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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Vertex AI

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AVertex AI on Google Cloud is an MLOps solution, used to build, deploy, and scale machine learning (ML) models with fully managed ML tools for any use case.

    $0

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    IBM Watson Studio

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM Watson Studio enables users to build, run and manage AI models, and optimize decisions at scale across any cloud. IBM Watson Studio enables users can operationalize AI anywhere as part of IBM Cloud Pak® for Data, the IBM data and AI platform. The vendor states the solution simplifies AI lifecycle management and accelerates time to value with an open, flexible multicloud architecture.N/A
    Pricing
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Editions & Modules
    Imagen model for image generation
    $0.0001
    Starting at
    Text, chat, and code generation
    $0.0001
    per 1,000 characters
    Text data upload, training, deployment, prediction
    $0.05
    per hour
    Video data training and prediction
    $0.462
    per node hour
    Image data training, deployment, and prediction
    $1.375
    per node hour
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    Pricing Offerings
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is based on the Vertex AI tools and services, storage, compute, and Google Cloud resources used.—
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    Community Pulse
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Vertex AI and IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    Feature
    Vertex AI
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    MDM Integration00 Ratings6.414 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Vertex AI and IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    Feature
    Vertex AI
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Visualization00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Vertex AI and IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    Feature
    Vertex AI
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Data Transformations00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Data Encryption00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Built-in Processors00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Vertex AI and IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    Feature
    Vertex AI
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    Ratings
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Vertex AI and IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    Feature
    Vertex AI
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.022 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Vertex AIIBM Watson Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Vertex AI seems to be a lot more accurate with image editing versus other competitors (including free one). We do a lot of image creation, especially of dogs in very certain scenarios. We use Adobe Stock to get us started, but many times we need some very specific edits done to the image. We've found Vertex can produce those with a lot more precision than other AI image generators.
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    IBM
    It has a lot of features that are good for teams working on large-scale projects and continuously developing and reiterating their data project models. Really helpful when dealing with large data. It is a kind of one-stop solution for all data science tasks like visualization, cleaning, analyzing data, and developing models but small teams might find a lot of features unuseful.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Vertex AI comes with support for LOTs of LLMs out of the box
    • MLOps tools are available that help to standardize operational aspects
    • Document AI is an out of the box feature that works just perfectly for our use cases of automating lots to tedious data extraction tasks from images as well as papers
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    IBM
    • Integration of IBM Watson APIs such as speech to text, image recognition, personality insights, etc.
    • SPSS modeler and neural network model provide no-code environments for data scientists to build pipelines quickly.
    • Enforced best-practices set up POCs for deployment in production with a minimum of re-work.
    • Estimator validation lets data scientists test and prove different models.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Customization of AutoML models - A must needed capability to be able to tweak hyperparameters and also working with different models
    • Model Explainability -Providing more comprehensive explanations about how models are utilizing features could be very beneficial
    • Model versioning and experiments tracking - Enhancing the versioning capability could be good for end users
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    IBM
    • The cost is steep and so only companies with resources can afford it
    • It will be nice to have Chinese versions so that Chinese engineers can also use it easily
    • It takes a while to learn how to input different kinds of skin defects for detection
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    because we find out that DSX results have improved our approach to the whole subject (data, models, procedures)
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    Usability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The UI flawlessly merges this offering by providing a neat, minimal, responsive interface
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
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    IBM
    From time to time there are services unavailable, but we have been always informed before and they got back to work sooner than expected
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    Performance
    Google
    It's not always instant, but understandable when it's under heavy load. It's not impressive nor disappointing, just what is expected. But when calling this platform through API's for it to do the actions requested there is minimal delay and wait time. It feels very responsive and quick when integrating it with a call center chat platform for example.
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    IBM
    Never had slow response even on our very busy network
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I received answers mostly at once and got answered even further my question: they gave me interesting points of view and suggestion for deepening in the learning path
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    In-Person Training
    Google
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    IBM
    The trainers on the job are very smart with solutions and very able in teaching
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The Platform is very handy and suggests further steps according my previous interests
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    It surprised us with unpredictable case of use and brand new points of view
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Vertex AI is much more accessible to non-developers than IBM's product. Moreover, Vertex AI integrates well with other Google products, enhancing its capabilities. A big plus is its integration with cloud storage, that allows for better management and access of data. In all honesty, it wasn't much of a difficult choice to choose Vertex AI.
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    IBM
    The main reason I personally changed over from Azure ML Studio is because it lacked any support for significant custom modelling with packages and services such as TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit and Spark ML. IBM Watson Studio provides these services and does so in a well integrated and easy to use fashion making it a preferable service over the other services that I have personally used.
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    Scalability
    Google
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    IBM
    It helped us in getting from 0 to DSX without getting lost
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • It is pay as you go model so it'll save more cost of your org. In our case previously we used to incurred 1-2L/Month now we are reduced it to 80k-1L.
    • It'll help you save your model training & model selection time as it provides pre-trained models in autoML.
    • It'll help you in terms of Security wherein we can use row level security access to authorized persons.
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    IBM
    • Could instantly show data driven insights to drive 20% incremental revenue over existing results
    • Still don't have a real use case for unstructured data like twitter feed
    • Some of the insights around user actions have driven new projects to automate mundane tasks
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    ScreenShots

    Vertex AI Screenshots

    Screenshot of an introduction to generative AI on Vertex AI - Vertex AI Studio offers a Google Cloud console tool for rapidly prototyping and testing generative AI models.Screenshot of gen AI for summarization, classification, and extraction - Text prompts can be created to handle any number of tasks with Vertex AI’s generative AI support. Some of the most common tasks are classification, summarization, and extraction. Vertex AI’s PaLM API for text can be used to design prompts with flexibility in terms of their structure and format.Screenshot of Custom ML training overview and documentation - An overview of the custom training workflow in Vertex AI, the benefits of custom training, and the various training options that are available. This page also details every step involved in the ML training workflow from preparing data to predictions.Screenshot of ML model training and creation -  A guide that shows how Vertex AI’s AutoML is used to create and train custom machine learning models with minimal effort and machine learning expertise.Screenshot of deployment for batch or online predictions - When using a model to solve a real-world problem, the Vertex AI prediction service can be used for batch and online predictions.