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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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upscayl.org
✓ verifiedFreemium
Free, open-source AI image upscaler for desktop, with an optional paid cloud tier for faster batch processing.
899K visits/mo22K saves
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Remini
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI photo and video enhancer that sharpens, upscales, and colorizes old or low-quality images for everyday users and creators.
1.2M visits/mo
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Pixlr
✓ verifiedFreemium
Established browser-based photo and design editor with AI image, video, and audio generation tools.
10M visits/mo
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Krea
✓ verifiedFreemium
Generative-AI creative suite for producing and enhancing images, video, and 3D from text prompts, for creators and studios.
4.9M visits/mo519 saves
Pricing
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
Free Trial: $0 (10 credits included)
Pro: $24.99 (300 credits/month, rollover, up to 256MP)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Plus: $2.49/month (80 AI credits/month)
Premium: $9.99/month (1,000 AI credits/month)
Ultra: $24.99/month (up to 10,000 AI credits/month)
Ultra Max: $49.99/month (double Ultra's credits)
Free: $0/mo (100 compute units/day)
Basic: $9/mo (5,000 units/mo)
Pro: $35/mo (20,000 units/mo)
Max: $105/mo (60,000 units/mo)
Business: $200/mo (80,000 units/mo)
Core features
- ✦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)
- ✦Free, open-source desktop image upscaling app
- ✦Multiple AI upscaling models for different image types
- ✦Batch upscaling of several images at once
- ✦Cloud version with 10x faster processing and unlimited storage
- ✦Support for large resolutions up to 512MP on higher tiers
- ✦Credit-based subscription plans with rollover
- ✦Automatic face detail enhancement
- ✦Old photo restoration and colorization
- ✦Noise removal and sharpening
- ✦Background quality boost
- ✦Photo and video upscaling up to 2x
- ✦AI-generated personal portraits
- ✦Browser-based photo editor (Pixlr Express and Editor)
- ✦AI text-to-image and text-to-video generation
- ✦Generative fill, expand, and object removal
- ✦AI face swap for photos and video
- ✦AI background remover and photo collage maker
- ✦Text-to-speech and speech-to-text audio tools
- ✦Text-to-image and real-time image generation
- ✦AI video generation across multiple models
- ✦Image and video upscaling up to 22K
- ✦Text/image-to-3D object generation
- ✦LoRA fine-tuning on your own data
- ✦Generative editing and background removal
Use cases
- →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
- →Designers and artists upscaling artwork for print
- →Developers wanting a local, privacy-friendly upscaler
- →Creators needing batch processing of many images
- →Users seeking a free open-source alternative to paid upscaling tools
- →Restoring damaged or faded family photos
- →Sharpening low-quality social media images
- →Preparing product photos for e-commerce
- →Improving video footage for content creators
- →Creating high-resolution prints from small images
- →Editing and enhancing photos without installing software
- →Generating marketing images or short video clips from prompts
- →Removing objects or backgrounds from photos
- →Creating photo collages or swapping faces for fun content
- →Creating social and marketing visuals
- →Producing short AI videos and animations
- →Upscaling and restoring photos or footage
- →Architecture and product visualization
- →Training brand-specific custom models
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