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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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BigJPG
✓ verifiedFreemium

Deep-learning image enlarger, especially strong on anime and illustrations, with a free tier and an API.

1.4M 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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Artguru
✓ verifiedFreemium

One-click AI enhancer for photos, video and PDFs: upscaling, unblur, denoise, restore, plus background/object removal.

1.7M visits/mo33K 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: $0 (20 images/mo, 4x max)
Basic: $6 (2 months, 500 images/mo, 16x)
Standard: $12 (6 months, 1000 images/mo)
Premium: $22 (12 months, 2000 images/mo)
Free Trial: $0 (10 credits included)
Pro: $24.99 (300 credits/month, rollover, up to 256MP)

Free trial available

No public pricing

No public pricing

Free trial available

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)
  • Deep CNN super-resolution upscaling
  • Noise reduction and edge smoothing
  • Up to 16x enlargement (paid)
  • API access
  • Desktop and mobile apps
  • Offline enlarging for logged-in users
  • 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
  • AI photo enhancement/upscaling
  • Old-photo restoration and unblur
  • Video enhancement
  • PDF/document sharpening
  • Background and object removal
  • Batch processing and API
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
  • Enlarging anime art and illustrations
  • Upscaling photos without quality loss
  • Batch/API image enlargement
  • Preparing images for print
  • 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
  • Enhancing and upscaling photos
  • Batch-polishing product images
  • Improving scans for OCR/print
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