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PyTorch vs TensorFlow comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

PyTorch
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TensorFlow
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
6th
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 2024, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of PyTorch is 1.5%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TensorFlow is 5.7%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Arucy Lionel - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good backward compatible and simple to use
One of the things I really like about PyTorch is that it doesn't break with every update or deletion. That's why I switched from TensorFlow to PyTorch. I can still run the code I wrote three years ago in PyTorch on the latest version. It's very backward compatible, and it's also very simple to use. It's not overly technical, and the flow is pretty intuitive. And now that PyTorch 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.
Ashish Upadhyay - PeerSpot reviewer
A robust tools for model visualization and debugging with superior scalability and stability, and an intuitive user-friendly interface
The one feature we find most valuable at our company is its robust and flexible machine-learning capabilities. It empowers us to seamlessly create and deploy machine learning models, offering a versatile solution for implementing sophisticated environments and various types of AI solutions. The ability to develop and fine-tune models, such as risk assessment for detection and market protection, as well as the creation of recommendation systems, is paramount. This versatility extends to providing personalized identity-relevant applications for our enterprise clients, delivering valuable insights to the market. Its exceptional support for deep learning and its efficient resource utilization enable us to undertake complex financial and data analyses. The flexibility it provides is crucial for meeting industrial requirements and crafting solutions tailored to our client's specific needs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It’s reliable, secure and user-friendly. It allows you to develop any AIML project efficiently. PySearch is the best option for developing any project in the AIML domain. The product is easy to install."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"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."
"For me, the product's initial setup phase is easy...For beginners, it is fairly easy to learn."
"Its interface is the most valuable. 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."
"The framework of the solution is valuable."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of TensorFlow is deep learning. It is the best tool for deep learning in the market."
"TensorFlow is a framework that makes it really easy to use for deep learning."
"What made TensorFlow so appealing to us is that you could run it on a cluster computer and on a mobile device."
"TensorFlow provides Insights into both data and machine learning strategies."
"The most valuable features are the frameworks and the functionality to work with different data, even when we have a certain quantity of data flowing."
"It is also totally Open-Source and free. Open-source applications are not good usually. but TensorFlow actually changed my view about it and I thought, "Look, Oh my God. This is an open-source application and it's as good as it could be." I learned that TensorFlow, by sharing their own knowledge and their own platform with other developers, it improved the lives of many people around the globe."
"Edge computing has some limited resources but TensorFlow has been improving in its features. It is a great tool for developers."
 

Cons

"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."
"The product has breakdowns when we change the versions a lot."
"There is not enough documentation about some methods and parameters. It is sometimes difficult to find information."
"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."
"We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3."
"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."
"It would be nice to have more pre-trained models that we can utilize within layers. I utilize a Mac, and I am unable to utilize AMD GPUs. That's something that I would definitely be like to be able to access within TensorFlow since most of it is with CUDA ML. This only matters for local machines because, in Azure, you can just access any GPU you want from the cloud. It doesn't really matter, but the clients that I work with don't have cloud accounts, or they don't want to utilize that or spend the money. They all see it as too expensive and want to know what they can do on their local machines."
"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."
"For newcomers to the field, the learning curve can be steep, often requiring about a year of dedicated effort."
"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."
"The solution is hard to integrate with the GPUs."
"We encountered version mismatch errors while using the product."
"Enhancements could include increasing use cases and improving the accuracy of previously built models in TensorFlow. For instance, when we run certain models, the computing power of laptops becomes high."
"Personally, I find it to be a bit too much AI-oriented."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is free."
"The solution is affordable."
"It is free."
"PyTorch is open source."
"PyTorch is an open-source solution."
"PyTorch is open-sourced."
"I am using the open-source version of TensorFlow and it is free."
"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."
"We are using the free version."
"I rate TensorFlow's pricing a five out of ten."
"I did not require a license for this solution. It a free open-source solution."
"TensorFlow is free."
"The solution is free."
"It is an open-source solution, so anyone can use it free of charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
30%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
10%
Educational Organization
10%
 

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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with PyTorch?
We faced an issue with PyTorch due to version incompatibility. PyTorch has no latest version after v12.3. We also faced a few version compatibility issues with CUDA drivers.
What do you like most about TensorFlow?
It empowers us to seamlessly create and deploy machine learning models, offering a versatile solution for implementing sophisticated environments and various types of AI solutions.
What needs improvement with TensorFlow?
The process of creating models could be more user-friendly.
 

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