# Soda: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 42 judge labels across 1 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/soda/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data quality and observability | 9% | 2 | 7% | 42 |

## What the models said for it

- "Soda is often the better default because mid-sized teams usually benefit from faster adoption and built-in observability" (GPT-5.4 mini, Data observability)
- "I'd shortlist Soda. It offers checks and monitoring across common warehouses and databases" (GPT-6 Luna, Data observability)
- "best value choice is usually Great Expectations (GX Core) or Soda Free/open-source first" (GPT-5.4 mini, Data observability)
- "the best default pick is usually Soda or Monte Carlo" (GPT-5.4 mini, Data observability)

## And against it

- "Why be cautious: if you plan to stay on Soda Core open-source, assess ongoing support and feature parity; Soda Cloud pricing and roadmap are not self-serve" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data observability)
- "License change risk... Not full observability... Limited out-of-the-box metrics." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data observability)
- "Soda might require more upfront effort to configure tests" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Data observability)

## In its own words

What Soda's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The AI-native, fully automated data quality platform. (https://soda.io/)
- For: Engineers run it as code. Business runs it in an interface. (https://soda.io/)
- Price stated: Free: $0 per month; Team: $750 per month; Enterprise: Custom pricing (https://soda.io/pricing)
- Starting price: 0 (https://soda.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Free account; No credit card required (https://soda.io/pricing)
- Integrations claimed: 70 (https://soda.io/product/mcp); 48 (https://soda.io/integrations) (pages disagree)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, DORA, GDPR
- Customers named: Sid Srivastava, Mario Konschake, Sutaraj Dutta, Gu Xie

## What it publishes

Every page soda.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 700 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 94 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- conference or event: 20 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-11
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 13 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-21
- template or tool: 21 pages, 21 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-08
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Salesforce account ingestion https://soda.io/templates/salesforce-account-ingestion
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Platform automation https://soda.io/templates/platform-automation
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Streaming event contracts https://soda.io/templates/streaming-event-contracts
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Offer snapshots https://soda.io/templates/offer-snapshots
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Source aligned events https://soda.io/templates/source-aligned-events
- Recent: 2026-09-25 template or tool: Customer transactions https://soda.io/templates/customer-transactions

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.