Facecam vs LiveSwap

Facecam vs LiveSwap: both swap your face live from the browser. They differ on price per minute and on how the video reaches your call.

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

Verdict

Both run the swap in the cloud, so neither needs a graphics card. On their pricing pages on 2026-10-08, LiveSwap's minutes cost $0.73 to $0.83 each and Facecam's $0.038. Facecam is also a camera in Chrome itself, while LiveSwap goes through OBS. Pick LiveSwap if you need the desktop Zoom or Teams app (OBS makes that possible), want 1080p, or make many short calls: it bills by the second, while Facecam charges at least 3 minutes per call.

How they compare

	Facecam	LiveSwap	Edge
Runs on	Our servers; a Chrome extension adds the camera	Its servers; you use its web page	—
Getting it into a call	Pick “Facecam Virtual Camera” in the call's camera menu	Add its streaming page as an OBS Browser source, crop it, start OBS Virtual Camera, pick that in the call	—
Desktop Zoom, Teams, Discord	No	Yes, through OBS	LiveSwap
Entry price	$10 a month for 156 minutes	$12 a month for 15 minutes	—
Price per minute	$0.038 a minute	$0.73 to $0.83 a minute, depending on plan	—
Billing unit	Per minute, at least 3 minutes per call	Per second	—
Free to try	None: live face swap is on the paid plans, from $10 a month	None: “LiveSwap does not offer free live minutes”	—
Picture	1280×720 at 30 frames a second in our test	Up to 480p on Basic, 720p on Creator, 1080p on Pro and Studio, at 30 frames a second (its claims)	—

Facecam's side

Where each one wins

Facecam

Pros

About 21× cheaper per minute than LiveSwap's Basic plan
No OBS: the camera appears in browser calls directly
Free voice effects on the Facecam Virtual Mic

Cons

Not in desktop apps
At least 3 minutes charged per call
No pay-as-you-go: live minutes come with a monthly plan

LiveSwap

Pros

Works in desktop apps through OBS Virtual Camera
Billed by the second
1080p on its Pro and Studio plans

Cons

15 minutes for $12 on the entry plan
Every call needs OBS set up and cropped
No free minutes

Price per live minute, from both pricing pages

Monthly plans on 2026-10-08. Price per minute assumes you use every minute. Each call counts at least 3 minutes. Unused minutes don't roll over to the next month.
Plan	Price	Live minutes	Per minute
Facecam Starter	$10 a month	156 minutes	$0.064 a minute
Facecam Premium	$20 a month	521 minutes	$0.038 a minute
Facecam Pro	$50 a month	1,304 minutes	$0.038 a minute
LiveSwap Basic	$12 a month	15 minutes	$0.80 a minute
LiveSwap Creator	$29 a month	40 minutes	$0.73 a minute
LiveSwap Pro	$99 a month	120 minutes	$0.83 a minute
LiveSwap Studio	$299 a month	400 minutes	$0.75 a minute

Many short calls? Check the minimum

Facecam charges at least 3 minutes when a call starts, because starting a swap ties up a server. A one-minute call counts as 3. Reconnecting within half an hour uses up the time already paid before charging again. LiveSwap meters to the second, and its Zoom guide warns that credits keep running until you stop the stream.

Where the camera comes from

LiveSwap's guides send its web page into OBS as a browser source, crop out the page around the video, and start OBS Virtual Camera. That's what lets it reach desktop apps, and it's also an extra program to run for every call.

Facecam's extension adds “Facecam Virtual Camera” to Chrome's own camera list, so a site sees it like a webcam. That's why it works in Meet, Zoom on the web and discord.com with no other software, and why the desktop apps can't see it.