Web Browser

Roboflow provides JavaScript packages for deploying computer vision models in web browsers.

inference-sdk

Uses WebRTC to run inference on your video streams with the Roboflow Cloud and return live results with minimal latency.

• For live video streams

• When running Roboflow Workflows, or a model not supported on inferencejs

• On latency-sensitive use cases with compute-heavy models

Learn more about inference-sdk

inferencejs

Uses Tensorflow.js to run inference on your images and video streams on-device.

• For images and live video streams

• On latency-sensitive use cases with light, supported models

• When internet access isn't continuously available (still required for initial load)

Learn more about inferencejs

Comparison

Feature	inference-sdk	inferencejs
Processing Location	Roboflow Cloud	Browser (On Device)
Processing Latency	Consistent (GPU accelerated)	Dependent on user's device
Model Support	All Roboflow models & Roboflow Workflows	Supported Models
Device Support	Wide (WebRTC is widely supported)	Wide (Tensorflow.js is widely supported)
Internet Required	Yes, continuously	Yes, for initial model load only
Network Latency	Minimal	No network latency