Features and Pricing
Our patent pending recognition platform enables you to build your own image recognition solutions with state of the art technologies. Our simple to use APIs allow for a quick-start, without any prior knowledge on image recognition technology.
More information about implementation can be found in the developers section.
| Free API | Pro 1k | Pro 10k Most popular plan |
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 Upload your own database for recognition (1) |
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10 | 1000 | 10'000 | 100'000 |
 Limit requests / day |
100 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Included requests / month |
N/A | Unlimited (3) | Unlimited (3) | Unlimited (3) |
 Sample Code in PHP, Ruby, Java, Objective C |
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 E-mail and phone support (4) |
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 Price (6) |
FREE (5) | € 299 / month | € 599 / month | € 1'599 / month |
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(1) Certain kinds of data require different pricing or explicit permission from kooaba. (Print Advertising, Newspapers & Magazines, Catalogues).
(2) As of last day of month.
(3) "Fair use" policy. We will get in touch with you if you go over 100k requests/month.
(4) Phone Support € 299 / month (business hours), E-Mail included.
(5) Credit card required, but you won't be charged.
(6) By signing-up you agree to our Terms of Service.
Add-ons
Each of the plans can be extended with the following add-on options:
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| Access to Media Cover Database | Recognize more than 22 million Book, CD, DVD and Game covers | From € 29.- / month |
| Access to Wine Label Database (7) | Recognize more than 50'000 wine labels | From € 599.- / month |
| Phone Support | Get support by phone (5x8 GMT+1) | € 299.- / month |
(7) For the first country. Additional countries please contact us.
What can be recognized?
Print and Paintings
Newspapers, Magazines, Catalogues, Billboards, Postcards, Brochures, Flyers, Calendars, Christmas Cards, etc.
Products
CDs, DVDs, Books, Games, Consumer goods with label or printed packaging, Wine labels, etc.
Places
Landmark buildings, Statues, Houses, Sceneries, etc.
What does not work
- Faces
- Object class recognition (e.g. plants, food, animals, fashion, ...)
- Shiny objects (cars, TV's, cameras, ...)
- X-Ray and other medical imagery
What our customers are saying
"As market leader in out of home advertising, we want to explore the emerging market of billboard-interaction. kooaba's image recognition is a perfect tool to explore this huge market and to extend our innovative brand image. Furthermore, the technology works great and kooaba's customer support is awesome."
- Nicolas Adolph, APG
"Vivino - as the world's largest wine recognition app - highly relies on a robust and fast recognition system, even under bad conditions. We drink wine in bad light and the angles of the images vary a lot from image to image. The scalability of kooaba's image recognition technology is amazing. We already have over 200,000 images in the database and it matches in less than a second."
- Heini Zachariassen, CEO Vivino
Who else is already using our technology platform?
Our technology platform is in use by a number of established brands and innovative startups. A selection of interesting cases follows below.
APG Posterplus - Interactive Billboards
Kind of API: Pro.In Switzerland, the undisputed market leader in out-of-home advertising is APG. We are thus thrilled to announce our collaboration with APG with the aim to make all Swiss billboards interactive using kooaba’s image recognition platform.
Billboards can be recognized through kooaba Paperboy and a dedicated application Posterplus.
Ex-Libris - mobile price comparison with a snap
Kind of API: Pro.Ex-Libris is running Switzerland's largest online store for media. Their iPhone app integrates kooaba's image recognition for price comparison. Just snap a picture of a book, CD, or DVD cover and get prices for buying the item at exlibris.
Monarchy - unlock exclusive content from the vault with a snap
Kind of API: Pro.Electro artist Monarchy's latest iPhone app was powered by kooaba image recognition.This is the official iPhone app for the enigmatic London synth pop duo Monarchy. In this app you get full tracks, including an exclusive track not available on the album, videos, news and updates. There is also a unique “Vault” section where you can use your camera to unlock hidden content, tracks and videos.
Snap2Travel - makes paper travel-catalogues interactive
Kind of API: Pro.Snap2Travel is the only travel app that brings brochures, catalogues and advertisements to life. It allows users to snap photos on their smart phones and receive instant and relevant information about the images they take. Travel information, real time pricing and availability is only one snap away with Snap2Travel and your smart phone.
Swiss Post
The Swiss Post app integrates kooaba image recognition, in order to link their brochures to online video material. Just snap a picture of Post brochures using the Swiss Post app, and get multimedia content such as videos.
Vivino - never forget another wine
Kind of API: Pro.Use the Vivino app to take photos of the wines you drink. Using image recognition technology, the app will try to auto-match the wine with the Vivino database of wines. Share your experience with friends through social features.