Gretchen AI
Gretchen AI combines deepfake detection, media verification, and context analysis in one dashboard.
What Gretchen AI is
Gretchen AI combines deepfake detection, media verification, and context analysis in one dashboard. It examines images, videos, and audio; the Custom plan also supports text. Upload files or URLs for single-item or batch analysis, including video-frame analysis and audio verification. Context analysis investigates where visual content appears online, how it is used, and the sources behind it. Detection uses raw-data, spectral, spatial-consistency, and temporal-pattern analysis. Gretchen AI says it identifies more than 120 manipulation techniques across visual and audio content, and claims up to 98.6% detection accuracy and analysis of up to 1,000 images per second. Plans range from a 14-day trial to paid options, with scan limits and supported media varying by tier. Custom includes API access and on-premise deployment. API use requires an active account and a key generated in the dashboard. Gretchen AI describes its service as GDPR compliant and says its data protection follows EU standards. Its FAQ cautions that image quality affects certainty and that authenticity scores should be considered alongside human judgment and context analysis.
Good
- Analyzes images, videos, and audio
- Supports single-file and batch analysis
- Context analysis examines online use and sources
- API and on-premise deployment are available on Custom
Watch out
- No free plan; paid service
- Trial has limited scan quota
- API access is unavailable on listed paid tiers
- Screenshots and heavy compression can increase uncertainty
Who it suits
It may suit government agencies, cybersecurity and defense teams, journalists, and stock providers or teams working in authenticity and KYC. Organizations needing API or on-premise access would need the Custom plan.
Verdict
Gretchen AI brings media analysis and online context review together, with batch workflows and several analysis methods. Plan limits vary, and its own guidance says scores need human judgment, particularly when image quality is reduced.
Plans and prices
From Gretchen AI's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free | Limited quota of deepfake scans · Image & Video · no credit card required · no email support or API access · 0€ / 14 days |
| Starter | €9.99 a month | 100 scans per month · Image & Video · single-user license · email support · no API access · 9,99 € / Mo |
| Verification Professional | €99 a month | 1,200 scans included, then €0.15 / scan · Image & Video · 3 user accounts · email support · no API access · 99 € / Mo |
| Verification Business | €349 a month | 5,000 scans included, then €0.11 / scan · Image, Video & Audio · 5 user accounts · priority support · no API access · 349 € / Mo |
| Custom | Priced on request | Unlimited scans · Image, Video, Audio & Text · unlimited accounts · API access · On-Premise · dedicated account manager · Upon request |
The facts
Each one read from Gretchen AI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and integration
- The FAQ says the API can be embedded in existing systems and workflows such as editorial, verification, and content-management tools.checked 29 Sep 2026
- API requirements
- API use requires an active Gretchen AI account and an API key generated in the dashboard.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Context and provenance
- Its context analysis investigates where visual content appears online, how it is used, and the sources behind it.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Detection coverage
- The product page says it identifies more than 120 manipulation techniques across visual and audio content.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Detection methods
- The product uses raw-data, spectral, spatial-consistency, and temporal-pattern analysis techniques.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Human review
- The FAQ says the authenticity score does not replace human judgment and recommends combining it with context analysis.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The homepage names government agencies, cybersecurity and defense, journalism, and stock providers/authenticity/KYC as use cases.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Limitations
- The FAQ says detection works best with original-resolution images; screenshots, scaling, noise, and heavy JPEG compression can increase uncertainty, and landscapes are more challenging than human-centric images.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Media types
- The product analyzes images, videos, and audio, and its Custom plan also supports text.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Performance claim
- The product page claims up to 98.6% detection accuracy and analysis of up to 1,000 images per second.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Product
- Gretchen AI combines deepfake detection, media verification, and contextual analysis in a dashboard.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The homepage describes the service as GDPR compliant and says its data protection follows EU standards.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists email support for Starter and Verification Professional and priority support for Verification Business and Custom.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Workflow
- Users can upload files or URLs and run single-file or batch analysis, including video-frame analysis and audio verification.checked 29 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2025checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Birkenwerder, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
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