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ImgAuth is an AI-powered image authentication platform. Check documents for visual tampering and images for AI-generation signals, with confidence scores and heatmap evidence.

Growth

Real, budgeted problem (document fraud, claims, moderation) with a genuine wedge: region-level heatmap evidence for tampering, which the AI-image-only alternatives don't foreground. Early stage — domain is under a year old.

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ImgAuth

About this app

ImgAuth helps individuals and teams review whether an uploaded image looks trustworthy, suspicious, or manipulated. Current workflows cover document fraud detection (certificates, invoices, receipts, claims), general AI image detection, and a portrait-focused AI face review. Results include review signals, confidence scores, and heatmap-backed suspicious regions where available.

Key features

1Document fraud detection with tampering signal, confidence score, and forged-region heatmap for certificates, invoices, receipts, and claims.
2General AI image detector for portraits, scenery, products, and artwork, returning AI-generation result and model risk score.
3Portrait-focused 'Real or AI Face' workflow for selfies, avatars, and profile images, with whole-image AI-generation signals.
4Self-serve credit model: 3 free checks, subscriptions from $9.90/mo, and non-expiring credit packs from $9.99.

Target customer profile

Drawn from the product itself, not from a survey.

Demographic

KYC and compliance teams

Pain points

Screening onboarding documents and ID images is slow and error-prone

Primary needs

Reliable tampering evidence and confidence scores for document review

Demographic

Insurance and claims processors

Pain points

Fake or edited invoices, receipts and claim files slip through manually

Primary needs

Fast visual tampering detection with region-level heatmaps before approval

Demographic

Content moderators and trust & safety teams

Pain points

AI-generated profile images and avatars are hard to spot at scale

Primary needs

Bulk and API-based AI-generation screening for uploaded images

Demographic

Individual users and creators

Pain points

No easy second opinion on suspicious documents or avatars

Primary needs

Self-serve, credit-based checks on documents and portraits

Scout Review

Written by AI from measured evidence, scored out of 100.

ImgAuth is a focused image-authentication platform with three clearly scoped workflows — document fraud detection, general AI image detection, and a portrait-focused AI face review — built on a single upload-and-review flow. The landing page is unusually honest about scope, listing 'Not for' alongside 'Best for' on every workflow, and the pricing respects occasional users with non-expiring credit packs alongside subscriptions. Speed is strong (Lighthouse 89 mobile / 95 desktop, CLS 0), accessibility scores a perfect 100 on automated checks, and the visual design shows real product output rather than stock icons. The gaps are the ones you'd expect from a sub-one-year-old product: no SOC 2 or ISO certification for the compliance buyers it targets, no CSP on a site handling sensitive documents, and a hero section that could use a copy edit. The idea itself is well-positioned — heatmap-backed document tampering is a sharper wedge than the AI-image-only competition — but it needs to prove the wedge holds before the incumbents copy it.

Measure by measure

Usability

Three clearly scoped workflows with 'Best for'/'Not for' lists, 3 free credits with no card, and a pricing page that offers both subscriptions and non-expiring credit packs. Standard nav; the 'Detection' dropdown is the only speed bump.

Design

Cohesive modern SaaS look with real product screenshots — heatmap overlays and AI/Real badges sell the output better than any icon grid. Held back by a text-wall hero subhead, low-contrast feature pills, and an unbalanced two-column section.

Speed

Lighthouse mobile 89/100 and desktop 95/100, with CLS 0 and FCP 1.2s — a stable, fast-painting page. LCP at 3.3s on mobile is the one metric keeping it out of the top tier.

Security

HTTPS enforced with HSTS, frame protection, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, SPF and DMARC — 9/13 probe points. Missing CSP and Permissions-Policy, and no SOC 2, ISO, or bug-bounty page surfaced for a product handling KYC documents.

Accessibility

Lighthouse accessibility audit scored a perfect 100/100 on automated axe-core checks. Docked from the top of the band by the visual audit's low-contrast feature pills and the absence of a published accessibility statement or multi-language support.

Growth

Improvement areas

No SOC 2, ISO 27001, or bug-bounty page — a gap for the KYC and compliance teams the product targets.
Missing Content-Security-Policy and Permissions-Policy headers on a site handling sensitive documents.
Hero subhead is a dense paragraph and the gray feature pills have low contrast against the dark background.
Mobile LCP at 3.3s keeps Lighthouse mobile at 89; preloading or compressing the hero image would push it into the 90s.

