CVAT

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About

CVAT is ranked #1 of 33 in video annotation software on Inferse. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $1.92/mo.

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Facts

Purpose: CVAT turns raw images, video, 3D data, and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Annotation features: Its visual annotation tools include boxes, pixel masks, polygons, keypoints, skeletons, and object tracks.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Quality control: Teams can review jobs through validation and acceptance stages and assess quality with ground truth, honeypots, and consensus workflows.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Storage integrations: CVAT supports Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, S3-compatible buckets, and self-hosted storage.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
AI integrations: The platform names SAM 2, SAM 3, Ultralytics, Hugging Face models, and custom models as ways to accelerate labeling.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Exports and automation: CVAT exports data in more than 20 formats, including COCO, YOLO, KITTI, Cityscapes, and Pascal VOC, and supports automation through its API, SDK, and CLI.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Deployment: CVAT is offered as a managed cloud service or as a self-hosted deployment, including on-premises and air-gapped options.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Security controls: CVAT lists encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, SSO, access logging, and audit trails among its security features.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Certification limits: CVAT says it does not currently hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certifications.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Community edition limits: The Enterprise page says Community lacks automated quality assurance, SSO, SAM integration, built-in AI agent integrations, and advanced reporting.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Support: Enterprise Basic includes 24-hour email support with a 24-hour response SLA and a private helpdesk channel for urgent critical issues.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026
Company history: CVAT began as an internal Intel tool in 2017, was released as open source in 2018, and spun out as an independent company in 2022.cvat.ai · 29 Sept 2026