881,360 professionals have used our research since 2012.