Updated 9 Nov 2026
Kognic competitors in 2026, ranked by revenue.
The largest companies that sell what Kognic sells, by the money on record: Scale AI (about $1B, FY2025), Snorkel AI ($375M, run rate, Sep 2026), Innodata ($350M, 12 months to Sep 2026), Appen ($249M, 12 months to Jun 2026) and Encord ($90M raised). Kognic itself is #10 of 13, on $24M raised.
20 companies on our register sell at least two of what Kognic sells (labeling software and annotation), read on their own pages. 12 have revenue, a valuation or funding on record and are ranked below with Kognic, every figure linked to the filing or article it comes from.
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Kognic and its 12 ranked competitors
9 of them rank above Kognic. Each company is ranked on the first of these it has on record: its revenue over twelve months (a run rate or a year as published, or its last four quarters added up; an AI segment where the rest of its business is not AI data), then its newest valuation, then the money it disclosed raising. No company pays for a place.
| # | Company | Ranked on | Measure | Valuation | Sells | Pays companies for data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scale AI | about $1B | Revenue, FY2025 | $29B | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Simulation | Through our introductions |
| 2 | Snorkel AI | $375M | Revenue, run rate, Sep 2026 | $3.5B | Labeling software, Datasets, RL environments, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | |
| 3 | Innodata | $350M | Revenue, 12 months to Sep 2026 | Labeling software, RL environments, Datasets, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | ||
| 4 | Appen | $249M | Revenue, 12 months to Jun 2026 | Labeling software, Datasets, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation | Its own programme | |
| 5 | Encord | $90M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 6 | SuperAnnotate | $52.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, RL environments, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | Its own programme | |
| 7 | Dataloop | $33M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation | ||
| 8 | Kili Technology | $32M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 9 | HumanSignal | $25M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation, Evaluations and benchmarks | ||
| 10 | Kognic | $24M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation | ||
| 11 | iMerit | $23.5M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Expert and human data, Evaluations and benchmarks, Annotation, Datasets | ||
| 12 | CVAT | $2M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation | ||
| 13 | Segments.ai | $1.13M | Money raised, disclosed | Labeling software, Annotation |
- Who is a competitor.
- A company whose own pages, read word for word, say it sells at least two of the things Kognic sells. Not our opinion of who competes, and nobody pays to be here.
- The place.
- Each company's place among these, renumbered from its place on the whole register's ranking (/best), by the same rule.
- Pays companies for data.
- "Through our introductions": it takes companies' data through AIData.Broker's introductions and pays us a referral fee when one goes ahead. That never moves its place: the order is the money on record. "Its own programme": a published programme for buying data. "Says it buys data": its own words, linked.
The latest money moves
The newest rounds, valuations and revenue figures among Kognic and its competitors, each linked to its record.
- 5 Nov 2026Innodata reported $350M revenue (12 months to Sep 2026)
- 27 Oct 2026CVAT raised $2M
- 22 Sep 2026Snorkel AI raised $350M at a valuation of $3.5B
- 22 Sep 2026Snorkel AI reported $375M revenue (run rate, Sep 2026)
- 27 Aug 2026Appen reported $249M revenue (12 months to Jun 2026)
- 24 Jun 2026iMerit was acquired by EXL (ExlService Holdings) for $310M
- 19 May 2026Scale AI reported about $1B revenue (FY2025)
- 26 Feb 2026Encord raised $60M
The questions people ask
- Who are Kognic's competitors?
- 20 companies on our register sell at least two of what Kognic sells (labeling software and annotation). The largest by the money on record: Scale AI at about $1B (FY2025), Snorkel AI at $375M (run rate, Sep 2026), Innodata at $350M (12 months to Sep 2026). Kognic is #10 of the 13 with money on record, on $24M raised.
- Who is Kognic's biggest competitor?
- Scale AI, by the money on record: about $1B (FY2025), against Kognic's $24M raised. Scale AI sells labeling software and annotation, as Kognic does.
- Which of Kognic's competitors buy data from companies?
- 3 of them take data from the companies that hold it, through a published programme or in their own words: Scale AI, Appen, SuperAnnotate.
Where Kognic ranks
Its place on each list of the market it belongs to, by the same rule.