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Pattern Recognition Company GmbH (Lübeck, Germany)Excire Foto
German photo management software that assigns keywords locally, rates photos for culling and makes your archive searchable by content, face and mood. Excire Search works as a plug-in for Lightroom Classic.
Shared spot4of 17 professional tools with a GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is stored in the EU (2 points), whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee (1) and whether the provider is based in the Netherlands or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure in photography
GDPR: Limited
- Provider based in the EU
Priceone-off licence or €29.90 per user/monthone-off licence (amount in the shop); Office Edition €29.90 per user/month or €199/year
Free trialYes
Based inLübeck, GermanyEU
ModelNot publicProprietary image recognition, no language model. Runs locally without cloud storage and claims to be GDPR-compliant; the Office Edition runs on-premises on the local network (according to the provider).
Last checked: 4 November 2026 · How we check
Is this your tool? Fill in missing detailsWhat it does
Search by motif, person and moodSearch by visible text in photos
Automatic keywordsQuick selection, even with closed eyes
Map view and timeline
Excire Search for Lightroom Classic
Office Edition: shared database
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Underlying model
GDPR check for photography Proprietary image recognition, no language model. Runs locally without cloud storage and claims to be GDPR-compliant; the Office Edition runs on-premises on the local network (according to the provider). Many tools build on a large model from, for example, OpenAI or Anthropic. If in doubt, ask for the data processing agreement: it states where your data goes.
Questions about Excire Foto
- Which AI model does Excire Foto use?
- The maker of Excire Foto does not make public which AI model sits underneath. Proprietary image recognition, no language model. Runs locally without cloud storage and claims to be GDPR-compliant; the Office Edition runs on-premises on the local network (according to the provider).
- How much does Excire Foto cost?
- one-off licence (price in the shop); Office Edition €29.90 per user/month or €199/year. Check the current price on the provider's website; rates often change.
- Who is Excire Foto for?
- Excire Foto is aimed at photography. It suits work such as selecting photos (culling): sharpness, eyes, duplicates and the best shot per moment, editing in your own style: applying AI profiles and presets to a whole shoot, retouching and enhancing: skin, background, noise, sharpness and cropping in batches.
- What should I watch out for with AI in photography?
- Your photos show recognisable people, often clients and their guests: that is personal data, and as soon as a tool groups or recognises faces, it becomes biometric data (Art. 9 GDPR). So check whether a tool works locally or uploads your photos. Aftershoot, Narrative and Excire select on your own computer; Excire works without the cloud. Neurapix processes in Göttingen on its own hardware and deletes images up to 48 hours after delivery. Watch out for training: Aftershoot states in its privacy statement that collected images and edits are used to train its models, Pixelz uses images for machine learning with the client's consent, and Pic-Time trains on a small share of images from photographers who sign up for this. Luminar Neo sends photos for advanced AI features to external AI partners, including outside the EEA. If you use facial recognition in client galleries, record that in your terms and sign a data processing agreement.
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