PhotoRoom (Image Enhancer & Upscaler) · Image upscaling
Inside the web app tool catalog, guests can run 4x upscaling and download a watermark-free image without signing in; single-sample response is fast with sharp text edges, though the marketing page lacks an upload box and exports JPEG.
US-West (California, AS2914)
JPEG · Output attached · 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
USD web subscriptions: Pro, Max and all four Ultra volumes, monthly and annual; excludes API/MCP · 2026-10-21
Personal, non-commercial use only; no API access
Public card shows $7.50/month equivalent; in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 89.99/year (one free trial per person)
Public card shows $20.99/month equivalent; in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 249.99/year ($20.83/month equivalent, one free trial per person)
Public card shows $82.50/month equivalent; in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 990.00/year
Public card shows $165/month equivalent; in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 1,980.00/year
Public card shows $413/month equivalent ($412.50/month in modal); in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 4,950.00/year
Public card shows $825/month equivalent; in-app upgrade modal after sign-in confirms USD 9,900.00/year
13 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Free use is personal and non-commercial, with no exact allowance stated. Core removal uses no AI credits but export caps and fair-use limits apply. The public pricing page only shows monthly equivalents for annual plans; after sign-in, the in-app upgrade modal confirms all six annual invoice totals: Pro USD 89.99/year (not $7.5×12=$90), Max USD 249.99/year ($20.83/month equivalent, not $20.99×12), and Ultra tiers at USD 990 / 1,980 / 4,950 / 9,900/year. The pricing page states VAT/GST is included.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel in app. Pro/Max annual plans have a seven-day trial. Pro/Max/Ultra refunds may be requested within seven days of the last payment, but are not guaranteed and may be refused for misuse or terms violations. API is excluded.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗ · Capture 9 ↗ · Capture 10 ↗ · Capture 11 ↗
Purchase entry requires sign-in ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Official plans and free-use scope ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Official refund eligibility ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
In-app upgrade modal annual billing totals (verified after sign-in) ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-19
Free tier available; Pro $12.99/mo or $89.99/yr, Max $34.99/mo or $249.99/yr (verified 2026-10-21)
Freemium (Web App Workspace)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048
- Watermark
- Not recorded or not verified
- Free allowance
- Guest Image Enhancer flow upscales the 512px anchor to a 2048×2048 native JPEG (4x) without sign-in or payment.
- Account requirements
- No login required in app.photoroom.com/ai-tools Image Enhancer; Google / Apple / Facebook / email supported
- Maximum specification record
- Not recorded or not verified
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Not recorded or not verified
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Guest Image Enhancer flow upscales the 512px anchor to a 2048×2048 native JPEG (4x) with sharp text on the wooden sign and calibration plate.
- Fixture
- anchor_upscale_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 2.72 s
- End-to-end reference
- 3.86 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
- Not recorded or not verified
- Interaction
- Requires navigating from the SEO landing page into the web app tool catalog to upload, but the Image Enhancer workflow itself completes without popups or forced registration.
- Entity record
- AI Visual Unicorn (Paris, France)
- Origin
- Not recorded or not verified
- Domain history record
- Not recorded or not verified
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud synchronous API (ai-gateway.photoroom.com/v3/upscale, single-sample server wait 2.72s)
- Retention statement
- Not fully reverified in this run; prior inference not carried forward
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.
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Purchase entry requires sign-in (snapshot ↗) · Official plans and free-use scope (snapshot ↗) · Official refund eligibility (snapshot ↗) · In-app upgrade modal annual billing totals (verified after sign-in) (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 86.7/100
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 · 79/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 26 / 35 | The /tools/photo-enhancer marketing page has no inline file input and public pricing cards show monthly equivalents for annual plans; however, inside app.photoroom.com/ai-tools Image Enhancer, guests can upscale the 512px anchor 4x and download a 2048×2048 JPEG for free (in-app modal verified 2026-10-21: Pro $89.99/yr, Max $249.99/yr). | Evidence B → |
| Interaction restraint | 22 / 30 | Requires navigating from the SEO landing page into the web app tool catalog to upload, but the Image Enhancer workflow itself completes without popups or forced registration. | Evidence B → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Operated by PhotoRoom SAS (Paris, France), a widely recognized AI visual editing platform across mobile and web. | Evidence B → |
| Engineering & privacy | 12 / 15 | Processes 4x upscaling via synchronous HTTPS endpoint ai-gateway.photoroom.com/v3/upscale returning a binary JPEG. | Evidence B → |
Capability · 90/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 58 / 65 | 4x upscale to 2048×2048 native JPEG: full-image PSNR=27.60 dB, SSIM=0.8605, edge gradient correlation edge_corr=0.6917, high-frequency ratio hf_ratio=0.7804, calibration plate PSNR=16.86 dB with crisp text and line-pair edges. | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 18 / 20 | Guest flow directly exports a 2048×2048 (4x) watermark-free image; delivered as lossy JPEG rather than lossless PNG (-2). | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14 / 15 | 2026-10-21 single-sample network timing: synchronous POST /v3/upscale pure server wait 2.72s (download 0.87s, end-to-end 3.86s). | 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
- 2026-10-16
Initial cross-category test on PhotoRoom Image Enhancer. - 2026-10-19
Unified 30/70 weighting and decimal rounding; added evidence hashes and publication gating. - 2026-10-19
Added native 4x export evidence and ground-truth metrics. - 2026-10-21
Captured single-sample server processing time (server_s=2.72s) via Ego browser and compiled seven-aspect draft scores for human review.