Find anyone by photo in seconds
AI face search & reverse image lookup

Surfface is an advanced online face search engine that helps you find where a person’s photo appears across the internet. By leveraging cutting-edge AI facial recognition technology, Surfface performs reverse image searches to identify matching faces in publicly available data, including platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and many others.

Here’s how it works:

1. Upload a Photo: Submit a clear image of a face you want to search. Surfface will analyze the photo and begin scanning its vast and ever-growing database.
2. Access Results: View matching profiles, names, and contextual data. You’ll also get direct links to the external sources where the images appear.
3. Enable Monitoring: Activate online monitoring to receive automatic updates when new appearances of the searched face are detected online. You can also opt into email notifications for real-time alerts.

Surfface is accessible to everyone and can be used for various purposes—whether you want to verify identities, track unauthorized image use, protect your privacy, or conduct OSINT investigations. It’s also a powerful tool for monitoring copyright infringement or finding similar-looking individuals for creative or professional needs.

You can adjust your search settings to find exact face matches or just similar people. This is a powerful tool — please use it consciously and respectfully.

Yes, Surfface offers a free plan with limited access to help users explore the service before committing to a subscription.

• Unregistered users: Receive one free successful search.
• Registered users: Can perform two free searches per month, each with a limited number of link clicks to external sources.

This free access provides a useful preview of Surfface's capabilities. To unlock more searches, unlimited link access, and advanced features such as flexible search settings and online monitoring, users can upgrade to a personal or business subscription plan.

Reverse image recognition is a search technique that allows users to find information using an image instead of keywords. While traditional searches rely on typed queries, reverse image searches use uploaded photos to identify similar or related content online. The results typically include visually similar images and links to the websites where they appear.

However, most general reverse image tools like Google Images focus on the entire image and do not support precise face recognition. That’s where Surfface stands out.

Surfface enhances the standard reverse image search with advanced facial recognition technology. Our system focuses on identifying and matching faces specifically, even when they appear in different contexts—such as with new hairstyles, different lighting, or varying backgrounds. Instead of just finding similar-looking photos, Surfface can detect and link to different instances of the same face across the open web.

Unlike traditional engines, Surfface goes further by identifying matching faces and providing links to related profiles, public mentions, and other open-source data. It’s not just a reverse image tool—it’s a purpose-built face search engine that also helps locate social media profiles and other publicly available information connected to the person in the photo.

OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence. It refers to the process of collecting and analyzing publicly available data from the internet and other open sources to generate actionable insights. This can include social media platforms, blogs, news articles, public records, forums, and other accessible websites.

Surfface leverages OSINT techniques to ethically gather and analyze information related to the faces found through searches. By using open data only, Surfface ensures that its search results are privacy-compliant while still offering powerful investigative capabilities. OSINT is commonly used in journalism, cybersecurity, law enforcement, due diligence, and personal investigations to find connections, verify identities, or uncover hidden information in a legal and responsible manner.

Data is collected exclusively from open sources such as social networks, news articles, blogs, public websites, and other freely accessible online resources. We continuously expand our datapoints and database by over two million face images per day.

We accept major credit cards, debit cards, and other popular online payment methods. Enterprise customers have access to customized billing options and manually handled payments through our sales team.

We offer a 14-day, 100% money-back guarantee for personal subscription plans. If you're unsatisfied, contact our support within 14 days of your subscription start date to request a refund: [email protected].

Surfface prioritizes user privacy and adheres strictly to global privacy standards. We ethically collect and handle publicly available data and ensure transparency and compliance with applicable data protection laws.
Please read our user privacy policy here.

Surfface acts as a search engine, helping you discover publicly available information and content—including images or profiles that may feature you. If you've found content you'd like to have removed, please understand that Surfface does not host or control the original source of the data. We’ve helped you find it, but we cannot delete it for you.

Here’s what you can do:

1. Go to the source of a photo or information. Surfface shows the sources. Click through to the original website where the content is hosted. It may be:
• A forgotten or inactive social media account you once created.
• A blog or forum post that includes your information.
• A website using your photo without permission.
2. Contact the site owner or administrator. Look for a “Contact Us”, “About”, or “Report” page on the site. You can ask them to remove the content directly. Be polite and clear in your request.
3. Submit a formal takedown request. Depending on your location and the nature of the content, you can:
• File a DMCA takedown request (if the content violates copyright).
• Submit a GDPR request (if you're in the EU/EEA and the content involves your personal data).
• Use the website’s own Takedown or Privacy Request form if available.

