# DataRobot alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where DataRobot 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/datarobot/alternatives/

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

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 29
- Google Vertex AI: 20
- Azure Machine Learning: 19
- Amazon SageMaker: 18
- KNIME Analytics Platform: 12
- Google Colab: 11

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name DataRobot (DataRobot is #12 of 14 at 2%).

- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 15 of those 79
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Google Colab: first choice in 6 of those 79
- MLflow: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Akkio: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 5 of those 79
- H2O.ai: first choice in 3 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name DataRobot (DataRobot is #7 of 13 at 4%).

- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Google Colab: first choice in 5 of those 75
- MLflow: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 3 of those 75
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 75
- PyTorch: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name DataRobot (DataRobot is #6 of 10 at 7%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 21 of those 72
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Domino Data Lab: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Amazon Q: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Dataiku: first choice in 1 of those 72
- H2O.ai: first choice in 1 of those 72

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