3 self-hosted Amazon Rekognition alternatives

Amazon Rekognition is a popular proprietary tool in the video surveillance space. These open-source apps let you replace Amazon Rekognition with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Amazon Rekognition alternatives

Medium

bare-metaldocker

CompreFace

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted face recognition service with REST API

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 8.2k Medium setup Apache-2.0

CodeProject.AI Server

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted AI server for surveillance object detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 973 Medium setup SSPL-1.0

DeepStack

Video Surveillance

Self-hosted AI server for object and face detection

Replaces Amazon Rekognition

★ 818 Medium setup Apache-2.0

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Switching from Amazon Rekognition

Moving off Amazon Rekognition means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.