10 Best AI Image Detectors of 2026

AI or Not focuses on one question, whether an image came from a generator, and answers it with a score, a breakdown by generator and a separate deepfake signal. The vendor says detection works from pixel content rather than EXIF data or C2PA credentials, which matters when you only have a screenshot or a re-saved copy from social media. The Free plan covers 20 image checks a month plus text detection and an API key, which is enough for occasional checks on viral photos or artwork. Pro costs $5 a month and adds $10 in monthly credits, which AI or Not says covers 500 image checks, and those credits roll over and also open up video, voice and music detection. Developers get an API and an MCP server. The cons are the low free cap and a large step from Pro to the $100 Business plan, and the 98.9 percent accuracy figure on its page is a vendor claim we did not test. We compared documented features and published prices.

Hive builds AI-generated and deepfake detection for trust and safety teams, and it also offers free tools that ordinary users can open in a browser. Hive Detect accepts PNG, JPEG and WEBP images as well as common video and audio formats, returns frame-by-frame analysis for video and audio, and shows attribution scores for engines such as Gemini, GPT and FLUX. The Chrome extension scans images, video and audio while you browse, and an X bot checks posts as they spread. For platforms, Hive sells APIs that flag synthetic media at scale, but pricing for those is not published, so we list the price as pending. That makes Hive a strong free pick for individuals and a sales-led choice for companies. The limits are the lack of a public quota for the free tools and no self-serve paid plan. We compared documented features and published prices.

Is It AI suits people who check images now and then and want to pay very little when the free allowance runs out. You can run 3 image checks without an account, a free account adds 5 credits a month, and the Starter plan costs $1.99 a month billed annually for 30 credits. One image check uses 1 credit, or 2 with the optional face swap check. The pricing page lists support for Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and more than 20 generators, plus video checks frame by frame and music checks. Paid plans add Investigate online, which shows where an image appears on the web and whether independent publishers have fact checked it; that is useful context a pixel score alone cannot give. The Chrome extension and API come with every paid plan. The trade-offs are a small free allowance, monthly credits that expire, and the fact that Investigate online sends your image to outside services. We compared documented features and published prices.

TruthScan aims at fraud prevention rather than casual curiosity, and its pricing page reads like it. The Free plan gives 25 results a month with detailed indicators, API access and the Chrome extension, with no trial period. Starter costs $24 a month for 1,000 results, with extra results at $0.03 each, and an annual prepay of $290. The feature that sets it apart is region-level analysis: TruthScan says it surfaces a swapped face, a changed digit or a removed object in an otherwise real photo instead of averaging the edit away. One result is one image or one PDF page, and bulk ZIP uploads take up to 500 images per batch. Teams pay per organization with no seat fees. For someone checking a single meme, it is more than needed, and the published accuracy numbers come from the vendor. We compared documented features and published prices.

Winston AI started as a text detector for schools and publishers, and its image detector adds a forensic view that many image-only tools lack. A scan reports whether an image looks AI-made or human-made and also reads EXIF, IPTC and C2PA information, while the analysis pipeline lists steps such as error level analysis, residual noise maps and an edge heat map. Images can be JPEG, JPG, PNG or WEBP up to 10 MB. The same account checks text for AI and plagiarism, which suits teachers and editors. The free tier is a 14-day trial with 2,000 credits rather than an ongoing plan, and the pricing page shows Essential at $18 a month on monthly billing alongside a 50 percent coupon price, so check the total at checkout. We compared documented features and published prices.

Sightengine is an API company, so it suits developers more than people checking a single photo, although its site has a demo upload box. The Free tier gives 2,000 operations a month, capped at 500 a day and 1 request per second, and includes AI image detection. Starter costs $29 a month for 10,000 operations, with extra operations at $0.002, and adds deepfake detection and AI video detection for files up to 50 MB. Pro at $99 a month adds AI speech and music detection and live-stream moderation. The detection page lists the generators it identifies, including DALL-E, Firefly, Flux, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. Because the same API also handles nudity, text and quality checks, platforms can run moderation and AI detection in one call. Non-developers will find it harder to use than a consumer tool. We compared documented features and published prices.

WasItAI keeps things simple: upload an image or paste a URL and get a verdict with a confidence score. Its browser extension adds a small button to images on social media, marketplaces and dating sites, and you can also right-click any image to check it, which saves a download and re-upload. The extension works with a free account, and the Free plan includes 10 images a month and API access. Basic costs $3.99 a month for 100 images, Advanced $35 for 1,000 and Pro $300 for 10,000. The limits are clear: it checks still images only, Safari support is listed as coming soon, and the vendor warns that screenshots may lower detection quality. Uploads can be up to 8 MB. We compared documented features and published prices.

Copyleaks is best known for AI text and plagiarism checks, and its AI image detector brings the same approach to pictures. Instead of a single score, it overlays the image and highlights the pixels it believes were generated or altered, which helps with partly edited photos. The vendor notes that AI editing tools often regenerate nearby areas, so the highlight can be wider than the edited object. The Personal plan costs $13.99 a month billed annually and includes 1,200 unified credits, enough for up to 1,200 images or 300,000 words. Pro at $74.99 a month adds 25 seats and 12,000 credits. Copyleaks says image scans check for AI only, not image plagiarism, and we found no permanent free plan on its pricing page. We compared documented features and published prices.

Illuminarty asks a question artists care about: was this image made by AI or by a human artist. The free plan classifies images and text, and the company says basic AI detection will always be free. Basic costs $10 a month and adds localized detection, which marks the regions that look generated, plus identification of the image model most likely used and an API with 10,000 requests a day. Pro at $30 a month raises the API limit to 40,000 requests a day and adds integration support. The browser extension is listed as in development, so checks happen in the web app. Compared with the leaders, Illuminarty publishes less detail on which generators it covers. We compared documented features and published prices.

Decopy AI offers its image detector as a free web page within a wider suite of AI tools. You upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB, or paste a URL, and get a percentage score with a short written explanation of which parts look AI-generated or human. The vendor says it analyzes pixels rather than EXIF metadata, which platforms such as Instagram often strip, and that images are not stored or used for training. It also links to a reverse image search for checking where a picture came from. The paid plans cover the whole Decopy suite, starting with Lite at $6.99 a month billed annually, and the free plan lists 10 credits a month. There is no API or extension for the detector, so it fits one-off checks. We compared documented features and published prices.