SightRadar

Face recognition API, Rekognition-compatible, pay per photo

What is SightRadar?

SightRadar is a face recognition API for teams that need face search, verification and detection at scale, without AWS Rekognition's pricing. It is Rekognition-compatible: point the AWS SDK (boto3 and others) at SightRadar's endpoint and your existing code keeps working.

What you get: - Face search: find one person across thousands of photos from a single selfie (event photos, media libraries, photo delivery) - 1:1 verification: compare two faces with a similarity threshold you choose - Face detection with confidence scores you can threshold on - Rekognition-compatible API: CreateCollection, IndexFaces, SearchFacesByImage, CompareFaces, DetectFaces and more - Photos with no faces return valid empty results, not errors - Per-photo billing, never per face: batch indexing from $0.00062 per photo, real-time $0.00093 per photo - Privacy by design: GDPR-ready with a Data Processing Agreement, face vectors isolated and encrypted per account, never used for model training - SDKs on npm and PyPI, plus a Rekognition shim for Python

Free to start with trial credits, no credit card required. Pay-as-you-go prepaid credits, no subscription and no minimums.

Key Features

Drop-in AWS Rekognition replacement with the same API shapes

Face search across collections from a single selfie

1:1 face verification with configurable similarity thresholds

Face detection with confidence scores

Per-photo billing (never per face) with no subscription or minimums

Use Cases

Event and wedding photographers delivering each guest's photos from one selfie
Apps adding selfie-based identity verification for KYC and onboarding
Media libraries and DAMs tagging and searching people across archives
Teams on AWS Rekognition cutting their face-API bill without rewriting code

How to Use SightRadar

1Sign up at sightradar.com and create an API key with free trial credits (no card required)
2Create a collection for each event or tenant
3Index photos by URL or file upload
4or submit a batch with webhooks for thousands of photos
5Search the collection with a selfie or compare two faces directly

Best For

Event and wedding photographersDevelopers building identity verification (KYC) flowsMedia library and DAM teamsTeams migrating from AWS Rekognition

FAQ

Is SightRadar compatible with AWS Rekognition?

Yes. It supports the request and response shapes for CreateCollection, IndexFaces, SearchFacesByImage, CompareFaces, DetectFaces and more, so you migrate by changing the endpoint URL.

How is SightRadar priced?

Per photo, never per face: batch indexing from $0.00062 per photo and real-time $0.00093 per photo, on pay-as-you-go prepaid credits with no subscription or minimums.

Can I try it for free?

Yes. You start with free trial credits and no credit card is required.

What happens with photos that contain no faces?

They return valid empty results, not errors.

Is face data used for model training?

No. Face vectors are isolated and encrypted per account and never used for model training. SightRadar is GDPR-ready with a Data Processing Agreement.

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