# Encord vs Toloka

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Toloka

| Attribute | Encord | Toloka |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 23.9 (30% (low)) | 42.5 (41% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":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 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":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Azure Data Lake Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"}]` | `[{"name":"Nebius"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Tavily"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":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":"quote","sourceUrl":"https://toloka.ai/arena-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T21:40:31.114Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | 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 | Encord | Toloka |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Model assisted labeling | - | ✓ |
| Programmatic labeling | - | ✓ |
| Rlhf preference data | - | ✓ |
| On prem private cloud | - | ✓ |
| Open source | - | ✗ |
| SOC2 | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:01:25.083Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*