# Google MediaPipe vs Roboflow

| Attribute | Google MediaPipe | Roboflow |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 64 (21% (low)) | 64 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 85 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2,464 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 36,730 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | MediaPipe is a cross-platform development framework providing ready-to-use libraries and models for integrating computer vision and machine learning tasks into applications. It enables on-device processing for privacy and supports customization across Android, iOS, web, Python, desktop, and IoT platforms. | Roboflow provides integrated tools for preparing datasets, training custom and foundation computer vision models, and deploying them across cloud and edge infrastructure. Over one million developers use it to build production computer vision applications with support for collaboration, model versioning, and monitoring. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"open_source":true,"video_support":true,"custom_model_training":true,"edge_on_device_support":true,"commercial_license_required_for_saas":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 16 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Amazon SageMaker"},{"name":"Google Colab"},{"name":"Amazon Rekognition"},{"name":"Google Cloud Vision AutoML"},{"name":"Azure Custom Vision"},{"name":"CreateML"},{"name":"YOLOv8"},{"name":"YOLOv5"},{"name":"NVIDIA Jetson"},{"name":"Luxonis OAK"},{"name":"Ultralytics"},{"name":"Transformers"},{"name":"MMDetection"},{"name":"Supervision"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ai.google.dev/edge/mediapipe/solutions/guide","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:33:38.049Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Public","summary":"Free","features":["Model training","Workflow builder","Cloud hosted deployment","Edge device sandbox","Open source data and models","Community support"],"minSeats":2,"description":"For open source projects and exploration","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Core","summary":"$79/mo billed annually ($99/mo monthly)","features":["Private data and models","Training analytics","Model evaluation","Train concurrent models","Download model weights"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small projects with private data","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Enterprise support","Commercial inference model license","Priority cloud GPU access","RBAC with annotation review","Workflow versioning","Model monitoring","SSO","Usage logs and audits","HIPAA compliance","24x7 support with SLAs","On-premise installation"],"description":"For production deployments at scale","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Users","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Bounding Box Annotations","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"box"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Polygon Annotations","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"polygon"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Classification/Keypoint Annotations","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"annotation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Core plan from $79/month (annual). Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://roboflow.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:34:48.380Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":79,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":79,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 50 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2026-07-28T22:13:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.35","date":"2026-04-28T17:55:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.35"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.33","date":"2026-03-23T20:55:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.33"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.32","date":"2026-01-30T19:49:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.26","date":"2025-07-10T16:30:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.25","date":"2025-07-10T16:26:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.24","date":"2025-05-20T19:23:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.22","date":"2025-03-17T22:42:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.21","date":"2025-02-07T22:57:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.20","date":"2024-12-18T22:17:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.18","date":"2024-11-07T23:34:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.15","date":"2024-08-30T19:09:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.14","date":"2024-05-13T17:40:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.13","date":"2024-05-03T23:23:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.11","date":"2024-03-08T05:30:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.10","date":"2024-02-23T06:25:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.9","date":"2023-12-13T13:46:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.8","date":"2023-11-09T19:02:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.7","date":"2023-10-10T05:53:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe/releases/tag/v0.10.5","date":"2023-09-15T04:22:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.10.5"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.8 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=mediapipe&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Computer Vision Apis)

| Capability | Google MediaPipe | Roboflow |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Custom model training | - | ✓ |
| Face recognition | - | - |
| OCR text extraction | - | - |
| Content moderation | - | - |
| Video support | - | ✓ |
| Edge on device support | - | ✓ |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| Commercial license required for saas | - | ✓ |
| SOC2 | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:37:32.866Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*