Soda vs Anomalo
Verdict: Soda scores 9.6/10 against 8.3/10 for Anomalo on our data score for data monitoring testing tools.
Soda has a free plan; Anomalo does not.
Soda leads on 1 check and Anomalo on 0; 7 are even, out of 8 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.
Choose Soda for data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price. Choose Anomalo for enterprises that want unsupervised anomaly detection without writing many rules, including in their own VPC.
Scoreboard: 8 checks
| Check | Soda | Anomalo |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Leads | |
| Free trial | Even | Even |
| Smaller seat minimum | Even | Even |
| ML anomaly detection | Even | Even |
| Freshness and volume checks | Even | Even |
| Alerts (email, Slack or Teams) | Even | Even |
| Data lineage | Even | Even |
| Custom rule checks | Even | Even |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
At a glance
| Soda | Anomalo | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.6/10 (#2) | 8.3/10 (#6) |
| Best for | Data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price | Enterprises that want unsupervised anomaly detection without writing many rules, including in their own VPC |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Paid from (annual) | See vendor | See vendor |
| Paid from (monthly) | $750/mo | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Minimum seats | 1 | 1 |
| Platforms | Cloud (SaaS), Self-hosted runner (Kubernetes), Python library, Private deployment (Team plan), Python library (Soda Core) | Cloud (SaaS), Customer VPC |
Features
| Tool | Score | ML anomaly detection | Freshness and volume checks | Alerts (email, Slack or Teams) | Data lineage | Custom rule checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soda | 9.6/10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anomalo | 8.3/10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pros and cons
Soda
Pros- Published pricing: Free at $0 and Team at $750 per month
- Free plan includes unlimited users and alerting and ticketing integrations, no credit card needed
- Alerts to Slack and Microsoft Teams; custom SQL metric monitors supported
- Deployment options: Python libraries in pipelines, Soda-hosted runner, or self-hosted runner
- Soda Core v4 is under the Elastic License 2.0, not an OSI open-source license
- SSO, RBAC, audit logs and the no-code interface require the Team plan
- Usage beyond the free Soda Processing Units (SPUs) is billed pay-as-you-go
Anomalo
Pros- Can run fully in the customer's VPC or as SaaS
- Data quality rules can be written in natural language ('No SQL required')
- Covers unstructured document quality as well as tables
- States SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliance plus SAML SSO
- No public pricing page; demo request only
- Alert channels named on the site are Slack and email only; Teams and PagerDuty not stated
- Several agents (First Responder, Business KPI Monitoring) are marked 'coming soon'
Frequently asked questions
How do Soda and Anomalo compare on features and price?
Soda leads on 1 check and Anomalo on 0; 7 are even, out of 8 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.
Is Soda better than Anomalo?
Soda scores 9.6/10 against 8.3/10 for Anomalo on our data score for data monitoring testing tools. Soda is best for data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price; Anomalo is best for enterprises that want unsupervised anomaly detection without writing many rules, including in their own VPC.
Which is cheaper, Soda or Anomalo?
Check each vendor's pricing page; one of them does not publish an entry price.
Do Soda and Anomalo have free plans?
Soda: yes. Anomalo: no.
See the full Data Monitoring Testing Tools ranking for other options.
Sources
- Soda: official pricing page · Soda pricing page · Soda docs index (profiling, metric monitoring, freshness, Slack/Teams) · Soda docs: deployment options · Soda Core GitHub repository and LICENSE · Soda home page · Soda Core v3 release notes · Soda docs: DuckDB data source (v4) · soda-core LICENSE (GitHub)
- Anomalo: official pricing page · Anomalo home page · Anomalo platform page · Anomalo about page