Watermarkly
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveBrowser-based tool that auto-detects and blurs faces or license plates in photos, plus batch watermarking and resizing.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Free version blurs faces/plates but stamps a Watermarkly logo on the output; a paid upgrade removes the logo, though the exact premium price wasn't listed on the pages we could access.
Use tool ↗About Watermarkly
Watermarkly is a browser-based photo editing tool built around batch watermarking, and its face/license-plate blurring feature uses on-device detection to find faces automatically and blur them in one pass across a batch of images. Beyond blurring, the same site handles adding text or logo watermarks, resizing, compression, background removal, and format conversion, and processing happens in the browser rather than on a remote server, so files are not uploaded. A companion desktop app, Visual Watermark, handles larger batches up to 50,000 files. The company, based in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 2017.
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Watermarkly's blur tool auto-detects faces and blurs them, with license plate and manual area blurring also available; free version adds a logowatermarkly.com ↗
- Watermarkly is based in Warsaw, Poland, offers watermarking, blurring, resizing, compression and other image tools, plus an iOS/Android app and REST APIwatermarkly.com ↗
Is Watermarkly legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 9, 2015 (11 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Gandi SAS, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Amazon, valid until Mar 16, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2017The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Watermarkly, PolandOur research, card verified Sep 1, 2026
Pros & cons of Watermarkly
Watermarkly's face and plate blurring runs right in the browser and finds faces on its own instead of making you draw boxes by hand, which is the main reason to reach for it over a general photo editor. It's a narrow tool bolted onto a watermarking site, not a dedicated redaction product, so don't expect audit trails or compliance features.
Pros
- Automatic face detection instead of manual selection
- Runs in-browser with files staying on-device rather than uploaded
- Also available as iOS and Android apps
- REST API available for developers
Cons
- Free version stamps a Watermarkly logo onto processed images
- Exact premium pricing isn't listed on the pages we could access
- Primarily a watermarking tool with blurring as one feature, not a dedicated redaction product
Best for
- Quickly blurring faces or plates in a handful of photos
- People who don't want to install software or create an account
- Small batches that don't need enterprise redaction workflows
Not for
- Organizations needing compliance-grade redaction with audit logs
- Very large batches, which push you toward the paid desktop app instead
Watch out: The free tier's output carries a visible Watermarkly logo - removing it requires the paid upgrade.