Etchv benchmarks

Invisible watermarking.
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See how fast Etchv works, what your files keep, and how the watermark is found again.

Images, PDFs and video · Updated September 29, 2026

supported file formats
13
API requests checked
4,608
requests at once
16
errors, including rejected files
3

Measured results. Performance varies with your files and connection.Reading the results

Speed

More requests.
Less waiting.

Typical watermarking time with 16 requests running at once.

CPU8.07 stypical watermarking time
GPU4.33 stypical watermarking time
Errors / requests3 / 4,608includes rejected files

Typical time is the median: half of completed requests were faster. These results are not a speed guarantee.

GPU acceleration

Same watermark.
Less waiting.

Faster watermarking on the same files. Available on Business and Enterprise at 3× standard credits.

Video · faster watermarking
2.0×
Images · faster watermarking
1.8×
PDFs · faster watermarking
1.3×

Compared by median completion time, one request at a time. Larger files and heavier demand can change the result.

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Features by platform. Select a workflow for details.
Platform
EtchvImages, PDFs and video
Steg.AIVisual content protection
IMATAGContent tracking
DigimarcOrigin and authenticity
EchoMarkDocument and email leaks

Images

Etchv

10 image formats

Supports still images, animation and editable Photoshop layers.

Steg.AI

Images + layers

Supports common images and Photoshop files, with separate-layer or flattened watermarking.

IMATAG

JPEG + PNG

Its image API supports JPEG and non-indexed PNG, but excludes GIF watermarking.

Digimarc

Image watermarking

Supports invisible image watermarks. Confirm which file features are preserved.

EchoMark

Same-format images

Returns the input image format. Layered images are flattened.

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