
Synthetic Data Generation Market: Research Snapshot Feb. 2022
Machine learning training data is not always readily available. In many cases, “ground truth” data is unavailable, can be difficult to collect, or is considered
Executive Summary 5 |
Key Findings 5 |
Data Labeling Market Overview 6 |
“Ground Truth” Human-enabled Labeling 7 |
Data Labeling and Annotation Needs 7 |
Image Labeling and Annotation 7 |
Delineating portions of an image 7 |
Segmenting Images into separate components 8 |
Classifying images and applying metadata 8 |
Instance Segmentation (“Counting and Grouping”) 9 |
Image Keypoints & Landmarks 9 |
Video Labeling and Annotation 9 |
Image Specific Annotations: Frame-based vs. Continuous 9 |
Object tracking 10 |
Scenario, Gesture, & Action Classification 10 |
Text Labeling and Annotation 11 |
Entity annotation and keyphrase tagging 11 |
Parts of Speech identification 12 |
Text Classification 12 |
Sentiment and Intent 12 |
Entity Linking & Relationships 13 |
Text Sequences and Spans (Multi-Turn Conversations) 13 |
Character and handwriting recognition 14 |
Audio Labeling and Annotation 14 |
Audio Classification and Annotation 14 |
Speech Transcription and Audio Timestamping 14 |
Speaker Identification 15 |
“Sensor Fusion” and Point Cloud Labeling and Annotation 15 |
3D Object Segmentation & Distance Estimation 15 |
3D Object Classification 16 |
3D Point Cloud Cuboids 16 |
Structured Data Labeling 17 |
Multiple Row and Multiple Source Data Classification 17 |
Data Annotation and Labeling Use Cases 17 |
Synthetic Data and Data Labeling 18 |
Cognilytica Classification 20 |
About the Cognilytica Vendor Classification System 20 |
Data Labeling Market Segments 20 |
Crowdsourced Data Labeling 20 |
Managed Labeling Services (Managed Labor) 21 |
“Turn Key” Full Service Data Labeling 21 |
Data Labeling Tools & Software Platforms 21 |
Synthetic Data Labeling 21 |
Data Labeling Market Map Category Definitions 22 |
Labeling Labor 22 |
Crowdsourced Data Labeling 22 |
Managed Labeling Services (Managed Labor) 22 |
Labeling Platforms 22 |
“Turn Key” Full Service Data Labeling 22 |
Data Labeling Tools & Software Platforms 23 |
Labeling Data Generation 23 |
Synthetic Data Labeling 23 |
Data Labeling Market Forecast 24 |
Market Observations 25 |
Crowdsourced Data Labeling market segment 25 |
Managed Labeling Services (Managed Labor) market segment 25 |
“Turn Key” Full Service Data Labeling market segment 25 |
Labeling Tools and Software market segment 25 |
Synthetic Data market segment 25 |
Vendor Analysis 26 |
Use of Automation and Machine Learning in Data Labeling 28 |
Data Labeling Market Trends 29 |
Rapid Growth of Market and Vendor Entrants 29 |
Market Pressure on Full Service Providers 29 |
Diminishing Use of Crowdsourced Labor as % of Total Market 29 |
Rapid Growth of Synthetic Data Labeling Segment 29 |
Data Labeling Market Map & Key Vendor Profiles 30 |
Criteria for Determining Established and Emerging Vendors 30 |
Vendor Profiles in this Snapshot and Online 30 |
Crowdsourced Data Labeling Market Map & Vendor Profiles 31 |
Established Crowdsourced Data Labeling Vendor Profiles 31 |
Amazon Mechanical Turk (AWS) 31 |
ClickWorker 32 |
Emerging Crowdsourced Data Labeling Vendors Overview 33 |
Managed Labeling Services Market Map & Vendor Profiles 34 |
Established Managed Labeling Services Vendor Profiles 35 |
Welocalize 35 |
Emerging Managed Labeling Services Vendors Overview 36 |
Full Service Data Labeling Market Map & Vendor Profiles 40 |
Established Full Service Data Labeling Vendor Profiles 41 |
Alegion 41 |
Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus 42 |
Appen 43 |
Clarifai 44 |
CloudFactory 45 |
Defined.AI 46 |
Hive 47 |
iMerit 48 |
Kili Technology 49 |
Labelbox 50 |
Sama (formerly Samasource) 51 |
Scale AI 52 |
TaskUs 53 |
Telus International (including Lionbridge and Playment) 54 |
Transperfect DataForce 55 |
Emerging Full Service Data Labeling Vendors Overview 56 |
Labeling Tools and Software Market Map & Vendor Profiles 58 |
Established Labeling Tools and Software Vendor Profiles 59 |
Chooch 59 |
Dataloop 60 |
Deepomatic 61 |
Google Cloud AI Training Data Services (Vertex AI) 62 |
Mathworks (Labeler Apps) 63 |
Roboflow 64 |
Snorkel AI 65 |
Super.AI 66 |
SuperAnnotate 67 |
Superb AI 68 |
Emerging Labeling Tools and Software Vendors Overview 69 |
Open Source Labeling Tools and Software Overview 71 |
Synthetic Data Market Map & Vendor Profiles 72 |
Established and Emerging Synthetic Data Vendor Profiles 72 |
Data Labeling: Decision Factors 73 |
Data Labeling Solution Provider Considerations 73 |
Location Agnostic vs. Location-Specific Labor Pools 73 |
Customer-Managed vs. Third-Party Managed Labor Pools 73 |
Generic vs. Domain-Specific Labor Pools 74 |
Single Vendor for Labeling Solution vs. Multiple Labeling Provers vs. Internal Labeling 74 |
Labeling Tools vs. Labor Providers 75 |
Crowdsourced vs. Managed Labor Pool 75 |
Managed Labeling Services vs “Full Service” 75 |
Cloud vs. On-Premise 76 |
Labeling as Primary Vendor Offering vs. Labeling as One of Many Vendor Offerings 76 |
Data Engineering Needs 76 |
Data Labeling Solution Vendor Requirements 76 |
Decision Factors to Guide Vendor Selection 77 |
Data Labeling: Guided Questions 81 |
Questions for Vendors on Data Engineering & Generation Capabilities 82 |
Questions for Vendors on Image Labeling Capabilities 82 |
Questions for Vendors on Video Labeling Capabilities 83 |
Questions for Vendors on Text Labeling Capabilities 83 |
Questions for Vendors on Audio Labeling Capabilities 84 |
Questions for Vendors on Sensor Fusion & Point Cloud Labeling Capabilities 84 |
Questions for Vendors on Structured Data Labeling Capabilities 85 |
Questions for Labeling Tool Vendors 85 |
Questions for Vendors on Automation of Labeling Capabilities 85 |
Questions for Vendors on Quality Assurance of Data Labeling 85 |
Questions for Vendors on Labor Pool Considerations 85 |
Questions for Vendors on Pricing and Support 86 |
Related Research 87 |
About Cognilytica 87 |
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