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Cre8tiveAI
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AI photo and video retouching suite that shut down on Dec 26, 2025; the site now redirects users to its sister tool copainter.

50K visits/mo
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Nero Software
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Long-running Windows multimedia suite for disc burning, video editing, backup, and AI media enhancement.

1.6M visits/mo9.7K saves
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HitPaw Photo Restoration
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI video editor (HitPaw Edimakor) with text-to-video, avatars, translation, subtitles and face swap for creators.

991K visits/mo4.1K saves
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AVCLabs
✓ verifiedFreemium

Suite of AI tools for upscaling, enhancing, blurring, and editing video and photos, aimed at creators and restorers.

183K visits/mo3.7K saves
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Video Compress
✓ verifiedFreemium

Free-tier browser video compressor supporting 40+ formats with credit-based limits on file size and monthly usage.

1.4M visits/mo1.1K saves
Pricing

No public pricing

Nero Platinum Suite 2026: $44.95 (discounted from $59.95)

No public pricing

No public pricing

Free trial available

Free: $0/mo (30 credits/month, up to 1GB per file)
Basic: $9/mo (750 credits/month, up to 10GB per file)
Pro: $29/mo (5000 credits/month)
Premium: $59/mo (7500 credits/month)
Core features
  • Photo Refiner image super-resolution
  • Face Refiner quality enhancement
  • Enpainter photo-to-painting styles
  • Moving Photo Maker (photo-to-video)
  • Monochrome-to-color and line-drawing tools
  • Nero Burning ROM disc burning
  • Nero Video editing
  • AI image and video upscaling
  • Media management (MediaHome)
  • Backup and duplicate management
  • Web-based AI tools
  • AI text-to-video and script-to-video
  • AI avatars and talking-photo videos
  • Video translation and dubbing (400+ voices)
  • Auto subtitles and speech-to-text
  • Face swap and background remover
  • 1000+ effects, filters, transitions and templates
  • Video upscaling to HD/4K/8K
  • Facial detail restoration
  • Automatic face, object and license plate blurring
  • Watermark and object removal
  • Image colorization and denoising
  • Video stabilization
  • AVCLabs Media MCP server for AI agents
  • Target file-size or advanced bitrate compression settings
  • Support for 40+ video formats
  • Cloud-based processing with no software install
  • Automatic file deletion after processing
  • Companion tools: crop, trim, video-to-MP3, video-to-text
  • Credit-based monthly usage tiers
Use cases
  • Upscaling photos and illustrations
  • Enhancing faces in photos
  • Turning photos into paintings or video
  • Colorizing black-and-white images
  • Burning CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray
  • Editing home videos
  • Upscaling photos and video
  • Backing up and organizing media
  • Editing videos for social media
  • Generating videos from text or scripts
  • Translating and dubbing content
  • Creating marketing and explainer videos
  • Improving low-resolution video quality
  • Blurring faces and plates for privacy
  • Restoring and colorizing old photos and footage
  • Removing watermarks and unwanted objects
  • Shrinking video files to fit email attachment limits
  • Compressing videos to meet Discord's upload size limit
  • Reducing storage costs for large video libraries
  • Preparing 4K footage for faster social media uploads
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