Twelve Labs vs Deepgrip

Twelve Labs9.4Visit Deepgrip8.0Visit

Higher score Twelve Labs #1 in AI Video Search Tools 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Twelve Labs

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Deepgrip #10 in AI Video Search Tools 8.0/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Deepgrip

• Twelve Labs fits best

  Developers needing scalable video search APIs

• Deepgrip fits best

  Large archives needing cited video intelligence

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Side by side

Feature	Twelve Labs 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Deepgrip 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.0
Ranking	#1 in AI Video Search Tools	#10 in AI Video Search Tools
Best for	Developers needing scalable video search APIs	Large archives needing cited video intelligence
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.09/unit/mo	$399/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Support	Community, Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	SSO/SAML
Integrations	18 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Twelve Labs 4/4 · Deepgrip 4/4
Visual search	✓	✓
Audio search	✓	✓
Multimodal search	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Indexed video hours	10000 hours (best)	200 hours
Our review
Pros	Searches visual, audio, and spoken-word content Supports REST APIs plus Python and Node.js SDKs Indexes up to 10,000 hours on Developer pricing	Timestamped semantic search with citation-backed answers Clips, recaps, highlight reels, and knowledge-graph extraction API access, storage ingestion, and self-hosted deployment
Cons	API-only access may not suit nontechnical teams Developer usage has separate indexing, infrastructure, and query charges Free access is limited to 10 indexed hours and 600 usage minutes	Starts at $399 per month with no free plan Advanced features require the $1,199-per-month Pro plan Enterprise capabilities require a custom plan
Our verdict	Twelve Labs is a video intelligence platform for organizations working with video at scale. It is designed for developers building search, analysis, and retrieval workflows across media, sports, advertising, government, security, and other… Read the review →	Deepgrip is an AI video intelligence platform for organizations managing large video archives. It ingests content from NAS and cloud storage, transcribes audio, identifies speakers, and indexes video for natural-language search. Media… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Twelve Labs — where it wins

  • Searches visual, audio, and spoken-word content
  • Supports REST APIs plus Python and Node.js SDKs
  • Indexes up to 10,000 hours on Developer pricing

  Where it doesn't

  • API-only access may not suit nontechnical teams
  • Developer usage has separate indexing, infrastructure, and query charges
  • Free access is limited to 10 indexed hours and 600 usage minutes

• Deepgrip — where it wins

  • Timestamped semantic search with citation-backed answers
  • Clips, recaps, highlight reels, and knowledge-graph extraction
  • API access, storage ingestion, and self-hosted deployment

  Where it doesn't

  • Starts at $399 per month with no free plan
  • Advanced features require the $1,199-per-month Pro plan
  • Enterprise capabilities require a custom plan

• Twelve Labs9.4/10 · Free plan

  A developer-focused API for multimodal video search, analysis, and embeddings.

  Visit Twelve LabsFull verdict →
• Deepgrip8.0/10 · 7-day trial

  Deepgrip brings cited semantic search and AI analysis to large video archives.

  Visit DeepgripFull verdict →