Resources

• PWA Overview
• React + PWA

Facial Recognition APIs

Amazon Rekognition

• Amazon Rekognition
• Amazon Rekognition Tutorial (Ruby)
• Amazon Rekognition Tutorial in 2 Hours

Pros:

• Works with Python and Javascript
• Robust documentation, even if its pretty difficult to navigate at times
• Less expensive in the long

Cons:

• Couldn't immediately find a lot of good tutorials
• Core business is not built on recognition software so they could shut it down

Clarifai

• Clarifai Website

Pros:

• 5000 calls per month are free with API Key (while we're building the app, we'll be good)
• Custom Model training included with free trial per month
• Seems pretty language agnostic (easy to work with NoSQL database and Node.js)
• Documentation looks pretty good from a bird's eye view

Cons:

• More expensive than Amazon in the long run

Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure Face API

Pros:

• 30,000 free API calls per month

Pros:

• A LOT of API calls; a lot more runway for growth
• Paired with Microsoft's cloud storage
• Cheaper just like Amazon