Roboflow
End-to-end computer-vision platform — dataset hosting, annotation, training, deployment. Universe public-dataset library; widely used for production CV.
Active · Verified 2026-10-27 · fresh as of 2026-10-27 · 21 cited facts, 3 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Computer-vision data platform vendor fix
- Tier
- T1
- Section
- Training infrastructure
- Latest release
- v1.7.3 (2026-10-26) — roboflow registry fix
- License
- proprietary; Python SDK Apache-2.0 registry fix
- Pricing
- Free $0 (10 credits/mo); Core $39/mo (credit packs from $89/mo); Enterprise custom vendor fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-27 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial registry fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 22.49 (12-mo avg 18.3) · 52 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
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Pros & cons
Pros
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Cons
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Claims & capabilities
$60M total raised through Series B (2024-04); 500k+ developer users; computer-vision MLOps platform — image annotation, training, deployment.
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted training/inference; self-hosted Roboflow Inference free on own hardware; on-prem and air-gapped on Enterprise
- Embedding model
- not applicable — not a memory product
- Multi-tenancy
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- MCP
- yes — official Roboflow MCP server and Skills installable into coding agents (Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI)
- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Sources (20 cited facts, 3 third-party)
Each fact links to the page it came from; the badge says who published it (how to read sources).
- What it is Computer-vision data platform vendor
- What it does & what's distinct End-to-end computer-vision platform — dataset hosting, annotation, training, deployment.… vendor
- Claims / benefits $60M total raised through Series B (2024-04); 500k+ developer users; computer-vision MLO… vendor
- Created 2019 vendor
- Latest release v1.7.3 (2026-10-26) — roboflow registry
- License proprietary; Python SDK Apache-2.0 registry
- GitHub roboflow/inference — ~2.5k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo
- Funding $60M raised: $20M Series A 2022, $40M Series B 2024-04 (Two Sigma Ventures led). vendor
- Customers / scale Cardinal Health, Walmart, Rivian, USAF, Medtronic; 500k+ developers self-serve. vendor
- Pricing Free $0 (10 credits/mo); Core $39/mo (credit packs from $89/mo); Enterprise custom vendor
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted training/inference; self-hosted Roboflow Inf… vendor
- HQ Des Moines, IA, USA (remote-first). third-party
- Founders / pedigree Joseph Nelson (CEO), Brad Dwyer (CTO); founded 2019 (initially as Magic Sudoku). vendor
- MCP support yes — official Roboflow MCP server and Skills installable into coding agents (Claude, Co… vendor
- adoption-accelerator yc-s20 third-party
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid repo
- licensing-bucket commercial registry
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":201.32,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":18.3,"openrank_current":22.49,"part… third-party
What changed
Changes to this record's lifecycle, licence, release, pricing and hosting facts, from the catalog's git history. Subscribe (Atom)
- 2026-10-27
- License first recorded as “proprietary; Python SDK Apache-2.0” source
- Latest release first recorded as “v1.7.3 (2026-10-26) — roboflow” source
- Pricing first recorded as “Free $0 (10 credits/mo); Core $39/mo (credit packs from $89/mo); Enterprise custom” source
- Deployment first recorded as “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — hosted training/inference; self-hosted Roboflow Inference free on own hardware; on-prem and air-gapped on Enterprise” source
- MCP support first recorded as “yes — official Roboflow MCP server and Skills installable into coding agents (Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI)” source
Related systems
Referenced by (2)
- Chroma integrates with — Chroma's docs have a Roboflow integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Supabase Vector integrates with — Supabase's AI & Vectors docs have a Roboflow integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)