# MVTec HALCON: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mvtec-halcon/
Covers: Oct. 14, 2025 to Oct. 30, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
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Cite as: Newsprint, "MVTec HALCON: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mvtec-halcon/, updated 2026-11-11

> MVTec HALCON is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 30, 2026.

MVTec HALCON is "a comprehensive machine vision software designed for developing, deploying, and operating reliable vision applications across industries", a 2D and 3D toolbox with deep learning for classification, object detection, anomaly detection and OCR. An AI Assistant takes prompts that can include images, and the MVTec Deep Learning Tool labels data and trains models. Vision engineers and machine builders buy it to build inspection applications. Source: [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/products/halcon).

## Facts

- Site: [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/products/halcon)
- Category: AI visual inspection
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-mvtec-halcon)

MVTec HALCON is "a comprehensive machine vision software designed for developing, deploying, and operating reliable vision applications across industries", a 2D and 3D toolbox with deep learning for classification, object detection, anomaly detection and OCR. An AI Assistant takes prompts that can include images, and the MVTec Deep Learning Tool labels data and trains models. Vision engineers and machine builders buy it to build inspection applications. Source: [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/products/halcon).

- Category: AI visual inspection
- Price: not published; editions and licensing on request
- AI capabilities: Assistant and Visual inspection
- Scale: No disclosed scale (Established machine vision software company; revenue and customer counts are not published.)

Sources: [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/products/halcon), [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/halcon-2511-increased-speed-for-deep-learning-applications), [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/new-version-of-mvtec-halcon-focuses-on-speed-and-performance-of-ai-and-rule-based-methods) and [mvtec.com](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/deep-learning-tool-2610-reuse-datasets-and-evaluate-models-more-flexibly).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### MVTec Deep Learning Tool 26.10 released

Launch, Oct. 30, 2026. The training tool adds COCO and YOLO imports, completes the Out-of-Distribution Detection workflow and gives more detailed Deep OCR evaluation.

Source: [Vendor news](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/deep-learning-tool-2610-reuse-datasets-and-evaluate-models-more-flexibly). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-mvtec-halcon).

### MVTec announces HALCON 26.05

Launch, April 14, 2026. HALCON 26.05 adds next-generation deep learning object detection with up to 5x faster inference, operator-based data augmentation and visual prompting in the AI Assistant. Release date was 2026-05-20.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/new-version-of-mvtec-halcon-focuses-on-speed-and-performance-of-ai-and-rule-based-methods). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-mvtec-halcon).

### MVTec announces HALCON 25.11 with faster deep learning

Launch, Oct. 14, 2025. HALCON 25.11 adds Continual Learning for classification, faster Deep OCR on embedded hardware and MobileNetV4 support. Release date was 2025-11-12.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.mvtec.com/knowledge-base/news/article/halcon-2511-increased-speed-for-deep-learning-applications). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-mvtec-halcon).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology