LightlyStudio
7.6#2 in data labeling softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Segments.ai
7.0#3 in image annotation softwareFree planFree planWebAPI
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| Fact | LightlyStudio | Segments.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud integrations | The software can read media from AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage through optional cloud-storage dependencies. | Documentation describes AWS S3 cross-account access, Azure Blob Link Service and keeping assets in customer-managed cloud buckets. |
| Founded | 2019 | 2020 |
| Funding | Lightly's About page states that the company has raised $10 million. | Y Combinator says the company was funded in 2021 by Y Combinator, Merus Capital and Volta Ventures. |
| Integrations | It reads images and videos from Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage, and supports common annotation formats including COCO, YOLO, Pascal VOC, and YouTube-VIS. | The Python SDK supports programmatic data upload, label downloads, dataset management, and webhooks; the integrations page names TensorFlow and PyTorch. |
| Limit: learning curve | G2 and SourceForge reviewers say advanced capabilities can take time to learn and would benefit from more visual tutorials. | G2 review summaries repeatedly mention a steep learning curve for newcomers, complex features and insufficient guidance. |
| Product | LightlyStudio combines computer vision data curation, annotation, quality assurance, evaluation, and dataset management in one app. | Segments.ai is a multi-sensor data labeling platform for robotics and autonomous vehicle teams. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.4 out of 5 from 14 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 22 reviews. |
LightlyStudio plans
- Open SourceFree
- Open SourceFree
- Lightly-HostedPriced on request
- On-PremisePriced on request
- On-PremisePriced on request
- Lightly-HostedPriced on request
Segments.ai plans
- Academic licenseFree
- CorePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- FusionPriced on request
- Core—
- Fusion—
Pick LightlyStudio if…
LightlyStudio suits computer-vision practitioners who need to curate and label image or video datasets and evaluate models. The open-source version is for users who can work without customer support or team collaboration; Enterprise offers those collaboration features.
Pick Segments.ai if…
Segments.ai suits computer vision engineers and data scientists labeling data for autonomous robotics or driving. Its free academic license is for non-commercial research and requires a license request.