Best Reverse Image Search Tools (2026): 10 for Every Search Job

Type 'reverse image search' into a search bar and the results mix tools that do quite different things. Some take one image and look for matches. Some keep an eye on the web for your photos. One is built to settle the copyright side once a copy has turned up.

This list covers ten tools, using only what each maker's own page says, read on 2 Nov 2026 (as of Nov 2026). It's alphabetical and in no particular order. It sticks to tools that take an image and search for matches, so it isn't a how-to for your phone and it isn't a list of AI image checkers.

Reverse image search tools by type and job

Tool	Type	Good for
Berify	Reverse image search for stolen photos and video	Finding where your own images appear online
Bing Visual Search	Image lookup on a search engine	Similar images, object lookup and text from one page
Copyseeker	Reverse image search with AI detection and text reading	Tracing an image to its original source
Copytrack	Image rights clearance platform	Settling image copyright cases
Duplichecker	Online reverse image search beside text tools	Image search from a plagiarism-tool site
ImgOps	Image meta-tool	Sending one image to many online image tools
Pixsy	Image theft protection service	Watching your photos and asking for takedowns
Prepostseo	Reverse image search on an SEO tools site	Searching with an uploaded image or a URL
Search by Image	Open-source browser extension	Reverse search from inside your browser
SmallSEOTools	Reverse image search on an SEO tools site	Searching the web with an image instead of keywords

Ten reverse image search tools

Berify

Best for: Finding where your own photos and videos appear online, with images that can come from a sitemap or RSS feed.

Bing Visual Search

Best for: Searching with a dragged-in image, a pasted image or URL, or a photo, with find similar images, identify objects and translate text on the same page.

Copyseeker

Best for: Tracing an uploaded or pasted-URL image to its original source, with AI detection and text extraction on the same site.

Copytrack

Best for: Clearing image rights for brands, creatives and agencies, with a settlement portal for people contacted about an image.

Duplichecker

Best for: Image searches by upload, URL or keyword, on a site that also lists a plagiarism checker and a paraphrasing tool.

ImgOps

Best for: Entering one image and choosing from a list of online image utilities, including reverse search engines and tools that view or remove EXIF data.

Pixsy

Best for: Seeing where your images are used online, registering your photos for added protection and getting copies taken down.

Prepostseo

Best for: Searching with an uploaded image or a URL, on a site that also lists a plagiarism checker and a DA checker.

Search by Image

Best for: Running reverse image searches from a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Safari, published under the GPL-3.0 license.

SmallSEOTools

Best for: Uploading an image or pasting an image URL, then checking the source page, with a plagiarism checker and a grammar checker on the same site.

Three jobs hiding behind one search

Here's the split a searcher wouldn't guess. Berify's pitch is to 'find out where your images appear online'. Pixsy lets you 'get your images taken down quickly'. COPYTRACK calls itself a 'rights clearance platform'. Copyseeker 'traces its original source', and ImgOps is a meta-tool where you 'enter an image' and then 'choose an online image utility'. Those are three different jobs, and each tool here is built around one of them.

• Looking up one picture: you have an image and want its source, or pictures like it.
• Watching your own photos: you publish photos or videos and want to know where copies end up.
• Settling a copyright claim: a copy has been found, and the rights side needs resolving.

Cutting out one object before you search helps, and a quick image cropper makes that easy.

Looking up one picture: search pages and an extension

Seven of the ten tools here are for the first job. Three of them sit on sites that are mainly about text and SEO tools. Each lets you upload an image or paste an image URL, and one also lets you type a keyword. Their sites list a plagiarism checker beside the image search, along with a paraphrasing tool, a grammar checker or a DA checker.

The search engine entry has the widest set of options on one page. Bing Visual Search lists five: drag and drop an image or take a photo, paste an image or URL, find similar images, identify objects, and translate and copy text.

Two tools work differently. One is a meta-tool: you give it one image and choose from a list of other online image utilities, including reverse search engines and tools that view or remove EXIF data, and its page says it works best with its bookmarklet. The other is an open-source browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Safari, so the search starts from the picture you're already looking at.

One more lookup tool goes past matching. Its page says it traces an image's original source, tells you if AI generated it and reads the text hidden inside it. You can upload a file or paste a URL, and its page says brands use it to catch their product images used without permission.

To keep a record of where a photo appeared, you can save a web page as a picture.

Watching where your own photos are used

The second job is for photographers, creators and brands who want to know where their own work has ended up. One service here describes itself as a reverse image search to help you find stolen images and videos, and the images you add can come from a sitemap or an RSS feed, too.

The other monitoring service says you can see where your images are used online, register your photos for added protection and get your images taken down. Its page also says a team of copyright experts and international legal partners handles the infringement case process on your behalf.

Settling a copyright claim over a picture

The third job starts after a copy has been found. One platform here calls itself a rights clearance platform and says it monitors media rights for brands, creatives and agencies. Its page says it works on behalf of rights holders to resolve copyright issues and to help clarify the rights situation.

It also runs a settlement portal for people who've been contacted about an image. So if you're on the other side of a claim, that portal is the page to read, rather than another search tool.

Before you upload a picture

• Do I want to know where this one picture came from, or where my own photos are being used?
• Have I got the image file, or only a link to it?
• Would I rather search from a website or from a browser extension?
• Do I also need to read text in the image or identify an object in it?
• Am I dealing with a copy of my work, or a message about an image I used?
• Do I need the source page, or pictures that look similar?

Do you make a reverse image search tool? Tool makers can ask to be considered for a featured place on this list.

My advice on choosing a reverse image search tool

Start with the job, not the tool. If you've got one picture and want its source, a search page or the browser extension will do. If you publish photos or videos for a living and want to know where they turn up, look at the two monitoring services. And if a copy of your work needs settling, or you've been contacted about an image, the rights clearance platform is built for that.

Checking whether a picture was made by AI? See my list of AI image detectors. For using pictures well on your own site, here are my tips for using images in blog posts, and if a photo needs cleaning up first, here's a guide to photo object remover tools.

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Frequently asked questions

What is reverse image search?

One SEO tools site on this list puts it simply: reverse image search lets you search the web using an image instead of keywords. You upload a picture or paste its URL instead of typing words.

Which of these work from inside the browser?

One is an open-source browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Safari. Another, an image meta-tool, says it works best with its own bookmarklet, or you can enter a URL on its page.

Can I find out where my own photos are used online?

Two services here are built for that. One says it helps you find stolen images and videos and can take images from a sitemap or RSS feed. The other says you can see where your images are used online and get them taken down.

Can I search with an image URL instead of a file?

Yes. The search engine's visual search page, the source-tracing tool, the image meta-tool and the three SEO tools sites each mention pasting or entering a URL.

What is a rights clearance platform?

It's how one tool here describes itself. Its page says it monitors media rights for brands, creatives and agencies, works on behalf of rights holders to resolve copyright issues and runs a settlement portal.

Can a reverse image search tool read text in a picture?

Two here say so. The search engine's visual search page lists translate and copy text, and another tool says it reads the text hidden inside an image.