I compared 20+ tools to find the 8 best machine learning tools of 2026: Vertex AI, IBM watsonx.ai, SAS Viya, Azure OpenAI Service, Dataiku, and more. Most machine learning projects don’t fail because the models are bad. They fail because the tools don’t scale. I’ve talked to dozens of teams that build impressive prototypes in notebooks, only to hit a wall when it’s time to productionize. They run ... [40823 chars]