AI likeness licensing platforms compared: 25 providers checked for 2026

By Tim Nagle·Published October 11, 2026

HyperKnown publishes this guide and ranks itself first. Every fact about other providers comes from that provider's own website, checked on 11 October 2026, and we say where a fact is not published. Where another provider is a better fit, we say so. If something here is out of date, email support@hyperknown.ai and we will correct it.

How did we compare AI likeness platforms?

A company licensing a real person's face for AI content is buying two things: the right to use that likeness, and proof that the person agreed. So we scored every provider on what a brand, its lawyers and the person in the ad would each ask first:

1. Identity verification. Does the provider say how it confirms the person is who they claim to be, and that they are an adult?
2. Consent per campaign. Does the person approve each use, and is that approval recorded?
3. Talent pay. Is the person's share published, and how is it worked out?
4. AI training. Can the provider or the buyer train AI models on the person's materials?
5. Markets. Where can companies license, and where can talent be paid?
6. Live and transparent. Is the product open for business, and are the operator and governing law named?

1. HyperKnown: best for verified people and signed consent on every campaign

HyperKnown is a casting roster of real people who license their likeness for AI advertising. Pylon Film Pty Ltd runs it from Sydney under New South Wales law. Companies browse verified profiles, send a brief, and produce the work with their own team or agency once the person accepts and signs.

• Verification: every person verifies with Stripe Identity, which matches a government photo ID to a live selfie and confirms they are 18 or over. Each person also records a permission video, and HyperKnown reviews every profile before any company can see it. Companies never see identity documents.
• Consent: public commercial use needs a brief the person accepts and signs, unless they have separately opted in to a licence programme with its uses, fee and term disclosed up front. The company receives the signed consent record for each project.
• Talent pay: the person sees their exact fee before accepting and receives 100% of it. HyperKnown's commission is charged to the company on top and is never deducted from the talent fee.
• Restrictions: the agreement bars pornography, political persuasion, hate, fraudulent identity, weapons promotion and unsupported medical or financial claims, whatever a brief asks. People can add their own standing restrictions.
• Markets: fees are agreed in US dollars. Payouts currently reach people in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. People elsewhere can apply and verify now.

Trade-offs to know: HyperKnown does not publish a price list, because each brief is quoted as a flat, all-in fee per person for a defined usage. The creator agreement also gives HyperKnown an exclusive licence to administer AI uses of a person's materials while they are on the marketplace, and allows it to build an AI Character of the person and improve its own models with their materials. Companies still only get the use a person approved. The face data guide explains how that works.

2. FaceLedger: best for EU companies that want German-law contracts

FaceLedger (faceledger.ai) is a licensing marketplace run by Faceledger UG in Frankfurt. The licence is signed directly between the person and the company under German law; FaceLedger verifies, documents and settles it, and generates no images itself. It publishes more pricing detail than most: a public calculator, a €900 minimum licence plus VAT, and a flat 65% share to the person.

Consent can be withdrawn at any time under GDPR, with the company deleting its dataset within 14 days, and the licence prohibits AI model training. The limits are reach: at launch, talent sign-up is open to residents of Germany, and licensees must be in the EU, the EEA or a country with an adequacy decision, which excludes the United States for now.

3. Twinnin: best for UK talent and casting teams

Twinnin (twinnin.ai) is run by AI KAT Limited, registered in England and Wales. People verify with an ID and liveness check, approve every job, and keep 75% of each licence fee. Its own example is a £3,200 licence paying £2,400 to the person. Business fees are listed separately, from 15% of a licence with a £500 minimum. Twinnin also licenses opted-in likenesses to AI labs as training data, which is a separate consent.

4. Mirai: best for self-serve image generation with priced licences

Mirai (mirai.inc) is a generation platform, not a casting marketplace. Brands subscribe to a monthly plan and generate images and video of consenting talent inside Mirai, paying a published licence fee per asset that scales with term and channel. Its model release gives talent 80% of every licence fee, bars training on their photos, and lets them withdraw on 72 hours' notice. Disputes go to arbitration in Singapore under Delaware law. Mirai does not publish its identity check method.

