# Google Vertex AI alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 162 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Vertex AI 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/google-vertex-ai/alternatives/

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

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 13
- KNIME Analytics Platform: 9
- Google Colab: 6
- MLflow: 6
- Azure Machine Learning: 5
- Domino Data Lab: 5

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Google Vertex AI (Google Vertex AI is #1 of 14 at 19%).

- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 7 of those 52
- Akkio: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 52
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 52
- BigML: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Deepnote: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Hugging Face: first choice in 2 of those 52

**Mid-market**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Google Vertex AI (Google Vertex AI is #4 of 13 at 9%).

- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 54
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 54
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 2 of those 54
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 54
- scikit-learn: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Amazon SageMaker Canvas: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Enterprise**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Google Vertex AI (Google Vertex AI is #7 of 10 at 4%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 9 of those 56
- Domino Data Lab: first choice in 5 of those 56
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 3 of those 56
- DataRobot: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Dataiku: first choice in 3 of those 56
- Amazon Q: first choice in 1 of those 56
- H2O.ai: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: first choice in 1 of those 56

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