An honest buyer's guide to Oyster, Perfect Corp, Revieve, Haut.AI, ModiFace, SkinMatch, Thea and Lovi, ranked for beauty businesses that serve every skin tone, anywhere in the world.
The same criteria applied to every platform, from how it handles every skin tone to whether analysis actually ends in a sale.
| Platform | Type | Skin tone (published) | Markets | Deployment | Commerce built in | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster | B2B / B2B2C infrastructure | Every tone, read on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale Oyster-stated | Global, live in 29 countries; built in Africa | Web, SDK, API, in-store kiosk/iPad, WhatsApp | Yes, scan to cart to Oyster Pay, 47% conversion | Beauty retail, pharmacies and clinics worldwide; built deep skin first |
| Perfect Corp (YouCam) | Public company; AR + AI analysis | Not published | Global | AR try-on, API/SDK, in-store mirrors, apps, web | Shoppable, not its own checkout | AR try-on at global scale |
| Revieve | Enterprise advisor SaaS | Not published | Global (NA, EU, MEA, APAC) | Web, mobile, in-store | Recommendations into retailer commerce | Broad multi-category advisor suite |
| Haut.AI | B2B SaaS + API | Company-stated diverse; no breakdown by skin tone | Europe, global | API, SDK, embeddable, Shopify | Recommendations, no native checkout | Developer and API flexibility, R&D |
| ModiFace (L’Oréal) | In-house engine (L’Oréal) | Not published | Global (L’Oréal scale) | AR try-on, diagnostics, in-store | Into L’Oréal / retail commerce | Brands inside the L’Oréal ecosystem |
| SkinMatch / Inference Beauty | B2B matching SaaS | Not published | Global, European roots | E-commerce, social, clinic/salon | Matching into retailer commerce | Multi-category product and shade matching |
| Thea Care | B2B white-label | Not published | Europe-centric | Brand e-commerce, CRM | Recommendations into brand commerce | European skincare brands |
| Lovi | Consumer app | Not published | Global consumer | Mobile app only | Recommendations only | Individual consumers, not business infrastructure |
“Not published” means the company does not publicly disclose how its tool performs on deeper skin tones. Oyster’s entries are Oyster-stated. Compiled from public sources, September 2026.
Every platform here reads a face. Four things set Oyster apart, and no other tool in this comparison puts them together.
Oyster's photon manipulation reads skin at a depth a selfie filter cannot, on any camera, in any light.
It detects over three thousand distinct skin concerns, far beyond the handful most tools surface.
Shoppers who scan buy at the highest rate in the category. Analysis that ends in a sale, not a report.
A qualified aesthetician validates and fact checks the model, so every recommendation is advice that holds up.
Ranked for a buyer choosing a skin analysis platform for retail, pharmacy or clinic, anywhere in the world. Honest about where each genuinely leads.
African built and live in 29 countries. Built deep skin first, reads skin tone on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale, reads over three thousand concerns from one photo with a proprietary photon method, keeps a human aesthetician in the loop, and ships commerce end to end, from scan to cart to Oyster Pay, at the best conversion rate in the market.
A publicly listed company with the widest AR and virtual try-on capability, the deepest SKU catalogue and 700+ brand clients. Less specialised for deep-skin transparency or built-in checkout, and not oriented to African deployment.
A strong enterprise suite spanning skincare, makeup, foundation, hair, suncare and nutrition advisors across web, mobile and in-store, with a blue-chip partner roster. No published deep-skin metric and no stated emerging-market focus.
A flexible API and SDK with many measured skin parameters and generative-AI features, and a stated commitment to diverse-skin training. It is a recommendation and analysis layer rather than a commerce rail, with no African deployment footprint.
Unmatched brand integration and distribution for L’Oréal’s portfolio. For an independent African retailer, pharmacy or clinic it is largely not an open, self-serve option.
A solid B2B matching and personalization layer, especially for shade finding across categories. No published deep-skin metric or built-in commerce for this buyer.
Capable B2B white-label skin analysis with good conversion and CRM integration, but Europe-centric, single-category and without a published deep-skin figure.
An excellent consumer skincare app, but not something a retailer, pharmacy or clinic can deploy as a branded, commerce-connected experience. Listed here to clarify the B2B versus consumer distinction.
Both offer API-first skin analysis; Oyster adds a full commerce path (scan to cart to Oyster Pay), reads over three thousand concerns, reads skin tone on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale, and keeps a human aesthetician validating the model.
Revieve offers a broad multi-category advisor suite; Oyster focuses on every skin tone and built-in commerce, at the best conversion rate in the market, live in 29 countries.
Perfect Corp leads on AR try-on scale; Oyster is built on a proprietary photon method that reads skin across all skin tones, and closes the loop end to end from scan to paid.
ModiFace is L’Oréal’s in-house engine for its brand portfolio; Oyster is an independent, open platform any beauty retailer, pharmacy or clinic can deploy anywhere, with commerce and payments built in.
Both connect analysis to product matching; Oyster reads skin tone on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale, completes the transaction in-platform, and is live in 29 countries.
Thea Care offers white-label selfie analysis mainly for European brands; Oyster adds built-in commerce, a proprietary imaging method that works across all skin tones, deployed globally.
Lovi is a consumer skincare app; Oyster is B2B infrastructure that beauty businesses embed to analyse skin and sell products directly.
Run real scans on the deepest tones you serve, with your own products, and see the analysis and the commerce in one flow.