# Commercial AI Photo Culling Tools — For Reference

These are not self-hosted but represent the state-of-the-art in wedding photo culling.

## FilterPixel DeepCull (2026)

- **Type:** Cloud-based, genre-specific AI
- **Speed:** 2:58 for 3,000 photos (cloud)
- **Features:** 10-parameter scoring (emotion, sharpness, composition, storytelling, etc.), memory-based learning, genre-specific models
- **Accuracy:** 85-95% agreement after training on user's past culling decisions
- **Price:** $9.99-$19/month
- **Best for:** Professional photographers needing same-day delivery

## Aftershoot

- **Type:** Local desktop application
- **Speed:** 8-12 minutes for 1,000 images (local)
- **Features:** Duplicate detection, blink detection, blur detection, highlight selection, genre selection (portrait/wedding/events)
- **Learning:** Adapts to user's editing style over time
- **Price:** $15/month
- **Best for:** Wedding photographers with multi-day turnaround

## Imagen AI

- **Type:** Cloud-based editing + culling
- **Accuracy:** 63.4% (noted as lower than FilterPixel/Aftershoot in independent testing)
- **Features:** Culling studio, AI editing, pay-per-image pricing
- **Price:** Pay per image (expensive at scale)
- **Best for:** Photographers already using Imagen for editing