CVAT vs Labelbox

CVAT8.9Visit Labelbox8.3Visit

Higher score CVAT #2 in Image Annotation Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit CVAT

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Labelbox #8 in Image Annotation Software 8.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Labelbox

• CVAT fits best

  Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow

• Labelbox fits best

  Teams prioritizing quality control and data curation

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Side by side

Feature	CVAT 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Labelbox 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.3
Ranking	#2 in Image Annotation Software	#8 in Image Annotation Software
Best for	Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow	Teams prioritizing quality control and data curation
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$23/mo	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Docs
Compliance	GDPR, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA
Integrations	5 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CVAT 3/3 · Labelbox 3/3
Model-assisted labeling	✓	✓
Team collaboration	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Annotation types	Rectangle/bounding box, polygon, polyline, points, ellipse, cuboid, skeleton, tag, brush/mask	bounding boxes, segmentation masks, image classification, radio classification
Image formats	JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PPM, TIFF	JPEG
Dataset export	CVAT XML, Datumaro JSON, COCO JSON, YOLO, Pascal VOC, Cityscapes, KITTI, Open Images, MOT, and others	JSON, NDJSON, CSV, BigQuery, Databricks
Our review
Pros	Supports image, video, and 3D annotation with many annotation types Offers AI-assisted workflows, REST API, Python SDK, and CLI Exports to major computer-vision formats and connects to cloud storage	Model-assisted pre-labeling supports faster image annotation workflows. Quality controls include benchmarks, consensus, review, and monitoring. Connects with AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, BigQuery, and Databricks.
Cons	Free plan supports only 1–2 members Solo plans are limited to a personal workspace Enterprise deployment starts at $12,000 per year	The verified image scope is narrower than some broader annotation platforms. Category specifications list JPEG as the supported image format. Paid plans span Starter, Standard, and Enterprise, requiring tier selection.
Our verdict	CVAT is a visual data annotation platform for creating training datasets from images, video, and 3D data. It is aimed at computer vision and AI teams that need manual labeling, AI-assisted detection, segmentation or tracking, dataset… Read the review →	Labelbox is a cloud platform for creating and managing training data for AI systems. It is designed for machine-learning teams, AI labs, and enterprises building computer-vision, language, multimodal, and generative-AI systems. For image… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CVAT — where it wins

  • Supports image, video, and 3D annotation with many annotation types
  • Offers AI-assisted workflows, REST API, Python SDK, and CLI
  • Exports to major computer-vision formats and connects to cloud storage

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan supports only 1–2 members
  • Solo plans are limited to a personal workspace
  • Enterprise deployment starts at $12,000 per year

• Labelbox — where it wins

  • Model-assisted pre-labeling supports faster image annotation workflows.
  • Quality controls include benchmarks, consensus, review, and monitoring.
  • Connects with AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, BigQuery, and Databricks.

  Where it doesn't

  • The verified image scope is narrower than some broader annotation platforms.
  • Category specifications list JPEG as the supported image format.
  • Paid plans span Starter, Standard, and Enterprise, requiring tier selection.

• CVAT8.9/10 · Free plan

  A broad CV workflow spanning manual, AI-assisted, collaborative, and programmatic annotation.

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• Labelbox8.3/10 · Free plan

  A quality-focused image annotation platform with curation, model assistance, and cloud integrations.

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