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Clarifai Visual Search
What it is
Clarifai Visual Search helps people locate people, places, objects, topics, and products in images or videos without describing them in text. In retail, shoppers can submit a photo to find similar products, identify purchasable items in rooms or outfits, and receive alternatives when an item is unavailable. Searches can compare whole images or focus on regions detected within an image. The API supports semantic similarity retrieval, metadata filters, combined conditions, and vector search based on AI-generated embeddings. One object-search workflow accepts SVG, PNG, JPG, and GIF uploads up to 800 by 400 pixels. Clarifai offers API, web, self-hosted, and hybrid deployment, including shared or dedicated cloud, customer VPCs, on-premises, and edge environments. It lists object detection, image classification, face recognition, OCR, and custom models. Founded in 2013, Clarifai says private customer data stays confidential unless shared with its Community and states SOC 2 Type 2 compliance.
For and against
For
- Searches images without text descriptions
- Supports whole-image and localized similarity search
- Offers API, web, and self-hosted deployment
- Includes metadata filters and vector search
- Private data stays unshared by default
Against
- No free plan
- Object-search uploads limited to 800 by 400 pixels
- Pricing includes usage charges and minimum commitment
- Video visual search was listed as early access
The verdict
Clarifai Visual Search centers on image-led discovery for retail and other visual datasets. Its deployment choices, search controls, and privacy position will matter to teams selecting an integration model.
Who it suits
It suits retailers and teams building image-based discovery, recommendations, or visual search. API, web, self-hosted, and hybrid deployment options support different technical environments.
Plans and prices
Scalable self-service pricing
Search: $1.20 per 1,000 · active input index: $1.00 per 1,000 monthly · taxes may apply
Read 3 Oct 2026 · clarifai.com
On the record
- API access
- Clarifai’s API supports programmatic vector search using AI-generated embeddings, including similarity searches and metadata filters.docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- API search
- The search API can retrieve inputs by semantic similarity, filter results with metadata, and combine conditions.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Clarifai supports website sign-in with username and password or Google and GitHub SSO, and API access with Personal Access Tokens or API keys.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Clarifai says its platform is backed by SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and directs customers to its Trust Center for compliance documentation.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Demo and support
- The Visual Search page invites prospective customers to contact Clarifai to schedule a demo.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Clarifai says teams can deploy on shared or dedicated cloud, in their own VPC, on-premise, or at the edge.docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Find the look
- The solution can identify purchasable items in images of rooms, outfits, and other scenes to help shoppers complete a look.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Image constraints
- The object-search guide supports SVG, PNG, JPG, or GIF uploads up to 800 by 400 pixels for that search workflow.docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Integration examples
- Clarifai lists integrations including LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy, Embedchain, Unstructured.io, Databricks, OpenAI Agents SDK, CrewAI, Google ADK, Vercel, Agno, and DeepEval.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Clarifai lists integrations including LangChain, LlamaIndex, Databricks, Unstructured.io, CrewAI, and Vercel.docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Localized search
- Localized search uses a detection model to search with detected regions of an image.old-docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Object search limit
- For uploaded object-search images, supported formats are SVG, PNG, JPG, and GIF, with a maximum size of 800 by 400 pixels.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Pricing status
- Clarifai says it retired the Community Plan and migrated those users to Pay-As-You-Go; users who verify a phone number receive a $5 welcome bonus.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Clarifai says customer inputs are stored securely by default and private data is not used to train its models unless users explicitly share it with the Community.docs.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Private data
- Clarifai says it does not use private customer data to train models unless the customer chooses to share inputs and annotations with the Community.docs.clarifai.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Visual Search lets people find people, places, objects, and topics in images and videos without needing to describe them in words.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Product similarity
- Shoppers can search for products using an image or photo instead of keywords.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Recommendations
- Clarifai says visual search can suggest similar products when an item is out of stock, helping maintain engagement and increase basket size.clarifai.com · read 2 Oct 2026
