Best Data Version Control Tools in 2026
Updated
In short: Weights & Biases is ranked #1 of 36 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Oxen and Bauplan. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Oxen. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Neon at $0.11/mo.
Data version control tools help you manage changes to datasets and understand how versions can be branched, stored or restored. Compare data scope and dataset branching, then look at snapshot granularity and point-in-time rollback to assess how each handles version history and recovery. Deployment model and storage backend provide further context for where tools run and how data is kept. Free plan availability and paid-from pricing can help frame cost considerations. Weights & Biases, Oxen and Bauplan are among the options shown, alongside DagsHub and DataLad. Think about the datasets you need to manage and the rollback or branching workflows that matter to your team.
36 data version control tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Data Version Control Tools, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going. 20 of the 25 on this page can be tried for free.
- 1 Weights & BiasesPaid from $60/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 2 OxenPaid from $30/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 3 BauplanPaid from $700/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 4 DagsHubPaid from $8.25/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 5 GravitiPaid from $200/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 6 Apache PaimonFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 7 ClearMLPaid from $15/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 8 DataLadFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 9 Hugging Face HubPaid from $9/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 10 NeonPaid from $0.11/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 11 NileFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 12 RoboflowPaid from $39/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 13 Databricks NotebooksFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 14 DoltPaid from $5/mo
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 15 CrowdeeFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 16 Snowflake CoCo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 17 TerminusDBFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 18 KedroFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 19 lakeFS
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 20 Apache HudiFree plan
- Free to practise on: yes
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 21 QuiltPaid from $312.50/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: not on record
- 22 PlanetScalePaid from $5/mo
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 23 git-annex
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 24 Apache Iceberg
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
- 25 Kart
- Free to practise on: not on record
- Free trial: not on record
- Well documented: not on record
- Runs where you work: yes
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Questions about this list
Which data version control tool is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
Weights & Biases is ranked #1 of 36 with a score of 8.0. Oxen is second and Bauplan third.
How many of these have a free plan?
18 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Neon has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.11/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.