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TwelveLabs

TwelveLabs builds video-understanding foundation models (Marengo for search and embeddings, Pegasus for analyzing video and generating text). The TwelveLabs API lets developers upload and index video, run any-to-video semantic search, generate text from video (titles, topics, hashtags, summaries, chapters, highlights, and open-ended analysis), and create multimodal embeddings over a REST interface authenticated with an x-api-key header.

TwelveLabs publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Analyze API, Embed API, Indexes API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Video Understanding, Multi-Modal, Search, and Embeddings.

The TwelveLabs catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

TwelveLabs’ developer surface includes pricing, authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

36.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 73/100 slowing saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract
Artificial IntelligenceVideo UnderstandingMulti-ModalSearchEmbeddingsReal-Time

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0
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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):
  • MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
  • Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
  • Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
  • A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
  • Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
  • Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
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MarketPositionDepthRegistered MCP serverDeclares compatibility
ONVIF Video Analytics (video surveillance, edge cameras, computer vision) standard 26.8 (thin) 1 -

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

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

TwelveLabs Analyze API

Generate text from video with Pegasus (analyze, gist, summarize).

TwelveLabs Embed API

Create multimodal Marengo embeddings.

TwelveLabs Indexes API

Create and manage video indexes.

TwelveLabs Search API

Any-to-video semantic search powered by Marengo.

TwelveLabs Tasks API

Upload and index video via asynchronous indexing tasks.

TwelveLabs Videos API

Manage videos within an index.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

TwelveLabs Analyze API

OPEN COLLECTION

TwelveLabs API

OPEN COLLECTION

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TwelveLabs API pricing

Prices published by TwelveLabs, read 2026-10-07 from www.twelvelabs.io/pricing.

PlanPrice
Free Up to 10 hours of indexing
Includes: 600 minutes video hours; index access 90 days since creation; 10 hours duration per index; 100 video
Developer – Video indexing (one time) $2.50/ hour
Developer – Embedding Infra (Monthly) $0.09/ hour
Developer – Search API usage $4/ 1000 queries
Developer – Embed API Video $0.260/ 1M tokens
Developer – Embed API Audio $0.065/ 1M tokens
Developer – Embed API Image $0.080/ 1M tokens
Developer – Embed API Text $0.200/ 1M tokens

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Rate limits

All 9 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Twelvelabs Rate Limits

9 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

FinOps 1

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

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

TwelveLabs Analyze Streaming (HTTP + NDJSON)

AsyncAPI 2.6 description of TwelveLabs' **analyze (text generation) streaming** surface. TwelveLabs does not publish a WebSocket API. The only asynchronous / event-style transpo...

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TwelveLabs — asyncapi rules

8 rules · 1 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

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

Twelvelabs Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Twelvelabs Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Twelvelabs Agentic Access

22 operations · 13 acting

22 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: twelvelabs
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/twelvelabs/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: TwelveLabs
kind: company
description: TwelveLabs builds video-understanding foundation models (Marengo for search and embeddings, Pegasus for analyzing
  video and generating text). The TwelveLabs API lets developers upload and index video, run any-to-video semantic search,
  generate text from video (titles, topics, hashtags, summaries, chapters, highlights, and open-ended analysis), and create
  multimodal embeddings over a REST interface authenticated with an x-api-key header.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/twelvelabs.png
x-docs-platform: fern
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Video Understanding
- Multi-Modal
- Search
- Embeddings
- Real-Time
tags_raw:
- AI
- Video Understanding
- Multimodal
- Search
- Embeddings
- Real-Time
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-analyze-api
  name: TwelveLabs Analyze API
  description: Generate text from video with Pegasus (analyze, gist, summarize).
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Analyze
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-analyze-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-embed-api
  name: TwelveLabs Embed API
  description: Create multimodal Marengo embeddings.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Embed
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-embed-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-indexes-api
  name: TwelveLabs Indexes API
  description: Create and manage video indexes.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Index
  tags_raw:
  - Indexes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-indexes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-search-api
  name: TwelveLabs Search API
  description: Any-to-video semantic search powered by Marengo.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-tasks-api
  name: TwelveLabs Tasks API
  description: Upload and index video via asynchronous indexing tasks.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
- aid: twelvelabs:twelvelabs-videos-api
  name: TwelveLabs Videos API
  description: Manage videos within an index.
  humanURL: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  baseURL: https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3
  tags:
  - Video
  tags_raw:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/twelvelabs-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/concepts/indexes
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/indexes/list
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/twelvelabs.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/filtering-indexes-and-tasks
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/upload-content/tasks/create
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/search
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/any-to-video-search/make-search-request
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/docs/guides/generate-text-from-video/summaries-chapters-and-highlights
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/analyze-videos/analyze
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/twelvelabs-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog/introducing-twelve-labs-embed-api-open-beta
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/api-reference/create-embeddings-v2/create-embeddings
common:
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/pricing
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/twelvelabs-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/twelvelabs-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/twelvelabs-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/twelvelabs-io
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twelvelabs
- type: Website
  url: https://www.twelvelabs.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.twelvelabs.io
- type: Plans
  url: plans/twelvelabs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/twelvelabs-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/twelvelabs-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.twelvelabs.io/blog

TwelveLabs API — frequently asked questions

Does TwelveLabs have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from TwelveLabs, including TwelveLabs Analyze API, TwelveLabs Embed API and TwelveLabs Indexes API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the TwelveLabs API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for TwelveLabs, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the TwelveLabs API?

TwelveLabs uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Twelvelabs Authentication.

How much does the TwelveLabs API cost?

TwelveLabs publishes its prices; its Free plan is Up to 10 hours of indexing as of 2026-10-07. APIs.io lists 13 pricing plans for TwelveLabs, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the TwelveLabs API ready for AI agents?

TwelveLabs has a Kin Score of 36.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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