Best AI Face Swap Tools in 2026

Maybe you have a selfie and a clip you want to appear in, or a group photo where everyone should trade faces. Ten tools cover these jobs in different ways: Magic Hour, Pica AI, Remaker AI and Vidnoz work in a browser and start from photos; Akool, DeepSwap, HeyGen and VerseIn are built around video; Reface is a phone app; and FaceFusion runs on your own computer. Each entry below lists inputs, free limits, the price at the time of writing and the tool's own usage rules, followed by the laws and platform rules that now apply to deepfakes.

Key Takeaways

• Match the tool to the job: DeepSwap lists up to 6 faces in one video clip, Magic Hour and Pica AI list up to 3, and Akool lists live face swap for livestreams, meetings and events.
• Free plans have conditions: Akool's free output carries a full-screen watermark and tops out at 720P, while Magic Hour's free photo swaps have no watermark but its free video and GIF swaps do.
• A face swap changes only the face; VerseIn's character swap replaces the whole person, body and outfit included.
• Get permission for every face and label the result, because the EU AI Act's deepfake disclosure duty applies from 2 August 2026 and YouTube asks creators to disclose realistic altered content.

How we chose

We pulled every vendor fact from official product pages, pricing pages and the App Store listing on 2026-10-22, and we did not run the tools ourselves, so entries appear in alphabetical order with no quality verdicts. Where a page showed no price, or contradicted itself, the entry says so or leaves the claim out, and every price should be read as the price at the time of writing. One entry, VerseIn AI Face Swap for Video, is our own tool, and like every other entry it uses only facts from its own pages.

Quick comparison

Web tools for photos and short clips

All four run in a browser, handle photos and list some form of video or GIF swap.

Magic Hour: good fit for quick photo swaps without an account

Magic Hour Face Swap works with "no account, no sign up, nothing to install", and an API is also available. Beyond photo swaps, it lists video, GIF and multi-face swaps (up to 3 faces in a photo), plus head swap and body swap.

Free option: the same face swap page describes a free tier with "5 photo face swaps per day, no watermark on photos". Free video and GIF face swaps include a watermark, and free users are limited to personal, non-commercial use.

Price at the time of writing: paid plans are watermark-free and include commercial use. Paid prices aren't listed here, so check the pricing page.

Rules to note: the page also states, "You must have rights to the source material and any faces used."

Pica AI: good fit for cartoons and artworks

Pica AI Face Swap works on photos, cartoons, artworks and videos. Video results come out as GIF or MP4, and it can swap up to 3 faces per file. The page says uploads are deleted within 24 hours of upload.

Free option and price: neither is listed on the face swap page, so check the site before you plan around it.

Remaker AI: good fit for batch photo jobs

Remaker AI Face Swap has three photo modes: Single Face, Multiple Faces and Batch Swap. A video & GIF mode is also listed.

Price at the time of writing: Remaker AI's main site lists credit packs "ranging from $5.99 for 200 credits to $299 for 20,000 credits". Free limits aren't listed here, so confirm them on the site.

Vidnoz: good fit for mixed photo, video and GIF work

Vidnoz Face Swap is cloud-based and handles photo, video, multiple-face and GIF swaps. Video uploads can be "up to 100MB", and the page lists "1080P HD support".

Free option: Vidnoz offers daily free usage, and its pricing page shows that the Free plan carries a watermark. Paid prices aren't listed here, so check the pricing page.

Rules to note: Vidnoz asks users not to use unauthorized images and videos for face swaps.

Video-first and avatar tools

Check clip length and upload limits before you film or trim anything for these.

Akool: good fit for live and group face swaps

Akool Face Swap covers photo and video face swap, says it can "Swap multiple faces in group photos automatically", and offers live face swap for livestreams, meetings and events. It also lists character, head, hair and clothing swaps, on the web and through an API.

Free option: Akool's free plan adds a full-screen watermark, caps output at 720P and limits uploads to 150 MB or 30 seconds.

Price at the time of writing: on the pricing page, Starter is $12 per seat per month billed yearly, with output up to 1080P and no watermark.

Rules to note: Akool's trust and safety page says "You decide how your likeness, voice, or data are used", a line about your own likeness rather than anyone else's.

DeepSwap: good fit for longer videos with several faces

DeepSwap swaps faces in videos, photos and GIFs, and says you can "Reface up to 6 faces simultaneously in the same video clip".

Price at the time of writing: PRO Access is credit-based and lets you face swap videos up to 30 minutes long, with video costing 1 credit per 15 seconds. DeepSwap's pricing page lists PRO Access in credits rather than dollars at the time of writing, so check it for current plans.

