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Amazon SageMaker vs Hugging Face comparison

 

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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
39
Ranking in other categories
Data Science Platforms (3rd)
Hugging Face
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 3.3%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hugging Face is 6.0%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hugging Face6.0%
Amazon SageMaker3.3%
Other90.7%
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 most valuable features are the ability to store artifacts and gather reports and measures from experiments."
"I have seen a return on investment, probably a factor of four or five."
"The few projects we have done have been promising."
"The evolution from SageMaker Classic to SageMaker Studio, particularly the UI part of Studio, is commendable."
"In terms of deployment, it is a clear winner."
"The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker, such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use."
"The superb thing that SageMaker brings is that it wraps everything well. It's got the deployment, the whole framework."
"The deployment is very good, where you only need to press a few buttons."
"I would rate this product nine out of ten."
"The solution is easy to use compared to other frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow."
"It is stable."
"The most valuable features are the inference APIs as it takes me a long time to run inferences on my local machine."
"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."
"My preferred aspects are natural language processing and question-answering."
"Overall, the platform is excellent."
"The product is reliable."
 

Cons

"When starting a new session, the waiting time can be quite long, ranging from two to five minutes."
"AI is a new area and AWS needs to have an internship training program available."
"Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement."
"I would recommend having more walkthrough videos and articles beyond AWS Skill Builder."
"They could add features such as managing environments, experiment management across those environments, and the integration with training datasets as you go through those experiments."
"The main challenge with Amazon SageMaker is the integrations."
"The entry point can be a bit difficult. Having all documentation easily accessible on the front page of SageMaker would be a great improvement."
"The main challenge with Amazon SageMaker is the integrations."
"Initially, I faced issues with the solution's configuration."
"Most people upload their pre-trained models on Hugging Face, but more details should be added about the models."
"Implementing a cloud system to showcase historical data would be beneficial."
"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."
"The solution must provide an efficient LLM."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved."
"The initial setup can be rated as a seven out of ten due to occasional issues during model deployment, which might require adjustments."
"It can incorporate AI into its services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Databricks solution is less costly than Amazon SageMaker."
"On average, customers pay about $300,000 USD per month."
"In terms of pricing, I'd also rate it ten out of ten because it's been beneficial compared to other solutions."
"The cost offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model. It depends on the instance that you do."
"The pricing is comparable."
"You don't pay for Sagemaker. You only pay for the compute instances in your storage."
"The product is expensive."
"I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest price, and ten is the highest price. The solution is priced reasonably. There is no additional cost to be paid in excess of the standard licensing fees."
"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."
"The solution is open source."
"Hugging Face is an open-source solution."
"We do not have to pay for the product."
"So, it's requires expensive machines to open services or open LLM models."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
University
5%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

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...
 

Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
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Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
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