I have an IOS app where users can upload images. I want to run all these images through Google's Vision API. Could someone please let me know how realistic this idea is?
Let's say that I want to run 1000 images through their API. How much would this cost me?
In the question title, I used the word scalable because I'm worried that using this service would be really expensive.
This is mainly a question about how much it costs to get Google to scan each an image.
Thanks!
It really depends what you want as a result, but in general, the first 1000 images are free per month. After that it is $1.50 per 1000 images per activity in a month (a few things are more expensive).
So if you wanted to get what labels are in an image (broadly speaking - what is the primary thing this is a picture of, which it sounds like you want), the first 1000 images in a month are free, and the next 1000 would be $1.50. Another 1000 (for a total of 3000) would be another $1.50 for a total of $3 for the 3000.
If, however, you wanted to both get what labels are in an image and if there is any explicit content in the image (Safe Search detection), the first 1000 images would be free, but the next 1000 would be $3.00 ($1.50 for the label detection, and $1.50 for the safe search detection).
See Google Cloud Vision API Pricing for the different types of operations available and the price for each.
Using the comments on the post, I found that the first 1000 monthly requests are free, and the next million cost $1.50 per 1000 requests (for label recognition, which is what I wanted)
There is different pricing for different features.
@SLaks pointed me to the following helpful link https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/pricing
Thanks for your help guys!