5. AlterCast: best for EU buyers on a fixed standard licence

AlterCast (altercast.ai) is a Polish marketplace run by ALTERCAST Sp. z o.o. under Polish law. It verifies people with Veriff and pays out through Stripe. A standard 12-month licence for short digital ads is €700, of which €467 goes to the person. It says photos are never used to train models. Removing a profile stops new sales, while licences already granted run to expiry.

6. Mirror Mirror AI: best for fashion imagery teams

Mirror Mirror AI (mirrormirrorai.com) is a San Francisco platform where fashion brands book real models and pay per licensed image, on published monthly plans including a free tier. Models approve each booking. Applicants need a government ID, though the provider is not named, and talent rates are set in a model agreement shared on acceptance rather than published.

7. FRAMAINE: best for European fashion brands on a subscription

FRAMAINE (framaine.com) is a Copenhagen AI fashion-imagery subscription from €80 to €469 a month, with digital twins of real models booked per image on top. Models give an active yes per project and can withdraw at any time, and their facial data is not used to train other models. It does not publish an identity check method or the talent share.

8. PopTwin.ai and Castor AI: new US marketplaces to watch

PopTwin.ai, from TalentPortal AI in Miami, pays talent 82.5% with escrow and requires a signed grant before any training or generation. Castor AI pays talent 60%, verifies with a government ID scan and a webcam proof of life, and trains a twin from the person's photos, video and voice. Both were taking waitlist sign-ups when we checked.

Other identity licensing marketplaces

• CastNym (castnym.com): campaign-scoped AI video licences under Delaware terms. Its own terms say it does not yet offer commercial features.
• Face Protocol (faceprotocol.ai): licensed celebrity and creator faces for AI ads, plus likeness monitoring. Operator, governing law and talent share are not published.
• PersonaShare (personashare.com): creators sell face, voice and motion data mainly for AI training, keeping 85%. No identity check method is published.
• Authentic (thatsmyface.co): studios submit AI images and models approve each one, keeping 80%, with a published minimum price per image. Licences are perpetual.
• LikeMe (trylikeme.com): a pre-launch registry that pays creators per AI render, verifying with Stripe Identity.
• Avatise (avatise.ai): a new US consent marketplace for face and voice rights with a public credential per licence, onboarding US talent first.
• Faceyappa (faceyappa.com): an Indian marketplace in early access, using ID and liveness checks and escrow.
• Likeness (likeness.co.za): a South African twin platform for agencies, on monthly subscriptions settled in US dollars.
• LIKN (likn.io): produces campaigns itself using a likeness model trained per talent. It does not publish fees.
• LeaseMyLikeness.ai (leasemylikeness.com): its terms grant the platform an irrevocable, sublicensable licence and allow third parties to train AI on the content.

AI agencies and production studios

Agencies make the content for you and license their own roster of digital twins. Trickhouse in Düsseldorf trains a model per twin and caps usage at 12 months unless the person renews. PRAIME Models in Korschenbroich creates synthetic models and client-commissioned twins, and keeps the rights in the models it builds. Modelakademie, a regional German model agency, offers consent-based AI twins through a technology partner. All three quote per project. Choose an agency when you want production handled end to end and accept a private roster and bespoke paperwork.

Avatar and video generation tools

HeyGen and Synthesia make AI video with stock avatars or a custom avatar of someone who records an on-camera consent. They are fast and inexpensive, with free and low-cost monthly plans. A stock avatar is not a licence from a real person for your campaign, though. You cannot brief that person, they never approved your message, and audiences may read the ad as synthetic. The trade-offs are covered in real people vs synthetic avatars in AI ads.

Which AI likeness platform should you choose?

• You need a verified real person and campaign-level consent for US, UK, Australian or Canadian work: HyperKnown.
• You are an EU company and want German-law contracts with public pricing: FaceLedger.
• You want to generate images yourself on a subscription: Mirai, or FRAMAINE for fashion.
• You are casting in the UK and want an established registry: Twinnin.
• You want a studio to produce everything: an agency such as Trickhouse.
• You need many low-cost explainer videos and no particular person: HeyGen or Synthesia.

Whichever you pick, ask for three things before paying: how the person's identity was checked, a record that they approved your specific campaign, and the channels, territory and term the licence covers. If a provider cannot show all three, the rights rest on paperwork you have not seen. The consent guide explains what a good record contains.