| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Deep Learning Software | 8.1 (#11) | 7.6 (#17) |
| Installation | The getting-started page provides pip installation commands for CPU use and GPU use with NCCL. | The project README gives macOS installation through pip and Linux installation options for CUDA or CPU-only packages. |
| Purpose | Horovod is a distributed deep learning training framework for TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch and Apache MXNet. | MLX is an array framework designed for efficient and flexible machine learning research on Apple silicon. |