Free Reverse Image Search
Search the web for visually similar or matching images using Reverse Image Search — free, no signup required.
Reverse Image Search
Search the web for visually similar or matching images.
Drag & drop an image, or click to upload
JPG, PNG, or WEBP — up to 10.00 MB
To search the web, your uploaded image is sent through IndexVexa's server to SerpApi's Google Lens API, which performs the actual search — see our Privacy Policy for details. IndexVexa doesn't permanently store the image itself; only the resulting links shown below are cached briefly to avoid repeat searches of the same image.
What Is Reverse Image Search?
Reverse image search is the practice of searching using an image, rather than text, to find where that image appears online, locate visually similar images, or identify a higher-resolution or original version. IndexVexa's free reverse image search tool performs a real web search: your uploaded image is sent through IndexVexa's server to SerpApi's Google Lens API, which searches the web and returns actual matching or visually similar results.
How Does Reverse Image Search Work?
When you upload an image and select "Search Image," IndexVexa sends it to SerpApi, which runs it through Google Lens and returns whatever results Google Lens actually finds — such as visually similar images, their titles, and the websites they were found on. IndexVexa displays exactly what the provider returns; it never invents match percentages, sources, or results. Coverage depends entirely on what Google Lens has indexed — it is not a claim of complete web coverage or guaranteed exact matches, and some images will return no results.
What Can You Find With Reverse Image Search?
Reverse image search is typically used to find the original source of an image, locate visually similar images, check whether an image appears on other websites, spot duplicate assets across a site, or find a higher-resolution version of a photo. Results depend on what Google Lens has indexed for a given image — some searches return several matches, others return none. IndexVexa also includes a separate, optional "Compare Two Images" tool further down the page, which measures visual similarity between two images you upload directly, entirely in your browser, without involving the web search above.
How to Search by Image
Drag and drop a JPG, PNG, or WEBP image into the upload area above, or click it to choose a file from your device, then select "Search Image." Results — when Google Lens returns any — appear as a list of thumbnails with titles and source websites you can open directly. If nothing matches, the tool shows "No matching results were found" rather than guessing.
Reverse Image Search for SEO
Reverse image search is commonly used in SEO and content work to check whether images used on a site are unique, find where an image has been republished elsewhere, or confirm a licensed or purchased image isn't a duplicate of something already published. For a full check of an image's SEO-relevant attributes on a live page (ALT text, dimensions, lazy loading, and filename), see the Image SEO Analyzer.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does this actually search the web for my image?
- Yes. Your uploaded image is sent through IndexVexa's server to SerpApi's Google Lens API, which performs a real web search and returns whatever visually similar or matching results it finds.
- Does it cover the entire internet or guarantee exact matches?
- No. Results depend entirely on what Google Lens has indexed for that image — some searches return several matches, others return none. This isn't a claim of complete web coverage or guaranteed exact matches.
- Is my image stored by IndexVexa?
- No, the image itself isn't stored — it's forwarded to the search provider to perform the search and isn't written to IndexVexa's own storage. Only the resulting links (title, source, thumbnail) are cached briefly to avoid repeat searches of the same image; see our Privacy Policy for details.
- What file types are supported?
- JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WEBP.
- Why did my image get compressed before searching?
- The search provider's upload limit is 500KB. If your original photo is larger, IndexVexa automatically creates a resized, compressed JPEG copy in your browser before sending it — this doesn't affect the original file or the separate local image-detail stats shown on the page.
- Is there a limit on how many searches I can run?
- Yes, a per-visitor hourly limit, because the search provider's free plan has a limited monthly quota shared across all visitors.
- Can this tool identify people in a photo?
- No — it doesn't perform facial recognition or identify people, and makes no claims about who is in an image.
- What is the separate 'Compare Two Images' feature?
- An optional, local-only tool further down the page that measures visual similarity between two images you upload directly, using a perceptual fingerprint computed entirely in your browser — it doesn't search the web and is unrelated to the Reverse Image Search results above it.