Best Horovod Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from deep learning software ranked against Horovod on the same published basis.
- 1Horovod vs ONNX Runtime
- 2Horovod vs Apache TVM
- 3Horovod vs Paperspace Gradient
- 4Horovod vs TensorFlow
- 5Horovod vs MATLAB Grader
- 6Horovod vs MegEngine
- 7Horovod vs Ray Train
- 8Horovod vs Trackio
- 9Horovod vs DeepSpeed
- 10Horovod vs Lightning AI Studios
- 11Horovod vs NVIDIA TensorRT
- 12Horovod vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
- 13Horovod vs Amazon SageMaker Autopilot
- 14Horovod vs PyTorch
- 15Horovod vs Keras
- 16Horovod vs PaddlePaddle
- 17Horovod vs tinygrad
- 18Horovod vs Apache SINGA
- 19Horovod vs Caffe
- 20Horovod vs Deeplearning4j
Horovod alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONNX Runtime | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Apache TVM | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Paperspace Gradient | 6.7 | Free plan | $8/mo | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 4 | TensorFlow | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | MATLAB Grader | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 6 | MegEngine | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 7 | Ray Train | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 8 | Trackio | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 9 | DeepSpeed | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 10 | Lightning AI Studios | 6.4 | Free plan | — | API, Web |
| 11 | NVIDIA TensorRT | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | NVIDIA Triton Inference Server | 6.4 | Free plan | $375/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | Amazon SageMaker Autopilot | 6.3 | No | — | API, Web |
| 14 | PyTorch | 5.7 | No | — | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | Keras | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 16 | PaddlePaddle | 5.6 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 17 | tinygrad | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows, Web |
| 18 | Apache SINGA | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Windows, Mac |
| 19 | Caffe | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 20 | Deeplearning4j | 5.3 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about Horovod alternatives
What is the best alternative to Horovod?
ONNX Runtime, number 1 in deep learning software with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Apache TVM, Paperspace Gradient, TensorFlow and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Horovod?
ONNX Runtime is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.



















