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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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ImgLarger
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI image enlarger and enhancer suite for upscaling, denoising, restoration and format conversion, with a free tier.

639K 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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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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Img Upscaler
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI image upscaler to enlarge and sharpen photos, anime and product images by 2x-4x, with a free monthly tier.

3.4M visits/mo18K saves
Pricing

No public pricing

Free: $0 (100 credits/mo)
Premium: $9.99/mo (2,000 credits)
Business: $19.99/mo (6,000 credits)
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 Trial: $0 (10 credits included)
Pro: $24.99 (300 credits/month, rollover, up to 256MP)

Free trial available

Free: $0 (50 credits/mo)
Core features
  • 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
  • AI image enlarger and upscaler
  • Denoiser and photo enhancer
  • Old-photo repair and colorizer
  • Background remover and image extender
  • Format converters and basic editors
  • Batch processing on paid tiers
  • 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
  • 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
  • AI super-resolution upscaling 2x/4x
  • Detail and edge preservation
  • Support for anime, product and portrait images
  • Batch processing on paid tiers
  • Reimagine AI access
  • Separate desktop apps
Use cases
  • 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
  • Upscaling low-resolution images up to 8x
  • Restoring and colorizing old photos
  • Denoising and sharpening photos
  • Batch-enhancing images for work
  • 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
  • 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
  • Enlarging low-resolution photos
  • Upscaling anime or product images
  • Sharpening soft or old pictures
  • Batch-upscaling images for work
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