Processes on your own machine rather than someone’s server, so the originals never leave — the only service here that does
Price checked 12.10.2026
About the company
Topaz Labs has worked out of Dallas since 2006, making it roughly fifteen years older than the rest of this list; it was shipping Photoshop plugins long before "neural network" reached marketing copy. Its products compute on your own machine rather than a server, which is the real differentiator — originals never leave, and that matters to photographers working under contract. The core use has not changed: enlarge a shot, pull detail out of noise, lift old footage to a usable resolution. Since September 2025 the company has moved to subscriptions, with one-off licences surviving only as a year of updates, and there is no free tier.
Sources: topazlabs.com
What it does
- Upscale photo and video without losing detail
- Restore old and noisy shots
- Processing runs locally, nothing uploaded
- No free tier
What it costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Startermost picked | $19per month | subscription to the whole suite |
| Photo AI (год) | $199one-off | one-off licence with a year of updates |
| Video AI (год) | $299one-off | one-off licence with a year of updates |
| Studio (год) | $399one-off | the full suite |
- Upscale and restore
- 4K and above
- Batch processing
- Face and portrait work
- Desktop app