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Instead of MATLAB Deep Learning Toolbox

Best MATLAB Deep Learning Toolbox Alternatives in 2026

Taken from Deep Learning Software, where MATLAB Deep Learning Toolbox is listed too, in the same order.

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    Paperspace Gradient

    Paperspace Gradient is a machine learning platform for developing, tracking, and collaborating on models.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.7 Club score
  2. 2

    Lightning AI Studios

    Lightning AI Studios is a persistent GPU cloud workspace for training models, running inference, building agents and AI apps, and coding collaboratively.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.5 Club score
  3. 3

    Apache TVM

    Apache TVM is a free, open-source machine learning compilation framework that converts pre-trained models into modules for deployment.

    • Free plan
    • Open source
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.4 Club score
  4. 4

    ONNX Runtime

    ONNX Runtime is a free engine for running machine-learning models and training them within existing technology stacks.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.4 Club score
  5. 5

    TensorFlow

    TensorFlow is a free, open-source platform for building machine-learning models and deploying them in different environments.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    8.0 Club score
  6. 6

    fastai

    fastai is a free Python library for training neural networks, with components for both practical model building and research.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    7.9 Club score
  7. 7

    Deeplearning4j

    Eclipse Deeplearning4j is an open-source deep learning framework for the JVM.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.9 Club score
  8. 8

    JAX

    JAX is a free, open-source Python library for accelerator-oriented array computation and program transformation.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.8 Club score
  9. 9

    PyTorch

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · iPhone and iPad
    7.7 Club score
  10. 10

    tinygrad

    tinygrad is a deep learning stack for neural network training, combining a tensor library, compiler, JIT, and training tools.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    7.7 Club score
  11. 11

    Ludwig

    Ludwig is an open-source deep learning framework for building, fine-tuning, and serving custom models.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.7 Club score
  12. 12

    OpenVINO

    OpenVINO is an open-source toolkit for accelerating AI inference, reducing model footprint, and making more efficient use of hardware.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    7.7 Club score
  13. 13

    MegEngine

    MegEngine is a free, open-source deep learning framework for model development and deployment, with automatic differentiation and local training.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · iPhone and iPad
    7.6 Club score
  14. 14

    Trackio

    Trackio is a Python library for tracking machine-learning experiments, built on Hugging Face Buckets and Spaces.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
    7.6 Club score
  15. 15

    Keras

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.6 Club score
  16. 16

    MindSpore

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.6 Club score
  17. 17

    Apache SINGA

    Apache SINGA is a distributed deep-learning library for training deep-learning and machine-learning models.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.5 Club score
  18. 18

    Caffe

    Caffe is a free deep learning framework developed by Berkeley AI Research and community contributors.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.4 Club score
  19. 19

    Ray Train

    Ray Train distributes model-training compute among worker processes in a Ray cluster.

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.4 Club score
  20. 20

    PaddlePaddle

    • Free plan
    • Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.4 Club score

The whole list: Deep Learning Software