The short version
ImgCompliance is a practical first-pass audit. It does not decide whether an image is legally licensed. Instead, it finds images on your website that deserve review: stock-platform matches, unclear origins, third-party hosted images, metadata signals, and images that appear across many other sites.
1. You enter the website URL
Start with a public website URL and an email address. No account is required. The scan is designed for sites you own, operate, manage, or have permission to review.
2. The crawler builds an image inventory
The scanner visits up to 20 publicly accessible pages and checks up to 100 images. It looks for normal image tags, CSS background images, lazy-loaded assets, and images that appear after common page interactions.
3. Each image is checked for risk indicators
- Reverse image search signals: where the same or similar image appears elsewhere.
- Stock platform signals: matches related to known stock-photo and design platforms.
- Metadata signals: copyright, creator, or software fields embedded in the file.
- URL and hosting signals: third-party CDNs, template paths, stock-like filenames, and hotlinked assets.
4. Every image receives a risk level
The report groups findings into High, Medium, Low, and Unknown. High usually means a strong stock-platform signal. Medium means the origin needs review. Low means no obvious risk indicator was found. Unknown means the automated sources could not determine enough context.
5. You get a free summary before paying
The free summary shows how many images were found and how they were classified. If you want the full image-by-image PDF, you can unlock it for a one-time $49 payment. The full report includes thumbnails, source pages, matched sources, findings, and recommended next actions.
What the scan cannot do
ImgCompliance cannot see your Getty, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Canva, agency, or freelancer purchase records. A flagged image may still be properly licensed if you have proof. A clean scan is not a legal guarantee. Treat the report as a prioritized review list, not as legal advice.
Next steps
If you are new to image reviews, start with the website image copyright audit guide. To see the output format first, open the sample report page.