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 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Analyze API, Embed API, Indexes API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include AI, Video Understanding, Multimodal, Search, and Embeddings.

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

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

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44.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

AIVideo UnderstandingMultimodalSearchEmbeddings

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Composite quality — 44.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 5.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

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Twelvelabs Rate Limits

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FinOps 1

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Documentation 1

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Documentation

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Build 1

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Authentication

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Operate 1

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RateLimits

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Source (apis.yml)

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.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/twelvelabs.png
tags:
- AI
- Video Understanding
- Multimodal
- Search
- Embeddings
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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:
  - 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:
  - 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:
  - 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: 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

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APIs 6

TwelveLabs Analyze API

TwelveLabs Embed API

TwelveLabs Indexes API

TwelveLabs Search API

TwelveLabs Tasks API

TwelveLabs Videos API

Open Collections 1

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Pricing Plans 1

Twelvelabs Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Twelvelabs Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Twelvelabs Finops

Event Specifications 1

TwelveLabs Analyze Streaming (HTTP + NDJSON)

Spectral Rules 1

TwelveLabs API Rules

Security Posture 2

Twelvelabs Authentication

Twelvelabs Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Twelvelabs Agentic Access

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