See it in action
One image. Processed in seconds.
This is real MetaBrain output — title with confidence score, description, and 45 scored keywords. No editing, no templates.
You shoot hundreds of photos and videos.
Tagging them takes longer than the shoot.
Professional microstock photographers spend 3–5 minutes per image writing titles, descriptions, and keyword sets. For a 200-image shoot, that's up to 16 hours of repetitive, low-value work.
Four Processing Modes
Four distinct workflows built for different shooting scenarios. Pick the one that fits your task and get started.
How it works
01
Drop your files
Drag images or videos directly into MetaBrain. Supports JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WEBP, EPS, AI, SVG, MP4, MOV and more.
02
AI generates metadata
The AI engine analyses your content and returns a scored title, description, and up to 80 keywords in seconds.
03
Review and export
Edit any chip, confirm the result, then write metadata directly to your files or export as CSV for bulk upload.
All modes in action
Four workflows. One tool.
Upload reference images to define a visual style. MetaBrain extracts the stylistic pattern and applies it to every new image — perfect for editorial series or brand consistency.
Optimised metadata for all major agencies
Features
Correction Intelligence
MetaBrain builds a personal style rulebook from your edits. Remove a keyword 3 times and it is permanently banned. Add one 3 times and it becomes mandatory. Title and description patterns are remembered too — and applied automatically in every mode.
Ground Truth
AI misread your image? Tell it what is actually true in plain text — demographics, emotion, location, commercial intent — and it rewrites title, description, and keywords to match, with no hedging. Your first correction on every image is free.
Relevance Scores
Every keyword is scored 0–100 for how closely it matches what a buyer would search. Bright chips are core terms, mid-tone chips are supporting long-tail — set your own threshold and triage the weak tail in seconds.
IP & Brand Scanner
Free, one-click scan for logos, trademarks, licence plates, and named storefronts that need a property release. Flagged objects are boxed directly on the thumbnail — decide to license as editorial, retouch, or exclude before you submit.
Inspector
One click audits every result against agency requirements — title/description length, banned terms, duplicate keywords, and spelling against a 46,000-word dictionary that catches even a single missing or extra letter.
Rejection Predictor
Before AI processing even starts, MetaBrain runs 5 technical checks on every image: resolution, sharpness, exposure, noise, and color cast. Issues are flagged with colored badges — catch rejection-prone files before you submit.
Trend Score
Every result gets a market-demand score from 0–100, matched against live agency creative briefs. Open the full Trend Panel for matched briefs, oversaturated keywords to avoid, and personalised trending terms to add — before you upload. The score is free on every plan; the full brief with recommendations is included from Hobby.
Write & Export
MetaBrain writes Title, Description, and Keywords directly into your JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and video files via exiftool — no copy-paste. Export as CSV in 17 agency-specific profiles (Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Getty, iStock, and more), XMP sidecar, JSON, or DOCX.
Upload to Agencies (beta)
Send your finished files straight to Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Pond5, Dreamstime, Depositphotos and 123RF over FTP/SFTP — metadata already embedded, right from the app. Per-agency progress bars and an automatic move-to-uploaded workflow. Included from the Hobby plan; currently in beta.
Portfolio Analytics (Pro, beta)
Connect your entire published Shutterstock portfolio in one click — a small bookmark button, no extension and no API keys, in any desktop browser. MetaBrain scans your whole catalog and all-time sales, compares them with live agency demand briefs, and builds a personal coach report: a portfolio audit, demand gaps to shoot next, a concrete shot plan (exportable to PDF), sales analytics (earning themes vs dead weight), agency brief coverage, and a plan that refreshes every month. It reads only your own contributor dashboard and sends only aggregated statistics — never your images or password. Pro plan; currently in beta.
Four Languages
Full UI and AI output in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. Switch in one click — no app restart needed.
How we compare
MetaBrain vs the competition
| MetaBrain | Xpiks | StockSubmitter | KeywordTool.io | M+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI metadata from image | ✓ | Add-on | — | — | Neural |
| Style transfer from your shots | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Custom keyword blocks | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Learns from your corrections | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Plain-text AI correction (Ground Truth) | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Unique variation per batch image | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Relevance scoring per keyword | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Rejection risk analysis | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Brand & IP detection | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Market trend scoring | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Photo support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Vector (EPS, AI, SVG) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Batch processing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Write metadata to files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Direct agency submission | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Free tier | 30 images | Basic | 33/mo | Limited | 33/mo |
| macOS | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web App | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Based on publicly available feature lists. Updated June 2026.
Pricing
Start free. Pay as you grow.
Start free with the core toolkit — all four modes, Ground Truth, Trend Score, Inspector, IP Scanner and 17 export profiles. Hobby adds trend briefs with recommendations and direct agency upload; Pro adds portfolio analytics and the offline local AI model. 30 free credits, no card required.
Free
Get started and explore MetaBrain with no commitment.
- ✓30 complimentary credits on sign-up
- ✓All four processing modes (A, B, C, D)
- ✓Correction Intelligence & Ground Truth
- ✓Trend Score, Inspector & IP Scanner
- ✓CSV (17 agency profiles), XMP, JSON & DOCX export
- ✓Processing history (last 50 generations)
- ✓English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian UI
Hobby
For photographers who upload regularly and need consistent output.
- ✓300 AI generations per month
- ✓All Free tier features
- ✓Trend briefs & recommendations
- ✓Direct upload to agencies (FTP, beta)
- ✓Email support
Pro
For professionals with high-volume shoots and agency deadlines.
- ✓1,500 AI generations per month
- ✓All Hobby tier features
- ✓Portfolio Coach — portfolio analytics (beta)
- ✓Local AI model — offline processing on your own Mac (LM Studio / Ollama)
- ✓Priority email support
Studio
For agencies and studios processing thousands of images monthly. Contact sales@metabrain.online.
- ✓Unlimited AI generations
- ✓All Pro tier features
- ✓Dedicated account manager
- ✓Custom model configuration
- ✓Volume pricing & SLA available
Credits Pack
Available on any paid plan. Credits never expire and are consumed only when you process.
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MetaBrain 2.7.6
macOS · Apple Silicon · Try free — 30 images, no card
Minimum
- ·macOS 12 Monterey
- ·Apple Silicon (M1)
- ·8 GB RAM
- ·2 GB free disk
Recommended
- ·macOS 13 Ventura+
- ·M1 Pro or newer
- ·16 GB RAM
- ·5 GB free disk
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