Updated 8 Nov 2026
AI data companies compared, head to head.
The 37 comparisons people search between the companies that build AI training data, each side by side on revenue, valuation, funding and what each sells, every figure linked to its record. Then every ranked company against all of its competitors.
37 head to heads
The pairs Google suggests comparing, read on 8 Nov 2026, with which ranks higher and on what.
- Scale AI vs Surge AIBy revenue, Surge AI is the larger: $1.2B (FY2024), against Scale AI's $870M (FY2024).
- Mercor vs Scale AIBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Scale AI's $870M (FY2024). Scale AI's figure is the older by 18 months; no later one is on record.
- Mercor vs micro1By revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against micro1's $1B (run rate, Oct 2026).
- Mercor vs Handshake AIBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Handshake AI's $1B (run rate, Aug 2026).
- Surge AI vs MercorBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Surge AI's $1.2B (FY2024). Surge AI's figure is the older by 18 months; no later one is on record.
- micro1 vs Scale AIBy revenue, micro1 is the larger: $1B (run rate, Oct 2026), against Scale AI's $870M (FY2024). Scale AI's figure is the older by 22 months; no later one is on record.
- micro1 vs TuringBy revenue, micro1 is the larger: $1B (run rate, Oct 2026), against Turing's $300M (run rate, Mar 2025). Turing's figure is the older by 19 months; no later one is on record.
- micro1 vs Handshake AIBy revenue, they are level: Handshake AI at $1B (run rate, Aug 2026), micro1 at $1B (run rate, Oct 2026).
- Turing vs MercorBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Turing's $300M (run rate, Mar 2025). Turing's figure is the older by 15 months; no later one is on record.
- Turing vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Turing's $300M (run rate, Mar 2025).
- Snorkel AI vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Snorkel AI's $375M (run rate, Sep 2026). Scale AI's figure is the older by 21 months; no later one is on record.
- Snorkel AI vs MercorBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Snorkel AI's $375M (run rate, Sep 2026).
- Snorkel AI vs Handshake AIBy revenue, Handshake AI is the larger: $1B (run rate, Aug 2026), against Snorkel AI's $375M (run rate, Sep 2026).
- Invisible Technologies vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Invisible Technologies' $134M (FY2024).
- Labelbox vs Scale AIScale AI ranks higher by the money on record: its revenue is on record, $870M (FY2024), and Labelbox's is not, so Labelbox is ranked on a $1.3B valuation (2026).
- Labelbox vs MercorMercor ranks higher by the money on record: its revenue is on record, $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), and Labelbox's is not, so Labelbox is ranked on a $1.3B valuation (2026).
- SuperAnnotate vs LabelboxLabelbox ranks higher by the money on record: its valuation is on record, $1.3B (2026), and SuperAnnotate's is not, so SuperAnnotate is ranked on $49.5M raised.
- Encord vs LabelboxLabelbox ranks higher by the money on record: its valuation is on record, $1.3B (2026), and Encord's is not, so Encord is ranked on $90M raised.
- Encord vs Scale AIScale AI ranks higher by the money on record: its revenue is on record, $870M (FY2024), and Encord's is not, so Encord is ranked on $90M raised.
- Appen vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Appen's $249M (12 months to Jun 2026). Scale AI's figure is the older by 18 months; no later one is on record.
- Appen vs clickworkerAppen ranks higher by the money on record: its revenue is on record, $249M (12 months to Jun 2026), and clickworker's is not, so clickworker is ranked on $6M raised.
- Toloka vs AppenBy revenue, Appen is the larger: $249M (12 months to Jun 2026), against Toloka's $26.4M (FY2024). Toloka's figure is the older by 18 months; no later one is on record.
- Toloka vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Toloka's $26.4M (FY2024).
- Toloka vs clickworkerToloka ranks higher by the money on record: its revenue is on record, $26.4M (FY2024), and clickworker's is not, so clickworker is ranked on $6M raised.
- Innodata vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against Innodata's $350M (12 months to Sep 2026). Scale AI's figure is the older by 21 months; no later one is on record.
- Innodata vs AppenBy revenue, Innodata is the larger: $350M (12 months to Sep 2026), against Appen's $249M (12 months to Jun 2026).
- AfterQuery vs MercorBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against AfterQuery's $100M (run rate, Apr 2026).
- AfterQuery vs Scale AIBy revenue, Scale AI is the larger: $870M (FY2024), against AfterQuery's $100M (run rate, Apr 2026). Scale AI's figure is the older by 16 months; no later one is on record.
- AfterQuery vs micro1By revenue, micro1 is the larger: $1B (run rate, Oct 2026), against AfterQuery's $100M (run rate, Apr 2026).
- Prolific vs MercorBy revenue, Mercor is the larger: $2B (run rate, Jun 2026), against Prolific's $500M (run rate, May 2026).
- TELUS Digital vs AppenAppen is ranked, on $249M (12 months to Jun 2026); TELUS Digital is not ranked, since most of its business is customer experience services and its AI data revenue is not reported apart.
- Label Studio (HumanSignal) vs CVATBy money raised, HumanSignal has raised more: $25M, against CVAT's $2M.
- Label Studio (HumanSignal) vs RoboflowBy money raised, Roboflow has raised more: $60M, against HumanSignal's $25M.
- Roboflow vs CVATBy money raised, Roboflow has raised more: $60M, against CVAT's $2M.
- Supervisely vs RoboflowRoboflow is ranked, on $60M raised; Supervisely has no revenue, valuation or funding on record.
