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Encord helps teams curate and annotate the very large multimodal datasets they already own, with a focus on physical AI. Dataset Finder searches and analyses existing datasets across public sources, and its annotators can work inside Encord when you need more labelled data.
Facts about Encord come from its own website and other public sources (see sources).
Encord is software your own team labels in. Dataset Finder gives you the team: premium data annotation and labelling by trained annotators managed by Innovatiana, plus dataset search before you label anything.
Describe your use case in plain language and get a ranked shortlist from tens of thousands of curated datasets.
When nothing fits, order custom annotation in the same app. Your data is labelled by trained annotators and domain specialists managed by Innovatiana, not an open crowd.
Both live in one workspace: what you found, what you ordered and which model it trained are recorded per project.
| Criterion | Dataset FinderFind + annotate | Encord |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | One place to find and order AI training data: dataset search over a curated catalogue, dataset cards with automated analysis, premium data annotation and labelling services, and a project workspace | Data platform for physical AI and enterprise: curation, annotation and evaluation, plus Data-as-a-Service |
| Where you start | Search what already exists: natural-language search across tens of thousands of curated datasets (metadata only; you download from the source) | Index, curate and annotate your own multimodal data, often at very large scale |
| Who does the labelling | Trained annotators and domain specialists managed by Innovatiana, not an open crowd, with a dedicated Data Labeling Manager | Your team on the platform; vetted domain experts through Data-as-a-Service |
| Pricing | Free €0 · Startup €9.90/mo · Pro €29.90/mo (or €99 / €299 a year). Custom data paid in credits, no set-up fee | Starter, Team and Enterprise; no prices published |
| Data types | Image, video, audio, text, multimodal and medical data; 3D point clouds; LLM fine-tuning, agent and coding data | Image, video, 3D and LiDAR, documents, audio, DICOM and NIfTI |
| Company | Built by Innovatiana, a data-labelling company with its own trained annotation teams | London, San Francisco and New York · Y Combinator W21 · $60M Series C in February 2026 |
| Built for | AI teams that want to check what already exists before paying for data, then order the gaps self-serve | Physical-AI, robotics, AV and medical-imaging teams that manage large multimodal datasets |
Encord curates and annotates the customer's own data. Dataset Finder searches and analyses existing datasets across public sources.
In Encord your own team labels, or you buy Data-as-a-Service. Dataset Finder's custom data comes from Innovatiana's managed annotators, who can work in Encord.
Dataset Finder publishes its plans and prices custom data in credits. Encord publishes no prices.
Dataset Finder keeps projects, AI recipes and a training-data inventory with lineage for GDPR and EU AI Act documentation.
Encord can stay the home for your data and labels, and Innovatiana's annotators can work inside your Encord projects (Encord is on Dataset Finder's list of supported tools). Use Dataset Finder to find public data worth importing.
No. Encord is a platform for curating and annotating the data you own, plus a Data-as-a-Service arm.
Yes. Encord is on the list of tools Dataset Finder's FAQ says its annotators use.
Not as of 26 October 2026. Dataset Finder's plans are €0, €9.90 and €29.90 a month.
Yes. Alongside dataset search, Dataset Finder sells premium custom data annotation and labelling. Innovatiana's trained annotators and domain specialists, not an open crowd, produce and label the data, supervised by a dedicated Data Labeling Manager, with a calibration round, sampling reviews, inter-annotator agreement and gold-standard checks. It covers image, video, audio, text, multimodal and medical data, 3D point clouds, and LLM fine-tuning, agent and coding data. You order self-serve with credits, with no set-up fee, or through Enterprise Sales for larger projects.
No. Dataset Finder keeps each dataset's metadata and its own analysis, and sends you to the original source (Hugging Face, an academic page, a government portal) under that source's licence. The exception is custom data you order, which the team delivers to you directly.
Or read what makes Dataset Finder different.
This page compares public information as of 26 October 2026. Figures a company reports about itself are marked as such ("Encord says"). Encord is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Encord. Spotted something out of date? Email sales@innovatiana.com.
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