Roboflow review
Images and video can be labeled in the browser through Roboflow, with AI helping. You can also train vision models and deploy them there; the free tier is enough to begin.
- Source code is open
- No
- Where it runs
- Hosted in the cloud; the models can run on your own devices too; for Enterprise, an on-premises install is available
- Price
- There's a free tier; Core starts at $39 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom.
- No-cost option
- You get 10 credits a month on the free tier
- File types
- Video, photos
- Which audits and laws it lists
- SOC 2, HIPAA
- Labeling staff
- From $0.10 per bounding box, you can use Roboflow's own labelers
Our sources: docs.roboflow.com on adding data · docs.roboflow.com on exporting data · roboflow.com homepage · roboflow.com on annotation · roboflow.com pricing · security.roboflow.com homepage
Who it's for
Computer vision teams that want to train models and label images or video in one place will find it a good fit. Enterprise includes HIPAA compliance and a BAA for teams handling health data.
Two things to know about Roboflow Annotate
- According to Roboflow, users have labeled 750,000+ datasets and 575+ million images on the platform.
- The Smart Select tool draws a polygon with one click, powered by Meta AI's Segment Anything model.

What Roboflow offers as an annotation tool
- Images and videos can be uploaded
- Help from AI while you label: Smart Select gives one-click polygons via Meta AI's Segment Anything (SAM)
Roboflow and similar platforms
| Platform | Source code is open | Where it runs | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Hosted in the cloud; the models can run on your own devices too; for Enterprise, an on-premises install is available | There's a free tier; Core starts at $39 a month; Enterprise pricing is custom. | |
| No | Cloud | Not published | |
| No | Cloud, VPC or on-premises (Enterprise) | Plans on request: Starter, Team and Enterprise | |
| No | Cloud or your private cloud | Paid plans on request; free tier | |
| No | Cloud | Plans on request: Starter, Pro and Enterprise |
Labeling services for the files Roboflow handles
What to ask Roboflow before you sign
- Which data types and label tools come with the plan we'd buy?
- Can we export all of our labels in our own format if we leave?
- Does the plan include model-assisted labeling, or is that an extra cost?
- Will we provide the labeling team ourselves, or can you supply one too?
Would you rather have people do the labeling for you? Describe the job once and three annotation companies reply.
Send a brief to three companies
