Google Cloud Vision API Alternatives

Google Cloud Vision API is described as 'Cloud Vision API provides a comprehensive set of capabilities including object detection, ocr, explicit content, face, logo, and landmark detection' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Google Cloud Vision API for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Google Cloud Vision API alternative is Adobe Acrobat DC. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ClarifyDocuments or Roboflow. Other great apps like Google Cloud Vision API are Amazon Rekognition, Hume AI, OwlOCR and Vovsoft OCR Reader.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Google Cloud Vision API alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Adobe Acrobat DC icon
     203 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    303 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Mac alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Vision API is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    78 ClarifyDocuments alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • ClarifyDocuments is the most popular free alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • ClarifyDocuments is Free and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Vision API is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Roboflow icon
     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    With a few images, you can deploy a computer vision model in an afternoon. Roboflow empowers developers to build their own computer vision applications, no matter their skillset or experience. We streamline the process between labeling your data and training your model.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Roboflow is the most popular SaaS alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Roboflow is Freemium and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Vision API is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Amazon Rekognition makes it easy to add deep learning-based image analysis to your applications. Search, verify, and organize millions of images. With Rekognition, you can detect objects, scenes, and faces in images. You can also search and compare faces.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  5. Hume AI icon
     Like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    APIs to understand emotional expression and align technology with human well-being.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. OwlOCR icon
     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    OwlOCR offers simple optical character recognition of text in PDF files, images or on-screen and converts that to plain text.

    103 OwlOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    OCR Reader is an image to text converter program that allows you to extract text from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WEBP, and BMP image files using Optical Character Recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Exadel CompreFace is a free and open-source face recognition system from Exadel. CompreFace provides REST API for face recognition, face verification, face detection, landmark detection, age, and gender recognition and is easily deployed with docker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Exadel CompreFace is the most popular Linux alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Exadel CompreFace is the most popular Open Source alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Exadel CompreFace is Free and Open SourceGoogle Cloud Vision API is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Ximilar icon
     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Ximilar is a Computer Vision platform that allows you to build and train Deep Learning models for Image Recognition, Detection, and Visual Search. Allows you to download a model for offline usage or connect to them via API.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Ximilar is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Ximilar is Freemium and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Vision API is Paid and Proprietary
  10. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    You can use Easy Screen OCR to capture a snapshot and start OCR process. this program will detect the text from the image and start OCR process immediately. You can extract the text to copy and paste in seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Easy Screen OCR is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Google Cloud Vision API.

    • Easy Screen OCR is Paid and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Vision API is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. Clarifai icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Clarifai is the leading deep learning AI platform for computer vision, natural language processing, and automatic speech recognition. We help organizations transform unstructured images, video, and text data into structured data.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Show Facebook Computer Vision Tags is a very simple browser extension that displays the automated image tags that Facebook has generated for your images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
12 of 26 Google Cloud Vision API alternatives