Rules to note: DeepSwap's terms of service ban content that is "invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights", as well as pornographic content.

HeyGen: good fit for short clips and photo-to-avatar work

HeyGen AI Face Swap offers photo-to-avatar face mapping and a video swap that starts from "a short clip up to 15 seconds long and a target face photo". It runs on the web.

Free option: HeyGen's pricing page lists a free plan with up to 3 videos a month, each up to 1 minute, with a watermark. That plan covers HeyGen in general, not face swap alone.

Price at the time of writing: Creator starts at $24/mo billed annually, or $29 billed monthly.

VerseIn AI Face Swap for Video: good fit for choosing between face and full-character swaps

VerseIn AI Face Swap for Video is our own tool. It works on video (the page has no photo face swap) and has two modes:

• Face swap changes only the face and keeps the body, outfit, motion and setting. You add one clear, front-facing photo and the video you want to appear in.
• Character swap replaces the whole person, body and outfit included. You add a photo for each person you want to swap, and the photos are matched to the people in the video from left to right.

The tool shows the exact limits next to each upload slot, and finished results are saved to your library.

Price: credit-based. The page says "The credit cost is calculated and shown before you press Generate." New accounts get free sign-up credits, per the pricing page.

Mobile app

Reface: good fit for putting your face into trending clips on your phone

Reface invites you to "Be anyone with face-swap and AI Avatars" by placing your face into trending videos and photos. It's available on iOS, Android and the web.

Free option and price: the App Store listing shows it as free to download with in-app purchases, rated 16+. The listing doesn't tie those prices to specific products, so check them inside the app.

Open source, run locally

FaceFusion: good fit for people comfortable running software themselves

FaceFusion is a free, open-source face manipulation platform that you run locally, and the repository shows an OpenRAIL-AS license badge. There are installers for Windows and macOS; the terminal install is "not recommended for beginners", according to FaceFusion's documentation.

Rules to note: FaceFusion's disclaimer states "We acknowledge the unethical potential of FaceFusion" and says it blocks inappropriate content such as nudity.

What to check before you pick

Input limits. Clip length and file size decide whether a tool can take your footage at all. HeyGen's swap starts from a clip up to 15 seconds, Vidnoz accepts video up to 100MB, and Akool's free plan caps uploads at 150 MB or 30 seconds. VerseIn shows its limits next to each upload slot.

Commercial use. Magic Hour limits free users to personal, non-commercial use and includes commercial use on paid plans. For the other tools, read the terms before a swapped face goes into an ad or a client project. If face swap is one step in an ad workflow, see how to make UGC video ads with AI.

Data retention. Pica AI's page says uploads are deleted within 24 hours, and FaceFusion runs on your own computer. For every other tool, read the privacy policy before you upload photos of real people.

Use face swap responsibly

A convincing swap can put a real person into a scene they were never part of, and lawmakers and platforms now have rules for that. This section is a summary, not legal advice.

• United States: under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, covered platforms must "remove such depictions within 48 hours of receiving notice" for nonconsensual intimate depictions, including AI-generated ones (FTC guidance).
• European Union: Article 50(4) of the EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, requires deployers who generate or alter deepfakes to disclose that the content is artificially generated or manipulated. Evidently artistic, satirical or fictional work has a lighter duty, and the rule applies from 2 August 2026 (official regulation text).
• YouTube: creators must disclose realistic AI-generated or altered content, including content that "Makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn't do" (YouTube Help).

A few habits help you follow these rules:

1. Use only faces you have permission to use, including friends, coworkers and customers.
2. Label face-swapped results wherever you post them, even when the platform doesn't require it.
3. Never create sexual or deceptive content of real people.
4. Read each tool's own terms; Magic Hour, DeepSwap, Vidnoz and FaceFusion all publish rules about rights, privacy or banned content.

Which tool fits your job

If the person on screen also needs to speak new lines, a face swap won't change what they say. The roundup of AI lip sync video generators covers that step.

FAQ

Is face swapping legal?

The answer turns on your country and on what the result shows, and intimate or deceptive swaps of people who didn't agree carry the clearest legal risk under the rules above. Either way, only use faces you have permission to use, and check local law before you publish.

Is there a free face swap without a watermark?

For photos, yes: Magic Hour says its free tier includes 5 photo face swaps per day with no watermark on photos, for personal, non-commercial use. Its free video and GIF swaps are watermarked, as are the free plans of Akool, HeyGen and Vidnoz.

What is the difference between face swap and character swap?

A face swap replaces only the face and keeps the person's body, outfit, motion and background, while VerseIn's character swap replaces the whole person, body and outfit included. Akool also lists a character swap and Magic Hour a body swap; check each page for what it replaces.