vioscaleAI
Comparison

Amazon Rekognition vs Roboflow

On the evidence we track, Amazon Rekognition leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Amazon Rekognition75
Roboflow62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Rekognition75 / 100low · 43%
Roboflow62 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Model
Amazon Rekognitionfreemium
Roboflowfreemium
Price level
Amazon Rekognitionlow
Roboflowmid
Starting price
Amazon Rekognition–
Roboflow$39
Transparent
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Rekognition–
Roboflow38
Security
Certifications
Fedramp
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow–
Gdpr
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Hipaa
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Iso27001
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow–
Pci
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow–
Soc2
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Trust center
Amazon Rekognitionhttps://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc
Roboflow–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Rekognition6 items
Roboflow6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for computer vision apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Custom model training
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Face recognition
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow-
OCR text extraction
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow-
Content moderation
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow-
Video support
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Edge on device support
Amazon Rekognition-
Roboflow✓
Open source
Amazon Rekognition-
Roboflow✓
Commercial license required for saas
Amazon Rekognition-
Roboflow✓
SOC2
Amazon Rekognition-
Roboflow✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Rekognition

Leader

Managed cloud service that uses machine learning to analyze images and videos, detecting objects, faces, text, and inappropriate content. Enables custom model training without requiring infrastructure management.

Independently observed

Roboflow

Roboflow provides tools to transform images, videos, and streams into actionable intelligence. It supports model training on custom datasets, cloud-based and edge deployment across devices like NVIDIA Jetson and Raspberry Pi, with features including automated workflows, inference optimization, and active learning capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Rekognition

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing varies by API type: video processing at $0.00817/minute, custom training billed hourly or per-minute. Free tier includes monthly allowances (1,000 images or 60 minutes video per month for respective service periods).

as of verify ↗

Roboflow

from $39/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with 10 credits/month; Core from $39/month with 20 credits/month; Enterprise with custom pricing

  • Free TierFree
    • Model Inference (50+ supported models)
    • Model Training (dozens of architectures)
    • Roboflow Agent
    • On-Device Deploy
    • Workflows
    • +3 more
  • CoreFrom $39/month with 20 credits; additional credit packs available at $3.10–$3.90 per credit
    • Model Inference (50+ supported models)
    • Model Training (dozens of architectures)
    • Roboflow Agent
    • On-Device Deploy
    • Workflows
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Core features
    • Priority Access to Faster GPUs
    • Volume Pricing
    • Enterprise Uptime SLA
    • Self-Hosted Model Weights Commercial Licensing
    • +13 more
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
iOS
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Android
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
CLI
Amazon Rekognition✗
Roboflow✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Rekognition✓
Roboflow✓
Self-hosted
Amazon Rekognition✗
Roboflow✓
On-premise
Amazon Rekognition✗
Roboflow✓
Hybrid
Amazon Rekognition✗
Roboflow✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Rekognition

Leader

Not documented yet.

Roboflow

31 total
  • Amazon SageMaker
  • Google Colab
  • Amazon Rekognition
  • Google Cloud Vision AutoML
  • Azure Custom Vision
  • CreateML
  • YOLOv8
  • YOLOv5
  • NVIDIA Jetson
  • Luxonis OAK
  • Ultralytics
  • Transformers
  • MMDetection
  • Supervision
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • S3
  • CVAT
  • LabelBox
  • LabelImg
  • ScaleAI
  • SuperAnnotate
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Google Cloud Vision
  • +7 more
Independently observed
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Amazon Rekognition or Roboflow: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.