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Head-to-head · AI Video Search Tools

Coactive Content Discovery vs FrameQuery

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Coactive Content Discovery #3 in AI Video Search Tools 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Coactive AI
FrameQuery #4 in AI Video Search Tools 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit FrameQuery

Coactive Content Discovery leads on 0 checks, FrameQuery on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCoactive Content Discovery · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly FrameQuery
  • Most featuresCoactive Content Discovery · 4 of 4

Coactive Content Discovery scores higher on our rubric for ai video search tools: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

Coactive Content Discovery is the better fit for API-first multimodal media search. FrameQuery is the better fit for teams wanting affordable review and search.

  • Coactive Content Discovery fits best

    API-first multimodal media search

  • FrameQuery fits best

    Teams wanting affordable review and search

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Side by side

Feature Coactive Content Discovery 9.0/10 Visit ↗ FrameQuery 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #3 in AI Video Search Tools #4 in AI Video Search Tools
Best for API-first multimodal media search Teams wanting affordable review and search
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price Pricing on request $19/mo
Free plan Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Desktop
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS
Support Docs Docs
Integrations 5 integrations 9 integrations
Built for Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Coactive Content Discovery 4/4 · FrameQuery 0/4
Visual search ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Audio search ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Multimodal search ✓ (best) Not checked yet
API access ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Indexed video hours Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Searches visual, transcript, audio, metadata, and image signals
  • Drills into specific shots with timestamps and negative search
  • REST API plus integrations with Mimir, Adobe Premiere, AWS, Databricks, and Microsoft
  • Semantic search covers transcripts, scenes, objects, people, and voices
  • Frame-accurate comments, drawings, threads, and approval workflows
  • Supports 50+ formats with FCPXML, EDL, and LosslessCut export
Cons
  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve checkout
  • Cloud deployment may not suit teams requiring another deployment model
  • Support is centered on documentation
  • Cloud-hosted sharing and proxy storage start at the Pro plan
  • Studio pricing is not specified in the published plan details
  • Developer API functionality is planned rather than available today
Our verdict

Coactive Content Discovery is a cloud-based search product for media, editorial, production, and content-operations teams managing large image and video libraries. It combines natural-language visual search with semantic and exact-match…

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FrameQuery is a desktop video analysis and search application for editors, post-production teams, filmmakers, and other video professionals. It indexes footage using transcripts, scene descriptions, object recognition, face recognition,…

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  1. Coactive Content DiscoveryAI Video Search Tools 9.0Pricing on request
  2. FrameQueryAI Video Search Tools 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Coactive Content Discovery — where it wins

    • Searches visual, transcript, audio, metadata, and image signals
    • Drills into specific shots with timestamps and negative search
    • REST API plus integrations with Mimir, Adobe Premiere, AWS, Databricks, and Microsoft

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than self-serve checkout
    • Cloud deployment may not suit teams requiring another deployment model
    • Support is centered on documentation

  • FrameQuery — where it wins

    • Semantic search covers transcripts, scenes, objects, people, and voices
    • Frame-accurate comments, drawings, threads, and approval workflows
    • Supports 50+ formats with FCPXML, EDL, and LosslessCut export

    Where it doesn't

    • Cloud-hosted sharing and proxy storage start at the Pro plan
    • Studio pricing is not specified in the published plan details
    • Developer API functionality is planned rather than available today

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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