# Encord vs Scale AI

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Scale AI

| Attribute | Encord | Scale AI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 23.9 (30% (low)) | 76.1 (45% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Platform providing high-quality training data through crowdsourced annotation and data management, rigorous evaluation and red-teaming of AI models, and enterprise software for building, deploying, and monitoring production AI systems. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas_platform","rlhf_preference_data":true,"rlhf_and_dpo_preference_alignment_optimization":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Enterprise-grade quality & SLAs","Access to Data Engine and Enterprise GenAI Platform","Dedicated customer operations support","Data annotation services","Data management","Custom enterprise AI applications"],"description":"Strategic AI initiatives with enterprise-grade quality and SLAs","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Serve Data Engine","summary":"Pay-as-you-go with free tier","features":["Data annotation and management for ML projects","Quality optimization","Free tier: 10,000 images"],"description":"Pay-as-you-go data annotation and management for experimental or research projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"images":"10,000 free"}}],"summary":"Enterprise (contact sales) and Self-Serve pay-as-you-go tiers with free tier","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://scale.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:42:41.496Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Labeling)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:28.557Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*