Vertex AI vs. IBM watsonx.governance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Vertex AI
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Vertex 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
Starting at
IBM watsonx.governance
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The more AI is embedded into daily workflows, the more proactive governance is required to drive responsible, ethical decisions across the business. Watsonx.governance is used to direct, manage, and monitor an organization’s AI activities, and employs software automation to strengthen the user's ability to mitigate risk, manage regulatory requirements and address ethical concerns without the excessive costs of switching data science platforms—even for models developed using third-party tools.N/A
Pricing
Vertex AIIBM watsonx.governance
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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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Vertex AIIBM watsonx.governance
Free Trial
YesYes
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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User Ratings
Vertex AIIBM watsonx.governance
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(13 ratings)
8.1
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.2
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Vertex AIIBM watsonx.governance
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
We have been able to make the right decisions based on performance metrics. Data assets across the enterprise have experienced significant growth from comprehensive audits that drive quality growth. The platform has filtered out poorly analyzed data from the workflow chain and introduced stable control mechanisms that meet compliance policies.
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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
  • Supports external AI cloud deployments
  • Helps in the implementation of controls based on ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF
  • Real-time monitoring
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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
  • Possibility to configure regulatory frameworks where evaluations, documentation, and metrics can be mapped to legal or standard requirements.
  • Possibility to generate structured audit packs aligned to standards or regulations such as ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act.
  • Provide pre-built connectors for common GRC platforms such as OneTrust, Vanta or Drata.
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Usability
Google
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IBM
Research data can be handled and
governed more effectively to save time and minimize errors. Practical learning helps students
become more marketable to employers by giving them practical experience with
industry-standard tools.
Updates content on AI
governance in courses to make them more appealing to students. Lowers the time
needed to manually check for biases, increasing the validity of research
findings.
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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
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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
With its smooth integrations with different AI models and strong compliance tools, IBM watsonx.governance leads in comprehensive data governance. IBM watsonx.governance provides a well-balanced combination of governance, compliance, and integration capabilities in contrast to Dataiku, which concentrates more on data science workflows, and Holistic AI, which stresses AI ethics and risk management. That was my choice because of its robust integration features and comprehensive approach.
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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
  • It has massively cut down the time our compliance teams spent on preparing compliance packs for EU emissions report. We're talking 4 weeks of manual tracing and spreadsheet validations to just under 3 days now!
  • IBM watsonx.governance flags anomalies in shipping data 2 weeks earlier than our older system, saving us thousands by renegotiating contracts before spot prices rise
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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.