How Much Does a Reverse Face Search Cost?
One reverse face search on FaceSearch costs 3 credits. A new account starts with 3 free credits, which is one complete search, and no credit card is required to use them. Further credits come either from a monthly plan or from a one-time pack, and the price per credit falls as the pack size rises.
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In short
- A search costs 3 credits, and a new account gets 3 free credits, which is exactly one search.
- No credit card is needed to run that first search.
- The monthly plan is cheaper per search than any pack below the largest ones, and it renews.
- One-time packs never expire into a subscription. They suit occasional use.
- Credits are consumed by the search, not by the result, so a search that finds nothing still costs credits.
What each option costs
| Option | Price | Credits | Searches | Per search |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREE | $0/mo | 3 | 1 | Free |
| PRO | $29/mo | 60 | 20 | $1.45 |
| Starter Pack | $6 | 3 | 1 | $6.00 |
| Basic Pack | $24 | 30 | 10 | $2.40 |
| Standard Pack | $69 | 100 | 33 | $2.09 |
| Pro Pack | $199 | 300 | 100 | $1.99 |
| Enterprise Pack | $599 | 1000 | 333 | $1.80 |
How much does a reverse face search cost?
A single reverse face search on FaceSearch costs 3 credits, and every account begins with 3 free credits, so the first search costs nothing and requires no payment details. After that, credits are bought either through the monthly plan, which grants a fresh allowance every month, or through a one-time pack, which is a single purchase with no renewal. The table above converts both into a cost per search, which is the only figure worth comparing across the two.
Is there a genuinely free reverse face search?
Free reverse face search generally means a free first search rather than an unlimited free service, and FaceSearch works the same way: 3 credits on signup, one complete search, no card. The reason the category has no permanently free tier is that each search is a comparison against a large index of faces, which costs compute every time it runs, unlike a keyword search that can be served from a cache. A service advertising unlimited free face search is usually funding it another way, and the uploaded photo is the most likely source of that funding, so it is worth reading what a free provider says it retains before uploading a face to it.
What is a credit, and why does one search cost several?
A credit is the unit FaceSearch bills in, and one search consumes 3 of them. Pricing in credits rather than in searches is what keeps a plan and a pack directly comparable, since both are denominated in the same unit. Credits do not expire while an account is open, and credits bought in a pack sit alongside any granted by a plan rather than replacing them.
Should you choose the monthly plan or a credit pack?
Choose the monthly plan for recurring work and a pack for a single question. The plan renews its allowance each month and costs less per search than the smaller packs, which suits anyone verifying profiles regularly. A pack is a one-time purchase that does not renew and does not need cancelling, which suits someone with one person to check. The largest packs reach a lower per-credit price than the plan, so high-volume one-time use is better served by a large pack than by a subscription.
Do credits get used up when a search finds nothing?
Yes. Credits pay for the search being run, not for the result it returns, so a search that finds no matches consumes the same 3 credits as one that finds many. This is worth knowing before spending credits on a poor photo: the comparison against the index happens either way, and an unclear or heavily filtered image is the most common reason a search completes with nothing to show. Improving the photo before searching is cheaper than searching twice.
How do you pay, and can you get a refund?
Payment goes through Stripe for card transactions, with cryptocurrency accepted separately, and FaceSearch does not store card details on its own servers. Refunds are governed by the published refund policy rather than decided case by case, and because credits are consumed at the moment a search runs, the policy is the thing to read before buying rather than after.