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Artguru
✓ verifiedFreemium
One-click AI enhancer for photos, video and PDFs: upscaling, unblur, denoise, restore, plus background/object removal.
1.7M visits/mo33K saves
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Image Upscaler
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI image upscaler and broad photo/video editing multi-tool, offering free credits and low-cost monthly plans.
759K visits/mo
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Luminar Neo
✓ verifiedPaid
One-time-purchase AI photo editor for landscape, portrait and general editing, usable standalone or as a Lightroom/Photoshop plugin.
1.3M visits/mo34K saves
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PixAI.Art
✓ verifiedFreemium
A community-driven AI anime art generator with a large library of shareable models and LoRAs for stylized image creation.
9.7M visits/mo49K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
Starter: $9.90/mo (50 credits)
Premium: $25/mo (500 credits)
Premium Plus: $29/mo (1,000 credits)
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦AI photo enhancement/upscaling
- ✦Old-photo restoration and unblur
- ✦Video enhancement
- ✦PDF/document sharpening
- ✦Background and object removal
- ✦Batch processing and API
- ✦AI image upscaling and enlarging
- ✦Unblur and enhance tools
- ✦Photo cartoonizer and effects
- ✦Background and object removal
- ✦Video cartoonizer and upscaling
- ✦Free credits plus paid plans
- ✦AI sky replacement and relighting
- ✦Generative erase, expand and object-swap tools
- ✦Portrait tools: skin smoothing, face and body enhancement
- ✦Noise reduction and AI upscaling
- ✦Focus stacking and HDR/panorama merging
- ✦Layers and masking support
- ✦Raw file support for 1,000+ cameras
- ✦Cross-device editing between mobile and desktop (higher tiers)
- ✦Text-to-image anime art generation
- ✦Access to 1M+ community-created models and LoRAs
- ✦Trending, daily-ranking, and following feeds of shared art
- ✦Animated image generation support
- ✦Toolbox of additional creative editing features
- ✦Mobile app availability
Use cases
- →Enhancing and upscaling photos
- →Batch-polishing product images
- →Improving scans for OCR/print
- →Increasing image resolution
- →Sharpening blurry photos
- →Removing backgrounds or objects
- →Stylizing photos and videos
- →Landscape and wildlife photographers replacing skies or enhancing detail
- →Portrait and wedding photographers retouching skin and faces
- →Photographers wanting a non-subscription editor
- →E-commerce and real estate photo cleanup
- →Editing on the go and finishing on desktop
- →Generating original anime-style character art from a prompt
- →Browsing and remixing community-made art styles and models
- →Following favorite creators and trending art on the platform
- →Creating animated anime-style content
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