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Free Deepfake Detector

Is that image a deepfake? Is that video AI-generated? In a world where synthetic content floods every feed, knowing what's real is essential. Upload any image or video to our free deepfake detector and get an instant confidence score in seconds — no credit card, no technical knowledge, just answers you can trust.

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🔬Multi-model AI detection 📜C2PA-compatible certification ⛓️Solana blockchain anchoring 🗄️Arweave 200+ year storage

Detection, certification and permanent storage in one tool — instead of stitching four vendors together.

Why Free Deepfake Detection Matters

Deepfakes are no longer a Hollywood curiosity. They flood social feeds, messaging apps and comment sections every hour. The volume of AI-generated visual content exploded in 2024 and shows no sign of slowing: even trained professionals struggle to tell authentic media from synthetic media with the naked eye. A free deepfake detector accessible to anyone, in seconds, has become a baseline digital literacy skill, not a luxury. CHECKHC gives you that tool with no paywall and no technical barrier, so you can verify before you believe, share or act on what you see online.

34M+
AI images generated every single day (Adobe, 2024)
+550%
Growth in deepfake videos since 2023 (Sumsub 2024)
96%
of people cannot detect deepfakes with the naked eye

How Our Deepfake Detector Works

Our detection pipeline combines pixel-level analysis with signature matching against the fingerprints of the most common generative models. When you upload an image or a video, the engine runs it through several layers of inspection simultaneously, looking for the mathematical traces every synthetic generator leaves behind, even after compression, cropping or re-uploading through a social platform.

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Pixel Artifact Analysis

GAN and diffusion models leave subtle noise patterns in flat regions, overly regular textures on skin and unnaturally symmetric lighting. Our first layer measures these micro-signatures across the entire frame at several resolutions, flagging regions that simply do not match what a real camera sensor produces.

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Model Signature Matching

Each generative family — Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion XL, Flux, Firefly — has a distinctive statistical fingerprint tied to its decoder architecture. We maintain a continuously updated database of these fingerprints and match every upload against the full catalogue, including the latest 2025 releases.

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Confidence Score & Heatmap

Instead of a binary real/fake verdict, the detector returns a calibrated confidence score between 0 and 100 alongside a heatmap highlighting suspect regions. That transparency lets you make informed decisions, share evidence with a moderator, or simply decide not to forward a message you cannot fully trust.

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Blockchain Proof (Optional)

For anyone who wants to go beyond detection and lock in a permanent proof, CHECKHC also offers blockchain certification of authentic content through Solana and Arweave. Your file is hashed locally, never uploaded raw, and anchored on-chain for 200+ years of tamper-resistant archival aligned with the C2PA standard.

Who Uses a Free Deepfake Detector

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Social messaging recipient

You receive a shocking image over WhatsApp claiming to show a public figure in a compromising situation. Before you forward it to your family group and contribute to a viral hoax, you drop the image into CHECKHC. In a few seconds you get a confidence score and a flagged region: the image is likely generated by Midjourney v6. You stop the chain of sharing before it starts.

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Online shopper verifying product photos

You're about to buy an expensive second-hand camera from a marketplace listing but the product photos feel too perfect. You run them through the free detector. The analysis reveals two out of five product shots are AI-generated composites built from generic stock images. You walk away from the deal and avoid a likely scam that would never have refunded you.

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Parent checking a child's message

Your child shows you an image received from a classmate, unsure whether it's real. You upload it to CHECKHC and discuss the result together. The detector flags the picture as likely synthetic. The exercise becomes a practical digital literacy lesson — not a lecture — teaching your child to verify before trusting, with a free tool they can reuse any time.

Why CHECKHC Stands Alone

Every other tool covers one piece of the pipeline. CHECKHC covers the whole flow — so you stop juggling vendors and stop hoping their answers line up.

