Which is Better for Face Search:
FaceCheck or Bing?

In-Depth Testing of Leading Reverse Image Search Engines

Disclaimer: This is not an independent review. These tests were conducted in May 2024 as part of internal competitive analysis by an expert paid by FaceCheck.ID.

Which is Better for Face Search: <br>FaceCheck or Bing?

Below tests evaluate the effectiveness of FaceCheck and Bing for searching the Internet using a photo of someone's face. We used various criteria to match different practical use cases. You should test the search engines yourself to see which one works best for your needs. Each search test is awarded 0 to 5 score points based on how well the search performed. Points are summarized and charted at the end.;

FaceCheck.ID 99% PimEyes.com 71% SocialCatfish.com 52% Yandex.com 35% Tineye.com 22% Google.com 18% Bing.com 16%
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FaceCheck.ID 99% PimEyes.com 71% SocialCatfish.com 52% Yandex.com 35% Tineye.com 22% Google.com 18% Bing.com 16%
FaceCheck
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FaceCheck vs Bing

Bing and FaceCheck.ID exhibit contrasting strengths and limitations in their reverse image search capabilities. Bing often blocks searches involving people, routinely returning the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered," and demonstrates a lack of facial recognition as it fails to match individuals across different settings. However, Bing can accurately identify celebrities, shown by its ability to present a "Looks like" section for recognizable figures. In contrast, FaceCheck.ID thrives in identifying individuals across various contexts, including social media and news websites, and is particularly strong in spotting potential scams with its red flag warnings. While Bing is quick and has a vast image database but is limited to public figures and celebrities, FaceCheck.ID, although slower and with a smaller database, excels in detailed searches involving personal safety and identity verification, making it a valuable tool for detecting fraud and ensuring user safety.

Can FaceCheck and Bing Recognize a Side Facial Profile?

Side Facial Profile Can FaceCheck and Bing Recognize a Side Facial Profile? This screenshot from a recent video interview shows the side profile of a famous person. The goal is to test the search engine to see if it can recognize the person and find front-facing photos of them.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID easily recognized this side profile and found plenty of front-view matches of the person. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing displayed plenty of photos of a TV personality in the results, but unfortunately, none of them matched the celebrity in the original picture. Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Romance Scammers?

Romance Scam Photo Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Romance Scammers? This picture of a handsome unsuspecting doctor has been stolen by scammers and published on dating apps and used in many online romance scams. The goal of this test is to see if the search engine can help the user uncover that this pic is associated with a scam operation. The doctor is innocent!
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many fake social media profiles and scam reports and warned the user with red flags: Scam Alert, Scam Reports, and Many Accounts. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Work with Poor Quality Photos?

Bad Photo of a Killer Can FaceCheck and Bing Work with Poor Quality Photos? A low-quality photo of a serial rapist, murderer, and ex-colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force. The goal is to test the search engine's ability with a bad quality image with .jpeg artifacts where the person isn't facing the camera directly.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points Even though the source image quality is very poor, FaceCheck.ID found lots of matching photos of this smiling convicted killer from various angles. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Child Abusers?

Child Molester on the Run Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Child Abusers? This is a photo of someone on the offender list for molesting kids. His status is 'Absconded,' meaning he ran away from his registered address without telling the authorities. The goal is to see if the search engine is able to find high-risk offenders.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching photos of this child predator in offender databases as well as on news websites. It warned the user with a red flag icon: Sex Offender. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Recent News?

Recently Arrested Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Recent News? A photo of a serious sexual offender involving a child, who fled from the police and was hunted down and arrested, was all over the Australian news two weeks ago. The goal is to check if the search engine can find recently published images in its database.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching photos of this perpetrator on news websites, confirming that FaceCheck is continuously indexing new content. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Recognize a Person wearing a Mask?

Masked Celebrity Actress Can FaceCheck and Bing Recognize a Person wearing a Mask? This is a B-list celebrity wearing a face mask, only showing her eyes and forehead. The test is to see if the search engine can recognize faces even when they're covered by a mask. There is thousands of images of this celebrity all over the Internet, so finding a few matches should not be a problem.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID was able to easily recognize this actress just by her eyes and forehead and found many matching pictures of her. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing returned many results, however no image was matching the actress. That proves that Bing is not using facial recognition. Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Obscure Foreign Celebrities?

Unknown Singer from Laos Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Obscure Foreign Celebrities? A picture of a not-so-famous singer from the country of Laos. Hardly anyone outside of Laos knows her. The goal of this test is to see if the search engine can find info on obscure public figures from other countries.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching pictures on social media of this obscure beauty influencer from Laos. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an OnlyFans Model?

Random OnlyFans Model Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an OnlyFans Model? A photo of a random woman on OnlyFans who lives in Vietnam. The goal is to see if the search engine can find OnlyFans profiles.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found her OnlyFans profile as well as many social media profiles. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an Adult Actress by Low-Res Pic?

Low-Res Pic of Adult Actress Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an Adult Actress by Low-Res Pic? A low-resolution picture of an obscure Japanese adult film actress. The goal is to see if the search engine can find Asian adult film stars using low-resolution photos.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 4 Points FaceCheck.ID found several matching photos of this Japanese adult performer. We were able to find positive matches with even smaller test picture (65x65) where her face is measuring only 23x29 pixels! Score: +4 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an Old Person by Their Young Pic?

