Find AI datasets+Order premium data annotation
Surge AI sells premium human data and RL environments to the largest AI labs. Dataset Finder is built for the much larger group of teams that need training data without a frontier-lab budget: search what exists, then order custom data self-serve with credits.
Facts about Surge AI come from its own website and other public sources (see sources).
Surge 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 | Surge 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 | Premium human data for frontier labs: RLHF, post-training data, RL environments and benchmarks |
| Where you start | Search what already exists: natural-language search across tens of thousands of curated datasets (metadata only; you download from the source) | Commission expert human data or RL environments for post-training |
| Who does the labelling | Trained annotators and domain specialists managed by Innovatiana, not an open crowd, with a dedicated Data Labeling Manager | A large expert contractor network (size not disclosed) |
| 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, code, agent and RL environments |
| Company | Built by Innovatiana, a data-labelling company with its own trained annotation teams | San Francisco · founded 2020 by Edwin Chen · no outside funding round found |
| Built for | AI teams that want to check what already exists before paying for data, then order the gaps self-serve | Frontier and large AI labs buying high-skill RLHF and post-training data at scale |
Surge is sales-led and focused on large labs. Dataset Finder has a free tier and self-serve credit ordering for startups, researchers and enterprise teams.
Dataset Finder starts with search over curated existing datasets and their cards. Surge produces new human data, RL environments and benchmarks.
Surge draws on a large expert network. Dataset Finder's custom data comes from a team Innovatiana recruits, trains and supervises.
Dataset Finder publishes €0, €9.90 and €29.90 monthly plans. Surge publishes no pricing.
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 most AI teams: Dataset Finder offers discovery and self-serve custom data at published prices, including RLHF and preference data, and Enterprise Sales scopes larger programmes.
No. Dataset Finder's plans are €0, €9.90 and €29.90 a month, with custom data paid in credits.
Yes. Its custom data covers LLM fine-tuning data (SFT, RLHF and DPO preference data), agent data and evaluation and red-teaming sets.
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 ("Surge AI says"). Surge AI is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Surge AI. Spotted something out of date? Email sales@innovatiana.com.
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