# CloudFactory vs Encord

| Attribute | CloudFactory | Encord |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 42.1 (32% (low)) | 23.9 (30% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | CloudFactory provides data preparation, model development, and inference management services that combine human expertise with AI technology to ensure production AI systems deliver consistent, trustworthy results. | A platform that enables teams to organize, annotate, and curate training data across multiple formats including images, video, audio, and 3D data, with built-in quality controls and production-scale workflows. |
| features.capabilities | `{"on_prem_private_cloud":true,"programmatic_labeling":true,"model_assisted_labeling":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | - | 3 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"quote","summary":"Custom consumption-based pricing with annual commitments; free analysis provided before purchase","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cloudfactory.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:08:57.792Z"}` | `{"type":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["Image & video annotation toolkit","Complex & dynamic ontologies","Customizable workflows","Self-serve support","Multi-factor authentication","Cloud, VPC, on-prem deployments","ECG, 3D, LiDAR & point cloud annotation","LLM evaluations","Quality control & consensus workflows","Annotator training & performance dashboard","Outlier and image duplication detection","Custom metadata & schema","Label validation and exploration","Email support"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"data_volume":"500k"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","features":["Everything in Starter, plus:","Data agents","Performance analytics","Model evaluation","Onboarding support","Advanced analytics","Pre-computed embeddings","Model analytics, comparison & custom metrics","Dataset balancing","Acquisition functions"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"data_volume":"1m"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Everything in Team, plus:","Multiple workspaces","Single sign-on (SSO)","Enterprise SLA & support","VPC & on-prem deployments"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"data_volume":"10m"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Custom embeddings"},{"name":"Custom quality metrics"},{"name":"Custom acquisition functions"}],"summary":"Quote-based pricing. Three tiers with data volume limits: Starter (500k), Team (1m), Enterprise (10m).","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://encord.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:41:43.008Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | no |
| pricing.model | quote | quote |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:20:11.584Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*