Amazon Rekognition
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Features
18 features across 8 categories
Content Moderation(1)
Quickly and accurately identify unsafe or inappropriate content across image and video assets based on general or business-specific standards
Data Storage(1)
Store face vectors and user vectors for face and user search functionality
Face Recognition(5)
Identify well-known people to catalog photos and footage for media, marketing, and advertising
Detect faces appearing in images and videos and recognize attributes such as open eyes, glasses, and facial hair for each face
Detect real users and deter bad actors using spoofs in seconds during facial verification
Search and match faces against stored face metadata to identify individuals in collections
Use facial comparison and analysis in user onboarding and authentication workflows to remotely verify identity of opted-in users
Image Analysis(2)
Detect image quality and dominant colors in images
Detect objects, scenes, activities, landmarks, dominant colors, and image quality
Machine Learning(1)
Train custom models for object and scene detection specific to business needs using AutoML
Object Detection(3)
Detect custom objects such as brand logos using automated machine learning (AutoML) to train models with as few as 10 images
Detect people in images and videos
Detect the presence of protective equipment like hard hats, goggles, and masks
Text Recognition(1)
Extract skewed and distorted text from images and videos of street signs, social media posts, and product packaging
Video Analysis(4)
Detect shot transitions and key segments in videos
Analyze videos stored in Amazon S3 with multiple API capabilities
Process real-time video streams from Kinesis Video Streams for up to 120 seconds per event
Detect key segments in videos such as black frames, start or end credits, slates, color bars, and shots
Pricing
Free Tier
- ✓1,000 images per month for Group 1 and Group 2 APIs
- ✓1,000 face vector objects storage per month
- ✓1,000 user vector objects storage per month
- ✓60 minutes of video analysis per month
- ✓Label Detection, Content Moderation, Face Detection, Face Search, Celebrity Recognition, Text Detection, Person Pathing
Pay-As-You-Go - Image Analysis
- ✓Group 1 APIs: $0.0010 per image (first 1M), $0.0008 per image (next 4M), $0.0006 per image (next 30M), $0.0004 per image (30M+)
- ✓Group 2 APIs: $0.0010 per image (first 1M), $0.0008 per image (next 4M), $0.0006 per image (next 30M), $0.00025 per image (45M+)
- ✓Image Properties: $0.00075 per image (first 1M), $0.0006 per image (1M+)
- ✓No upfront costs or minimum fees
Pay-As-You-Go - Face Metadata Storage
- ✓$0.00001 per face vector per month
- ✓$0.00001 per user vector per month
- ✓Pro-rated for partial months
Pay-As-You-Go - Streaming Video Events
- ✓Label Detection: $0.00817 per minute
- ✓Processing up to 120 seconds per event
- ✓Separate charges for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
Pay-As-You-Go - Stored Video Analysis
- ✓Label Detection: $0.10 per minute
- ✓Shot Detection: $0.05 per minute
- ✓Content Moderation: $0.10 per minute
Custom Labels - Training
- ✓Cost per hour of training
- ✓Parallel compute resources for faster training
- ✓90% of models train in less than 24 hours
- ✓Models exceeding 72 hours are auto-terminated (no charge)
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Build vs Buy
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Buying Amazon Rekognition saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
3 known integrations