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24 alternatives to The Simplest ML API

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Simplest ML API launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AS
   A Simple, Serverless Machine Learning API▲7

   2019 · mlrequest.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BigML▲64

   Machine learning as a service - build predictive apps

   2014 · bigml.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Nanonets▲135

   Turn machine learning into an API call

   2017 · nanonets.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Milliseconds.ai▲94

   Fast AI decisions on text and images, via one API

   Sep 2026 · milliseconds.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Data Robot▲92

   Build Better Predictive Models — Faster

   2014 · datarobot.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   I open-sourced our internal tool for ML comparability/reproducibility▲5

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Changelog - #189: JSON API with Yehuda Katz▲66

   Yehuda's start as a programmer and the spec for building API

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

8. 8OS
   Open source ML Book: Learn ML by Reading Answers, Like SO▲6

   2021 · rentruewang.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9SM
   Seamless ML training on AWS Spot instances▲6

   2021 · docs.spotml.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A lightweight JSON Parser without memory allocation in ~250 LOC▲9

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11NL
    Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning via REST API▲9

    2016 · esapi.intellexer.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AS
    A Super Simple JSON CMS▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

13. 13MA
    Molten, a modern API framework for Python▲7

    2018 · moltenframework.com · its alternatives →

14. 14JA
    jq, a lightweight commandline JSON processor▲5

    2012 · stedolan.github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15TI
    T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

    2016 · t0.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mobile ML▲5

    A curated model library for mobile machine learning.

    2017 · mobileml.com · its alternatives →

17. 17MF
    Minim – Fast, Flat and File-Based BMS▲8

    2017 · minim.one · its alternatives →

18. 18MA
    MLflow – A platform for the complete machine learning▲5

    2018 · mlflow.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    PalletML – Turn your machine learning model into an app▲5

    2021 · palletml.com · its alternatives →

20. 20BA
    Baseconv: a (very) tiny number conversion utility▲5

    2016 · baseconv.ddns.net · its alternatives →

21. 21WB
    Web based automated machine learning platform free to download▲7

    2019 · intelec.ai · its alternatives →

22. 22ML
    My Leeds Hack Day project, a language detection API▲9

    2010 · polyglossy.com · its alternatives →

23. 23EV
    Efemarai – Visualizing and debugging ML models▲8

    2021 · efemarai.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IN
    Infactory – NL APIs from Structured Data Without Hallucinations▲8

    2025 · infactory.ai · its alternatives →

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