Find AI datasets+Order premium data annotation
Scale AI produces post-training and evaluation data at frontier-lab scale, and sells AI applications to enterprises and governments. Dataset Finder starts a step earlier: it shows you whether a usable dataset already exists, then lets you order what's missing self-serve, at published prices.
Facts about Scale AI come from its own website and other public sources (see sources).
Scale AI produces data for you, and so does Dataset Finder. The difference is the step before: Dataset Finder first shows you which existing datasets already fit, then you order premium annotation for the gaps.
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 | Scale AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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 and AI company: post-training and evaluation data for AI labs, plus AI applications for enterprises and governments |
| Where you start | Search what already exists: natural-language search across tens of thousands of curated datasets (metadata only; you download from the source) | Produce new data for your model (RLHF, SFT, evaluation). We found no public dataset-discovery product |
| Who does the labelling | Trained annotators and domain specialists managed by Innovatiana, not an open crowd, with a dedicated Data Labeling Manager | Contributors from Outlier, an expert network operated by Scale (900K+ experts, Outlier says) |
| 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 | Not published; sales-led |
| Data types | Image, video, audio, text, multimodal and medical data; 3D point clouds; LLM fine-tuning, agent and coding data | Text and LLM data, multimodal, robotics and physical-AI data |
| Company | Built by Innovatiana, a data-labelling company with its own trained annotation teams | San Francisco · founded 2016 · CEO Francis deSouza since August 2026 |
| Built for | AI teams that want to check what already exists before paying for data, then order the gaps self-serve | Frontier labs, large enterprises and government agencies with very high-volume RLHF or evaluation programmes |
Dataset Finder starts with natural-language search over tens of thousands of curated datasets, each with a card whose automated analysis covers quality, bias, licence and fine-tuning readiness. Scale's stated offer is producing new data; we found no public dataset-discovery product.
Scale sources contributors through Outlier, an expert network it operates. Dataset Finder's custom data is produced by a team Innovatiana recruits, trains and supervises, with a dedicated Data Labeling Manager.
Dataset Finder lists its plans (Free, €9.90 and €29.90 a month) and lets you order custom data with credits for projects up to a few hundred thousand items. Scale publishes no pricing; engagements are sales-led.
Dataset Finder keeps your projects, AI recipes and a training-data inventory with lineage in the place you search and order, built for GDPR and EU AI Act documentation: you can show which data trained which model.
Talk to Enterprise Sales. Innovatiana scopes high-volume and long-running annotation programmes, with custom SLAs and NDAs, delivered by the same managed teams under a dedicated Data Labeling Manager.
Yes, for teams that want to check what already exists before paying for new data. Dataset Finder lets you order custom annotated data self-serve from Innovatiana's managed annotators, for typical projects up to a few hundred thousand items, and Enterprise Sales scopes larger programmes.
No. As of 26 October 2026 scale.com has no pricing page and engagements are sales-led. Dataset Finder's plans are €0, €9.90 and €29.90 a month, with custom data paid in credits.
Scale sources contributors through Outlier, an expert network it operates. Dataset Finder's custom data is produced by annotators and domain specialists recruited, trained and supervised by Innovatiana, not an open crowd.
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 ("Scale AI says"). Scale AI is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Scale AI. Spotted something out of date? Email sales@innovatiana.com.
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