Overview
SightRadar is a face recognition API that works as a drop-in replacement for AWS Rekognition, billed per photo with no subscription.
SightRadar is a high-accuracy face recognition API built as a drop-in replacement for AWS Rekognition. It uses the same request and response shapes (CreateCollection, IndexFaces, SearchFacesByImage, CompareFaces, DetectFaces), so you migrate by changing the endpoint URL. Find a person across thousands of photos from one selfie, run 1:1 verification with your own similarity threshold, or detect faces with confidence scores. Billing is per photo, never per face, with no subscription or minimums.
Who uses SightRadar
Developers and product teams building photo search, event photo delivery and identity verification
Primary use case
Search, compare and detect faces in consented photo collections through a Rekognition-compatible API
Best fit
Teams on AWS Rekognition cutting their face-API bill without rewriting code, event photographers delivering each guest's photos from one selfie, and apps adding selfie-based identity verification.
Key features
- Drop-in AWS Rekognition replacement: same API shapes, change only the endpoint
- 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), no subscription or minimums
- GDPR-ready with a DPA; vectors encrypted per account, never used for training
- SDKs for JavaScript (npm) and Python (PyPI)
Integrations and workflows
- AWS SDK (boto3 and others)
- npm (sightradar)
- PyPI (sightradar, sightradar-rekognition-shim)
- REST API
Alternatives
- AWS Rekognition
- Azure Face API
- Google Cloud Vision
- Face++
FAQs
What is SightRadar?
SightRadar is a face recognition API that works as a drop-in replacement for AWS Rekognition, billed per photo with no subscription.
Who is SightRadar for?
Developers and product teams building photo search, event photo delivery and identity verification
What is SightRadar used for?
Search, compare and detect faces in consented photo collections through a Rekognition-compatible API
Is SightRadar verified on IndieFame?
SightRadar is ownership verified on IndieFame.
Does SightRadar have a launch offer?
No public launch discount is attached to this listing.