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Best AI Video Search Tools in 2026

Finding a particular moment in a video collection can depend on how a search tool handles sound, imagery, or both. Compared on audio, visual, and multimodal search, these entries also specify indexed video hours, which can help you understand the stated scope of searchable content. API access may matter if you plan to connect a tool with other software; free plans and paid-from pricing add cost context. FrameQuery, DISKO, and Cinestar are among the options, with Twelve Labs and ViSearch providing others to compare. Consider which search modes and integration details fit the way you need to locate video content.

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Research read 23 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

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Cinestar

Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2

Cinestar pairs local multimodal media search with an open-source core and an API for custom plugins. Using its AI services requires Ollama and downloading the listed models.

9.3 Open source Visit site
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QMedia

Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWeb

QMedia brings multimodal search and Q&A together, with local deployment and a model-service API. Account for the separate service dependency and configurable features when planning a deployment.

8.7 Open source Visit site
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VGG Image Annotator

Free plan Open source LinuxMacSelf-hosted+2

VIA offers offline manual annotation and several export options at no cost. Choose VIA3 for audio, video or shared projects; VIA2 remains maintained but is limited to images and lacks sharing.

8.6 Free plan Visit site
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FrameQuery

Free plan APIMacWeb+1

FrameQuery connects video indexing and local search with review and editing workflows. Note that the free plan has no indexing hours and the documented API is not yet available.

7.5 Free plan · paid from $19/mo Visit site
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DISKO

Free plan MacWeb

DISKO combines local footage organization with optional cloud syncing and review tools. Its Mac hardware requirement and the listed privacy exceptions are worth considering before choosing a workflow.

7.2 Free plan · paid from $12/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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Danbi

Free plan API

Danbi combines archive indexing, moment-level search, and MCP access, with customer-controlled infrastructure as its default.

7.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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Moment Search

Free plan MacWindows

Choose Moment if you want to search footage by visual descriptions or spoken content while keeping processing on your device.

7.1 Free plan · paid from $249 Visit site
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Scout Suite

Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted

Scout Suite offers a free, multi-cloud assessment workflow with local reporting and offline use after collection.

7.1 Free plan Visit site
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SentrySearch

Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1

SentrySearch combines semantic video search with local indexing and several embedding choices.

6.9 Open source Visit site
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ViSearch

Free plan APIExtensionSelf-hosted+1

ViSearch combines video search with transcripts, summaries, chapters, and timestamped quizzes.

6.9 From $0.09 Visit site
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Twelve Labs

Free plan APIWeb

Twelve Labs provides video search, analysis and embeddings through developer-facing interfaces, with a free usage tier and enterprise deployment choices.

6.8 Free plan Visit site
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Vivu

Free plan APIWeb

Vivu focuses on locating candidate moments in existing footage, with searches operating within individual projects.

6.6 Free plan · paid from $30/mo Visit site
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ClipRadar

Free trial ExtensionWindows

Choose ClipRadar if you edit on a supported Windows machine and want to search footage by image, speech, or person, with an optional Premiere Pro panel.

6.3 Visit site
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Cutsio

Free trial Web

Cutsio combines video search, organization, AI assistance, and editing handoffs in a web platform. Its plans are paid, starting at $59 a month, and storage and indexed-minute allowances vary by plan.

6.0 From $59/mo Visit site
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Deepgrip

Paid APILinuxMac+3

Deepgrip combines video transcription, archive search and clip creation, with live integrations and multiple deployment options listed.

5.9 From $399/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
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Video Moment Finder

Free trial APIWeb

Video Moment Finder focuses on visual retrieval from owned videos and provides several ways to connect.

5.6 From $5 Visit site
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MomentSearch

Paid APILinuxMac+3

MomentSearch combines visual and transcript retrieval and can link results to specific video moments. Its unauthenticated, single-user API calls for careful access controls before deployment.

5.5 Open source Visit site
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Moments Lab

Paid APIWeb

Moments Lab combines video discovery, browser-based editing, and publishing in a platform with web and API access.

5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
19

Valossa Assistant

Free trial Web

Valossa Assistant combines natural-language video search with analysis, clip editing and multiple export formats.

5.5 From €14.90/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
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Coactive Content Discovery

Paid APIWeb

Coactive Content Discovery brings several search modes together for large media libraries, with both web and API access. Pricing is on request.

5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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Nomad Media
by Nomad Media
Paid APILinuxMac+2

Consider Nomad Media for large media libraries that need semantic search, AI enrichment, live workflows, or hybrid and cloud deployment.

5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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Persalto

Paid Self-hosted

Choose Persalto if your team needs cross-format archive search on infrastructure it controls, especially when air-gapped operation matters.

5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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Sift Video

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

Sift Video offers timestamped semantic search across video audio and visuals, with a web interface and REST API.

5.1 Open source Visit site
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Veritone Discovery

Paid Web

Broadcast and radio teams should consider Discovery for timestamped search, media monitoring and sponsor verification in one platform.

5.0 Pricing on request Visit site

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