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CeraVe vs NIOD

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

CeraVe and NIOD are well-regarded skincare brands that offer distinct approaches to daily beauty routines. The American brand provides a thoughtful range of moisturizers, cleansers, serums, and sunscreens featuring hyaluronic acid and glycerin, suiting acne-prone and combination skin best. Conversely, the Canadian brand focuses on advanced serums and balancing toners that suit mature, sensitive, and dry skin types best. While both lines deliver targeted results, they differ through the former's barrier-supporting formulations and the latter's scientifically rigorous development.

CeraVe is an American skincare brand founded in 2005 and owned by L'Oréal since 2017.

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NIOD is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2015 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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This page compares some of the most popular CeraVe and NIOD products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular CeraVe vs NIOD products

Questions and answers

CeraVe or NIOD: which is better?

CeraVe has more options on this page, with the products on this page offering a High or Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots. NIOD provides fewer choices here, though Modulating Glucosides has a High fit for sensitive and dry skin types.

What is the difference between CeraVe and NIOD?

CeraVe offers a large variety of fragrance-free cleansers, moisturizers, and serums with a Superior fit for acne-prone skin, combination skin, and skin with dark spots. In contrast, NIOD features a much smaller range of products on this page, including a serum and a toner.

Which is more affordable, CeraVe or NIOD?

This page does not provide pricing information to compare the affordability of CeraVe and NIOD.

Which causes fewer breakouts, CeraVe or NIOD?

The products on this page for NIOD fit acne-prone skin with an average level, while CeraVe offers several options with a Superior fit level for acne-prone skin, such as the PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion and Blemish Control Gel. Reviewers note that CeraVe sometimes causes breakouts.

When was CeraVe founded compared to NIOD?

CeraVe was founded in 2005, which is ten years earlier than NIOD, which was founded in 2015.

Which brand has more products listed on the comparison page?

CeraVe has more products listed on the comparison page than NIOD, offering a wide variety of cleansers, moisturizers, serums, and sunscreens.

Do any products from either CeraVe or NIOD contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both CeraVe and NIOD lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Research behind their key ingredients

Behind this comparison

Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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