# Appen vs Toloka

| Attribute | Appen | Toloka |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.6 (13% (low)) | 42.5 (41% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"open_source":false,"rlhf_preference_data":true,"on_prem_private_cloud":true,"programmatic_labeling":true,"model_assisted_labeling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"IBM Watson"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Azure"}]` | `[{"name":"Nebius"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Tavily"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AU","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"quote","sourceUrl":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T21:40:31.114Z"}` |
| pricing.model | - | quote |
| pricing.price_level | - | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:02.291Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*