01 · Product name
PimEyes
Face search on the public web, with paid plans and a free column that hides source links.
Published by EMEA Robotics LTD.
In short
PimEyes, at pimeyes.com, is a site that takes an uploaded photo and looks for similar images published on the public web. The terms updated 31 July 2026 name the site owner as EMEA Robotics LTD in Dubai. On 16 Oct 2026 the pricing page, with Monthly selected, listed a free column of 10 searches a day, Open Plus at 29.99 USD a month, PROtect at 34.99 USD, and Advanced at 299.99 USD. The free column does not include links to the source pages. A similar photo is not a name.
Product pricing strategy
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Free and paid
On 16 Oct 2026 the PimEyes pricing page, with Monthly selected, printed four columns. Free is 10 searches a day, 0 takedowns, and no alerts. Open Plus is 29.99 USD a month for 75 searches a day, 10 alerts, and 0 takedowns. PROtect is 34.99 USD a month for 125 searches a day, 20 alerts, and 200 takedowns. Advanced is 299.99 USD a month for unlimited daily searches, 500 alerts, and 1000 takedowns. The paid columns include source links and blur-free images. Free does not. AI reports and removal from external sites start at PROtect. Deep Search is Advanced only. The PROtect card lists optional takedown-agent support at 12.99 USD a month. A Yearly control is on the page. Clicking it left the same monthly amounts in the table, so this listing does not invent a yearly total. The terms updated 31 July 2026 still say three free searches and a PROtect cap of 100 searches a day. Those are different documents. Read both before you pay. The terms point payment at LemonSqueezy and FastSpring. They do not print a one-time search price, even though they describe one-time access.
Utility and features
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PimEyes is the face-search website at pimeyes.com. The terms of service, updated 31 July 2026, say the site owner is EMEA Robotics LTD, Suite No. 1906, City Tower 2, Sheikh Zayed Road, 94895 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and that UAE law governs the terms. You upload a photo. The about page says the comparison is visual similarity against images already on the public web, and that a result is a link to a page, not a name attached to a face. The same about page also describes exact and edited copies of a whole image, not only a face.
- An upload, then similar public images. The about page says you upload a photo and the site returns visually similar images that are already on the public web, with a link. It says it does not attach a name.
- Free searches omit the source link. The pricing table gives Free 10 searches a day and leaves source websites, blur-free images, and alerts unchecked. The paid columns check those rows.
- Takedowns are a paid meter. Free and Open Plus list 0 takedowns. PROtect lists 200 and Advanced lists 1000. The opt-out page says PimEyes cannot delete the photo from the site that published it.
The pricing page opened on 16 Oct 2026, with the Monthly control selected, is a four-column table. Free is 10 searches a day and 0 takedowns, with no alerts and no access to the source websites or images. Open Plus is 29.99 USD a month, 75 searches a day, 10 alerts, and 0 takedowns. PROtect is 34.99 USD a month, 125 searches a day, 20 alerts, and 200 takedowns. Advanced is 299.99 USD a month, unlimited daily searches, 500 alerts, and 1000 takedowns. Blur-free images and source links are checked on the three paid columns and not on Free. AI-generated reports, a PROtect-results row, and removal from external websites are checked on PROtect and Advanced. Deep Search is checked only on Advanced. The PROtect card also lists an optional takedown-agent add-on at 12.99 USD a month. Selecting the Yearly control did not change those printed amounts.
The terms opened the same day do not match that table. They say access without an account is three searches, not ten a day, and they cap PROtect at 100 searches a day, not 125. Quote the page you are looking at. The terms also say LemonSqueezy and FastSpring are the merchants of record. The privacy and ethics page instead names Stripe for payment information. This listing does not reconcile those sentences.
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Search a photo you have a right to use. The ethics page forbids tracking someone without their knowledge, building a profile of a stranger, and unauthorized background checks.
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Read the free column before you upload. Ten searches a day, on the pricing table, do not include the source link. Paying is what the table says unlocks that link.
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If the terms and the pricing table disagree on the daily cap, believe neither number until you see it on the account you are about to buy. On 16 Oct 2026 they disagreed.
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To keep your own face out of other people's results, use the opt-out form, not a search. It asks for your photo, an anonymized ID, and an email, and it says you must be over 18.
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Open the source page yourself and keep your own copy. A similar face on that page is a lead. It is not an identification.
Caveats
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A PimEyes hit is a similar image. The privacy and ethics page says the system does not identify a person or attach a name. The about page says the same. Treat every result as a lead and open the page. The ethics page forbids tracking someone without their knowledge, monitoring an ex-partner, building a profile of a stranger, unauthorized background checks, and stalking. The terms, updated 31 July 2026, forbid stalking and spying. The same pricing page also carries a marketing line about tracking fugitives and uncovering criminal ties. Those sentences do not authorize that work. Search a face you have a right to search.
