# Hugging Face alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 233 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Hugging Face 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/hugging-face/alternatives

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

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 41
- Azure Machine Learning: 36
- Amazon SageMaker: 23
- Google Vertex AI: 20
- Dataiku: 7
- MLflow: 7

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Hugging Face (Hugging Face is #6 of 15 at 5%).

- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 15 of those 72
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 5 of those 72
- MLflow: first choice in 5 of those 72
- DataRobot: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 72
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Google Cloud AutoML: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Hugging Face (Hugging Face is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 14 of those 77
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 12 of those 77
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Dataiku: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 77
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 2 of those 77
- MLflow: first choice in 2 of those 77
- PyTorch: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Hugging Face.

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 27 of those 84
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Dataiku: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Domino Data Lab: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Amazon Bedrock: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Azure AI: first choice in 1 of those 84

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