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Amazon SageMaker vs Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Amazon SageMaker delivers high ROI by reducing costs and time, often providing returns multiple times the initial investment.
Sentiment score
6.6
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers a 36% ROI by simplifying processes, reducing errors, and providing estimation tools.
The return on investment varies by use case and offers significant value in revenue increases and cost saving capabilities, especially in real time fraud detection and targeted advertisements.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Amazon SageMaker support is generally praised, but service quality varies; premium customers receive better, more responsive assistance.
Sentiment score
7.1
Users generally rate Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio's technical support from moderate to high, appreciating its responsiveness and comprehensive assistance.
The technical support from AWS is excellent.
The response time is generally swift, usually within seven to eight hours.
The support is very good with well-trained engineers.
Microsoft technical support is rated a seven out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Amazon SageMaker offers scalability and adaptability across enterprises, but GPU limitations and user skills impact its overall efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.3
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is highly rated for scalability, suitable for medium and large organizations, despite some complexity.
It works very well with large data sets from one terabyte to fifty terabytes.
The availability of GPU instances can be a challenge, requiring proper planning.
Amazon SageMaker is scalable and works well from an infrastructure perspective.
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is scalable as I can choose the compute, making it flexible for various scales.
We are building Azure Machine Learning Studio as a scalable solution.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Amazon SageMaker is stable with high reliability, especially when properly configured, and minor glitches do not significantly impact performance.
Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is reliable but faces stability issues with JavaScript and concerns about its future.
There are issues, but they are easily detectable and fixable, with smooth error handling.
I rate the stability of Amazon SageMaker between seven and eight.
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better pricing, interface, integration, documentation, AI, dataset support, security, serverless options, and AWS collaboration.
Improving Azure Machine Learning Studio involves enhancing integration, usability, documentation, security, performance, and expanding features and tutorials.
Both SageMaker and Lambda are powerful tools, and combining their capabilities could be beneficial.
This would empower citizen data scientists to utilize the tool more effectively since many data scientists do not have a core development background.
Integration of the latest machine learning models like the new Amazon LLM models could enhance its capabilities.
It would be beneficial for them to incorporate more services required for LLMs or LLM evaluation.
I find the pricing to be not a good story in this case, as it is not affordable for everyone.
In future updates, I would appreciate improvements in integration and more AI features.
 

Setup Cost

Amazon SageMaker offers flexible, competitive pricing but can be costly, with value varying by user, plus available discounts.
Azure Machine Learning Studio is secure and efficient, but users find pricing complex and potentially expensive with usage-based costs.
The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
The pricing can be up to eight or nine out of ten, making it more expensive than some cloud alternatives yet more economical than on-premises setups.
For a single user, prices might be high yet could be cheaper for user-managed services compared to AWS-managed services.
I rate the pricing as three or four on a scale of one to ten in terms of affordability.
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SageMaker offers comprehensive tools for end-to-end machine learning, including model deployment, scalability, and user-friendly features.
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio offers a user-friendly interface, seamless deployment, and strong integration for efficient model development and scalability.
SageMaker supports building, training, and deploying AI models from scratch, which is crucial for my ML project.
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.
These features facilitate rapid development and deployment of AI applications.
The platform provides managed services and compute, and I have more control in Azure, even in terms of monitoring services.
Machine Learning Studio is easy to use, with a significant feature being the drag and drop interface that enhances workflow without any complaints.
Azure Machine Learning Studio provides a platform to integrate with large language models.
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SageMaker
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
3rd
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure Machine Lea...
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
5th
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon SageMaker is 6.9%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is 5.2%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Saurabh Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Create innovative assistants with seamless data integration for large-scale projects
The various integration options available in Amazon SageMaker ( /products/amazon-sagemaker-reviews ), such as Firehose for connecting to data pipelines, are simple to use. Tools like AWS Glue ( /products/aws-glue-reviews ) integrate well for data transformations. The Databricks ( /products/databricks-reviews ) integration aids data scientists and engineers. SageMaker is fully managed, offers high availability, flexibility with TensorFlow ( /products/tensorflow-reviews ), PyTorch ( /products/pytorch-reviews ), and MXNet ( /products/mxnet-reviews ), and comes with pre-trained algorithms for forecasting, anomaly detection, and more.
Takayuki Umehara - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined workflows with drag and drop convenience but needs enhancements in AI
I use Machine Learning Studio for system reselling and integration Machine Learning Studio is easy to use, with a significant feature being the drag and drop interface that enhances workflow without any complaints. It provides a return on investment and cost savings, proving beneficial for…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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?
Before deploying SageMaker, I reviewed the pricing, especially for notebook instances. The cost for small to medium instances is not very high.
Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
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 ...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
The learning curve is very low. Operationalizing the model is also very easy within the Azure ecosystem.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Pricing is considered to be top-segment and should be improved. I rate the pricing as three or four on a scale of one to ten in terms of affordability.
 

Also Known As

AWS SageMaker, SageMaker
Azure Machine Learning, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DigitalGlobe, Thomson Reuters Center for AI and Cognitive Computing, Hotels.com, GE Healthcare, Tinder, Intuit
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Schneider Electric, BP
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