# ML platforms: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "machine learning platform" and as "MLOps platform for training and deploying models", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/ml-platforms/2026-11

**Standing:** Databricks Mosaic AI leads with 24% of first choices; verdict contested. 58 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Databricks Mosaic AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/databricks-mosaic-ai/index.md) | 24% | 9% | 53 |
| 2 | [Azure Machine Learning](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-machine-learning/index.md) | 19% | 12% | 58 |
| 3 | [Dataiku](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dataiku/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 23 |
| 4 | [Amazon SageMaker](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-sagemaker/index.md) | 7% | 18% | 67 |
| 5 | [MLflow](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mlflow/index.md) | 7% | 9% | 23 |
| 8 | [Snowflake Cortex AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/snowflake-cortex-ai/index.md) | 3% | 7% | 15 |
| 9 | [PyTorch](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/pytorch/index.md) | 3% | 10% | 10 |
| 10 | [TensorFlow](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tensorflow/index.md) | 3% | 10% | 10 |
| 11 | [Google Vertex AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-vertex-ai/index.md) | 2% | 13% | 52 |
| 12 | [DataRobot](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/datarobot/index.md) | 2% | 14% | 29 |
| 13 | [H2O.ai](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/h2o-ai/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 15 |
| 18 | [Domino Data Lab](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/domino-data-lab/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 140 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning, Clearly.ai, DataRobot
- GPT-5.4 mini: Databricks Mosaic AI; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Snowflake Cortex AI
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Dataiku; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, DataRobot, Databricks Mosaic AI, GCP Vertex AI
- Perplexity Sonar: Azure Machine Learning; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Databricks Mosaic AI, Dataiku
- Grok 4.20: Dataiku; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning, Databricks Mosaic AI, Google Vertex AI
- Mistral Small: Azure Machine Learning, Snowflake Cortex AI; alternatives DataRobot, Databricks Mosaic AI, Google Vertex AI
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Azure Machine Learning; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, DataRobot, Databricks Mosaic AI, Snowflake Cortex AI
- Llama 4 Maverick: Azure Machine Learning; alternatives DataRobot, Google Vertex AI, IBM watsonx.ai, Snowflake Cortex AI
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: DataRobot; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning, Databricks Mosaic AI
- Kimi K2: Azure Machine Learning, Dataiku; alternatives Amazon SageMaker
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Amazon SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning; alternatives Databricks Mosaic AI, Google Vertex AI
- MiniMax M2.5: Databricks Mosaic AI, Snowflake Cortex AI; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Azure Machine Learning, Dataiku, Domino Data Lab
- GPT-6 Luna: Databricks Mosaic AI; alternatives Azure Machine Learning, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Snowflake Cortex AI
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Azure Machine Learning, Dataiku; alternatives Amazon SageMaker, Databricks Mosaic AI, Google Vertex AI, Snowflake Cortex AI

## Sources the answers cite

64 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 31 answers, 44 citations
- eweek.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- ciopages.com: 20 answers, 23 citations
- gane.ai/index: 16 answers, 18 citations
- linkedin.com: 12 answers, 13 citations
- spotsaas.com: 10 answers, 15 citations
- techvendorindex.com: 9 answers, 10 citations
- valohai.com: 9 answers, 10 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/mlops-platform (12 answers)
- https://eweek.com/big-data-and-analytics/machine-learning-solutions (12 answers)
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/ai-ml-platform (11 answers)
- https://eweek.com/artificial-intelligence/machine-learning-solutions (10 answers)
- https://comidor.com/news/industry-news/machine-learning-platforms (9 answers)
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-machine-learning-platforms-features-pros-cons-and-comparison (8 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/machine-learning/small-business (8 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/it-data/ml-platforms (8 answers)
- https://rajeshkumar.xyz/blog/machine-learning-platforms (8 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/it-data/ml-platforms/smb (7 answers)

## Warned against

- Amazon SageMaker: 12 of 67 labels negative. "Avoid heavy enterprise tools like Databricks or full SageMaker unless you have specific needs" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- Azure Machine Learning: 7 of 58 labels negative. "Azure ML can be compromised through device code phishing, where attackers steal access tokens and exfiltrate models stored in the platform" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Kubeflow: 7 of 16 labels negative. "Avoid starting with Kubeflow unless the company already has a strong Kubernetes platform team" (Perplexity Sonar, paraphrase prompt)
- Google Vertex AI: 7 of 52 labels negative. "Vertex AI and SageMaker have been flagged as potentially costly or overly complex for smaller organizations" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Azure Machine Learning (21%) to Databricks Mosaic AI (24%). Margin 5 points, within noise.

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 14% to 24%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 → 1 of 140.
- Dataiku: 0% to 9%, +9. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 21 → 3 of 140.
- Google Vertex AI: 9% to 2%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 4 → 11 of 140.
- Amazon SageMaker: 11% to 7%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 4 of 140.
- Snowflake Cortex AI: 0% to 3%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 23 → 8 of 140.
- Azure Machine Learning: 21% to 19%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 1 → 2 of 140.
- Google Colab: 9% to 7%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 6 of 140.
- DataRobot: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 12 of 140.
- H2O.ai: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 20 → 13 of 140.
- Weights & Biases: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 18 → 19 of 140.
- PyTorch: 4% to 3%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 9 of 140, unchanged.
- TensorFlow: 2% to 3%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 11 → 10 of 140.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.