# Appen vs Hive Data Comparison

| | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.2 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 35 | 10 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (54.5% of reviews) | Enterprise (50.0% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | SaaS subscription pricing dependent on use case and data type | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Appen

Pros:
- Useful (2 reviews)
- Ease of Use (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Work Interruptions (3 reviews)
- Low Compensation (2 reviews)

### Hive Data

**Not enough data**

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.2 (30 reviews) | 8.1 (9 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.2 (30 reviews) | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.7 (14 reviews) | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 9.2 (8 reviews) | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.1 (29 reviews) | 9.0 (8 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.5 (8 reviews) | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 7.5 (28 reviews) | 10.0 (7 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Appen

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Appen Data Annotation Platform

Price: SaaS subscription pricing dependent on use case and data type

Description: The industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform used to collect and annotate data for training both computer vision and natural language processing AI models. 

Key Features:
- Data annotation capabilities that support all data types (text, audio, image, video, sensor) and use cases including search relevance, computer vision, and natural language processing (NLP/Speech).
- Create and launch data annotation jobs easily through our plug and play graphical user interface, or programmatically through our API.
- Smart Labeling capabilities have built-in Machine Learning assistance to save customers time, effort and money - delivering high-quality training data and accelerating the ROI and your AI initiatives.

[Browse all 2 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/appen/pricing)

#### Free Trial

No

### Hive Data

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Machine Learning Data Catalog

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Appen** | 8.0/10 | 18 |
| **Hive Data** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Governance

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **User Access Management** | 8.3 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Dynamic Data Masking** | 8.2 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Lineage** | 7.8 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Data Preparation

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Search** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Quality and Cleansing** | 8.2 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Transformation** | 7.9 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Modeling** | 7.9 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Collaboration

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Commenting** | 8.1 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Profiling and Classification** | 8.1 (13 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Business and Data Glossary** | 8.2 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Metadata Management ** | 8.0 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Artificial Intelligence

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Machine Learning Recommendations** | 8.3 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Query** | 7.2 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automatic Data Cleansing** | 7.4 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | 7.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | 8.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Machine Learning Data Catalog

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Data Labeling

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Appen** | 8.7/10 | 14 |
| **Hive Data** | N/A | N/A |

#### Quality

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Labeler Quality** | 8.5 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Task Quality** | 8.8 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Quality** | 9.1 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Human-in-the-Loop** | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Automation

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Machine Learning Pre-Labeling** | 8.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automatic Routing of Labeling** | 8.7 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Image Annotation

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Image Segmentation
** | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Object Detection** | 8.7 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Object Tracking** | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Types** | 8.8 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Natural Language Annotation

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Named Entity Recognition** | 8.8 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Sentiment Detection** | 8.8 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **OCR** | 9.0 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Speech Annotation

| Feature | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Transcription** | 8.9 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Emotion Recognition** | 8.7 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Data Labeling Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-labeling)

**Unique to Appen (1):** [Machine Learning Data Catalog Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/machine-learning-data-catalog)



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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Appen | Hive Data | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 54.5% | 40.0% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 24.2% | 10.0% | 
| **Enterprise** | 21.2% | 50.0% | 

### By Industry

#### Appen

- **Information Technology and Services:** 21.2%
- **Education Management:** 9.1%
- **Higher Education:** 9.1%
- **Computer Software:** 6.1%
- **E-Learning:** 6.1%
- **Internet:** 6.1%
- **Banking:** 3.0%
- **Biotechnology:** 3.0%
- **Design:** 3.0%
- **Financial Services:** 3.0%
- **Other:** 30.3%

#### Hive Data

- **Information Technology and Services:** 20.0%
- **Computer Software:** 20.0%
- **Telecommunications:** 10.0%
- **Management Consulting:** 10.0%
- **Hospitality:** 10.0%
- **Higher Education:** 10.0%
- **Financial Services:** 10.0%
- **Accounting:** 10.0%

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## Top Discussions

### Appen

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### Hive Data

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