⚠️ Please note: Some sites may refuse your request if they legally own the rights to the content, even if you don’t want it online.

A few final notes:

• Surfface cannot remove content from external websites.
• We are not liable for the origin, purpose, or legality of the data you find through our platform.
• All questions or disputes regarding the content should be directed to the website where it is published.

Coming Soon: We’ll Do It For You

We're working on an all-new service launching by the end of 2026 — Digital Privacy Protection with Legal Support. This upcoming solution will handle the entire process of identifying, reporting, and removing unwanted content from the web on your behalf, including legal assistance where needed — taking the hassle off your shoulders. Stay tuned for updates!

If you prefer not to appear in Surfface’s search results for personal and unverified usage, you can request to opt out. Please note that this process only removes your photos and information from Surfface’s search engine. It does not remove them from the internet or the original websites where they were published. Surfface does not control the source of publicly available data, and such information can still be found elsewhere.

To begin the opt-out process, please contact us at [email protected]. You’ll be required to complete a verification process to confirm your identity. This includes:

• Uploading a photo or live video of yourself. This helps us:
  • Identify images of you in our system based on facial data.
  • Ensure that the opt-out request is legitimate.
• Providing a valid ID (e.g., passport or driver’s license) and any necessary KYC (Know Your Customer) details.

The photo or video you submit will not be added to our search index or used for any other purpose except to fulfill your opt-out request and comply with legal obligations.

Important considerations:

• Surfface is not responsible for the creation or hosting of any original content. If you wish to have a photo or personal data removed from a specific website, please contact the site owner directly.
• Opting out applies only to personal and unverified usage. Governmental bodies, law enforcement, and other verified entities may still access your publicly available data through Surfface as permitted by law.

The online monitoring feature automatically tracks the internet for new appearances of a face you've previously searched. Whenever matching content is found across our monitored data points—including social profiles and public web sources—you’ll receive updates directly in your dashboard. For added convenience, you can also enable email notifications to stay informed in real time.

This is a premium feature available to users with an active subscription. Once enabled, monitoring keeps your search active beyond the standard 30-day storage period. It consumes one search credit per month—excluding the month when the search was originally created—ensuring continued updates without needing to re-upload the photo or repeat the search manually.

Surfface is a face-first search engine designed to identify people across open-source datapoints using advanced facial recognition. While highly effective, the quality of results can vary depending on several factors. Understanding the platform’s limitations and following best practices can significantly enhance your search accuracy.

Key Limitations:

• Face-Centric Focus: Surfface prioritizes facial features, but it also analyzes surrounding elements in the image—like hairstyle, hair color, tattoos, body shape, age, and more. These additional attributes can introduce visual 'noise' and slightly affect accuracy.
• Coverage Gaps and Only Open-Source Data: While our database and data point network are vast and continuously expanding, some sources are still being integrated. Others may remain outside our indexing scope due to accessibility, relevance, or ethical constraints. Additionally, since Surfface is primarily optimized for the U.S. market, search results may be less comprehensive in other regions. Please note that Surfface relies exclusively on publicly available, open-source data. In some cases, there may be no publicly accessible information about the searched face, or the relevant data may reside in unsupported or ethically questionable sources, which we do not index.
• Access Restrictions: Personal and unverified business accounts may have restricted access to certain result types and link visibility.

Tips to Improve Search Accuracy:

• Upload at least four high-quality photos with a clear, unobstructed view of the face.
• Ensure the face is fully visible. Avoid blurry, cropped, or covered images.
• Do not upload group photos. Each image should show only one person.
• Use images with varied contexts (backgrounds, lighting, expressions) to enhance recognition versatility.

Activate the online monitoring feature (available with a subscription) to receive real-time alerts whenever new matching content appears. This helps maintain an active, evolving search and maximizes the chances of discovering new appearances of the same face online.

Note that uploading media containing explicit themes, violence, underage individuals, or content without proper consent is strictly prohibited. Violations may lead to account suspension or banning without refund.