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Complete Data Labeling Suite For Teams Building Real-World AI

Turn raw visual data into model-ready datasets with the CVAT annotation platform. Run it on your own infrastructure, CVAT cloud, or let our labeling team do the work.
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CVAT PLATFORM
All-in-one data annotation platform for vision AI teams
One space to turn raw image, video, and 3D data into model-ready datasets — wherever your team works.
CORE FEATURES

Your complete toolkit for scalable data annotation

Everything you need to run structured annotation projects with your team, from raw data to model-ready labels.

Manual & automated annotation

Create accurate labels with a full set of annotation tools for any object shape and vision task, all in one workspace. Speed up your pipeline further by connecting pre-trained or custom models for auto-labeling directly through the API and SDK.
Draw bounding boxes, polygons, keypoints, and more
Cover classification, detection, segmentation, and tracking
Automate labeling with pre-trained or custom models
Manage all annotation types in one workspace

Project management & collaboration

Organize large-scale annotation projects with a structured hierarchy that splits datasets automatically and keeps every contributor focused on their work. Flexible role controls and full audit trails ensure your team stays aligned at any size.
Split large datasets across annotation jobs automatically
Track per-job progress in real time
Assign organization and project-level roles
Control permissions with full audit trails

Built-in quality control

Catch bad labels before they reach your model with multi-stage validation and configurable quality thresholds. Built-in reports give you full visibility into annotation accuracy across your dataset.
Validate labels with configurable quality thresholds
Detect errors before they reach your model
Analyze accuracy with built-in confusion matrix reports
Configure multi-stage review workflows

Analytics & reporting

Track annotation progress, team performance, and time spent across every project and job. Spot bottlenecks early and make data-driven decisions about your labeling pipeline.
Monitor progress across all projects and jobs
Measure team performance and time spent
Spot bottlenecks before they slow you down
Make data-driven decisions about your pipeline

Flexible export & integration

Export labeled data to 20+ formats that fit your training environment, from COCO and YOLO to KITTI and Cityscapes. Connect cloud storage, task trackers, and your full ML pipeline through a powerful API and SDK.
Export to COCO, YOLO, Pascal VOC, and 20+ more
Support any ML framework out of the box
Connect cloud storage and external tools
Access projects and datasets via API/SDK
LABELING SERVICES
Not just a platform. Hire CVAT to label your training data.
Scale your dataset production by outsourcing your workload to professional annotators and domain experts who know CVAT in and out.
300+ dedicated annotators across 12 time zones
Scales from 1,000 to 100M+ labels without you hiring a single person
Real-time progress dashboards and delivery tracking
Multi-stage QA with rework guarantees and accuracy benchmarks
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Enterprise-grade security
CVAT is built with security and compliance at every layer, so your team can annotate with confidence, whether you're in healthcare, defense, or enterprise.
GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliant
Encryption in transit and at rest
Role-based access control and SSO
Access logging and audit trails
On-premises and air-gapped deployment
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INDUSTRIES & USE CASES
Built for every team
working with visual data
From aerial imagery analysis and infrastructure inspection to insurance damage assessment, thousands of ML teams trust CVAT for labeling and managing their training data.

Automotive & ADAS

Automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers use CVAT to annotate driving footage and sensor data, such as labeling lane markings and vehicles for driver assistance systems or annotating in-cabin footage for driver monitoring.

Autonomous Vehicles

AV companies, drone manufacturers, and robotics teams use CVAT to label camera and LiDAR data, such as marking cars, pedestrians, road signs, and lane boundaries to train self-driving and autonomous flight models.

Robotics

Robotics companies and research teams use CVAT to annotate imagery and sensor data, such as labeling objects a robot needs to grasp, navigate around, or interact with in real-world environments.

Geospatial & Mapping

Geospatial analytics companies and urban planning teams use CVAT to annotate aerial imagery, such as outlining buildings, roads, and land use zones for mapping and planning applications.

Military & Defense

Defense contractors and government agencies use CVAT to annotate satellite and drone imagery, such as identifying vehicles, structures, and terrain features in surveillance zones.

Manufacturing

Quality control and industrial automation teams use CVAT to annotate factory footage and imagery, such as marking surface defects on products or identifying misaligned parts on assembly lines.

Healthcare & Medical

Medical AI startups and hospital research teams use CVAT to segment anatomical structures, annotate tumors in radiology scans, label facial landmarks for diagnostic and clinical research models.

