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Best Data Version Control Tools in 2026

Data version control tools address how datasets are organized, changed, and restored over time. Compare data scope and dataset branching, then look at snapshot granularity and point-in-time rollback to understand the versioning capabilities listed for each option.

  1. 01 DagsHub

    DagsHub suits ML developers and teams that need shared data, experiment, and model management.

    From $8.25/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.3 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Apache Paimon

    Paimon suits data teams building lakehouse architectures that need streaming and batch tables, time travel, schema evolution, or CDC ingestion.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Apache Iceberg

    It suits teams managing analytic tables across multiple processing engines and needing schema changes, snapshots, rollback, or concurrent writes.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  4. 04 ClearML

    ClearML suits teams managing AI/ML work across GPU infrastructure and model development, especially those needing cloud, on-premises, hybrid, or self-hosted deployment.

    From $15/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.7 Visit Specs
  5. 05 git-annex

    It suits Git users comfortable with the command line who need to manage large files across repository clones and storage remotes.

    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.7 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Roboflow

    Roboflow is aimed at developers and enterprises building computer vision applications.

    From $39/mo Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · iOS
    8.7 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Weights & Biases
    From $60/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.6 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Crowdee

    Crowdee suits newsrooms, compliance teams and AI researchers that need verification workflows with human review and exportable evidence.

    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Delta Lake
    Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Bauplan

    Bauplan is for developers and AI agents building, validating, and shipping data pipelines on production data.

    From $700/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Dolt

    Dolt suits teams that want version control and collaboration around SQL data, or developers who need a MySQL-compatible database.

    From $5/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.4 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Apache Hudi

    It suits teams building self-hosted data lakes or lakehouses with streaming ingestion, incremental processing, SQL analytics, and transactional table operations.

    Free plan Linux · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  13. 13 DataChain

    DataChain suits researchers, AI teams, and developers managing typed datasets and Python pipelines across cloud or self-hosted storage.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Graviti

    Graviti suits AI developers who need to acquire, manage, and process unstructured datasets, especially when versioning, annotation, or workflow automation matters.

    From $200/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Hugging Face Hub

    It suits machine learning teams sharing models, datasets, code, and interactive demos.

    From $9/mo Free plan Web · Linux · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Neon

    Neon suits teams building relational applications that want managed PostgreSQL, workload-based compute, and database branching.

    From $0.11/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.0 Visit Specs
  17. 17 DataLad

    DataLad suits researchers and other users who need versioned, reproducible management of file datasets across linked projects.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.9 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Oxen

    Explorer is described for individuals, students, and hobbyists; Hacker is aimed at small teams and larger projects.

    From $30/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Carbon Data Layer
    7.8 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Dataverse
    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Kart
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Lance
    Free plan Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  23. 23 DVCLive
    Free plan API
    7.6 Visit Specs
  24. 24 PlanetScale
    From $5/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.6 Visit Specs
  25. 25 XTDB
    From $166.67/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.6 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Deployment model and storage backend can help you assess how a tool is set up and where data resides. Weights & Biases, Apache Paimon, and ClearML are among the entries. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing offer further comparison points alongside the data-management features, helping you consider which approaches align with your datasets and recovery needs.

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