DISKO vs Persalto

DISKO8.7Visit Persalto8.2Visit

Higher score DISKO #5 in AI Video Search Tools 8.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit DISKO

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Persalto #8 in AI Video Search Tools 8.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Persalto

• DISKO fits best

  Editors wanting low-cost production search

• Persalto fits best

  Private and air-gapped media archives

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Side by side

Feature	DISKO 8.7/10 Visit ↗	Persalto 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.2
Ranking	#5 in AI Video Search Tools	#8 in AI Video Search Tools
Best for	Editors wanting low-cost production search	Private and air-gapped media archives
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$12/mo	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Self-hosted
Integrations	3 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features DISKO 3/4 · Persalto 3/4
Visual search	✓	✓
Audio search	✓	✓
Multimodal search	✓	✓
API access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Indexed video hours	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Searches footage by visuals, dialogue, faces, voices, and metadata Exports transcripts, SRT files, and timelines to Premiere Pro or Resolve Supports review, multicamera sync, version comparison, and client delivery	Searches video, audio, images, and documents with natural language Jumps directly to timestamped matches with transcript and visual search Supports air-gapped deployment and in-place storage indexing
Cons	DISKO LOCAL is available on macOS rather than across desktop platforms Cloud storage and local indexing are split across separate product options Advanced recognition and export features are concentrated in paid plans	Pricing requires contacting sales Annual licensing is structured in two-GPU increments Requires customer-controlled or partner-provided NVIDIA GPU servers
Our verdict	DISKO is a media asset management and video search suite for filmmakers, editors, and small to mid-market video teams. Its Mac desktop app uses on-device AI to index local footage, while DISKO Cloud supports browser-based review, client… Read the review →	Persalto is a self-hosted AI search platform for enterprise archives containing video, audio, images, and documents. It is aimed at broadcast and post-production teams, sports and live entertainment organizations, legal and regulated… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• DISKO — where it wins

  • Searches footage by visuals, dialogue, faces, voices, and metadata
  • Exports transcripts, SRT files, and timelines to Premiere Pro or Resolve
  • Supports review, multicamera sync, version comparison, and client delivery

  Where it doesn't

  • DISKO LOCAL is available on macOS rather than across desktop platforms
  • Cloud storage and local indexing are split across separate product options
  • Advanced recognition and export features are concentrated in paid plans

• Persalto — where it wins

  • Searches video, audio, images, and documents with natural language
  • Jumps directly to timestamped matches with transcript and visual search
  • Supports air-gapped deployment and in-place storage indexing

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Annual licensing is structured in two-GPU increments
  • Requires customer-controlled or partner-provided NVIDIA GPU servers

• DISKO8.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A flexible search and review suite with low-cost cloud and local options.

  Visit DISKOFull verdict →
• Persalto8.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A self-hosted multimodal search platform for private, air-gapped archives.

  Visit PersaltoFull verdict →