| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Deep Learning Software | 8.0 (#12) | 8.1 (#10) |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies DeepSpeed as an open-source project under the Apache-2.0 license. | The fastai GitHub repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. |
| Purpose | DeepSpeed is a deep learning optimization library for distributed model training and inference. | fastai simplifies training fast and accurate neural networks using modern best practices. |
| Support | The GitHub repository says DeepSpeed holds public office hours on the last Tuesday of each month. | The fast.ai forums include a category for help installing and using the fastai library for users at any level. |