# Scale AI vs Toloka

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Scale AI

| Attribute | Scale AI | Toloka |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.8 (45% (low)) | 52.5 (58% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A platform for annotating and managing data for machine learning projects, with enterprise generative AI applications built on your data. It is indexed under Data Labeling.","source":"https://scale.com/pricing","question":"What is Scale AI?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Scale AI offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Enterprise and Self-Serve Data Engine. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://scale.com/pricing","question":"Is Scale AI free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Scale AI. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://scale.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Scale AI support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Scale AI, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://scale.com/pricing","question":"Can Scale AI be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Scale AI. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Scale AI not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://scale.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Scale AI have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Scale AI is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://scale.com/pricing","question":"Where is Scale AI available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Platform that builds custom data collection and annotation pipelines for AI model development, leveraging a network of specialists across domains to create training datasets, preference data, and quality assurance for LLMs and AI agents. It is indexed under Data Labeling.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"What is Toloka?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Toloka does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"How much does Toloka cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Toloka. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"What platforms does Toloka support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Toloka can be deployed cloud / SaaS and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"Can Toloka be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Toloka, including Nebius, Microsoft Azure, Zendesk, Databricks, Tavily and Model Context Protocol (MCP). This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"What does Toloka integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Toloka. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Toloka not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://toloka.ai/security/security-principles","question":"What security certifications does Toloka have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Toloka is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States, Switzerland and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in Switzerland.","source":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","question":"Where is Toloka available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | Provides private evaluation frameworks and leaderboards for assessing and comparing AI models, used by leading AI development teams. | Toloka is a data curation platform where users specify their annotation goals and an agent automatically assembles the complete data collection and labeling workflow. It combines a network of 200,000+ domain experts with AI-assisted quality validation to produce training datasets for language models, AI agents, and other machine learning systems. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas_platform","rlhf_preference_data":true,"rlhf_and_dpo_preference_alignment_optimization":true}` | `{"soc2":true,"open_source":false,"rlhf_preference_data":true,"on_prem_private_cloud":true,"programmatic_labeling":true,"model_assisted_labeling":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Nebius"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Tavily"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"CH","primaryMarkets":["US","CH","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Enterprise-grade quality & SLAs","Access to Data Engine and Enterprise GenAI Platform","Dedicated customer operations support","Data annotation services","Data management","Custom enterprise AI applications"],"description":"Strategic AI initiatives with enterprise-grade quality and SLAs","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Serve Data Engine","summary":"Pay-as-you-go with free tier","features":["Data annotation and management for ML projects","Quality optimization","Free tier: 10,000 images"],"description":"Pay-as-you-go data annotation and management for experimental or research projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"images":"10,000 free"}}],"summary":"Enterprise (contact sales) and Self-Serve pay-as-you-go tiers with free tier","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://scale.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:42:41.496Z"}` | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T09:12:26.177Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | quote | quote |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://toloka.ai/legal/privacy-notice |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

| Capability | Scale AI | Toloka |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Model assisted labeling | - | ✓ |
| Programmatic labeling | - | ✓ |
| Rlhf preference data | ✓ | ✓ |
| On prem private cloud | - | ✓ |
| Open source | - | ✗ |
| SOC2 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:07.218Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*