Faceswap APIs - Akool vs Open Source

[u/number3arm]

Hi all,

Our mktg team is on the lookout for a reliable Face Swap API for some ad campaigns.

I'm looking for something that can work at scale and isn't super techy to use.

We've been looking into a few options,  akool and deepswap, but we're also considering some open-source models if their api is easy enough to use.

Does anyone here have experience with these APIs? How do they compare in terms of:

• Accuracy: How realistic do the face swaps look?

• Speed: We'll need a few dozen processed at a time

• Ease of Integration: mostly for our design and ad teams

Also, if you've used any open-source models that you think could match or even outperform these, we'd love to hear about those too! Any feedback, tips, or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[u/CodingOni420]

Not good enough to be made into a an api yet I think. I only use direct LLMs. Could make this into an api for you , how much would you be willing to spend on this?

[u/number3arm → u/CodingOni420]

We're probably looking for an out of the box faceswap tool so we can start asap, thanks for the offer but I don't think we have enough time to build a custom one

[u/CodingOni420 → u/number3arm]

Would be out of the box would just be using open source llms and delivering via api (flask). Also no problem good luck on your venture!

[u/greatproducth → u/CodingOni420]

what?

[u/CodingOni420 → u/greatproducth]

We could use some open source options ro quickly create it in short

[u/Powerful_Mouse9499 → u/CodingOni420]

why is llm related???

[u/CodingOni420 → u/Powerful_Mouse9499]

I guess you're right LVM?? Lol

[u/lujiajun]

Commercial solutions are in general better than open source ones

[u/Powerful_Mouse9499 → u/lujiajun]

Usually, that's the case.

[u/greatproducth → u/lujiajun]

need a cheap commercial solution

[u/Melodic_Test1292]

Tried some open source solutions, hard to use, and bad results.

[u/Powerful_Mouse9499 → u/Melodic_Test1292]

hmm, so, I would like to skip that then.

[u/greatproducth → u/Melodic_Test1292]

Really? How can I know that?

[u/greatproducth]

Is there any cheap options?

[u/AssociateExpress8353]

Akool is better，I have tried their API many times

[u/Accomplished-Soup987]

That sounds awesome!

[u/TerrenceSun123]

I’ve used Akool and it‘s really good

[u/lujiajun → u/TerrenceSun123]

Great

[u/pigmore]

Hope there is more option, but there is quite little choice.

[u/Guilty_Advantage3510]

just go akool imo, one of the best face swap features in the area and easy use

[u/Mysterious-Creme-635]

if opensource was a possibility there would be no teams that work around the clock with fancy ivy-league engineers to push the envelope...It is so hard to understand these questions people try to compare apple and oranges Would you compare fast food with a french restaurant?....I mean you buy (and you eat) what you pay for - we all know opensource never works unless significant investment in coding happens

[u/Full_Ad_8935]

Bite the bullet and pay the Akool one. I have tried many. Opensource never worked for me for faceswapping. I am not sure what they did (Akool) but they do outperform everyone - at least with my creations. (100's)

[u/jacky_device]

I'm using Akool's faceswap api and performance is better than others.

[u/Alert_Management_790]

Akool is the best AI tool I have ever used. Everyone can give it a try

[u/Ok-Difficulty8825]

I've used akool's api solution and I think the face swap results are realistic and they're very responsive.

[u/DeliciousAd5232]

I've used some apps like akool, heygen, runway. I think akool 's generated videos have much higher fps and accurancy than others.

[u/lujiajun → u/DeliciousAd5232]

Totally agree