# PyTorch alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 244 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where PyTorch 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/pytorch/alternatives

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

- Databricks Mosaic AI: 41
- Azure Machine Learning: 36
- Amazon SageMaker: 23
- Google Vertex AI: 23
- Dataiku: 8
- MLflow: 8

## ML platforms

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name PyTorch.

- Google Vertex AI: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 5 of those 81
- MLflow: first choice in 5 of those 81
- Hugging Face: first choice in 4 of those 81
- DataRobot: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 81
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name PyTorch (PyTorch is #7 of 15 at 3%).

- Databricks Mosaic AI: first choice in 14 of those 79
- Azure Machine Learning: first choice in 12 of those 79
- Amazon SageMaker: first choice in 8 of those 79
- Dataiku: first choice in 5 of those 79
- Google Colab: first choice in 3 of those 79
- KNIME Analytics Platform: first choice in 3 of those 79
- MLflow: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Snowflake Cortex AI: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name PyTorch.

- 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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