The public documents disagree with each other. The pricing table says 10 free searches a day and 125 PROtect searches a day. The terms say three free searches and a PROtect cap of 100. A blog post says PimEyes is not facial recognition and does not use faceprints. The terms say the models use mathematical fingerprints, and the opt-out page says the index is face fingerprints. The ethics page says there is no third-party data sharing. The privacy policy says a takedown shares your photo, an anonymized ID, and contact details with the external site. Quote the page, and do not merge them into one policy.
The privacy controversy is documented outside the vendor's marketing. On 8 November 2022 the BBC reported that Big Brother Watch had complained to the UK Information Commissioner's Office, arguing that PimEyes enabled surveillance and stalking and that it processed biometric data without permission from the people in the photos. The article quotes chief executive Giorgi Gobronidze saying a misuse still only returns what is already on the open web, and it quotes the ICO saying it was assessing the information. That article does not record a later decision. On 24 October 2023 Ars Technica reported that the company had banned searches of minors and was still perfecting age detection, and that a test described by The New York Times still returned photos for a child whose face was in profile. Ars also reported that in 2022 Stefan Brink, the Baden-Württemberg data-protection commissioner, had opened fine proceedings and had said that asking people to hand over more data in order to opt out sits badly with the GDPR, and that a ban written only in the terms does not explain how misuse is stopped. Ars said it could not tell whether those proceedings were still open. The privacy policy opened on 16 Oct 2026 says the service is not for people under 18 and that PimEyes does not permit searching minors. This listing does not claim that block works.
The opt-out form does not remove a photo from the website that published it. The page says so. Uploading a face for this directory's screenshots was skipped, because a result grid can depict other people even when the query image is one you have rights to.
Potential use cases
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- You want to know where a photo you are allowed to search has been republished. Upload that photo, not a stranger's. On the pricing table opened 16 Oct 2026, Free is 10 searches a day and does not include source websites or blur-free images. If the hit matters, the paid columns are what the table says unlock the link. Open that link yourself. A similar face on a page is a lead until a second fact agrees with it. Stop when the plan will not show the URL. Do not keep uploading other people's photos to see who else looks close.
- A photographer or a publisher is checking reuse of an image they own. The about page describes exact copies and edited copies, not only faces. Match the takedown meter to the job before you pay. Free and Open Plus list 0 takedowns. PROtect lists 200, Advanced lists 1000, and the PROtect card prices an optional takedown agent at 12.99 USD a month. The FAQ says removal from the other website can take a week to a month and that PimEyes does not control that site. Keep the source URL and your own copy of the page. A takedown request is not proof the image is gone.
- You want your own face out of other people's searches. Use the opt-out form at pimeyes.com/en/opt-out, not a paid search. The form asks for one or more clear photos, an anonymized ID or passport scan, and an email, and you confirm you are over 18. The page says the upload is used to find face fingerprints the service already holds, that the photo will not be added to future results, and that PimEyes is not able to delete the picture from the website that posted it. Write down the date you submitted. A later similar photo can still be a different image. That is a new request, not a failure you paper over.
Hard cases
The case where the first result is easy to over-read.
The similar face is briefed as the subject
The result is a person who looks like the photo and is not them. The ethics page says the tool does not attach a name, so the name on the source page is the page's claim, not a PimEyes identification. Open the URL, compare a second fact you already had, and drop the hit when it disagrees. Do not upload more photos of the lookalike to make the story consistent. Write the miss down so the next search does not inherit it. If the question was your own image, the useful output is the list of URLs on a plan that shows them, not a guessed identity.
Questions
Is PimEyes free?
The pricing table has a Free column: 10 searches a day, no source links, and 0 takedowns. Open Plus is 29.99 USD a month, PROtect is 34.99 USD, and Advanced is 299.99 USD. The terms updated 31 July 2026 still say three free searches, so read both pages.
Does a PimEyes result name the person?
The privacy and ethics page says the system does not attach names to faces. It returns similar images and links. A similar face can be the wrong person. Open the page before you brief it.
How does the PimEyes opt-out work?
The opt-out form asks for a clear photo of your face, an anonymized scan of an ID or passport, and an email. You confirm you are over 18. The page says the photo is used to find face fingerprints already in the index, and that PimEyes cannot take the picture down from the website that posted it.
Citations
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Titled sources. These public pages are what the quotes on this listing come from.
Product
PimEyes homepage
https://pimeyes.com/enPricing
PimEyes pricing
https://pimeyes.com/en/pricingDocumentation
PimEyes opt-out
https://pimeyes.com/en/opt-outDocumentation
PimEyes terms of service
https://pimeyes.com/en/terms-of-serviceDocumentation
PimEyes privacy and ethics
https://pimeyes.com/en/privacy-and-ethicsDocumentation
BBC News on PimEyes stalking fears
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63544169Documentation
Ars Technica on PimEyes and searches of minors
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/search-engine-that-scans-billions-of-faces-tries-blocking-kids-from-results/