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Hugging Face vs PyTorch comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Hugging Face
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PyTorch
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Hugging Face is 13.4%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PyTorch is 1.3%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

SwaminathanSubramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Rohan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is easy to use compared to other frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow."
"I would rate this product nine out of ten."
"Hugging Face provides open-source models, making it the best open-source and reliable solution."
"The product is reliable."
"What I find the most valuable about Hugging Face is that I can check all the models on it and see which ones have the best performance without using another platform."
"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."
"I like that Hugging Face is versatile in the way it has been developed."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"PyTorch allows me to build my projects from scratch."
"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's been pretty scalable in terms of using multiple GPUs."
"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."
"The framework of the solution is valuable."
"We use PyTorch libraries, which are working well. It's very easy."
"PyTorch is developer-friendly, allowing developers to continuously create new projects."
 

Cons

"Hugging Face could improve by implementing a search engine or chat bot feature similar to ChatGPT."
"The area that needs improvement would be the organization of the materials. It could be clearer and more systematic. It would be good if the layout was clear and we could search the models easily."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved. Many interesting ones are restricted."
"Implementing a cloud system to showcase historical data would be beneficial."
"The solution must provide an efficient LLM."
"It can incorporate AI into its services."
"I believe Hugging Face has some room for improvement. There are some security issues. They provide code, but API tokens aren't indicated. Also, the documentation for particular models could use more explanation. But I think these things are improving daily. The main change I'd like to see is making the deployment of inference endpoints more customizable for users."
"Most people upload their pre-trained models on Hugging Face, but more details should be added about the models."
"I do not have any complaints."
"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."
"The product has certain shortcomings in the automation of machine learning."
"I would like to see better learning documents."
"There is not enough documentation about some methods and parameters. It is sometimes difficult to find information."
"We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3."
"I've had issues with stability when I use a lot of data and try out different combinations of modeling techniques."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"So, it's requires expensive machines to open services or open LLM models."
"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."
"Hugging Face is an open-source solution."
"We do not have to pay for the product."
"The solution is open source."
"PyTorch is an open-source solution."
"It is free."
"The solution is affordable."
"PyTorch is open source."
"It is free."
"PyTorch is open-sourced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
30%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hugging Face?
My preferred aspects are natural language processing and question-answering.
What needs improvement with Hugging Face?
Access to the models and datasets could be improved. Many interesting ones are restricted. It would be great if they provided access for students or non-professionals who just want to test things.
What is your primary use case for Hugging Face?
This is a simple personal project, non-commercial. As a student, that's all I do.
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?
PyTorch needs improvement in working on ARM-based chips. Although they have unified memory for GPU and RAM, they are unable to utilize these GPUs for processing efficiently. They take so much time....
 

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