Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Video Intelligence API
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Video Intelligence API is Amazon Rekognition; on Azure, Azure AI Video Indexer.
About Video Intelligence API
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | deprecated Deprecated Deprecated Sep 14, 2026; shuts down Sep 14, 2027. |
| What it is | Pretrained video analysis (labels, shots, objects, text, explicit content). |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | No separate pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video analysis & indexing | Amazon Rekognition | Partial match | Azure AI Video Indexer |
Video analysis & indexing Partial match
Rekognition Video maps to the Video Intelligence API, but that API is deprecated (shutdown Sep 14, 2027). Google's forward path is Gemini, which accepts video input.
- Video Intelligence API was deprecated on Sep 14, 2026 and shuts down Sep 14, 2027.
- Gemini returns prompted descriptions and timestamps rather than fixed label/shot/object schemas.