Cellpose vs CellSAM
Cellpose: Generalist deep learning model for cellular segmentation. CellSAM: Foundation model for cell segmentation across imaging modalities, pairing a cell-detection prompter with SAM.
Facts below come from each project's own website, repository and paper. We don't publish benchmark claims here; see the papers for evaluations. Shared tags: segmentation.
| Field | Cellpose | CellSAM |
|---|---|---|
| 2D / 3D | 2D, 3D | — |
| Modality | Microscopy | Multiple microscopy modalities |
| Segmentation type | Cell / nucleus instance | Cell segmentation |
| License | BSD-3-Clause (code; pretrained-model weights terms unclear) | Apache-2.0 |
| Pricing | Open source | Open source |
| Released | 2020-02-03 | 2023-11-17 |
| Paper | Link | Link |
| GitHub | GitHub | GitHub |
| GitHub stars | 2,402 | 220 |
| Interface | Package, Colab | — |
License and commercial use
| Field | Cellpose | CellSAM |
|---|---|---|
| Code license | BSD-3-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Weights license | pretrained-model weights terms unclear | — |
| Commercial use | Unknown | Permissive (commercial OK) |
| Answer | Unclear. We could not confirm the terms from a primary source; check with the authors before commercial use. Details | Yes. The recorded license is permissive, so closed-source commercial use is allowed if you keep the notices. Details |
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