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Encord

Encord is a computer vision data labeling and model evaluation platform that provides tools and APIs for managing datasets, annotation tasks, labels, and quality workflows at scale. The platform supports multimodal data including images, video, audio, DICOM, point clouds, and text. Encord exposes a REST API and a Python SDK (encord) for programmatically managing projects, datasets, ontologies, storage, and automated labeling workflows. Authentication is handled via SSH private key or service account credentials, with separate US and UK API endpoints available. Encord is used by AI teams in healthcare, autonomous systems, and other industries to accelerate model development by streamlining data curation, annotation, and evaluation pipelines.

Encord publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Computer-Vision, Data Labeling, Annotation, Machine-Learning, and Model Evaluation.

The Encord catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Encord’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 15 more developer resources.

30.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only open core · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
Computer-VisionData LabelingAnnotationMachine-LearningModel EvaluationDataset ManagementArtificial IntelligenceImage AnnotationVideo AnnotationDICOMActive LearningQuality Assurance

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.
The six quality facets above are damped to 90 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 10. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 90% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Encord Annotate API

REST API and Python SDK for programmatically managing annotation projects, datasets, ontologies, labels, and workflows within the Encord Annotate platform. Supports creating and...

Encord Active API

API for the Encord Active module, which provides model evaluation, data curation, and active learning capabilities. Allows importing model predictions, computing quality metrics...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Encord Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Encord Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Encord Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Encord Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Encord Trust Center

SOC 2, HIPAA

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: encord
name: Encord
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/encord.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-12
modified: 2026-06-12
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: 'Encord is a computer vision data labeling and model evaluation platform that provides tools and APIs for managing
  datasets, annotation tasks, labels, and quality workflows at scale. The platform supports multimodal data including images,
  video, audio, DICOM, point clouds, and text. Encord exposes a REST API and a Python SDK (encord) for programmatically managing
  projects, datasets, ontologies, storage, and automated labeling workflows. Authentication is handled via SSH private key
  or service account credentials, with separate US and UK API endpoints available. Encord is used by AI teams in healthcare,
  autonomous systems, and other industries to accelerate model development by streamlining data curation, annotation, and
  evaluation pipelines.

  '
tags:
- Computer-Vision
- Data Labeling
- Annotation
- Machine-Learning
- Model Evaluation
- Dataset Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Image Annotation
- Video Annotation
- DICOM
- Active Learning
- Quality Assurance
tags_raw:
- Computer Vision
- Data Labeling
- Annotation
- Machine Learning
- Model Evaluation
- Dataset Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Image Annotation
- Video Annotation
- DICOM
- Active Learning
- Quality Assurance
apis:
- name: Encord Annotate API
  description: 'REST API and Python SDK for programmatically managing annotation projects, datasets, ontologies, labels, and
    workflows within the Encord Annotate platform. Supports creating and retrieving projects and datasets, importing and exporting
    labels, managing automated labeling agents, integrating cloud storage (AWS, Azure, GCP), and orchestrating annotation
    workflows.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.encord.com/
  baseURL: https://api.encord.com/public
  tags:
  - Annotation
  - Project
  - Datasets
  - Labels
  - Workflows
  tags_raw:
  - Annotation
  - Projects
  - Datasets
  - Labels
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.encord.com/
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://pypi.org/project/encord/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/encord-team/encord-client-python
- name: Encord Active API
  description: 'API for the Encord Active module, which provides model evaluation, data curation, and active learning capabilities.
    Allows importing model predictions, computing quality metrics, running embedding-based similarity search, and surfacing
    the most valuable data for labeling. Supports performance metrics including mAP, mAR, F1, True/False Positive and Negative
    counts across classes and IoU thresholds.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://encord.com/active/
  baseURL: https://api.encord.com/public
  tags:
  - Model Evaluation
  - Data Curation
  - Active Learning
  - Quality Metrics
  - Embeddings
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.encord.com/sdk-documentation/api-active/sdk-active-collections
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/encord-team/encord-active
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/encord-team/encord-client-python/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/encord-team/encord-client-python/releases
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/encord-team/encord-client-python/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/encord-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/encord-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://encord.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.encord.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/encord-team
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/encord-team
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/encord_team
- type: Blog
  url: https://encord.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://encord.com/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.encord.com/
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/plans/encord-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/encord-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/finops/encord-finops.yml
- type: BlogCatalog
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/encord/refs/heads/main/json-ld/encord-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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