# CVAT vs Prodigy

| Attribute | CVAT | Prodigy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69.4 (26% (low)) | 5.6 (15% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A data annotation platform for converting visual data into labeled datasets for machine learning, available as open-source, cloud-hosted, or through managed annotation services. | 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 | 14 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Roboflow"},{"name":"Backblaze B2"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"SAM 2"},{"name":"SAM 3"},{"name":"Nuclio"},{"name":"COCO"},{"name":"YOLO"},{"name":"Pascal VOC"},{"name":"KITTI"},{"name":"MOT"}]` | `[{"name":"spaCy"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"PyTorch"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Basic annotation tools","CVAT Online access"],"description":"Cloud-hosted annotation platform with free tier access","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Solo","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Team","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise (Self-Hosted)","features":["SSO","RBAC","Enterprise support","On-premise deployment","Air-gapped deployment"],"description":"Self-hosted deployment with enterprise features","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"One-Time Annotation Project","summary":"$5,000 minimum + $0.10/object (typical rate)","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":5000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"object"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fixed-scope data annotation project","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Subscription Annotation Service","summary":"$5,000 per 6 months; per-object rates $0.05–0.075 (20–50% discount vs. one-time)","commitment":"6-month","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5000,"period":"6-month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Ongoing data annotation with reserved capacity","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid CVAT Online plans (Solo, Team). Custom annotation services from $5,000.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cvat.ai/resources/blog/annotation-services-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:41:43.375Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"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 | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:13:10.041Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*