Updated 9 Nov 2026
Encord vs CVAT, by the numbers.
By money raised, Encord has raised more: $90M, against CVAT's $2M.
Both sell labeling software and annotation. Only Encord sells expert and human data, datasets and evaluations and benchmarks. Every figure below is linked to the filing or article it comes from; what each sells is in its own words, from its own pages.
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Side by side
Revenue over twelve months, the newest valuation, disclosed funding and what each says it does.
| Encord | CVAT | |
|---|---|---|
| Encord | CVAT | |
| Place on the rankings | #26 of 91 | #87 of 91 |
| Ranked on | $90M Money raised, disclosed | $2M Money raised, disclosed |
| Revenue, twelve months | Not on record | Not on record |
| Newest valuation | Not on record | Not on record |
| Disclosed funding | $90M in 2 records | $2M in 1 record |
| Sells | Labeling software, Annotation, Expert and human data, Datasets, Evaluations and benchmarks | Labeling software, Annotation |
| Works on | Images and video, Robotics, Medical, Business work, Finance, Speech and audio | Images and video, Speech and audio |
| Made from | Made by experts and contractors, Recorded from people and the real world, Generated | Not stated |
| Takes data from companies | Does not say so | Does not say so |
| Headquarters | London, UK and San Francisco, California, US (dual headquarters) | Not on record |
| Founded | 2021 | Not on record |
| In its own words | “Access expert annotators, domain specialists, and managed collection pipelines - fully integrated with the Encord platform.” Its page | “Turn raw images, video, 3D and audio into model-ready datasets with CVAT.” Its page |
- The rule.
- 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. The full method and every change to it.
- Twelve months.
- A run rate or ARR is the company's own annualised figure; a year is the year it published. Gross revenue of a human data company includes what it pays its experts.
- 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.
- Why this pair.
- People search for this comparison: Google suggests it, read on 9 Nov 2026. Neither company asked for or paid for this page.
On the same rankings
The lists both are ranked on, with each one's place.
- Best data labeling platformsEncord #6, CVAT #18 of 20
- Speech and audio training data companiesEncord #8, CVAT #22 of 23
- Best data labeling companiesEncord #12, CVAT #40 of 41
- Video and image training data companiesEncord #14, CVAT #43 of 45
The latest money moves
The newest rounds, valuations and revenue figures of the two, each linked to its record.
- 27 Oct 2026CVAT raised $2M
- 26 Feb 2026Encord raised $60M
- 13 Aug 2024Encord raised $30M
The questions people ask
- Is Encord bigger than CVAT?
- By money raised, Encord has raised more: $90M, against CVAT's $2M.
- What is the difference between Encord and CVAT?
- Encord sells data annotation, expert data collection, and evaluation services, plus a data platform, to AI teams building physical and multimodal AI. CVAT sells an open source data annotation platform in community, cloud and enterprise editions, plus managed labeling services, to teams building AI on images, video, 3D and audio. Both sell labeling software and annotation. Only Encord sells expert and human data, datasets and evaluations and benchmarks.
- Which raised more money, Encord or CVAT?
- Encord: $90M disclosed. CVAT: $2M disclosed.
- Do Encord and CVAT buy data from companies?
- Encord does not say it buys data from companies. CVAT does not say it buys data from companies.
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