Pixano vs CVAT

PPixano9.0Visit CVAT8.9Visit

Higher score P Pixano #1 in Image Annotation Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Pixano

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

• Pixano fits best

  Open-source teams needing 2D and 3D annotation

• CVAT fits best

  Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow

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Side by side

Feature	PPixano 9.0/10 Visit ↗	CVAT 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#1 in Image Annotation Software	#2 in Image Annotation Software
Best for	Open-source teams needing 2D and 3D annotation	Open-source teams needing a complete CV workflow
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan	$23/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted, Browser extension	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Docs	Community, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Pixano 2/3 · CVAT 3/3
Model-assisted labeling	✓	✓
Team collaboration	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Annotation types	bounding boxes, polygons, pixel masks, keypoints, cuboids, classification, tracking	Rectangle/bounding box, polygon, polyline, points, ellipse, cuboid, skeleton, tag, brush/mask
Image formats	JPEG, PNG	JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PPM, TIFF
Dataset export	COCO, Pixano annotation format	CVAT XML, Datumaro JSON, COCO JSON, YOLO, Pascal VOC, Cityscapes, KITTI, Open Images, MOT, and others
Our review
Pros	Free and open source with web, desktop, and self-hosted options Supports masks, boxes, polygons, keypoints, cuboids, and tracking Adds model-assisted labeling, semantic search, schemas, and API access	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
Cons	Collaboration capabilities are more limited than its annotation depth Integrations are limited beyond its dataset and API workflows Image format support is centered on JPEG and PNG	Free plan supports only 1–2 members Solo plans are limited to a personal workspace Enterprise deployment starts at $12,000 per year
Our verdict	Pixano is an open-source tool for exploring and annotating computer-vision datasets. It is aimed at researchers, developers, and teams building custom computer-vision datasets or annotation applications. The feature set covers bounding… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Pixano — where it wins

  • Free and open source with web, desktop, and self-hosted options
  • Supports masks, boxes, polygons, keypoints, cuboids, and tracking
  • Adds model-assisted labeling, semantic search, schemas, and API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Collaboration capabilities are more limited than its annotation depth
  • Integrations are limited beyond its dataset and API workflows
  • Image format support is centered on JPEG and PNG

• 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

• PPixano9.0/10 · Free plan

  A flexible open-source choice for teams annotating 2D and 3D vision datasets.

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• CVAT8.9/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit CVATFull verdict →