# Appen vs Prodigy

| Attribute | Appen | Prodigy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.6 (13% (low)) | 5.6 (15% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A data annotation platform that combines human expertise with automation to produce high-quality training data for frontier AI models. Supports multiple modalities including text, images, audio, video, and 3D data for AI development. | Prodigy is a downloadable developer tool that helps teams efficiently annotate training data and build machine learning models. It runs entirely on user infrastructure, integrates with spaCy and other Python libraries, and supports customizable automated workflows and human-in-the-loop annotation processes. |
| integrations.count | 3 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"IBM Watson"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"}]` | `[{"name":"spaCy"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"PyTorch"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AU","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"perpetual","summary":"Lifetime license, pay once, use forever","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://prodi.gy","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T12:54:09.466Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | - | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

| Capability | Appen | Prodigy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Model assisted labeling | - | - |
| Programmatic labeling | - | - |
| Rlhf preference data | - | - |
| On prem private cloud | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:39:58.444Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*