How much does robotics data cost in 2026?
Last updated: 2026-11-09
Most companies that collect robotics data do not publish prices; they quote per program, usually after a sample or pilot. Published dollar figures exist mainly for labeling and data-infrastructure software. Everything below comes from each company's official pages on the date above. Prices exclude taxes, compute and negotiated discounts.
Robotics data vendors: pricing models
| Company | Pricing model | Published price |
|---|---|---|
| Scale AI | Custom, starts with a demo | None |
| Labelbox Terra | Program scoped from task list | None |
| Encord | Starter / Team / Enterprise platform tiers; custom data services | No dollar amounts; 3D/LiDAR is an add-on |
| Toloka | Dataset licensing or custom programs; self-serve egocentric collection with no minimums | Rates not published; Toloka says its HomER example dataset cost $50 |
| Appen | Custom quote after scoping | None |
| Knoxlabs | Samples, then pilot, then scale | None (free samples) |
| Firsthand | Billed per validated hour | Rate not published (free sample pack) |
| Fax Research | Custom per dataset or program | None |
| iMerit | Custom quote | None |
| Sama | Project-scoped quote | None |
| Segments.ai | Annual labeling-usage plans | Core from 3,600 hours/yr (stated equivalent of $2.67/hour); Fusion from 5,000 hours/yr, quote; Enterprise 150,000+ hours/yr, quote; 14-day trial; free academic licenses |
| Kognic | Managed service, platform license or hybrid | None |
Labeling and data tools with published prices
| Tool | What it does | Published pricing |
|---|---|---|
| CVAT Online | Annotation platform with 3D point-cloud cuboid tools | Free $0; Solo $33/month ($23/month billed yearly); Team $33 per user per month ($23 billed yearly), sold in 2-seat units; Enterprise via sales |
| Foxglove | Robotics data visualization, data platform and fleet management | Free $0 (10 GB, 3 users, 5 devices); Pro $20/month plus usage (1 TB included, 3 developer seats then $42/user/month, 5 devices then $20/device/month, teleop remote access 300 min/device then $0.05/min); Enterprise custom; free academic plan |
| Voxel51 | Multimodal data curation, annotation and model evaluation (supports MCAP and 3D) | Free (3 datasets, 10,000 samples each, 20 GB, 30,000 inference requests/month, 30 compute hours/month); Team and Enterprise via sales |
| Rerun | Logging, visualization and data layer for physical AI | Commercial Hub (managed catalog over your own object storage): contact sales |
Simulation and synthetic data
| Platform | What it does | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Isaac Sim | Open-source robotics simulation and synthetic data generation; works with Cosmos world models and Isaac Lab | Open source (download from GitHub); compute is your own cost. NVIDIA Physical AI Open Datasets are free on Hugging Face |
| Parallel Domain | PD Replica digital twins and PD Sim sensor simulation for warehouse robotics | Demo-led; no public price |
| Applied Intuition | End-to-end physical AI platform: data, simulation, evaluation, Vehicle OS | No public price |
How to budget
- Ask for the price per usable episode or hour after QA, not per raw hour recorded. Firsthand and Knoxlabs both describe their quoted hours as post-QA.
- Budget for a pilot before committing to volume; most vendors here use one. For a quick, low-cost test of egocentric collection, a self-serve platform such as Toloka's is an option.
- For labeling your own data, compare a managed service quote with software (Segments.ai, CVAT) plus your own or partner annotators.
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