# Azure Machine Learning alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 136 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Machine Learning holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-machine-learning/alternatives

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

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 7
- MLflow: 6
- Google Vertex AI: 4
- KNIME Analytics Platform: 4
- Dataiku: 3
- Hugging Face: 3

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Azure Machine Learning (Azure Machine Learning is #2 of 15 at 11%).

- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 4 of those 51
- Hugging Face: first choice in 3 of those 51
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 51
- DataRobot: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Google Colab: first choice in 2 of those 51
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Modal: first choice in 2 of those 51
- scikit-learn: first choice in 2 of those 51

**Mid-market**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Azure Machine Learning (Azure Machine Learning is #2 of 15 at 19%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 5 of those 48
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 48
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Dataiku: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Ollama: first choice in 1 of those 48
- OpenAI Platform: first choice in 1 of those 48
- PyTorch: first choice in 1 of those 48
- TensorFlow: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Enterprise**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Azure Machine Learning (Azure Machine Learning is #2 of 11 at 29%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Dataiku: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Amazon Bedrock: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Azure AI: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Domino Data Lab: first choice in 1 of those 37

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