Images-Upscale.com · Image upscaling
Grants 2 free daily guest credits without login—enough to directly export a true 4x (2048×2048) watermark-free native PNG in 7.49s server time with sharp edge and text restoration (16.23 dB plate PSNR).
US-West (California, AS2914)
2048 × 2048 · PNG · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
Images Upscale daily free credits and one-time non-expiring credit packs (USD) · 2026-10-26
4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Guests and signed-in users receive 2 free credits daily (1 credit per 2x upscale, 2 credits per 4x upscale); paid packs are one-time purchases with no subscription auto-renewal and credits never expire.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
One-time credit packs only with no recurring subscriptions; support available via support@images-upscale.com.
Images Upscale official pricing page and free credit allowance ↗ · 2026-10-26 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-26
2 daily credits free without login; $5.00 One-Time Pack (50 credits, valid 1 year), Pro Monthly $9.90/mo (200 credits/mo) or Annual $59.90/yr
Daily free guest quota + One-Time Credit Packs + Monthly/Annual Subscriptions
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048 (4x watermark-free native PNG, 3.35 MB)
- Attached file dimensions
- 2048 × 2048 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- Completely watermark-free (native 2048×2048 PNG export)
- Free allowance
- Guests receive 2 free daily credits without login (enough for one free 4x upscale or two 2x upscales); registering a free account grants 5 additional first-month credits
- Account requirements
- No login required for 2x and 4x upscaling; also supports Google / Email sign-in
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (4x watermark-free native PNG, 3.35 MB)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports up to 10x upscaling, portrait restoration, and background removal modes; Pro plan supports up to 20-image batch processing
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Uploading the 512×512 degraded anchor without login and selecting 4x produced a native 2048×2048 watermark-free PNG in 7.49s server time (PSNR = 27.42 dB, SSIM = 0.8876, edge_corr = 0.6652, plate_psnr_db = 16.23 dB) with sharp wooden sign text and micro calibration lines (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png).
- Fixture
- anchor_upscale_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 7.49 s
- End-to-end reference
- 9.61 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Upload panel upfront displays remaining free credits (2 free credits remaining today) and credit cost per scale factor
- Interaction
- Zero popup ads or forced sign-in walls; once upscaling finishes, an interactive Before/After comparison slider and direct download button appear immediately on the same page.
- Entity record
- Images-Upscale.com (Independent AI Upscaling Team)
- Origin
- Undisclosed jurisdiction (Cloudflare edge + cloud GPU inference)
- Domain history record
- 2026–Present
- Third-party tracking record
- Google Analytics (G-0DP889885P)
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Asynchronous cloud GPU super-resolution inference (POST /api/tasks/upscale + Real-ESRGAN / Cloudflare R2, 7.49s server time)
- Retention statement
- Guest uploads and outputs are stored temporarily for download and purged automatically after ~1 hour; signed-in user task history is kept for up to 30 days
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_upscale_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Images Upscale official pricing page and free credit allowance (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 92.2/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_upscale_v1
Honesty & reputation · 88/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 32.5 / 35 | The landing page (01_landing.png) and pricing page clearly disclose free quotas (2 daily free guest credits without login, plus 5 bonus credits for new registered accounts) and credit costs (1 credit for 2x, 2 credits for 4x); in our no-login test, selecting 4x on the 512×512 anchor consumed 2 guest credits and exported a 2048×2048 watermark-free native PNG directly (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Zero popup ads or forced sign-in walls; once upscaling finishes, an interactive Before/After comparison slider and direct download button appear immediately on the same page. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 14.5 / 20 | Independent AI image upscaling service launched in 2026 with clear terms, privacy documentation, and support email, though without a disclosed corporate entity name. | Evidence B → |
| Engineering & privacy | 13 / 15 | Submits jobs via POST /api/tasks/upscale backed by Cloudflare R2 and cloud Real-ESRGAN GPU inference (7.49s server time, 2.94s upload time); the privacy policy states guest images are retained only temporarily and purged automatically after ~1 hour. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 94/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 62 / 65 | Pixel fidelity (23.5/25: 512×512 anchor upscaled 4x to 2048×2048 with PSNR = 27.42 dB and SSIM = 0.8876) · Edge & high-frequency recovery (24.5/25: edge_corr = 0.6652, hf_ratio = 0.5259, crisp high-frequency edge reconstruction) · Calibration plate & micro-text (14.0/15: plate_psnr_db = 16.23 dB, sharp wooden sign and calibration plate lettering) (62.0/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | 2 daily free guest credits allow direct 4x selection and export of a native 2048×2048 watermark-free PNG (3,517,417 bytes) without login (20.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 12 / 15 | Verified via task API timestamps: 7.49s server 4x upscaling inference from createdAt (10:25:37.315Z) to completedAt (10:25:44.805Z), with 2.94s upload and 9.61s end-to-end (12.0/15) | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-26
Processed developer submission (receipt b89b8a94-2ef8-4882-9851-22954590a6b4) and completed login-free 4x native PNG export evaluation on the canonical degraded upscale anchor (anchor_upscale_v1).