FaceFusion alternative for live video calls

A FaceFusion alternative for live calls in Chrome, with the frame rate we measured, for anyone who only needs the webcam part.

By Facecam team · Published 2026-10-03 · Updated 2026-10-08

Verdict

FaceFusion is mainly a tool for editing video files, and it's very good at it: free, open source, with lip sync and lots of models. Keep it for that. Its webcam mode is a side feature that streams to OBS over a network address, which takes some setup. If what you actually want is your face swapped live in Meet, Zoom on the web or Discord in Chrome, Facecam does only that, with no install beyond an extension.

How they compare

	FaceFusion	Facecam	Edge
Main use	Swapping faces in video files and images, plus lip sync	Live calls and streams only	—
Install	Python 3.12, conda and ffmpeg from a terminal (“not recommended for beginners”), or a paid installer	One Chrome extension	—
Hardware	Your own; runs on NVIDIA (CUDA), AMD, Apple (CoreML) or Intel (OpenVINO) acceleration	Any laptop with Chrome; the swap runs on our servers	—
Live output	A webcam layout that streams to udp://localhost:27000 or a /dev/video device for OBS to capture	A camera called “Facecam Virtual Camera” in Chrome	—
Frame rate	Depends on your graphics card	1280×720 at 30 frames a second; 16.8 new swapped frames a second on average (13 to 20)	—
Desktop apps	Yes, through OBS	No, websites in Chrome only	FaceFusion
Price	Free source (OpenRAIL-AS licence); one-time installer $20 for Windows or $30 for macOS ($10 less for members)	$0.038 a minute on Premium or Pro	—

Facecam's side

Bar chart of new swapped frames each second over 60 seconds of Facecam live face swap, between 13 and 20 a second, under a line at 30 frames delivered — Our measurement, 2026-10-03: the Facecam camera on a plain test page for 60 seconds. It delivered 30 frames every second; on average 16.8 of them were new swapped frames (the rest repeat the previous one). The test webcam itself had 24 new frames a second.

Where each one wins

FaceFusion

Pros

Free and open source, with frequent releases
Much more than live swap: video and image swaps, lip sync, face enhancers
Runs on your own hardware, offline, with no per-minute cost

Cons

Terminal install; its own README says it isn't for beginners
Live use needs OBS to pick up its stream
Smoothness depends on your graphics card

Facecam

Pros

Live swap in a few clicks, with no terminal
Shows up as a camera on any website in Chrome
Frame rate doesn't depend on your laptop

Cons

No video-file editing in the live tool (that's the separate Video Face Swap)
About 17 new swapped frames a second in our test, so fast head turns look less smooth than the 30 fps camera
Paid per minute, and websites in Chrome only

What we measured on the Facecam camera

60 seconds on a plain test page in Chrome, 2026-10-03.
Measure	Result
Size and rate the camera delivered	1280×720 at 30 frames a second
New swapped frames each second	16.8 on average; lowest 13, highest 20
New frames from the test webcam itself	24 a second
First swapped frame after picking the camera	22 to 26 seconds

We counted a frame as new when its picture differed from the one before. The camera keeps sending 30 frames a second, so calls never see it stall; between swapped frames it repeats the last one.

If you mainly edit videos

Stay with FaceFusion. It's built for files, runs as long as you like on your own machine and has options we don't offer. Facecam's Video Face Swap handles short clips online on a paid plan, which only makes sense if you don't have the hardware.