Automated machine learning promises to shorten the path from data to a working prediction model, but the platform a team picks shapes far more than the first model. It decides how easily models can be explained to auditors, how they reach production, how much a data science team can customize, and how closely the work is tied to a particular cloud. DataRobot, H2O.ai, Azure Machine Learning, and Google Vertex AI are four of the most common choices, and each reflects a differen