Custom Vision Model or Pretrained API Which Fits Your First App
Most junior developers reach for model training too early because it feels like “real AI.” My position is stricter: start with a managed vision API unless the mistakes are product-specific, expensive, or impossible to explain away. Owning the model is justified only when control over labels, latency, privacy, or deployment clearly beats the extra work.
The API-first choice wins more often than ambitious developers want to admit
The practical decision is not “computer vision or no computer vision.” It is Managed Vision API versus Owned Model Pipeline. Managed Vision API means Google Cloud…
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