 
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C2PA Certification
Public Blockchain
200+ Year Storage
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No credit card. No technical skill required. 10 free analyses the moment you create your account — enough to check the images that matter most this week.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is the free deepfake detector?+
Accuracy depends on which model produced the content and how heavily it was post-processed. On undegraded outputs from major generators like Midjourney v6, DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion XL, our detector reaches above 94% on internal benchmarks. On Flux.1, currently the hardest model to flag, we sit around 87%. Heavily compressed or recolored images lose eight to fifteen points of confidence. No detector is ever perfect, which is why we always return a calibrated confidence score instead of a binary verdict, so you can decide how much weight to give the result for your specific use case.
What types of AI-generated content can it detect?+
The free deepfake detector covers the full catalogue of widely used image and video generators: Midjourney v5, v6 and v7, DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion 1.5, SDXL and SD3, Flux.1 dev and pro, Adobe Firefly, Google Imagen, plus emerging Asian models like Kling, Vidu and Hailuo. For video we also include Sora, Runway Gen-2 and Gen-3, and Luma Dream Machine. New models are added within weeks of their public release because our detection database is retrained continuously rather than on a fixed annual schedule, which is a common weakness of competing free tools.
Is my image or video kept private?+
Yes. Files you upload for analysis are processed in a secure, ephemeral environment and deleted immediately after the report is generated. We never use uploaded content to retrain our models, unlike several free detectors whose terms of service grant them broad rights over your data. If you choose optional blockchain certification, only a SHA-256 cryptographic hash — a fixed-length fingerprint — is written to Solana and Arweave. The original image or video never leaves your device in raw form. This architecture is compatible with GDPR requirements, including the right to erasure under Article 17.
What file formats and sizes are supported?+
For images, the detector accepts JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC files up to 20 MB on the free plan. For videos, we support MP4, MOV and AVI clips up to 60 seconds and 100 MB. Paid Individual and Business plans lift those limits considerably, allowing longer videos and larger RAW files straight from professional cameras. If your file is larger than the free-plan ceiling, you can either compress it locally or upgrade to a paid tier. The detection pipeline adapts automatically to the resolution and format you provide, without forcing any lossy conversion during analysis.
What happens after my 10 free analyses?+
Your first 10 analyses are included with every new account, with no credit card required. Once they are used, you can either wait for the next monthly refresh on selected promotions or subscribe to a paid plan. Individual plans start at 9€ per month with 100 monthly credits, which is enough for regular personal use, academic research or freelance verification. Business plans start at 99€ per month and include API access, higher quotas, priority processing and volume discounts for newsrooms. All plans include blockchain certification of genuine content drawn from the same credit pool.
How is CHECKHC different from other free deepfake detectors?+
Most free detectors simply flag content as real or fake and stop there. CHECKHC combines three layers that competitors do not offer in the free tier: a calibrated detection score with a heatmap of suspect regions, optional C2PA-compliant blockchain certification of authentic content on Solana and Arweave, and 200+ year archival storage for verified files. We are active participants in the C2PA provenance standard. For professional newsrooms, educators and creators, that combination means you can detect fakes AND prove your own content is real, inside a single tool and a single account, instead of juggling several platforms.
Can I use the detector without creating an account?+
A lightweight account is required even for the 10 free analyses, and we want to be upfront about why. The account lets us rate-limit abusive usage (bots flooding the detector to reverse-engineer it), attach your certification history to a verifiable identity if you later decide to certify content, and deliver your PDF detection reports privately instead of exposing them on public URLs. Sign-up only needs an email address: no credit card, no phone number, no social login tracker. If email sign-up is a blocker for your workflow, the Business plan offers anonymous API keys for programmatic access.
What should I do if the detector says an image is a deepfake?+
First, don't panic — and don't share the content until you have a second opinion. Check the source: where did the image originate, who first posted it, and does that source have a track record. Report the content to the platform where you found it (most major networks now have dedicated AI-content reporting flows since 2024). If the deepfake targets a specific individual or brand in a damaging way, consider contacting the impersonated party directly so they can take their own legal or reputational action. Finally, save a copy of the CHECKHC report as timestamped evidence.

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