Google Cloud Vision API

What is Google Cloud Vision API?

Google Cloud Vision API is a Google Cloud service that applies pre-trained computer vision models to images through a REST or client-library API. Developers use it to extract insights from images, documents and videos, and Vision AI also supports custom model training with no code.

Key features of Google Cloud Vision API

• Pre-trained vision models accessed through APIs
• Image analysis such as labels, objects and text detection
• Extraction of insights from documents and video
• No-code custom model training in a managed environment
• Integration with the rest of Google Cloud
• Client libraries and REST access for developers

Who uses Google Cloud Vision API?

Vision API is used by developers, data science teams and product engineers who need to add image understanding to applications, such as content moderation, document digitization, retail catalog tagging and media search.

Google Cloud Vision API pricing

Vision API uses pay-as-you-go pricing billed per unit by feature, with Google listing rates on its pricing page. New Google Cloud customers get up to $300 in free credits to try Vision AI and other Google Cloud products, according to the product page.

Google Cloud Vision API alternatives

Alternatives to Google Cloud Vision API include Amazon Rekognition, Azure AI Vision, Clarifai and OpenAI vision models. Rekognition and Azure AI Vision are the closest cloud equivalents, while Clarifai offers a platform for custom vision models.