Face API for Face Detection, Recognition & Tracking
Banuba Face API is a face detection and recognition API for mobile, web, and desktop apps. Integrate real-time face tracking, facial analysis, and AR effects on Android, iOS, Web, Windows, and more.
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Detect, track, identifyFace API is a simple way to integrate different face-related technology into a desktop, web, or mobile app. It is a part of Banuba Face AR SDK – a ready-made software module that includes face detection software, face tracking, rendering & scripting engines, and more. You can get only the features you need and quickly add them to your product, significantly decreasing the time-to-market and hedging risks.
Face Detection API Features
Banuba’s face detection API brings you advanced functionalities for making great software.
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Multi-face detection & tracking
Banuba’s face detection SDK can locate multiple people in one image or video frame. This is scalable and limited only by the hardware requirements. As a result, you can get all the tools for reliable facial detection in your specific circumstances.
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Multiple platform support
Banuba offers AI face detection & tracking products for Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, and Unity. No matter where your target audience is, you will be able to serve it.
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Face analysis
AI-powered face analysis features for specific industries. Detect gender, and emotions in real time. Monitor driver tiredness for automotive safety. Track heart rate for health and wellness apps. These features work across all supported platforms.
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AI face recognition
Face recognition API that matches faces in images or video against a database for authentication and identity verification. Banuba's face recognition SDK supports biometric matching and active liveness detection — an accurate solution for biometric security, access control, and KYC applications.
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Face segmentation
Supplement AI face detection with the ability to locate specific facial features: eyes, lips, nose, etc. This is useful for building your own virtual try-on software or applying effects precisely.
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Useful extras
Additional features that complement the core face API functionalities: hand tracking, body segmentation, touchless interface, and more.
Why Choose Banuba
Integrate a face detection API from one of the leading computer vision labs.
- 9+ years building face detection and recognition technology.
- Trusted by Samsung, Gucci, and 100+ other companies across eCommerce, security, and entertainment.. Banuba’s client success stories show it.
- Patented face tracking algorithms.
- Diverse training datasets ensure accuracy across skin tones, ages, and lighting conditions.
Banuba’s Face API Benefits
For Developers
- Integrate face detection API on Android, iOS, Web, Windows, Mac, Unity, Flutter, React Native
- Face recognition, tracking, detection, and segmentation in one SDK
- Detailed documentation, code samples, agentic skills, and developer support
- Process still images, live camera feeds, and prerecorded video
For Businesses
- Shorter time-to-market thanks to rapid integration
- Unique features to stand out from the competition
- Reliable face recognition model and liveness detection for secure access
- Tools for enhanced user experience
How to Integrate AI Face Detection
- Fill the form below to request a trial token.
- Follow the instructions in the email to start your 14-day free trial.
- Consult the documentation as needed.
- Enjoy your new facial recognition, detection, and tracking capabilities.
Face AR SDK Technical Requirements
Face AR SDK supports HTML5, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Unity, Flutter and React Native. It runs on iOS 13+ / Android 8.0+ devices with a 1280x720 camera (recommended) at min 30 FPS
Mobile
Android 8.0, API level 26+
iOS 13+
Desktop
Windows 8.1+
MacOS 10.13+
Ubuntu 18.04+
Web
Mobile: Chrome, FireFox, Safari.
Desktop: Chrome, FireFox, Safari.
Face API Use Cases by Industry
Banuba’s AI face tracker can be used in many industries.
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eCommerce and Retail
Create impressive virtual try-on solutions to wow customers or monitor client behavior for valuable business insights.
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Entertainment & Social Media
Cutting edge engagement solutions from face filters to touchless controls and trigger effects.
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Security
Face authentication API for biometric security: identity verification, access control and active liveness detection to verify real users.
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Automotive
Advanced driver monitoring features for making vehicles safer.
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The best face recognition API depends on your use case. Banuba Face API is optimized for real-time face detection and tracking in mobile and web apps, with support for Android, iOS, Web, Windows, Mac, Unity, Flutter, and React Native. For cloud-based batch processing, Google Cloud Vision and Amazon Rekognition are alternatives. Banuba stands out with 9+ years of computer vision expertise, patented technology, and a lightweight SDK that runs on low-end devices.
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Face recognition API provides a number of controls that other applications can interact with and access specific features. The specific face recognition processes could differ, but developers integrating the API can work with them regardless through the API.
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Using a face API in your app will let you access certain face-related features without developing them from scratch or knowing the specifics of how they work. It saves your time and money, as well as mitigates risks associated with long development.
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Banuba Face API pricing is based on Monthly Active Users (MAU) and the features you need. A 14-day free trial is available with full SDK access. Contact Banuba's team for a custom quote based on your expected user volume and platform requirements. Unlike pay-per-call APIs, Banuba's SDK-based model means no per-request charges once integrated.
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Face detection locates faces in an image or video frame — it answers 'is there a face here?' Face recognition identifies whose face it is by matching it against a database — it answers 'who is this?' Banuba Face API supports both: face detection for locating and tracking faces in real time, and face recognition for identity verification and authentication.
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Yes. Banuba Face API is optimized to run on devices with limited processing power. The SDK requires Android 8.0+ or iOS 13+ with a minimum 1280x720 camera. Face detection and tracking maintain 30+ FPS even on mid-range smartphones, making it suitable for apps with a broad user base.
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Yes. Banuba Face API includes face verification (1:1 matching) and face authentication capabilities with built-in liveness detection to prevent spoofing. It is used in KYC onboarding, access control, and biometric login applications. The face matching accuracy and anti-spoofing features make it suitable for security-critical use cases.