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FSwapface vs Thumbs.ai
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Swapface if…
- you work on Windows, macOS
- you're in its core audience: live streamers, content creators
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Choose Thumbs.ai if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: youtubers, video editors
Side by side
Feature Swapface Thumbs.ai
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$8/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWindows, macOSWeb
CategoryFace SwapThumbnail Generators
Company——
Full feature lists
S Swapface
- Real-time live face swap for streaming
- Single-person image face swap
- Multi-person face swap in one image
- Full head swap, hairstyle included
- Face swap for videos and GIFs
- Runs entirely on the local device
T Thumbs.ai
- Text-to-thumbnail generation
- Recreate thumbnails from YouTube links or images
- AI face swap and expression editing
- Channel style cloning
- 20+ visual effects
- Batch generation for A/B testing
- CTR rater for thumbnails
- Template library and thumbnail downloader
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Swapface · swapface.org
Thumbs.ai · thumbs.aiWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Swapface
Freemium. Plan details aren't published.
Thumbs.ai
Free$0
Starter$8/mo or $96/yr
Ultimate$34/mo or $412/yr
Professional$64/mo or $773/yr
Strengths and limitations
Swapface
- Processing runs locally, so data stays on the user's machine
- Handles live video, images, videos and GIFs
- Free to start, with a way to get free credits
- Supports Windows and Apple silicon Macs
- Needs a dedicated GPU (on Windows, an NVIDIA RTX 2060 or 3060 with 6 GB+ VRAM) and 16 GB of RAM at minimum
- No web or mobile version
- Macs with Intel processors are not supported
Thumbs.ai
- Free plan includes face generation and style cloning
- Unused subscription credits roll over to the next month
- Pay-as-you-go credits don't expire
- Yearly billing saves up to 35%
- Free plan output is watermarked
- Commercial use rights start at the $34/mo Ultimate plan
- Web app only, with no mobile or desktop apps
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Editing, color, VFX, audio and photo post-production in one desktop app
Video EditingFree plan
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy