Find the images on your site
that need a closer look.

PixGuard flags images with copyright risk signals and gives each one a 0 to 100 risk score with the reasons behind it. Try it free: enter a page URL and we check its 3 largest images, usually in under a minute.

No signup to check a page · 30 free image scans with an account · No card required

3 free scans per day. No signup required.

How Many Image Scans Does Your Site Need?

Move the slider to your site's image count to see how many image scans it takes to check them once, and which plan covers it.

1050 images1,000

Image scans to check them once

50

1 image scan per new image. Images already analyzed are free to rescan.

  • Free account: 30 image scans, valid 30 days (up to 10 new images per website scan)
  • Pro: About 250 images a month (covers this)
  • Business: About 1,000 images a month

Image packs start at $20 for 85 images and never expire.

Audit My Website

What a Copyright Claim Can Involve

A demand letter is a request for payment from a rights holder or their agent. It is a settlement request, not a court judgment.

In the US, statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. 504(c) range from $750 to $30,000 per work, up to $150,000 for willful infringement, and are available only for works registered in time (17 U.S.C. 412).

A PixGuard risk score is an estimate. A low score is not permission, and a high score is not a finding of infringement.

Read more on how statutory damages work.

General information, not legal advice. Rules differ outside the US.

Why this exists

Built by someone who got tired of demand letters.

Some stock agencies and photographers use image-matching services to find copies of their photos online, and a match can end in a demand letter. Meanwhile it's easy to lose track of where a site's images came from. Stock photos get reused. Old contractors leave behind assets nobody has a license record for.

Reverse image search can find copies of one image, but it doesn't tell you which of your images to look at first. So I built PixGuard. It checks each image for copyright risk signals across up to 9 detection stages, depending on plan, and gives it a 0 to 100 risk score with the reasons behind it, so you can decide what to replace, license or keep.

Suraj

Solo founder, PixGuard

Read the full story

Review your images with evidence, not guesswork

From single image uploads to website scans, with a plugin for anyone running a WordPress site.

Scan Up to 50 Pages From One URL

A website scan follows links across up to 50 pages and scores the images it finds, up to your plan's per-scan limit. No account yet? You can still check your website for copyrighted images free: we look at the 3 largest images on one page.

Check a Single Image

Upload a JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF up to 10 MB and get a copyright risk score with the reasons behind it. Each upload uses 1 image scan.

Up to 9 Detection Stages

Every account scan checks metadata, stock-agency watermarks and a database of reference image fingerprints. On Pro and Business, an AI vision model also reviews borderline images.

See Why an Image Was Flagged

Each score comes with the signals behind it, so you can decide which images to investigate first.

Rescan Analyzed Images Free

Images we've already analyzed are free to rescan. You only spend image scans on new images, and images that can't be analyzed aren't charged.

Spots Stock-Agency Watermarks

Looks for watermark text and logos from 7 stock agencies, including Shutterstock, Getty Images and Adobe Stock, plus tiled watermark patterns.

How it works

Three steps to your first risk scores

01

Create a free account

30 image scans, no credit card

02

Upload or scan

Drop an image or enter a website URL

03

Get results

A 0 to 100 risk score for each image, with the signals behind it

Prefer to check by hand? Follow our step-by-step guide to checking your site's images.

Up to 9 detection stages, depending on plan

Computer-vision, metadata and fingerprint checks on every account scan. Pro and Business add similarity matching and AI vision review.

01

AI Generation Estimate

Flags likely AI-generated images and adjusts the risk score

02

Metadata Scan

EXIF, XMP, IPTC copyright tags and filename analysis

03

Watermark Detection

SIFT/ORB matching against 7 stock-agency watermarks, plus FFT analysis for tiled patterns

04

Visual Analysis

Overlay detection and corner logo detection

05

Text and Tampering Checks

OCR for watermark text, template matching and error level analysis

06

Fingerprint Matching

Compares perceptual hashes with a database of reference image fingerprints

07

CLIP Semantic Gating

CLIP image classification to suppress false positives

08

Similarity Matching

Pro and Business: DINOv2 and SSCD look for edited or cropped copies

09

AI Vision Review

Pro and Business: an AI vision model reviews borderline images

01

AI Generation Estimate

Flags likely AI-generated images and adjusts the risk score

02

Metadata Scan

EXIF, XMP, IPTC copyright tags and filename analysis

03

Watermark Detection

SIFT/ORB matching against 7 stock-agency watermarks, plus FFT analysis for tiled patterns

