Alternatives to Northern Data
Other MLOps and model serving vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Northern Data does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 25 that differ from Northern Data on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Northern Data has 8 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Northern Data does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Northern Data does not | Northern Data publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyscaleanyscale.com | 61/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Basetenbaseten.co | 52/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | 2 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Paperspacepaperspace.com | 43/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named | 2 security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| H2O.aih2o.ai | 39/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | 2 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Modalmodal.com | 39/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Nscalenscale.com | 39/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Notice before subprocessors change | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| CoreWeavecoreweave.com | 35/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named | 3 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Cometcomet.com | 30/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| DataRobotdatarobot.com | 43/100 | 2 Status page with history, Public pricing | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Nebiusnebius.com | 30/100 | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | 1 Data location stated | Compare |
| Lightning AIlightning.ai | 26/100 | 2 Status page with history, Public pricing | 3 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| BentoMLbentoml.com | 32/100 | 1 Status page with history | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.