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24 alternatives to IBM Watson APIs

Offers a variety of services for building cognitive apps.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. IBM Watson APIs launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   IBM Bluemix▲103

   Cloud platform for Watson APIs, iot, data, and compute

   2015 · ibm.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   IBM Watson for CoreML▲124

   Apple's direct AI integration for iOS apps

   2018 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Watson Virtual Agent▲133

   Help your customers with cognitive customer engagement

   2016 · ibm.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cognitive Head Hunter▲6

   Helps candidates find the next job position using IBM watson

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Microsoft Cognitive Services▲10

   Tap into the power of ML with easy-to-use REST APIs

   2017 · azure.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tone Analyzer by IBM▲183

   Linguistic analysis to detect emotional tones

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Watson Analytics▲91

   Find what matters most to your business

   2014 · ibm.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API▲180

   2014 · kolinko.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Words API▲104

   An API for for the English language

   2015 · wordsapi.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    API Hub ▲19

    Business Intelligence as a Service

    2014 · clearbit.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sherlock▲193

    Simple, powerful user engagement analytics

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Falling Water by IBM Watson▲163

    AI-powered dream interpreter

    2016 · usanetwork.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Watson for President▲119

    Elect IBM's Watson AI as POTUS 2016

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Dot▲166

    Intelligent and contextual notifications

    2016 · doteverything.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Project Intu▲89

    Add Watson to robots, spaces, objects, and avatars

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Weather Channel Bot▲74

    Forecasts, alerts, and more on Messenger, using IBM Watson

    2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Watsonfinds▲110

    An enhanced sentiment analysis for your Wordpress content.

    2017 · watsonfinds.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Microsoft Cognitive Services▲2

    Tap into the power of machine learning with easy APIs

    2016 · azure.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Task API by Wise▲184

    A Stripe-like API to automate your human micro-tasks

    2015 · gowise.co · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Genius API▲125

    Build the next great app with Genius

    2015 · genius.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Blueprint by Gigster▲221

    Transform your idea into a plan any dev can build

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    IBM Watson IoT Platform▲4

    Services designed to derive value from your IOT devices.

    2016 · ibm.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    IBM Watson Explorer Community Edition▲6

    A cognitive search and content analysis platform

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hull.io▲141

    Social infrastructure for modern apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →