--- title: AWS vs. Azure: A Deep Dive into Model Training – Part 2 description: Azure ML and AWS SageMaker take fundamentally different approaches to model training infrastructure. Azure uses persistent, workspace-centric compute resources... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-vs-azure-a-deep-dive-into-model-training-part-2-qfahniuuq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS vs. Azure: A Deep Dive into Model Training – Part 2 | daily.dev og:description: Azure ML and AWS SageMaker take fundamentally different approaches to model training infrastructure. Azure uses persistent, workspace-centric compute resources... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-vs-azure-a-deep-dive-into-model-training-part-2-qfahniuuq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QFahNiuUq.png og:image:alt: AWS vs. Azure: A Deep Dive into Model Training – Part 2 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS vs. Azure: A Deep Dive into Model Training – Part 2 **[Towards Data Science](https://daily.dev/sources/tds)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Azure ML and AWS SageMaker take fundamentally different approaches to model training infrastructure. Azure uses persistent, workspace-centric compute resources managed centrally and shared across teams, with environments treated as reusable assets. SageMaker provisions compute on-demand per job, requiring developers to explicitly configure instances each time. For environments, Azure provides curated framework environments and custom Docker support, while SageMaker offers three customization levels: built-in algorithms, bring-your-own-script with prebuilt containers, and fully custom Docker images. Azure's modular architecture is more beginner-friendly, while SageMaker's job-centric design offers greater control and scalability for mature MLOps teams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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