Design & Usability

ImgAuth's homepage does the thing most early SaaS landing pages fail at: it shows the product working. Heatmap overlays on documents, 'Likely AI'/'Likely Real' badges on portraits — these are real outputs, not abstract icons, and they carry the design further than the gradient hero deserves. The workflow cards are the strongest usability move: each one lists 'Best for' and 'Not for' in plain language, so a KYC analyst knows in five seconds whether document fraud detection or the AI image detector is the right tool. Onboarding is frictionless — 3 free credits, no card — and pricing offers both subscriptions and non-expiring credit packs, which is unusually respectful of occasional users. The weak spots are cosmetic: a hero subhead that reads like a paragraph, low-contrast feature pills, and a two-column section where the left side is doing all the talking. None of it blocks the path to value.

Speed & Security

Speed is a genuine strength. Lighthouse mobile 89/100 and desktop 95/100, with a CLS of 0 and FCP of 1.2s — the page paints fast and doesn't jump around. The only metric holding it back is LCP at 3.3s on mobile, likely a hero image that could be preloaded or served in a lighter format. Security is more mixed. The basics are in place: HTTPS enforced, HSTS, frame protection, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, plus SPF and DMARC for email spoofing protection — 9 of 13 probe points. But a product whose pitch is 'trust us with your KYC documents and invoices' is missing a Content-Security-Policy and Permissions-Policy, and there's no SOC 2, ISO 27001, or bug-bounty page anywhere in the collected site content. For individual self-serve users that's fine; for the compliance teams it's targeting, it's the first question procurement will ask.

Accessibility & Growth

Accessibility is the cleanest score on the board: a perfect 100/100 on Lighthouse's automated axe-core audit. That covers contrast, alt text, ARIA, and keyboard basics — but automated tools only catch part of WCAG, and the visual audit already flagged low-contrast gray pills on the dark hero that the audit missed. There's no published accessibility statement and no multi-language support, which caps the score below the top of the band. Growth is the more interesting question. The category — AI image detection — is crowded with Hive, Reality Defender, and Illuminarty, all of whom answer 'is this image AI-generated?' ImgAuth's wedge is different: region-level heatmap evidence for document tampering, aimed at KYC, insurance claims, and compliance teams who need to know *where* an invoice was edited, not just whether it was. That's a real, budgeted problem the AI-image-only competitors don't foreground. The risk is that the wedge is narrow and the incumbents can bolt on document fraud detection. The domain is under a year old, so this is a bet on execution, not traction.

Conclusion

If you're an individual or a small team who needs a fast, cheap second opinion on a suspicious invoice, certificate, or avatar, ImgAuth is a low-risk place to start: 3 free credits, no card, and a pricing model that doesn't punish you for being occasional. If you're a compliance or KYC team evaluating it for production, the product's positioning is right but the procurement checklist isn't there yet — ask about SOC 2, data retention, and CSP before you route real documents through it. The heatmap evidence is the real differentiator; watch whether the team doubles down on document fraud or spreads thin across more image workflows. The former is a business. The latter is a feature list.

Suggestions for improvement

Publish a security page with SOC 2 roadmap, data retention policy, and a bug-bounty or disclosure contact — compliance buyers will ask on day one.
Add a Content-Security-Policy and Permissions-Policy header; both are low-effort wins for a product handling sensitive documents.
Tighten the hero: split the dense subhead into a headline plus one supporting line, and raise the contrast on the gray feature pills.
Preload or compress the hero image to bring mobile LCP under 2.5s and push Lighthouse mobile into the 90s.

How we score

Alternatives comparison

Named competitors, point by point. Nobody paid to appear here or to be left out.

	ImgAuth	Hive AI Detection	Reality Defender	Illuminarty
Document tampering detection with region-level heatmaps	Yes — core workflow with forged-region heatmap output	Not a primary focus; AI-image/deepfake detection	Not a primary focus; deepfake/synthetic media	No — consumer AI-image likelihood only
AI-generated image detection	Yes — general AI image detector plus portrait workflow	Yes — AI-generated image and deepfake detection API	Yes — deepfake and synthetic media detection	Yes — consumer AI image likelihood estimate
API access for bulk / programmatic screening	API-based screening mentioned for moderation workflows	Yes — API-first detection suite	Yes — APIs and reporting for trust & safety	Consumer web tool; API not the focus
Self-serve pricing with free tier	3 free credits, no card; subscriptions from $9.90/mo and non-expiring packs	Enterprise sales-led; no public self-serve pricing	Enterprise sales-led; demo-based	Consumer-friendly free checks with paid tiers
Target buyer	KYC/compliance, insurance claims, moderation, plus individual users	Enterprise moderation and trust & safety teams	Enterprise trust & safety and media forensics	Individual consumers and casual users