Danbi
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
What it is
Danbi is an API for indexing video archives so teams can search for moments in plain English and AI agents can query them through MCP. Its index can structure faces, spoken words, actions, objects, on-screen text, and timecodes. Search results identify exact moments that can be played, cited, and exported, with archive features also listing share links, subtitles, and retention. Danbi runs on the customer’s hardware and infrastructure by default. The indexed result remains on infrastructure the customer controls, although selected fragments that benefit from third-party models may be sent out. It can operate alongside a media asset management system, supporting AI-assisted retrieval while that system handles human catalog browsing. The free recording trial accepts video or audio files up to 90 minutes and 2 GB, including common listed formats. The first two hours per email are free, and trial recordings are deleted two hours after becoming ready. Archive pricing is quote-based.
For and against
For
- Plain-English search across indexed video
- Search results point to exact moments
- Supports visual, audio, and multimodal search
- Runs on customer-controlled infrastructure
- Free recording trial is available
Against
- Archive pricing requires a precise quote
- Trial searches what was said, not only seen
- Trial files are limited to 90 minutes and 2 GB
- Selected fragments may go to third-party models
The verdict
Danbi combines archive indexing, moment-level search, and MCP access for AI agents. Its trial offers a way to process recordings, while archive costs depend on the collection and processing mix.
Who it suits
Danbi is aimed at newsrooms, television channels, podcast and radio networks, documentary and film producers, and YouTubers or independent creators. It suits teams needing searchable archives and AI access through MCP.
Plans and prices
Free recording trial
First 2 hours per email free · up to 90 minutes and 2 GB per recording · a few recordings a day · processed recording deleted two hours after ready
Read 8 Oct 2026 · demo.danbi.ai
Danbi archive indexing
Price depends on archive size and content type
Read 8 Oct 2026 · danbi.ai
Prepaid recording hours
Recording uses hours equal to its length · upload the recording again to use more hours
Read 8 Oct 2026 · demo.danbi.ai
On the record
- AI access
- Danbi exposes archives through MCP, and the site says compliant AI agents can query them and pay for access through x402.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Archive features
- The archive product lists recognition of faces, on-screen text, and objects, along with exports, share links, subtitles, and retention.demo.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The page says the indexed result stays on infrastructure the customer controls, while selected fragments that benefit from third-party models may be sent out.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The archive product runs on the customer’s hardware, and the site says content is processed on the customer’s infrastructure by default.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Existing systems
- The page says Danbi can run alongside a media asset management system, which it describes as serving human catalog browsing while Danbi supports AI agents and AI-assisted retrieval.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Free trial
- Danbi offers a free trial on its hardware; the submitted file is deleted two hours after it is ready.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Indexed data
- The archive product structures faces, spoken words, actions, objects, and timecodes from video.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Danbi describes its target customers as newsrooms and television channels, podcast and radio networks, documentary and film producers, and YouTubers and independent creators.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Danbi names newsrooms and television channels, podcast and radio networks, documentary and film producers, and YouTubers and independent creators as intended users.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Origin
- Danbi says it started as an internal project at TV Rain, where it was built to solve the newsroom’s archive search problem.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- Pricing depends on archive size, content mix, and the share processed through third-party models; the page directs customers to request a precise quote.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Danbi indexes video so teams can search it in plain English and AI agents can query it through MCP.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Danbi indexes video archives so teams can search for moments in plain English and AI agents can query them through MCP.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Searchable data
- The index includes faces, spoken words, actions, objects, and timecodes.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Search results
- Search returns exact moments that are playable, citable, and exportable.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site invites prospective customers to contact Danbi for a conversation and a precise archive quote.danbi.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support and contact
- The site invites organizations to contact Danbi for a precise archive quote and lists Amsterdam, the Netherlands as its location.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
- Third-party processing
- The site says only fragments that benefit from a third-party model are sent out, while the indexed result stays where the customer controls it.danbi.ai · read 8 Oct 2026
