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PicWish
✓ verifiedFreemium

An AI photo-editing suite for quickly removing backgrounds, enhancing quality and retouching images without design skills.

3.8M visits/mo
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123RF
✓ verifiedPaid

Royalty-free stock photo, video, and audio library paired with an AI suite for generating, upscaling, and editing images.

5.9M 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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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
Pricing

No public pricing

No public pricing

Free trial available

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

Core features
  • Automatic background removal, including hair and complex edges
  • AI photo quality enhancer for blurry or underexposed images
  • Old photo restoration and colorization
  • Object and watermark removal
  • ID photo maker and product retouching tools
  • Referral program to earn free credits
  • 293M+ royalty-free stock assets
  • Photos, vectors, video, audio, and fonts
  • AI image generator and upscaler
  • Generative fill and background tools
  • Search by image
  • Commercially safe licensing
  • 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
Use cases
  • Cutting out product photos for e-commerce listings
  • Sharpening and repairing low-quality personal photos
  • Restoring and colorizing old family photographs
  • Removing unwanted objects or watermarks from images
  • Licensing stock media for marketing and design
  • Generating and editing images with AI
  • Sourcing commercially safe visuals in one place
  • Upscaling or extending existing images
  • 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
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