Data labeling & annotation · CVAT.ai (open-source project, originated at Intel)

CVAT

Open-source, self-hosted tool focused on image and video annotation for computer vision, with bounding boxes, polygons and tracking.

CVAT (Computer Vision Annotation Tool) is an open-source annotation tool specialized for computer-vision tasks: bounding boxes, polygons, polylines, points, cuboids and skeletons on images, plus interpolation-based tracking across video frames so objects don't need to be re-drawn on every frame. It originated at Intel and is now maintained as an independent open-source project, deployable via Docker on a team's own infrastructure, with a hosted SaaS version (cvat.ai) also available for teams that don't want to self-host. AI-assisted labeling can be added through integrated model-serving (e.g., Segment Anything) to speed up annotation. Its scope is narrower than general multimodal platforms in this category — it is built specifically for vision data rather than text, audio or documents.

At a glance

Vendor CVAT.ai (open-source project, originated at Intel)
Pricing model Open source + paid options
Free tier Yes
Deployment Self-hosted, Cloud
Open source Yes (MIT)
Best for Computer-vision teams that want a free, self-hosted tool focused specifically on image/video annotation.

Pricing

The open-source core is free and self-hosted; a hosted SaaS/enterprise version with paid plans is also offered.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Features

  • Bounding box, polygon, polyline, point, cuboid and skeleton annotation
  • Frame-interpolation tracking for video annotation
  • AI-assisted labeling via integrated model serving (e.g., Segment Anything)
  • Self-hosted deployment via Docker
  • Hosted SaaS version (cvat.ai) available
  • Multi-user projects with task assignment and review stages
  • Import/export in common CV formats (COCO, YOLO, Pascal VOC)

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Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

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