# DVC vs Ray

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Ray

| Attribute | DVC | Ray |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.2 (45% (low)) | 66.8 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 6 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 12 | 3,641 |
| adoption.github_stars | 15,842 | 43,612 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 11,291,327 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A command-line tool that enables data science teams to version control datasets and models alongside code using Git-based workflows. It supports experiment tracking, local execution without servers, multi-step data pipelines, and integration with cloud storage providers. | Ray is an open-source unified framework for scaling Python and machine learning applications across any infrastructure. It provides distributed compute primitives, specialized AI libraries for data processing, model training, tuning, and serving, with seamless scaling from development environments to large clusters. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"framework","managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true}` | `{"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 17 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Hydra"},{"name":"WebDAV"},{"name":"SSH"}]` | `[{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"TensorFlow"},{"name":"AIBrix"},{"name":"AReaL"},{"name":"Cosmos Curate"},{"name":"Daft"},{"name":"Data-Juicer"},{"name":"DeltaCAT"},{"name":"Modin"},{"name":"NeMo Curator"},{"name":"NeMo-RL"},{"name":"OpenRLHF"},{"name":"RayDP"},{"name":"ROLL"},{"name":"SkyRL"},{"name":"SLIME"},{"name":"Syftr"},{"name":"verl"},{"name":"vLLM"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dvc.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:05:19.812Z"}` | `{"type":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.ray.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:39:27.110Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 25 | 18 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=dvc-s3&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":12,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=ray&per_page=100","last_12m":6,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | DVC | Ray |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Agent / RAG framework | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-prem / VPC deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Observability** |  |  |
| LLM tracing / observability | - | - |
| Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human) | - | - |
| **Dev** |  |  |
| Prompt management + versioning | - | - |
| **Tracking** |  |  |
| Experiment tracking / model registry | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Serving** |  |  |
| Model serving / inference endpoint | - | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible | - | - |
| Framework-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Gateway** |  |  |
| Multi-provider model support | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| No-train-on-customer-data guarantee | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:59:44.728Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*