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Best Data Labeling Software in 2026

When you’re preparing datasets, data labeling software can help organize annotation work across different media. Compare image annotation and text annotation with audio/video support, then consider whether model-assisted labeling and review workflows match the way you handle quality checks. API or SDK access and deployment are useful criteria for weighing how a tool may fit your setup. Free-plan availability and…

24 appsSorted 25 Oct 2026How we rank
18.3
Roboflow logo

Roboflow is an end-to-end platform for building, deploying and monitoring computer vision applications.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb
From $39 a month
28.2
Label Studio logo

Label Studio is an open-source data labeling platform for text, images, audio, video, time series, and multimodal data.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
From $99 a month
37.7

LightlyStudio is an app for curating, annotating, checking, evaluating, and managing computer-vision datasets.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Free plan
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    VGG Image Annotator

    VGG Image Annotator (VIA) is a suite of lightweight tools for manually labeling images, audio and video.

    Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
    7.7Free plan
  2. 5

    MakeSense.ai

    MakeSense.ai is a browser-based tool for labeling photos and preparing datasets for computer vision projects.

    Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
    7.6Free plan
  3. 6

    Doccano

    Doccano is a free, open-source data labeling tool for machine-learning practitioners.

    Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
    7.0Free plan
  4. 7

    Segments.ai

    Segments.ai is a multi-sensor data labeling platform for robotics and autonomous vehicle teams, available through web and API access.

    Free planWebAPI
    7.0Free plan
  5. 8CVAT logo

    CVAT

    CVAT is a platform for turning images, video, 3D data, and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows.

    Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
    6.9Free plan
  6. 9

    Supervisely

    Supervisely is a computer-vision platform for organizing data, labeling images, video, LiDAR, and medical imagery, and developing models for production.

    Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
    6.9From €199 a month
  7. 10

    Prodigy

    Prodigy is a downloadable developer tool for creating training and evaluation data for machine learning models.

    WebAPILinuxmacOS
    6.7$390 one-time
  8. 11Datasaur logo

    Datasaur

    Datasaur is a data-labeling platform for teams that upload material, apply labels, and collaborate on annotation work.

    Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
    6.6From $24 a year
  9. 12

    Labelme

    Labelme is an AI-powered desktop annotation tool for creating image training datasets, aimed at researchers, engineers, and teams.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    6.4$49 one-time
  10. 13Potato logo

    Potato

    Potato is an open-source platform for annotating text, audio, images, video and qualitative data.

    Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
    6.4Free plan
  11. 14Argilla logo

    Argilla

    Argilla is a collaboration tool for AI engineers and domain experts building datasets with human feedback.

    Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
    6.2Free plan
  12. 15BasicAI logo

    BasicAI

    BasicAI is a multimodal annotation platform, with managed services, for preparing AI training data.

    WebAPISelf-hosted
    6.0From $6,600 a year
  13. 16Dataloop logo

    Dataloop

    Dataloop is a web-based platform for annotating image datasets, with model-assisted labeling and collaboration for teams.

    WebAPILinuxmacOS
    6.0
  14. 17Labelbox logo

    Labelbox

    Labelbox provides tools and services for AI training data, reinforcement learning environments, evaluations, and enterprise agent workflows.

    WebAPI
    6.0
  15. 18Kili Technology logo

    Kili Technology

    Kili Technology is an expert-in-the-loop platform for creating, reviewing, and evaluating AI data, including training and ground-truth datasets.

    WebAPISelf-hosted
    5.9
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    LabelU

    LabelU is an open-source platform for annotating images, video, and audio.

    WebmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
    5.9
  17. 20SuperAnnotate logo

    SuperAnnotate

    SuperAnnotate provides infrastructure for AI teams to create, evaluate, and improve data across modalities until datasets are ready for training.

    WebAPImacOSWindows
    5.9
  18. 21Deepen AI logo

    Deepen AI

    Deepen AI provides data infrastructure for Physical AI, connecting sensor calibration, data curation, annotation, and validation.

    WebAPISelf-hosted
    5.8
  19. 22Encord logo

    Encord

    Encord is a paid multimodal data infrastructure layer for AI teams, covering work from pre-training and post-training through deployment.

    WebAPISelf-hosted
    5.6
  20. 23V7 Darwin logo

    V7 Darwin

    V7 Darwin is a web and API data-labeling platform for building training datasets for AI models.

    WebAPI
    5.6
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    4.8

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