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title: "Compare"
slug: "compare"
updated: 2025-08-18T12:06:42Z
published: 2025-08-18T12:06:42Z
canonical: "docs.akridata.ai/compare"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.akridata.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Compare

The Compare feature allows comparing a set of images/frames against a base set of images/frames to identify changes and data drift. For example, you may want to compare last week's data with the data from the last three months to see if the trends are similar or diverging. The Compare option is only available for Explore jobs. All the data from old datasets are displayed with round dots, and the data from new datasets are displayed with plus dots.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/BasicCompare(1).gif)

**Basic Compare**

## **Prerequisites**

- A compare job can be specified with a base job on the same dataset, and the base job must be of the Explore type.
- The compare job and base job must be defined using the same catalog table.
- The base job must not use KSEGMENT as the embedder.

## Job submission

The job creation flow is similar to any other job

1. Navigate to the catalog, and click the '**Visualize**' button.
2. In the job submission screen, select **'Compare'** type of job and the base job from a drop-down list of eligible base jobs

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/compare-job(1).png)

Compare job submission
3. Click **Submit**.
4. Navigate to **Visualization Jobs** > **Explore**.
5. Once the job is in the 'Ready' state, click **Visualize**. A sample visualization is as follows.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/compare.jpg)

You can choose to view only **Delta**or **Base** points by selecting them from the **Point Set** drop-down list.