Retail & Ecommerce

Retail tech teams and ecommerce platforms use CVAT to annotate in-store and product imagery, such as labeling items on shelves or tagging visual attributes for catalog search.

Logistics & Warehousing

Logistics companies and warehouse automation teams use CVAT to annotate imagery from robots and cameras, such as identifying packages, reading labels, or detecting obstacles on warehouse floors.

Surveillance & Security

Security software companies and smart city teams use CVAT to annotate camera footage, such as marking people, vehicles, and suspicious activity across public and private spaces.

Smart Cities

City governments and urban technology companies use CVAT to annotate footage from public infrastructure, such as identifying vehicles and pedestrians at intersections or monitoring the usage of public spaces.

Agriculture

Agtech companies and research institutions use CVAT to label field and drone imagery, such as identifying diseased leaves, counting fruit, or mapping crop coverage across large areas.

Energy & Utilities

Energy companies and infrastructure inspection teams use CVAT to annotate drone and camera footage, such as identifying defects on solar panels, power lines, or oil and gas pipelines.

Construction

Construction companies and site safety teams use CVAT to annotate drone and camera footage, such as detecting equipment, monitoring worker safety compliance, or tracking site progress over time.

Sports & Media

Sports analytics companies and broadcast technology teams use CVAT to annotate video footage, such as tracking players and balls across frames or identifying key moments in a match.

Environmental Monitoring

Environmental organizations and research teams use CVAT to annotate imagery across land, air, and water, such as tracking wildlife populations, detecting invasive species, or monitoring coral reef health.

Research & Academia

University labs and research institutions use CVAT to annotate data for a wide range of computer vision research, such as labeling microscopy images or building custom datasets for novel scientific questions.

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CVAT IN NUMBERS
The go-to platform for visual data labeling
Trusted across research institutions and engineering teams building CV systems worldwide.
2,8 million+
self-hosted deployments
2,400+
peer-reviewed publications
15,000
stars
3,600
forks
300+
active contributors
CASE STUDY
CANADA
“The reason I chose CVAT is because whenever I had a question or an issue, I got a quick response from the team. Unlike other tools, the team behind CVAT was always listening and willing to work with me. The labeling platform is great and user-friendly, but it's the team behind it that makes the difference.”
Véronica Romero-Rosales
Co-founder, Robonotic
CASE STUDY
GERMANY
“I love CVAT because it's so hands-on, simple and straightforward. We tried other well-known tools before, but there was a lot of friction when we tried to get them up and running, and the UI was harder to work with.”
Andre Kempe
CEO & Product Owner, ProMetronics
COMMUNITY VOICE
“We have a dedicated annotation team within our company, comprising over 50 annotators. For the past four years, we have been using self-hosted CVAT, which has been functioning exceptionally well. Recently, we acquired a project that requires annotating approximately 1 million images and videos monthly. We tried various tools, such as Supervisely, Label Studio etc, especially for video annotation, but CVAT remains the best option.”
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Why AI teams choose CVAT for labeling their data

At e2m, we use CVAT to review computer vision detections of animals in massive camera trap image datasets. We found CVAT to be the best tool at this scale, enabling efficient image review and robust quality control.

Joshua Wilson

Senior Computational Ecologist

tbmaestro uses CVAT as a key tool to structure large-scale annotations for equipment detection on our inspection photos and to accelerate computer vision deployment in asset management.

Anthony Renard

AI Engineer

Our mission is to make vessels safer for every crew at sea. CVAT plays a critical role in that, helping us transform raw CCTV footage from maritime environments into the training data for our AI detection systems. From identifying unsafe behaviour to surfacing near-miss situations before they escalate, CVAT is the foundation that makes our safety intelligence possible.

Vladimir Ponomarev

CEO

CVAT helps us label sports images to build high-quality ground truth that enables our AI to analyze volleyball performance and provide personalized feedback. It gives us the flexibility to combine automated and human labeling, and makes it easier to test different models and refine the best approach for our AI.

Fabian van Schevikhoven

Founder

At Arboair, we annotate forestry imagery to deliver world-class tree analysis worldwide, and CVAT has been key to making that possible at scale. Its ease of use and flexibility across annotation use cases support our full workflow, from production models to experimental projects.

Jacob Hjalmarsson

COO

Vimaan uses CVAT as its primary data annotation tool and selected this tool after a thorough evaluation of alternative tools both in open source and closed domain. Top 3PLs and warehouses have improved their inventory accuracy, reduced mis-shipments, improved bin utilization, while reducing overall resource.

Sudhir Kumar Singh

CTO & Chief AI Scientist

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