Chainer
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ONNX Runtime
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| Fact | Chainer | ONNX Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The v7 release announcement says ONNX-Chainer is integrated into Chainer and that most Chainer features, including ChainerMN, are compatible with ChainerX ndarray. | The ecosystem documentation lists integrations with Azure Machine Learning, Azure Custom Vision, Azure SQL Edge, Azure Synapse Analytics, ML.NET, and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server. |
| Platforms | The recommended environments are 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 LTS and CentOS 7; the documentation says it cannot guarantee operation on Windows or macOS. | The site says ONNX Runtime runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and web browsers. |
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ONNX Runtime suits developers deploying machine-learning models across varied devices and hardware accelerators. It may also suit teams seeking local training or browser and mobile inference.