- Supervisely vs CVATCVAT is ranked, on $2M raised; Supervisely has no revenue, valuation or funding on record.
- Voxel51 vs CVATBy money raised, Voxel51 has raised more: $42.5M, against CVAT's $2M.
Each company against its competitors
Every ranked company with the companies that sell at least two of the same things, ranked by the same rule.
- Mercor competitors#1 of 61, on $2B (run rate, Jun 2026)
- Surge AI competitors#2 of 61, on $1.2B (FY2024)
- Handshake AI competitors#3 of 57, on $1B (run rate, Aug 2026)
- micro1 competitors#4 of 61, on $1B (run rate, Oct 2026)
- Scale AI competitors#5 of 70, on $870M (FY2024)
- Prolific competitors#6 of 59, on $500M (run rate, May 2026)
- Snorkel AI competitors#7 of 66, on $375M (run rate, Sep 2026)
- Innodata competitors#8 of 69, on $350M (12 months to Sep 2026)
- Turing competitors#9 of 61, on $300M (run rate, Mar 2025)
- TaskUs competitors#10 of 43, on $250M (12 months to Sep 2026, AI Services)
- Appen competitors#11 of 69, on $249M (12 months to Jun 2026)
- Proximal competitors#10 of 44, on $200M (run rate, Sep 2026)
- Invisible Technologies competitors#13 of 66, on $134M (FY2024)
- AfterQuery competitors#14 of 61, on $100M (run rate, Apr 2026)
- Arena competitors#13 of 44, on $100M (run rate, Oct 2026)
- Mecka competitors#16 of 53, on $100M (run rate, Jun 2026)
- Wirestock competitors#14 of 35, on $40M (run rate, May 2026)
- Toloka competitors#18 of 66, on $26.4M (FY2024)
- Eigent AI competitors#17 of 54, on $12M (run rate, Oct 2026)
- Applied Intuition competitors#15 of 53, on $15B valuation (2025)
- Labelbox competitors#17 of 49, on $1.3B valuation (2026)
- Mechanize competitors#20 of 56, on $500M valuation (2026)
- Vals AI competitors#18 of 44, on $400M valuation (2026)
- Kled competitors#24 of 59, on $100M valuation (2025)
- Lightwheel competitors#25 of 60, on $145M raised
- Encord competitors#26 of 62, on $90M raised
- Patronus AI competitors#27 of 62, on $70M raised
- Sama competitors#22 of 45, on $70M raised
- XDOF competitors#27 of 57, on $70M raised
- CloudFactory competitors#30 of 59, on $65M raised
- Defined.ai competitors#31 of 59, on $62.3M raised
- Centific competitors#32 of 66, on $60M raised
- Roboflow competitors#5 of 14, on $60M raised
- David AI competitors#32 of 53, on $50M raised
- SuperAnnotate competitors#34 of 69, on $49.5M raised
- Deeptune competitors#17 of 25, on $43M raised
- Voxel51 competitors#7 of 14, on $42.5M raised
- Bespoke Labs competitors#33 of 56, on $40M raised
- Gray Swan AI competitors#30 of 44, on $40M raised
- Dataloop competitors#6 of 11, on $33M raised
- Kili Technology competitors#30 of 48, on $32M raised
- Luel competitors#38 of 59, on $31.2M raised
- Halluminate competitors#21 of 33, on $30M raised
- Maxinsights competitors#33 of 50, on $30M raised
- Moonlake AI competitors#8 of 11, on $28M raised
- Deccan AI competitors#42 of 66, on $25M raised
- HumanSignal competitors#24 of 35, on $25M raised
- iMerit competitors#43 of 62, on $23.5M raised
- SimpleClosure competitors#37 of 53, on $19M raised
- Taste Labs competitors#33 of 41, on $18.5M raised
- HUD competitors#23 of 33, on $16M raised
- Plato competitors#25 of 36, on $16M raised
- Preference Model competitors#26 of 36, on $16M raised
- Sapien competitors#25 of 32, on $15.5M raised
- Datacurve competitors#47 of 66, on $15M raised
- Midcentury competitors#46 of 60, on $15M raised
- General Reasoning competitors#25 of 33, on $10.9M raised
- Chakra Labs competitors#48 of 61, on $10.1M raised
- Arga Labs competitors#27 of 33, on $10M raised
- BioStack Platforms competitors#47 of 56, on $9.5M raised
- Idler competitors#48 of 56, on $9M raised
- Perle AI competitors#49 of 59, on $9M raised
- Veris AI competitors#30 of 33, on $8.5M raised
- Human Archive competitors#37 of 43, on $8.2M raised
- Runloop competitors#49 of 54, on $7M raised
- clickworker competitors#24 of 29, on $6M raised
- VisionLab AI competitors#39 of 43, on $6M raised
- Build AI competitors#41 of 44, on $5M raised
- Latch competitors#53 of 57, on $5M raised
- Troveo competitors#27 of 29, on $4.5M raised
- Macrodata Labs competitors#30 of 32, on $4M raised
- Good Start Labs competitors#64 of 66, on $3.6M raised
- Lightly competitors#12 of 14, on $3M raised
- Gradient Health competitors#52 of 53, on $2.8M raised
- Poindexter Labs competitors#59 of 59, on $2.7M raised
- CVAT competitors#10 of 11, on $2M raised
- Quesma competitors#33 of 33, on $2M raised
- Segments.ai competitors#11 of 11, on $1.1M raised