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    IBM Watson Visual Recognition (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM's Watson Visual Recognition was a machine learning application designed to tag and classify image data, and deployable for a wide variety of purposes. The service was discontinued in early 2021, and is no longer available.N/A

    OpenAI API Platform

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenAI API platform provides a simple interface to AI models for text generation, natural language processing, computer vision, and other purposes.

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    User Ratings
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson Visual Recognition (discontinued)OpenAI API Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    As I mentioned before, it can only be employed in simple basic visual recognition applications. It can be employed in large projects and relying it on completely is not encouraged. It's better to create your own algorithms rather than using it. If you are from a non-programming background, then I may suggest you rely on this and use it to develop simple apps that can predict a few plants and animals.
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    OpenAI
    For smaller organizations that run lean and would like to get to deploy a solution quickly. This is a solution that is easy and quick to develop. It has a good amount of customization. However, for advanced customization this might not be a good solution. I suggest experimenting with OpenAI API and then if the experimentation is successful then it is a good idea to optimize and try other LLM models.
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    Pros
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    • Food recognition
    • High reliability
    • Speed
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    OpenAI
    • The developer experience is top notch. Their SDKs are super easy to use
    • Organization and project billing separation. You know where everything was consumed.
    • Playground. The playground is super useful to prototype without writing a single line of code
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    Cons
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    • Not perfect
    • Accuracy is doubted and sometimes it may not predict correctly.
    • I think it should be improved and should add a few more functionalities.
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    OpenAI
    • Restrictions are sometimes too strong
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    Usability
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    I am giving this rating on the basis of its usability in real-time applications and based on the interface to upload negative and positive images to train the AI. But it's not perfect and sometimes its predictions are wrong. On overall usability, it's better if you are planning on working with UI rather than using complex programs and algorithms on your own.
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    OpenAI
    Easy to setup, develop and deploy. The payload for the API is simple and has all the inputs required for simple projects. There are a good number of options of LLM models to optimize for speed, cost or quality of the answers. A larger token input might improve the overall usability.
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    OpenAI
    Anthropic is only the best for coding and its really really expensive. So, if you're not making a coding app, I would stay away from it. On the other hand, Gemini models are dirt cheap but come with a bit of performance limitations, so i would use it for big volume non sofisticated use cases. The OpenAI API platform excels at providing best in class performance models, at not outrageous anthropic-like pricing.
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    Return on Investment
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    • High cost if models are trained
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    OpenAI
    • Big question about functionality
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