Affectiva Facial Coding SDK
Incorporate Real-Time Emotion Sensing In Digital Experiences and Applications
Develop Emotion Sensing Solutions with Facial Coding SDK
Affectiva Facial Coding SDK is the industry-leading solution for real-time facial expression analysis, enabling businesses, researchers, and developers to decode human emotions with precision. Leveraging deep learning models trained on thousands of diverse participants, Affectiva Facial Coding SDK provides highly accurate emotion detection, outperforming competitors in real-world conditions.
Whether you’re conducting ad testing, user experience research, driver monitoring, or healthcare studies, Affectiva Facial Coding SDK delivers scalable, cross-platform emotion AI that integrates seamlessly into your workflow.

Comprehensive Data Set
17M
Faces
9B
Facial Frames
90
Countries Represented
What it can do

Facial Expression Analysis from any video source

Embed into your own application

Detect and analyze multiple faces simultaneously

Speaker detection for video conferences

Real-time and post-processing options

Mobile SDK coming soon
Try it out!
Open the playground and see how the technology works in real-time. Please note that the demo runs on a slightly older version of the SDK.

Why Choose The Affectiva Facial Coding SDK Over Competitors?
Who Uses Affectiva Facial Coding SDK?

Marketing and Advertising
Optimize ad engagement, emotional impact, and brand perception with emotion- driven insights.

User Experience & HCI Research
Enhance digital experiences by understanding user frustration, satisfaction, and engagement.

Automotive & Driver Monitoring
Detect driver drowsiness, distraction, and emotional states for safer road experiences.

Healthcare & Mental Health Applications
Support patient diagnostics, therapy monitoring, and psychological research with facial expression analysis.

Academic & AI Research
Train machine learning models with robust facial expression datasets, improving AI-human interaction capabilities.











Get Started with Affectiva Facial Coding SDK
Ready to integrate real-time facial expression analysis into your projects? Contact iMotions today to discuss licensing options, integration support, and custom solutions tailored to your needs.
Technical Requirements
Platform support
Windows 10 (x86) with Visual Studio 2019
Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64 with GCC 7
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Hardware
A RGB video source (minimum 640×480 resolution).
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