Drop an image or paste a URL. Six vision AIs analyze it in parallel. You get one verdict — AI-generated, real, or uncertain — with an explicit agreement score. Three free verifications per day, no signup required to start.
Every AI image detector on the market is a classifier trained on a specific set of generators. When a new generator launches — Flux, Imagen 3, the next Midjourney — the detector's accuracy on its output drops sharply until the detector is retrained. The result is that no single detector is reliable across the full space of 2026 AI imagery.
Multi-model verification changes the failure surface. Six vision models from six different teams rarely have the same blind spots. When Sightengine misses an image because it was trained against an older Midjourney version, Hive or Claude often catches it. The cross-model approach is the only currently robust answer to "is this image AI-generated?"
Drop or upload an image
JPEG, PNG, WebP, or screenshot. Or paste a URL.
Six vision AIs analyze it in parallel
Claude, GPT, Gemini, Mistral, Grok, and Perplexity each assess authenticity independently.
One verdict + agreement score
Satcove returns a single answer — AI-generated, real, or uncertain — with the explicit agreement score.
Single detectors miss new generators
Every detector is trained on a specific set of generators. Flux 1.1 Pro defeated four of the eight detectors we tested. The multi-model approach side-steps this: at least one model in the panel has usually seen something similar.
Agreement is the strongest signal
When all six models converge on 'AI-generated' or 'real,' the verdict is trustworthy. When they split, the image sits in contested territory — usually a newer generator, a heavily edited real photo, or a stylized real shot.
No single detector exceeds 80% accuracy in 2026
In our 50-image benchmark, the best single detector hit 78% F1 on a mixed corpus. Multi-model consensus hit 92%.
The free tier covers casual photo verification. Journalists, content moderators, and fact-checkers usually need more daily verifications and move to Pro for higher limits, Privacy Shield, and access to video deepfake detection. See the pricing page.
Is this AI image detector really free?
Yes. The free tier gives you three image verifications per day across all six vision models. No credit card, no trial-expiry trick. Pro plans unlock higher daily limits for heavy users.
How accurate is multi-model image verification?
On our internal 50-image benchmark mixing five 2026-era generators (DALL-E 4, Midjourney v7, SDXL Turbo, Flux 1.1, Imagen 3) with authentic photographs, multi-model verification reached 92% F1. The best single detector in the same benchmark hit 78%.
Can I detect deepfakes with this tool?
Yes for image deepfakes — faces swapped or generated entirely. Video deepfake detection is on the Pro tier (frame-by-frame analysis is more compute-intensive).
Will the tool say 'AI-generated' on a real but heavily edited photo?
Some single detectors do — they confuse heavy retouching for AI generation. The multi-model approach is more robust because not all six vision models key on the same artifacts. False-positive rate on retouched real photos was around 8% in our benchmark, versus 18-22% on single detectors.
Does Satcove store my uploaded images?
No. Uploaded images are processed in memory, sent to the six providers via their APIs, and deleted immediately after the verdict is returned. The verdict itself (without the image) is logged for service quality and cannot be linked back to the image content.
Which AI generators can you detect?
All major 2026 generators: DALL-E 4, Midjourney v7, Stable Diffusion XL Turbo, Flux 1.1 Pro, Google Imagen 3, Adobe Firefly, Ideogram. The multi-model approach is especially helpful here because no single detector covers all generators reliably.
Can I verify photos for journalism or legal use?
The tool is excellent for triage — narrowing a large set of images to the suspicious ones for human review. It is not a replacement for forensic analysis in high-stakes contexts like court proceedings or evidentiary journalism. For those, the verdict should inform, not decide.
How fast is a verification?
Ten to fifteen seconds for a typical image. All six vision models run in parallel.
Does this work on screenshots of social media posts?
Yes. Upload the screenshot. The tool will assess the image content, not the platform context. If the screenshot contains text claiming the image is real, the tool ignores the text and analyzes the visual content directly.
What languages does the verdict come in?
The verdict mirrors the language you interact in. Satcove supports English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean as output languages.
Can I embed this image detector on my own site?
Yes — we provide a free embeddable widget for journalists, fact-checkers, and educators. Reach out via the contact page for the embed code.
What is the difference between this and the AI fact checker?
The AI fact checker verifies text claims. The AI image detector verifies image authenticity. Both use the same six-model consensus engine architecture but on different inputs. Some users use both on the same news story — text check on the headline, image check on the accompanying photo.
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