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AI concepts

Upscaling

Enlarging an image or video with AI that adds believable detail instead of just stretching the pixels.

15 of 19 tools we checked offer AI upscaling See them ↓

01In plain English

Ordinary resizing makes a small image bigger and blurrier. AI upscaling predicts the missing detail, so a low-resolution picture can be printed or shown on a large screen with sharp edges.

02Why it matters when you are choosing

It rescues old photos, low-resolution AI images and small product shots. Quality varies a lot, and some upscalers invent details that were never there.

03What to check

Ask the vendor

Check the maximum output size, how faces and text come out, and how many credits each upscale uses.

04The tools

15of 19 checked

15 of the 19 tools we checked offer AI upscaling. Each one is checked against the vendor's own pages. A tool missing from this list may not have been checked yet, which is not the same as a no.

Recraft

Designers who need real SVG vectors out of a generator, and can pay for the commercial rights the free plan withholds

Rank #5 of 7 AI image generators

What it makes5.3

Free planFree trialAPI

From $12Free plan

84% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Leonardo.Ai

Creators who want one workspace over many companies' models, with a daily free allowance, an API and training on your own images

Rank #2 of 7 AI image generators

What it makes9.2

Openness and support5

Free planFree trialAPI

From $12Free plan

86% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Stability AI

Developers who want Stable Diffusion by the image, or a licence to self-host it, and can work without a free tier

Rank #6 of 7 AI image generators

What it makes7.8

Openness and support5

Free planFree trialAPI

From $0.03No free plan

78% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Adobe Firefly

Creative Cloud users who want generation inside the apps they already use, from a vendor that does not train on their content

Rank #1 of 7 AI image generators

Rights and privacy9.2

Openness and support3

Does not train on what you make

From $9.99Free plan

78% from published facts · checked 26 Sep

Ideogram

Designers who need readable text and typography inside an image, with ownership and commercial use on every plan including the free one

Rank #3 of 7 AI image generators

Control and automation9

Openness and support6.5

Does not train on what you make

From $20Free plan

96% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

exactly.ai

Brand teams that want a private style model trained on their own artwork, paid for per licensed download

Rank #2 of 6 brand and product image tools

Rights and privacy9

Getting volume out5.8

Free planFree trialAPI

Price not publishedFree plan

73% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

neural.love

Creators who want image, video and audio tools in one place, with commercial use on every plan and CC0 output

Free planFree trialAPI

From $11 (€10)Free plan

Midjourney

Subscribers who want an own-model generator with style and character references, and need no API, no free tier and no say in training

Rank #7 of 7 AI image generators

Openness and support4.5

Does not train on what you make

From $10No free plan

98% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Artsmart

Marketers who want styled headshots and avatars trained on their own photographs, and do not need a free tier

Rank #5 of 6 brand and product image tools

Getting volume out6.5

Free planFree trialAPI

From $19No free plan

85% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

PromeAI

Designers and architects working from sketches, layouts and product photos, who need the plan above the cheapest to sell the results

Rank #4 of 6 brand and product image tools

The imagery it is built for8

Rights and privacy4

Free planFree trialAPI

From $19Free plan

80% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Stockimg AI

Small teams that want product shots, logos and social posts generated, stored in a brand kit and scheduled in one place

Rank #1 of 6 brand and product image tools

The imagery it is built for10

Rights and privacy5

Free planFree trialAPI

From $12Free plan

85% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

NightCafe Creator

Hobbyists who want many models, daily challenges and a public gallery, with ownership and commercial use from the free tier

Rank #1 of 4 AI art platforms

What you can make with it10

The community around it6.8

A public gallery of other people's workChallenges or contests

From $12.49Free plan

86% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

Playform

Artists who want sketch, style and face tools from a vendor that does not train its general models on their content

Rank #2 of 4 AI art platforms

Rights and privacy9.5

The community around it0

Does not train on what you makeA public gallery of other people's workChallenges or contestsRemix or build on someone else's image

From $10Free plan

100% from published facts · checked 22 Sep

starryai

Phone-first creators who want daily free images with no watermark and the copyright to what they make

Free planFree trialAPI

Price not publishedFree plan

Stablecog

People who want cheap generations over open models with an API, and accept personal use only until they pay

Free planFree trialAPI

From $11 (€10)Free plan

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