CVAT vs Roboflow

CVAT8.9Visit Roboflow8.7Visit

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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Roboflow #4 in Image Annotation Software 8.7/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Roboflow

• CVAT fits best

  Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow

• Roboflow fits best

  Teams needing annotation plus model deployment

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Side by side

Feature	CVAT 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Roboflow 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Image Annotation Software	#4 in Image Annotation Software
Best for	Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow	Teams needing annotation plus model deployment
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$23/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Community, Docs	Email, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Integrations	5 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CVAT 3/3 · Roboflow 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, polygons, segmentation masks, classification labels, keypoints
Image formats	JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PPM, TIFF	JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF, BMP
Dataset export	CVAT XML, Datumaro JSON, COCO JSON, YOLO, Pascal VOC, Cityscapes, KITTI, Open Images, MOT, and others	JSON, XML, CSV, TXT, and 30+ additional formats
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	Supports boxes, polygons, masks, classification labels, and keypoints Combines AI labeling, dataset management, training, and deployment Offers cloud, edge, self-hosted, REST API, and SDK access
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 Public plan requires data and models to be open source Core costs $79/month annually or $99/month monthly Enterprise features use custom pricing
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 →	Roboflow is a computer vision platform for developers, researchers, and enterprises that need image annotation alongside model development and deployment. Its browser-based workspace supports bounding boxes, polygons, segmentation masks,… 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

• Roboflow — where it wins

  • Supports boxes, polygons, masks, classification labels, and keypoints
  • Combines AI labeling, dataset management, training, and deployment
  • Offers cloud, edge, self-hosted, REST API, and SDK access

  Where it doesn't

  • The Public plan requires data and models to be open source
  • Core costs $79/month annually or $99/month monthly
  • Enterprise features use custom pricing

• CVAT8.9/10 · Free plan

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

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• Roboflow8.7/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A broad image annotation and deployment platform with a free public tier and paid private-data plans.

  Visit RoboflowFull verdict →