Likelihood to Recommend Amazon SageMaker is a great tool for developing machine learning models that take more effort than just point-and-click type of analyses. The software works well with the other tools in the Amazon ecosystem, so if you use Amazon Web Services or are thinking about it, SageMaker would be a great addition. SageMaker is great for consumer insights, predictive analytics, and looking for gems of insight in the massive amounts of data we create. SageMaker is less suitable for analysts who do generally "small" data analyses, and "small" data analyses in today's world can be billions of records.
Read full review Most suited if in little time you wanted to build and train a model. Then, H2O makes life very simple. It has support with R, Python and Java, so no programming dependency is required to use it. It's very simple to use. If you want to modify or tweak your ML algorithm then H2O is not suitable. You can't develop a model from scratch.
Read full review Pros Provides enough freedom for experienced data scientists and also for those who just need things done without going much deeper into building models. Customization and easy to alter and change. If you already are an Amazon user, you do not need to transition over to another software. Read full review Excellent analytical and prediction tool In the beginning, usage of H20 Flow in Web UI enables quick development and sharing of the analytical model Readily available algorithms, easy to use in your analytical projects Faster than Python scikit learn (in machine learning supervised learning area) It can be accessed (run) from Python, not only JAVA etc. Well documented and suitable for fast training or self studying In the beginning, one can use the clickable Flow interface (WEB UI) and later move to a Python console. There is then no need to click in H20 Flow It can be used as open source Read full review Cons The UI can be eased up a bit for use by business analysts and non technical users For huge amount of data pull from legacy solutions, the platform lags a bit Considering ML is an emerging topic and would be used by most of the organizations in future, the pipeline integrations can be optimized Read full review Better documentation Improve the Visual presentations including charting etc Read full review Support Rating The overall experience I have with H2O is really awesome, even with its cost effectiveness.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Amazon SageMaker comes with other supportive services like S3, SQS, and a vast variety of servers on EC2. It's very comfortable to manage the process and also support the end application by one click hosting option. Also, it charges on the base of what you use and how long you use it, so it becomes less costly compared to others.
Read full review Both are open source (though H2O only up to some level). Both comprise of deep learning, but H2O is not focused directly on deep learning, while Tensor Flow has a "laser" focus on deep learning. H2O is also more focused on scalability. H2O should be looked at not as a competitor but rather a complementary tool. The use case is usually not only about the algorithms, but also about the data model and data logistics and accessibility. H2O is more accessible due to its UI. Also, both can be accessed from Python. The community around
TensorFlow seems larger than that of H2O.
Read full review Return on Investment We have been able to deliver data products more rapidly because we spend less time building data pipelines and model servers. We can prototype more rapidly because it is easy to configure notebooks to access AWS resources. For our use-cases, serving models is less expensive with SageMaker than bespoke servers. Read full review Positive impact: saving in infrastructure expenses - compared to other bulky tools this costs a fraction Positive impact: ability to get quick fixes from H2O when problems arise - compared to waiting for several months/years for new releases from other vendors Positive impact: Access to H2O core team and able to get features that are needed for our business quickly added to the core H2O product Read full review ScreenShots