Tator

What Tator is

Tator is a customizable framework for end-to-end video and image analytics, offered through Tator Cloud or private deployment on customer-owned cloud or on-premise infrastructure. It hosts and organizes video, images, audio, and other files with searchable custom attributes and downloads. Users can annotate media, frames, objects, tracks, and activities, with layers, permissions, and quality-control workflows. Media utilities and the REST API support frame-accurate image and clip extraction. Tator also supports AI-assisted annotation and scalable batch inference for computer-vision algorithms. Projects can use custom dashboards and applets, including third-party visualization libraries such as D3. Workflows can delegate tasks to AWS Lambda or AWS SageMaker, and organizations can register their own processing resources. Tator provides an OpenAPI 3.0 compliant REST API and documented Python and R clients. Security documentation describes session and token authentication, organization and project access controls, and presigned URLs for file access. Enterprise features include Kubernetes deployment, parallel transcodes, OpenID Connect front-end authentication, aggregated logging and metrics, and automated TLS certificate management. Tator Cloud offers a free 30-day trial with onboarding, followed by a custom quote based on factors including users and data volume.

Who it suits

Tator suits organizations managing and annotating video or image datasets for analytics and computer-vision workflows. It also suits teams needing cloud or private deployment and configurable processing resources.

Limits

The Tator Cloud trial lasts 30 days. After the trial, the Enterprise subscription uses a custom quote based on use-case complexity, users, data volume, and other factors; optional services may add costs.

Getting started

1. Open Tator Cloud or arrange a private deployment on customer-owned cloud or on-premise infrastructure
2. Start the free 30-day Tator Cloud trial with onboarding
3. Organize media assets and define searchable custom attributes
4. Create annotation, permissions, and QA/QC workflows
5. Connect processing through the REST API, AWS Lambda, AWS SageMaker, or registered resources

Verdict

Tator combines media organization, annotation, extraction, and processing workflows with cloud and private deployment options. Its custom-quote pricing means prospective customers need to request a quote based on their use case.