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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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Picsart
✓ verifiedFreemium
Full-featured AI creative platform used by 130M+ creators for photo/video editing, design templates, and 140+ AI models.
17M visits/mo2.6K 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
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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
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
Pro: $15/month, or $126/year
Free trial available
Free: $0 (50 credits/mo)
Starter: $9.90/mo (50 credits)
Premium: $25/mo (500 credits)
Premium Plus: $29/mo (1,000 credits)
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 AI design tools
- ✦Expert-crafted templates
- ✦Built-in asset libraries
- ✦Generative AI tools
- ✦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
- ✦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
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
- →Social media creators producing trending photo and video content
- →Marketers generating on-brand product ads at scale
- →Small businesses creating merchandise and print-on-demand designs
- →Designers building branded video and motion content
- →Enlarging low-resolution photos
- →Upscaling anime or product images
- →Sharpening soft or old pictures
- →Batch-upscaling images for work
- →Increasing image resolution
- →Sharpening blurry photos
- →Removing backgrounds or objects
- →Stylizing photos and videos
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