Comparing Face Swap APIs Akool and Open Source Options

Hi guys

Our marketing team is looking for a reliable Face Swap API for some advertising campaigns.

I’m searching for something that can handle a larger scale and is user-friendly.

We have been exploring a few options, Akool and Deepswap, and are also considering some open-source models if their API is easy to use.

Has anyone here worked with these APIs? How do they stack up in terms of:

  • Accuracy: How realistic do the face swaps appear?
  • Speed: We need to process several at once
  • Ease of Integration: This is mainly for our design and advertising teams

If you have experience with any open-source models that you think could compete with or even surpass these, I’d love to hear about them too! Any feedback, suggestions, or recommendations would be really appreciated. Thanks a lot!

Commercial solutions typically perform better than open-source options.

Wren said:
Commercial solutions typically perform better than open-source options.

That’s usually true.

Wren said:
Commercial solutions typically perform better than open-source options.

I’m looking for an affordable commercial option.

I don’t think the technology is good enough for an API yet. I only use direct LLMs. I could create an API for you; what’s your budget?

Leith said:
I don’t think the technology is good enough for an API yet. I only use direct LLMs. I could create an API for you; what’s your budget?

We’re probably looking for something ready to use so we can get started quickly. Thanks for the offer, but I don’t think we have the time to develop a custom solution.

@Fallon
A ready-made solution would just involve using open-source tools and delivering via API (like Flask). No worries, good luck with your project!

Leith said:
@Fallon
A ready-made solution would just involve using open-source tools and delivering via API (like Flask). No worries, good luck with your project!

Wait, what?

Zander said:

Leith said:
@Fallon
A ready-made solution would just involve using open-source tools and delivering via API (like Flask). No worries, good luck with your project!

Wait, what?

We could take some open-source options and quickly create one for you, to summarize.

Leith said:
I don’t think the technology is good enough for an API yet. I only use direct LLMs. I could create an API for you; what’s your budget?

Why is LLM related to this?

I’ve tried some open-source solutions, but they were difficult to use and gave poor results.

Chen said:
I’ve tried some open-source solutions, but they were difficult to use and gave poor results.

Hmm, I think I’ll avoid that then.

Chen said:
I’ve tried some open-source solutions, but they were difficult to use and gave poor results.

Really? How did you find that out?

Akool is better, I have tried their API many times.

I’ve used Akool and it’s really impressive.

Oli said:
I’ve used Akool and it’s really impressive.

That’s awesome!

I hope more options come out, but the choices are pretty limited.

Honestly, just go with Akool. It has one of the best face swap features and is easy to use.

If open-source was truly viable, there wouldn’t be teams of top-notch engineers continuously pushing innovations. It’s tough to compare apples to oranges. Would you really compare fast food to a fine dining restaurant? You get what you pay for; we all know open-source requires a lot of coding investment.

Just bite the bullet and pay for Akool. I’ve tried many, but open-source tools have never worked for me in faceswapping. I’m not sure how they did it, but Akool significantly outperforms everyone else based on my experiences.