04

Visual Analysis

Overlay detection and corner logo detection

05

Text and Tampering Checks

OCR for watermark text, template matching and error level analysis

06

Fingerprint Matching

Compares perceptual hashes with a database of reference image fingerprints

07

CLIP Semantic Gating

CLIP image classification to suppress false positives

08

Similarity Matching

Pro and Business: DINOv2 and SSCD look for edited or cropped copies

09

AI Vision Review

Pro and Business: an AI vision model reviews borderline images

Pick the plan that fits your site

Every account scan checks copyright metadata, stock-agency watermarks, reference fingerprints and signs of AI generation. Pro and Business add similarity matching, AI vision review and source lookup.

30 free image scans (valid 30 days)No card requiredImages already analyzed are free to rescan
Most Popular

Pro

$29/month

or save 2 months with annual

~250 image scans / month

$0.12 per scan

Best for
People who publish regularly

  • Full signal breakdown, plus AI vision review of borderline images
  • Similarity matching for edited or cropped copies
  • Source lookup for high-risk images: web pages where a matching image appears
  • Site monitoring: weekly re-scans of up to 3 sites, with an email summary
  • Up to 500 new images per website scan

Cancel anytime. No long-term commitment.

Best Value

Business

$79/month

or save 2 months with annual

~1,000 image scans / month

$0.08 per scan, best volume value

Best for
Teams and agencies

  • Everything in Pro
  • AI vision review with an extended budget per image
  • Site monitoring: daily or weekly re-scans of up to 10 sites, with an email summary
  • Top queue priority and up to 2,000 new images per website scan
  • API access

Not ready to choose? Compare plans or try a free scan, no account needed.

Why scan before you publish?

Unchecked images can lead to copyright claims, takedown notices and licensing letters. Checking before you publish gives you time to replace or license an image while it's easy to change.

Need more scans? Grab a pack.

One-time purchase. Never expires. Works with any plan.

$20
85 image scans
$0.24/image
Popular
$60
270 image scans
$0.22/image
$150
750 image scans
$0.20/image
Best Value
$300
1,700 image scans
$0.18/image

Compare what's in each plan

Same image, deeper checks as you upgrade.

ProMost popularBusiness
Scan capacity
Image scans / month~250~1,000
New images per website scan (up to 50 pages)5002,000
Free rescans of images already analyzed
Detection depth
Metadata, stock-agency watermark and fingerprint checks
AI-generation estimate
Similarity matching for edited or cropped copies
AI vision review of borderline images
Source lookup (web pages where a matching image appears)
Likely source for high-risk images
PDF upload (up to 25 MB, 50 images per file)
Workflow and monitoring
Risk Inbox and DMCA takedown-notice template
Site monitoring: weekly re-scans, with an email summary3 sites10 sites
Site monitoring: daily re-scans, with an email summary
Top queue priority
API access

included· extended (larger AI vision review budget per image)

Common questions

The short answers people ask most.

Do scans expire?
Image packs never expire. Monthly subscription scans refresh each billing cycle, so unused ones don't roll over. Free signup scans expire 30 days after you create your account.
What happens when I run out?
Your next scan asks you to upgrade or grab a pack. Images we've already analysed are free to rescan.
Are cached scans free?
Yes. If an image has already been analysed on PixGuard, by you or anyone else, we reuse that result and rescanning it costs nothing. Images we can't analyse aren't charged either.
Do I need to pick features or toggles?
No. Every account scan runs watermark, metadata, fingerprint and AI-generation checks automatically. Pro and Business add similarity matching for edited or cropped copies, AI vision review of borderline images and source lookup for high-risk images (web pages where a matching image appears). The no-signup page check is lighter: it looks for watermark patterns, a stock-photo look and unusual pixel patterns.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel from the Credits page in your dashboard. Your plan keeps working until the end of your billing cycle. Any packs you bought stay in your account.
Can I scan an entire website at once?
Up to a limit. With an account, a website scan follows links across up to 50 pages of your site and scores the images it finds, up to your plan's per-scan limit: 10 new images on Free, 500 on Pro and 2,000 on Business. Results show each image's 0 to 100 risk score in one dashboard, sorted by risk.

More questions about credits and scans are on the FAQ page.