Find Old Person by Young Pic Can FaceCheck and Bing Find an Old Person by Their Young Pic? This photo is from 1976, showing a woman who was 27 years old at the time. The goal is to see if the search engine can find a more recent photo of the same person.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching photos of this person in her older years. One of the photo is when the subject was 65 years old prooving FaceCheck's ability to find an older face by a young face. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find a Profile of a War Criminal?

War Criminal Soldier Can FaceCheck and Bing Find a Profile of a War Criminal? A picture of a Russian soldier who filmed himself committing terrible war crimes. The goal is to see if the search engine can find this soldier's social media profiles.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching photos of this soldier, including social media profiles. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 3 Points Bing returned many exact match images of the soldier, however no images of the soldier in diferent setting. Proving that Bing does not use facial recognition. Score: +3 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Escort Ads?

Brazilian Escort Ad Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Escort Ads? A photo from a Brazilian escort ad. We blurred it on this page for privacy. The goal is to see if the search engine can find images on escort ads websites.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many matching photos of this person on escort sites as well as social media. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Handle Facial Expressions?

Exaggerated Expression Can FaceCheck and Bing Handle Facial Expressions? The camera captured a soccer player with a funny facial expression in this photo. The goal is to see if the search engine is robust enough to find images of the same person with a normal facial expression.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many photos of the soccer player with various facial expressions, demonstrating its robustness and reliability in recognizing the person despite variations in their appearance. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 5 Points Bing suprisingly returned many images of the player and even section "Looks like" with the name of the player. Good job Bing! If you're searching for a football player's name, bing may help you. Score: +5 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find AI Generated Images?

AI Generated Girl Can FaceCheck and Bing Find AI Generated Images? This image was generated by an artificial intelligence app. The goal is to test if the search engine can find similar AI images.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many similar images of AI-generated women. FaceCheck also raised a red flag: "AI-Generated Face" to alert the user that AI face was detected. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Work with Blurred Photos?

Blurred Photo Can FaceCheck and Bing Work with Blurred Photos? Even though this photo is heavily blurred, almost anyone would recognize the iconic president in the photo. A good reverse image search engine should be able to recognize this person too.
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID had no problem with this blurred photo and found many matches of the president. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 5 Points Bing returned many diferent images of the president. Seems like Bing only allows to search for celebrities or people with a large online footprint. Score: +5 Points

Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Social Media Profiles?

Social Media Model Can FaceCheck and Bing Find Social Media Profiles? This person is a social media fitness model from Iraq. The test is: can the reverse image search engine find social media profiles of a person from an Islamic country?
FaceCheck.ID Test result: 5 Points FaceCheck.ID found many social media accounts of this Iraqi fitness model such as TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Clubhouse and more. Score: +5 Points
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Bing.com Test result: 0 Points Bing refused to search for a person. returned zero results and displayed the message "We couldn't find any results. Make sure the subject is well lit and centered." Score: 0 Points

FaceCheck and Bing - Bottom Line Comparison

FaceCheck.ID
Pros
Searches Social Media Profiles
Red Flag Warnings
Indexes Lots of Quality Websites
Cons
Slower than Other Sites
Less Indexed Images than Others
Not as Many Explicit Adult Images
Bottom Line Although FaceCheck.ID is relatively new and has a smaller image database than its competitors, it excels thanks to its state-of-the-art face search algorithm and indexing of images from high-quality websites. FaceCheck.ID shines in matching low-quality, blurred images and recognizing people in masks, and faces from various angles, not just frontal views. Focused on user safety, it’s particularly effective at uncovering catfishing and identity theft. It also detects photos used by scammers, searches social media profiles, and identifies mugshots and suspects mentioned in the news.
Total Score: 79 Points
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Bing.com
Pros
Huge Image Database
Fast Image Search
Free Search
Cons
No Facial Recognition
Blocks Searching for People by Image
Not useful when looking up someone
Bottom Line Bing blocked around 70% of our image searches, returning the message, "We couldn't find any results." However, it excelled with an image of a soccer player, even showing a "Looks like" section with the player's name. It appears Bing's facial search feature primarily supports celebrities, offering the "Looks like" section with their names. So, if you need to identify a celebrity from a photo, Bing could be quite useful. However, searching for regular people doesn't work on Bing.
Total Score: 13 Points

The Ultimate Battle of Facial Recognition Search Engines

Test FaceCheck PimEyes SocialCatfish Yandex Tineye Google Bing
Side Facial Profile 5 0 2 0 0 0 0
Romance Scam Photo 5 5 5 5 0 0 0
Bad Photo of a Killer 5 0 5 2 3 0 0
Child Molester on the Run 5 5 5 2 2 3 0
Recently Arrested 5 5 5 0 3 2 0
Masked Celebrity Actress 5 0 4 0 0 0 0
Unknown Singer from Laos 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
Random OnlyFans Model 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Low-Res Pic of Adult Actress 4 5 0 3 0 0 0
Find Old Person by Young Pic 5 5 1 1 2 0 0
War Criminal Soldier 5 4 4 4 4 2 3
Brazilian Escort Ad 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Exaggerated Expression 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
AI Generated Girl 5 5 1 1 0 0 0
Blurred Photo 5 0 5 5 0 0 5
Social Media Model 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
 
Total Points
79
57
42
28
18
14
13
FaceCheck PimEyes SocialCatfish Yandex Tineye Google Bing

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Siti is an expert tech author that writes for the FaceCheck.ID blog and is enthusiastic about advancing FaceCheck.ID's goal of making the internet safer for all.