# Apache PredictionIO vs TensorFlow Recommenders

| Attribute | Apache PredictionIO | TensorFlow Recommenders |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 18.5 (22% (low)) | 32.9 (21% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | 32 |
| adoption.github_stars | 12,518 | 2,027 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | A distributed platform that handles data collection, model deployment, evaluation, and prediction serving through REST APIs, built on open-source infrastructure like Spark, Hadoop, and Elasticsearch. | TensorFlow Recommenders is a library for constructing recommender systems that handles the complete workflow from data preparation through model evaluation and deployment, built on Keras. |
| integrations.count | 7 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"HBase"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Spark MLLib"},{"name":"OpenNLP"},{"name":"Docker"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Scala | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://predictionio.apache.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:47:50.192Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free, open-source library","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tensorflow.org/recommenders","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T14:03:46.221Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 33 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/predictionio/releases/tag/v0.9.6","date":"2016-04-11T22:59:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.6"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.7","date":"2026-01-23T01:29:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.6","date":"2026-01-07T22:14:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.5","date":"2025-11-25T23:45:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.4","date":"2025-11-10T18:56:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.3","date":"2023-02-03T02:08:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.2","date":"2022-09-28T22:56:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.1","date":"2022-07-12T23:32:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2022-07-12T16:40:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2021-08-23T23:20:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.5.2","date":"2021-07-16T21:22:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2021-05-17T16:31:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2021-05-07T17:47:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2021-01-20T22:51:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.3.2","date":"2020-12-22T19:21:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.3.1","date":"2020-12-22T18:48:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2020-11-19T01:39:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2020-10-15T20:06:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.1.3","date":"2020-09-22T21:54:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.1.2","date":"2020-09-17T17:20:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/recommenders/releases/tag/v0.1.1","date":"2020-09-17T00:54:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.1"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.predictionio%3Aapache-predictionio-common_2.10&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=tensorflow-recommenders&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Recommendation Engines)

| Capability | Apache PredictionIO | TensorFlow Recommenders |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Realtime serving | - | - |
| Realtime ingestion | - | - |
| Cold start handling | - | - |
| Explainability | - | - |
| Built in ab testing | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Multi tenant isolation | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:44:20.888Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*