FacePhi Selphi vs DeepFace

FacePhi Selphi8.7Visit DDeepFace7.8Visit

Higher score FacePhi Selphi #1 in Facial Recognition Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Contact FacePhi

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D DeepFace #5 in Facial Recognition Software 7.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit DeepFace

• FacePhi Selphi fits best

  Organizations needing facial authentication and liveness

• DeepFace fits best

  Developers building self-hosted face recognition workflows

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Side by side

Feature	FacePhi Selphi 8.7/10 Visit ↗	DDeepFace 7.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	7.8
Ranking	#1 in Facial Recognition Software	#5 in Facial Recognition Software
Best for	Organizations needing facial authentication and liveness	Developers building self-hosted face recognition workflows
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Pricing on request	Free plan
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Support	Email, Docs	Community
Integrations	1 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features FacePhi Selphi 0/3 · DeepFace 0/3
API access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Video recognition	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Liveness detection	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Recognition mode	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Face database limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports both 1:1 facial authentication and 1:N identification Passive liveness testing helps assess that a face is live Offers cloud or self-hosted deployment across web and major platforms	Combines verification, identity search, embeddings, and facial attribute analysis. Offers multiple detector backends, alignment, and optional anti-spoofing. Connects REST API and Docker deployment with databases and vector stores.
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales Integration is centered on the REST API and SDK components Email and documentation are the listed support channels	Requires developers to install or host the framework themselves. Support is community-based. Facial attribute analysis includes race classification, which may not suit every use case.
Our verdict	FacePhi Selphi is facial-recognition software for companies and integrators building digital identity workflows, with a stated fit for mid-market and enterprise organizations. It extracts facial features into a template, then supports both… Read the review →	DeepFace is an open-source Python framework for face recognition and facial attribute analysis, aimed at developers building self-hosted workflows. It supports verification, identity search, facial embeddings, face detection and alignment,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• FacePhi Selphi — where it wins

  • Supports both 1:1 facial authentication and 1:N identification
  • Passive liveness testing helps assess that a face is live
  • Offers cloud or self-hosted deployment across web and major platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Integration is centered on the REST API and SDK components
  • Email and documentation are the listed support channels

• DeepFace — where it wins

  • Combines verification, identity search, embeddings, and facial attribute analysis.
  • Offers multiple detector backends, alignment, and optional anti-spoofing.
  • Connects REST API and Docker deployment with databases and vector stores.

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires developers to install or host the framework themselves.
  • Support is community-based.
  • Facial attribute analysis includes race classification, which may not suit every use case.

• FacePhi Selphi8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  Selphi combines facial authentication, identification and passive liveness for digital identity flows.

  Contact FacePhiFull verdict →
• DDeepFace7.8/10 · Free plan

  A self-hosted Python toolkit for face matching, analysis, and database-backed search.

  Visit DeepFaceFull verdict →