Scenario | Egress Cost Impact |
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Data Registration | No egress cost if users provide media metadata and embeddings, as files are not ingested. If metadata is not provided then Encord downloads the data once for processing. |
Searching | Searches are performed on metadata stored in Encord’s servers, incurring no egress cost. |
Search Results | Data is streamed only for thumbnails in view; for videos, only visible frames are loaded. |
Video Annotation | Egress costs apply only to the section of the video being viewed/annotated, with some buffering allowance. Local caching prevents repeated egress costs when revisiting the same section. |
Index/Active Display | Minimal egress cost, as filtering is based on precomputed metrics/embeddings. |
Visual Curation in Active | Small data transfer since only selected frames are displayed. |
Metric/Embedding Computation | If processed on Encord’s side, egress cost equals the data size. Needs confirmation on frame ingestion. No egress cost if users provide media metadata and embeddings. |
Cost | 1GB of 1080p footage costs ~$0.10 in egress. |