# Amazon SageMaker alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 168 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon SageMaker holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/amazon-sagemaker/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 10
- Google Colab: 10
- KNIME Analytics Platform: 10
- Google Vertex AI: 9
- MLflow: 8
- Azure Machine Learning: 6

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Amazon SageMaker (Amazon SageMaker is #3 of 14 at 8%).

- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 8 of those 59
- Google Colab: first choice in 5 of those 59
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 5 of those 59
- MLflow: first choice in 5 of those 59
- Akkio: first choice in 4 of those 59
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 2 of those 59
- BigML: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Modal: first choice in 2 of those 59

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Amazon SageMaker (Amazon SageMaker is #3 of 13 at 11%).

- Google Colab: first choice in 5 of those 57
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 3 of those 57
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 2 of those 57
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 57
- scikit-learn: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Amazon SageMaker Canvas: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Amazon SageMaker (Amazon SageMaker is #2 of 10 at 13%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 7 of those 52
- Domino Data Lab: first choice in 5 of those 52
- Dataiku: first choice in 3 of those 52
- DataRobot: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Amazon Q: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 1 of those 52
- H2O.ai: first choice in 1 of those 52

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