Photon vs PixGuard
Photon
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| Figure | Photon | PixGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $29/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · AI Reverse Image Search Tools | 7.2 (#28) | 8.1 (#9) |
| Purpose | Photon searches for uses of images, including altered versions, to help artists identify possible copyright or license violations. | PixGuard scans website images and assigns each a 0-to-100 copyright risk score with the reasons behind it. |
| Support | Photon provides a contact form asking for the user's name, company, email address, and project details to submit an inquiry. | The contact page accepts questions, bug reports, and feature suggestions through a form or direct email. |
Plans
Photon
- Photon OnlinePriced on request
- Photon On Prem — Enterprise SubscriptionPriced on request
- Photon On Prem — Personal PerpetualPriced on request
- Photon On Prem — Personal SubscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
Photon
Photon has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
PixGuard
PixGuard scans website images and assigns each a copyright risk score from 0 to 100, with reasons for the result. Its detection pipeline checks metadata, stock-agency watermarks, reference fingerprints, signs of AI generation, similarity, and ambiguous cases using AI vision review on Pro and Business. Account scans follow links across up to 50 pages, subject to plan limits on new images. Users can also upload JPG, PNG, WebP, or GIF images up to 10 MB; previous analyses can be rescanned free, and images the service cannot analyze are not charged. A free page check without signup examines the page’s three largest images. PixGuard offers a WordPress plugin for Media Library scans and full-site scans, plus a Chrome extension that shows a score, severity rating, and signal breakdown. API access is listed for Business. Plans include Free with 30 image scans valid for 30 days, Pro at $29 a month, Business at $79 a month, and a 300.00 USD one-time image pack. PixGuard says uploaded images are not permanently stored; image hashes are used for caching.