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Cre8tiveAI logo
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
VideoUpscale.net logo
VideoUpscale.net
✓ verifiedFreemium

Credit-based AI video upscaler that sharpens footage to 4K while preserving natural motion, aimed at creators cleaning up low-res clips.

504 saves
VidHex logo
VidHex
✓ verifiedFreemium

Desktop and cloud AI suite for enhancing, upscaling, and restoring video, for casual users and creators fixing low-quality footage.

62K visits/mo
UniFab logo
UniFab
✓ verifiedFreemium

Desktop AI video/audio enhancer offering upscaling, denoising, colorizing, and face enhancement with optional cloud credits.

196K visits/mo14K 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

Basic: $40/mo or $21.9/mo billed annually (500 credits/month)
Pro: $60/mo or $36.9/mo billed annually (1000 credits/month)
Ultimate: $250/mo or $148.9/mo billed annually (4300 credits/month)

Free trial available

Individual 1 Month: $31.92 discounted from $39.90 (100 cloud AI credits)
Individual 1 Year: $79.92 discounted from $99.90 (1,350 cloud AI credits)
Individual Perpetual: $239.92 discounted from $299.90 (5,000 cloud AI credits)
Team 5 Computers: $319.92 discounted from $399.90/year (5,000 credits)
Team 10 Computers: $479.92 discounted from $599.90/year (10,000 credits)
Team 20 Computers: $799.92 discounted from $999.90/year (20,000 credits)

No public pricing

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
  • Upscales video resolution up to 4K
  • Reduces blur, noise, and compression artifacts
  • Preserves natural motion instead of over-processing frames
  • Offers dedicated modes for anime, restoration, and gaming footage
  • Supports 60fps smooth-motion output
  • Credit-based usage tied to output resolution and duration
  • Upscales video resolution up to 4K/8K
  • Restores damaged or degraded footage, fixing scratches and compression loss
  • Colorizes black-and-white video automatically
  • Increases frame rate through AI frame interpolation
  • Reduces video noise and brightens dark footage
  • Enhances facial detail and stabilizes shaky video
  • Offers online, no-download tools alongside the desktop app
  • AI video upscaling up to 16K
  • AI denoising and face enhancement
  • Black-and-white video colorization
  • Audio upmixing to surround sound (EAC3/DTS)
  • Support for 1,000+ video format conversions
  • Optional cloud processing via FabCloud credits for GPU-less machines
  • 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
  • Restoring old or low-quality vintage footage
  • Cleaning up compressed social media clips before reposting
  • Sharpening gaming or product demo recordings for sharing
  • Casual users polishing personal travel or family videos
  • Content creators improving vlogs, reels, or tutorials
  • E-commerce sellers upgrading promotional video quality
  • Restoring old family or archival footage
  • Video editors restoring old or low-quality footage
  • Creators upscaling videos for higher-resolution delivery
  • Users converting videos between formats without a GPU
  • Hobbyists colorizing black-and-white home movies
  • 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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