Vendor review · crowd annotation

Shaip

Healthcare-leaning data collection and annotation, plus off-the-shelf datasets.

The verdict. Consider for healthcare/speech collection; verify licensing terms for training use.

Facts checked against primary sources on July 21, 2026.

  • Healthcare/speech depth
  • Both collection and catalog
  • Narrower outside core verticals
  • Rights vary by asset

What Shaip is

Shaip provides data collection, annotation, licensed datasets, and generative-AI/RLHF services, with a healthcare emphasis.

Modalities and languages they cover

Speech, text, and medical data, plus an image/video computer-vision catalog, egocentric video, and physical-AI/robotics data. The company cites 70,000+ hours of speech across 65+ languages, 30M unstructured patient notes, and 250K hours of physician dictation.

Sourcing model

Collection to spec from 60+ countries, plus an off-the-shelf catalog.

Rights & provenance posture

Mixed catalog-and-services model; confirm AI-training licence terms per asset.

Pricing

Project and catalog quotes; no public price list.

Where Shaip falls behind

Breadth outside its healthcare/speech core is thinner; provenance depth varies.

Sources

Alternatives

Weighing fiund as one of the alternatives? Read how fiund compares to Shaip — a first-party comparison that is explicit about where Shaip wins.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shaip rights-cleared for AI training?

Mixed catalog-and-services model; confirm AI-training licence terms per asset.

What does Shaip cost?

Project and catalog quotes; no public price list.

What are the best Shaip alternatives?

Depending on what you need, consider Appen, Scale AI, Surge AI. fiund itself focuses on owner-licensed, rights-cleared audio and video sourced to brief.

Want data you can actually defend in diligence?

fiund licenses real-world audio and video at the source, with the rights cleared before anything moves.

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