Upscaling & restoration
AI upscalers and photo restoration: the models (many of them open and small enough for any GPU), the apps and creative suites that offer them, and node-based pipelines that chain them.
No public leaderboard covers this task yet, so its options are mapped but not ranked: every tile shows a dash instead of a tier. How we rank.
- Tier: how close to the best result on the task's main public benchmark
- Outlined: a tool inherits the tier of the best model it offers
- No public result yet
- Cloud · Local: runs on your own hardware
Models
The engines themselves. Use them through an API or inside the apps on the right.
Cloud
Apps
Ready-made apps with a UI: sign in or install, then start.
Cloud
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Adobe FireflyNo public result yet– Adobe LightroomNo public result yet– Adobe PhotoshopNo public result yet–
Claid.aiNo public result yet–
ClipdropNo public result yet–
DreaminaNo public result yet–
FotorNo public result yet–
Google PhotosNo public result yet–
IdeogramNo public result yet–
KreaNo public result yet–
Leonardo.AiNo public result yet–
Let's EnhanceNo public result yet–
Magnific (formerly Freepik)No public result yet–
PhotoroomNo public result yet–
PicsartNo public result yet–
PixelcutNo public result yet–
PixlrNo public result yet–
ReminiNo public result yet
Adobe FireflyNo public result yet– Adobe LightroomNo public result yet– Adobe PhotoshopNo public result yet– Claid.aiNo public result yet– ClipdropNo public result yet– DreaminaNo public result yet– FotorNo public result yet– Google PhotosNo public result yet– IdeogramNo public result yet– KreaNo public result yet– Leonardo.AiNo public result yet– Let's EnhanceNo public result yet– Magnific (formerly Freepik)No public result yet– PhotoroomNo public result yet– PicsartNo public result yet– PixelcutNo public result yet– PixlrNo public result yet– ReminiNo public result yetLocal
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UpscaylNo public result yet–
InvokeAINo public result yet–
Waifu2x-Extension-GUINo public result yet–
Krita AI DiffusionNo public result yet–
Final2xNo public result yet–
SD.NextNo public result yet–
SwarmUINo public result yet–
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge NeoNo public result yet–
AmuseNo public result yet–
Luminar NeoNo public result yet–
Topaz GigapixelNo public result yet– Topaz PhotoNo public result yet–
VanceAINo public result yet
UpscaylNo public result yet– InvokeAINo public result yet– Waifu2x-Extension-GUINo public result yet– Krita AI DiffusionNo public result yet– Final2xNo public result yet– SD.NextNo public result yet– SwarmUINo public result yet– Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge NeoNo public result yet– AmuseNo public result yet– Luminar NeoNo public result yet– Topaz GigapixelNo public result yet– Topaz PhotoNo public result yet– VanceAINo public result yetWorkflow platforms
Node and canvas tools that chain several models into one pipeline.
Cloud
Everything, in order
| Tier | Name | Approach | Runs | Rated by | Price | Skill |
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| – |  ComfyUIComfy Org | Workflow platforms | Local | No public result yet | Free | advanced |
| – | Upscayl Upscayl | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | beginner |
| – | InvokeAI Invoke (open-source community) | Apps + Workflow platforms | Local | No public result yet | Free | intermediate |
| – | Waifu2x-Extension-GUI Aaron Feng | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free tier | beginner |
| – | Krita AI Diffusion Acly (Interstice) | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | intermediate |
| – | Final2x EutropicAI | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | beginner |
| – | SD.Next vladmandic (community project) | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | intermediate |
| – |  chaiNNerchaiNNer-org | Workflow platforms | Local | No public result yet | Free | advanced |
| – | SwarmUI mcmonkeyprojects | Apps + Workflow platforms | Local | No public result yet | Free | intermediate |
| – | Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge Neo Haoming02 (community) | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | intermediate |
| – | Amuse TensorStack | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free | beginner |
| – | Adobe Firefly Adobe | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | $9.99/mo | beginner |
| – | Adobe Lightroom Adobe | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $12/mo | beginner |
| – | Adobe Photoshop Adobe | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | $20/mo | intermediate |
| – |  Bloom 2Topaz Labs | Models | Cloud | No public result yet | $0.04/image | — |
| – | Claid.ai Claid.ai | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier | intermediate |
| – | Clipdrop InitML (Jasper) | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier | beginner |
| – |  CodeFormer v0.1.0S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University | Models | Local | No public result yet | Open weights | — |
| – | Comfy Cloud Comfy Org | Workflow platforms | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $20/mo | advanced |
| – |  Crisp UpscaleRecraft | Models | Cloud | No public result yet | $0.0040/image | — |
| – |  Crystal UpscalerClarity AI | Models | Cloud | No public result yet | $0.02/image | — |
| – | Dreamina ByteDance (CapCut) | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier | beginner |
| – |  Figma WeaveFigma | Workflow platforms | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $24/mo | intermediate |
| – | Fotor Fotor | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier | beginner |
| – |  FuserFuser | Workflow platforms | Cloud | No public result yet | — | intermediate |
| – | Google Photos Google | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | — | beginner |
| – | Ideogram Ideogram | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $20/mo | beginner |
| – | Krea Krea | Apps + Workflow platforms | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $5.25/mo | beginner |
| – | Leonardo.Ai Leonardo.Ai (Canva) | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $12/mo | beginner |
| – | Let's Enhance LetsEnhance, Inc. | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $12/mo | beginner |
| – |  LucidFluxHKUST (Guangzhou) W2GenAI Lab | Models | Local | No public result yet | ~28 GB VRAM | — |
| – | Luminar Neo Skylum | Apps | Local | No public result yet | — | beginner |
| – | Magnific (formerly Freepik) Freepik Company | Apps + Workflow platforms | Cloud | No public result yet | $20/mo | beginner |
| – | Photoroom Photoroom | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $13/mo | beginner |
| – | Picsart Picsart | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier | beginner |
| – | Pixelcut Pixelcut | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | Free tier · $8/mo | beginner |
| – | Pixlr Pixlr (Inmagine) | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | $2.49/mo | beginner |
| – |  Real-ESRGAN v0.3.0Xintao Wang (Tencent ARC) | Models | Local | No public result yet | Open weights | — |
| – | Redefine Topaz Labs | Models | Cloud | No public result yet | — | — |
| – | Remini Bending Spoons (AI Creativity S.r.l.) | Apps | Cloud | No public result yet | — | beginner |
| – |  SeedVR2 (3B / 7B)ByteDance Seed | Models | Local | No public result yet | ~8 GB VRAM | — |
| – |  SUPIR-v0Q / v0FXPixel Group (Fanghua Yu et al.) | Models | Local | No public result yet | ~12 GB VRAM | — |
| – | Topaz Gigapixel Topaz Labs | Apps | Local | No public result yet | $29/mo | beginner |
| – | Topaz Photo Topaz Labs | Apps | Local | No public result yet | $39/mo | beginner |
| – | VanceAI VanceAI | Apps | Local | No public result yet | Free tier · $15/mo | beginner |
| – | Wonder 3.5 Topaz Labs | Models | Cloud | No public result yet | $0.01/image | — |