FrameQuery vs Persalto

FrameQuery8.8Visit Persalto8.2Visit

Higher score FrameQuery #4 in AI Video Search Tools 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit FrameQuery

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

• FrameQuery fits best

  Teams wanting affordable review and search

• Persalto fits best

  Private and air-gapped media archives

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Side by side

Feature	FrameQuery 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Persalto 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.2
Ranking	#4 in AI Video Search Tools	#8 in AI Video Search Tools
Best for	Teams wanting affordable review and search	Private and air-gapped media archives
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$19/mo	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Self-hosted
Integrations	9 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features FrameQuery 0/4 · Persalto 3/4
Visual search	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Audio search	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Multimodal search	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
API access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Indexed video hours	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	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	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	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	Pricing requires contacting sales Annual licensing is structured in two-GPU increments Requires customer-controlled or partner-provided NVIDIA GPU servers
Our verdict	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,… 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

• 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

• 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

• FrameQuery8.8/10 · Free plan

  A capable video intelligence and review workspace with a low-cost entry tier.

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• Persalto8.2/10 · Pricing on request

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

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