niche · -0.7 market domain

Image Recognition

Score 17.0 / 100 15 providers +1 via APIs 8 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (15)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
XimilarComputer VisionVisual SearchImage Tagging1 API59.4fatsecretArtificial IntelligenceBarcode ScanningCaloriesDiets1 API55.2
Thin 7 Limited public surface area
CalorieNinjasBeveragesFoodNutrition1 API37.9CloudmersiveBarcodesConversionDocuments1 API35.9ClarifaiArtificial IntelligenceComputer VisionNLP1 API35.4EasyAR CRS APIAugmented Realityar-sdkCloud Recognition1 API34.9MarkableCompanyCreator EconomyAffiliate MarketingSocial Commerce1 API33.4LogMealComputer VisionFoodNutrition1 API32.2CloudSightCompanyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningComputer Vision1 API30.7
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
TraxCompanyEnterpriseRetailComputer Vision1 API25.3DragoneyeArtificial IntelligenceComputer VisionVideo Recognition1 API16.3Classif.ioApparelClassificationComputer VisionFashion1 API13.2GraylarkCompanyGeolocationGeospatial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence11.2
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
GrokstyleCompanyVisual SearchComputer VisionArtificial Intelligence0.0Vayar VisionCompanyVisual SearchSearch Engines0.0

APIs with this tag (8)

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Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Ximilar APIThe Ximilar REST API at https://api.ximilar.com. One account token in an 'Authorization: Token' header unlo...59.4fatsecret Image Recognition APIIdentify foods and their nutrition from a photograph55.2
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
EasyAR CRS Web Service APIREST/HTTP API for cloud image recognition: target management endpoints (/targets/, /target/, /grade/detecti...34.9Markable Lens APIMarkable's visual search platform API. Index catalogs of products or styles, then search for visually simil...33.4LogMeal Image Recognition APIDetect food items in user-submitted images.32.2
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Trax Retail Platform APIPartner-facing REST API for the Trax retail intelligence platform: master data (stores, products, regions, ...25.3Dragoneye APIThe Dragoneye API provides programmatic access to custom and prebuilt computer vision models for image and ...16.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Bing Visual Search APIThe Bing Visual Search API enables image-based search by analyzing uploaded images or image URLs.0.0

Companies reaching this through an API (1)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Image Recognition” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Microsoft Bing

Score breakdown

Frequency
38.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
34.3
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
3.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Visual Search 6 co-occurrences Computer Vision 11 co-occurrences Machine Learning 5 co-occurrences Artificial Intelligence 7 co-occurrences Company 6 co-occurrences

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Api tag8
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