Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Scale AI
Large (~1,200)
Best For
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Scale AI
Best for: Ambitious builders who want critical AI infrastructure work serving top-tier clients
Ratings
LabelboxScale AI
3.8
3.5
Overall
3.6
2.7
Work-Life Balance
3.8
2.9
Culture & Values
3.6
3.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
2.8
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.6
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
👍 56% Recommend
👤 60% CEO Approval (Alexandr Wang)
Culture Values
Labelbox only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Scale AI only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Scale AI
- Building critical AI data infrastructure used by OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and the US government
- Strong compensation for engineers — competitive base + equity
- Work-life balance rated 2.7/5 — long hours common during client deadlines
- Culture and values scored 2.9/5 — inconsistent management quality
Bottom Line
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
Scale AI
Choose Scale AI if you want to build data infrastructure for OpenAI and the US government — but expect long hours and inconsistent management.
Open Roles
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Scale AI — 175 jobs
💻 Engineering
64
🧠 ML / AI
25
📋 Product
16
💼 Sales / GTM
14
⚙️ Operations
7
⚖️ Legal
5
📣 Marketing
4
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
2
🎨 Design
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Scale AI scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 2.7 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Labelbox also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Diverse & Inclusive. Scale AI also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Labelbox has 9 open roles and Scale AI has 175 open roles.