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.
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares 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.
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 COLLECTIONTwelveLabs Analyze Embed API
OPEN COLLECTIONTwelveLabs Analyze Indexes API
OPEN COLLECTIONTwelveLabs Analyze Search API
OPEN COLLECTIONTwelveLabs Analyze Tasks API
OPEN COLLECTIONTwelveLabs Analyze Videos API
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TwelveLabs API pricing
Prices published by TwelveLabs, read 2026-10-07 from www.twelvelabs.io/pricing.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| 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 |
All 13 plans, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Index category limits (Free plan): Index 3,000 600 3,000 60
- Upload category limits (Free plan): Upload — — 3,000 60
- Search category limits (Free plan): Search — — 3,000 600
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Twelvelabs Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
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SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Twelvelabs Finops
FINOPSEvent 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...
ASYNCAPISpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
TwelveLabs — asyncapi rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
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)
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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