Annota AI vs Annotate-Lab

Annota AI combines image annotation, document OCR and review, and AI tools in a web or self-hosted workspace. For images, Magic Select creates an object mask for review and Magic Annotate locates selected labels in an image or dataset. Users can draw and edit bounding boxes and polygons, use segmentation masks, and export images and annotations in COCO format; PNG and JPEG are supported. Document datasets accept PDF, PNG, and JPEG files. OCR extracts content page by page for checking and correction, with exports as a Markdown ZIP or an Obsidian-compatible LLM Wiki workspace. Compatible agents connect through MCP remote servers using Streamable HTTP and OAuth, while organization permissions and shared credits apply. The maker says infrastructure and models run in EU regions without external AI-provider APIs. Plans range from Free at free to Pro at €21.96 a month and Team at €29.28 per member per month; Enterprise pricing is by quote. YOLO training remains private beta and requires separate approval.

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