CVAT vs LabelU
CVAT
cvat.aiLabelU
opendatalab.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | CVAT | LabelU |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.92/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 0 |
| Spec score · Data Labeling Software | 8.4 (#6) | 7.2 (#21) |
| Deployment | CVAT is offered as a managed cloud service or as a self-hosted deployment, including on-premises and air-gapped options. | LabelU can be installed locally with pip and run at localhost:8000; the README specifies Python 3.11. |
| Purpose | CVAT turns raw images, video, 3D data, and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows. | LabelU is a multimodal data annotation platform for image, video, and audio tasks. |
Plans
CVAT
- CommunityFree
- CVAT Online FreeFree
- CVAT Online Solo Yearly$23 a year
- CVAT Online Team Yearly$23 a year
- CVAT Online Solo Monthly$33 a month
- CVAT Online Team Monthly$33 a month
- Enterprise Basic$12,000 a year
- Enterprise PremiumPriced on request
In their own words
CVAT
CVAT turns images, video, 3D data and audio into labeled datasets for AI workflows. Its annotation tools include boxes, masks, polygons, keypoints, skeletons and object tracks, with additional listed types such as cuboids, ellipses and tags. Teams can review jobs through validation and acceptance stages and assess quality using ground truth, honeypots and consensus workflows. Storage connections include Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, compatible buckets and self-hosted storage. CVAT names SAM 2, SAM 3, Ultralytics, Hugging Face and custom models as labeling aids. It exports to more than 20 formats, including COCO, YOLO, KITTI, Cityscapes and Pascal VOC, and offers API, SDK and CLI automation. Deployment can be managed in the cloud or self-hosted, including on-premises and air-gapped options. Free plans are available; online paid plans start at $23/user/mo billed annually. CVAT lists security controls but says it does not hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certifications.
LabelU
LabelU has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.