Count Objects in Image — AI Object Counter from a Photo

Repeated visible items such as packets, boxes, bottles, toys, coins, pills, screws, beads, seeds and produce. Upload the photo, review the settings, then choose Count; review every result marker and any dashed similarity reference before using the total.

Accuracy depends on visibility, overlap, scale and how well your marked examples represent the items. Use an even, top-down photo with every item fully in frame, mark 1–3 complete, clearly visible examples and review each result marker. If items are missed, redraw a tighter box around one complete item or add an example for each different-looking kind.

For people specifically, use the dedicated People Counter, which is tuned to detect human figures in crowds and gatherings.

Yes. Preview and download the free result without creating an account. Downloads are free without a watermark. No signup required. Photos are uploaded only to process and removed under our Security policy.

The counting mode tells the tool how to find items after you choose Count. Auto counts the item named in What to count, and example boxes are optional. Similar items counts every item that matches the examples you mark: open Examples, drag a tight box around 1–3 complete items (one per different-looking kind). Distinct objects draws a box around each distinct, separated object and needs no example.

In Distinct objects mode, or in Auto once an example is marked, raise or lower Detection sensitivity so faint items are caught without counting extra background detail, and use Ignore small detections to drop specks, shadows or clutter. If a part or the wrong object is being counted, open Examples and redraw a tight box around one complete, clearly visible item — add an example for each different-looking kind, up to 3. Review every dot or box before using the total; recrop or take a clearer photo if markers are missing or duplicated.

After each photo is counted, tap Add to tally to add that total as its own row, then rename the row's label (e.g. "Shelf 4 — 500ml") so a multi-shelf count stays organised. The sheet keeps a running Total across every row, lets you remove a single row or Clear tally to start over, and you can Export CSV any time.

Bulk audit is Premium-only and counts every queued photo in Distinct objects mode, which you set before you run it, with your detector settings, feeding every result into the tally sheet. Example-guided Auto or Similar items counting works one photo at a time, because a marked crop belongs to the photo it was drawn on and is never reused. Review and correct each image before using the grand total.

Saving a stock-take to your account needs a free sign-in, and free accounts can keep a limited number of saved stock-takes at a time — delete an old one or upgrade to Premium for unlimited saved history. Sharing a saved stock-take as a read-only team link, so colleagues can view it without an account, is a Premium feature.

Exporting your tally sheet as a CSV is always free, for anyone. The branded PDF stock-take report — a formatted document with your label, count and total columns — is a Premium feature you can generate straight from the Tally panel after upgrading.

Open Bulk audit to run the Distinct objects detector across every warehouse or stockroom photo — it works well for separated, fully visible stock. For repeated stock patterns, Auto or Similar items works better but runs one photo at a time in Single photo mode with 1 to 3 marked examples per photo. Review and correct every image's markers before exporting the combined tally.

Yes — every tally row has an editable Count field, not just the Label, so you can type a corrected number directly if you spot a miscount or need to true up the total by hand. Edits update the running Total immediately, and the corrected row exports the same way to CSV or the PDF report.

Bulk audit carries your detector settings into each queued photo but always counts with the Distinct objects detector — examples are never carried over. A manual example from Single photo mode is never reused because its crop belongs to that image, so run an example-guided Auto or Similar items pass one photo at a time with your own marked examples.

Opening a saved stock-take with its folder icon (Open in tally) replaces whatever is currently in your tally sheet — it does not merge or append the saved rows alongside your in-progress count. Export or save your current tally first if you don't want to lose it, since there's no undo once a saved session loads in.

Yes. Name what to count, then add up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro; each photo is counted the way a single photo is. Review every photo's markers before using one tally per photo plus a grand total. Photos that need marked examples cannot reuse one crop across unrelated photos, so process those one at a time with a new example.

No. Bulk object counting never transfers a marked crop to another image. The counting settings apply to up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro, but every result still needs marker-by-marker review. Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking image gets refused.

Check the input first: a sharp, well-lit original that has not been through a messaging app gives the best result. Then review the settings on the page, change one at a time and run it again — nothing is locked in until you download.

Object Counter supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — Object Counter runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

Yes. The upload panel has a Take a photo button that opens the phone camera, so you can shoot the items and count the picture straight away. It works from a still photo, not a live view. For a continuous count while you move the camera, the Live Object Counter shows dots on screen every few seconds, but it saves no marked image and is a Premium feature.

For tablets, use the Pill Counter: it is set up for trays and works as a visual second check. It is not a pharmacy counting tray or a counting machine, and neither is the Pill Counter, so a qualified person must review every marker and complete any manual procedure your regulations require before a count is relied on.

Counting AI can only count what is visible. Hidden items cannot be inferred reliably, so spread the items in one layer before you photograph them. Touching items can merge or be marked twice, so review the markers before using the total.

Choose Similar items, mark one complete example of each kind with a tight box, up to three, and count. The Found per example list shows how many each example matched. If an example shows zero, it only matched items an earlier example had already found.

It is a JPEG with a marker on each counted item, the total, and a small Pixoate mark that is attribution and is the same on every plan. Display controls such as Included markers change only the preview, so reset them before you download if you want the file to match.

Yes. Photograph the coins or parts in one layer on a plain, contrasting surface, type coins or parts in What to count and review the markers. Overlapping pieces and glare on metal can cause misses or duplicates, so check each marker before you use the total.

Yes. As an item counter it counts repeated, visible items in a photo, such as screws, bottles, packets or produce, and marks each one so you can verify the total. It counts what the camera can see, not what a stock system records, so use the tally sheet to compare the figure with your own records.

Yes. Upload a photo, choose Count objects and review the markers without creating an account. Saving stock-takes, Bulk audit, the PDF report and team links need a sign-in or Premium.