Pixelcut (Fast Upscale AI) · Image upscaling
Login-free, ad-free 2× watermark-free downloads are fast; free daily downloads are limited and 4× requires Pro.
US-West (California, AS2914)
No native export attached; page screenshot evidence only
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
Web Free, Pro and all eight Business volumes with monthly/annual selection; API separate · 2026-10-20
19 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Annual charges for Pro and all eight Business volumes were verified separately in Stripe checkout. Unlimited paid removal coexists with batch-export limits. The free tier still says Limited without an exact removal count; it is not treated as unlimited.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime; refund eligibility unverified.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗
Annual USD checkout summaries for each volume ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗ · Capture 9 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Pro $10/mo ($8/mo billed yearly, includes 600 monthly AI credits + unlimited 4x upscales)
3 free daily guest downloads + Pro/Business subscriptions
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1024×1024 (PNG · 2.0x Fast Upscale)
- Watermark
- No watermark
- Free allowance
- 3 free unwatermarked 2x (1024×1024) downloads per day with no login ('3 downloads left today' shown in menu); 4x requires Pro
- Account requirements
- No login required for 2x upscaling and unwatermarked download; optional Google/Apple/Email login
- Maximum specification record
- 1024×1024 (PNG · 2.0x Fast Upscale)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Pro plan supports 1,000 batch exports/month and developer API
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
PSNR=27.08dB · SSIM=0.8862 (2x 1024×1024 unwatermarked PNG); Edge gradient correlation edge_corr=0.6080 (+4.24% over Bicubic); high-frequency recovery hf_ratio=0.4716 (+10.65%); Calibration plate PSNR=15.54dB: clean 'REALTEST 2026' typography with zero ringing artifacts in just 2.64s.
- Fixture
- anchor_upscale_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 2.64 s
- End-to-end reference
- 5.19 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.
No native export is attached. Screenshots show the visible page, but do not independently establish export properties or file validity.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Download menu transparently displays remaining daily quota ('3 downloads left today'), and clicking 4x opens a clear Pro pricing modal (04_4x_check.png)
- Interaction
- Spotless modern AI Image Editor workspace with zero third-party ads, zero forced login walls for 2x, and a built-in Compare toggle.
- Entity record
- Pixelcut Inc. (San Francisco, USA)
- Origin
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Domain history record
- 2020–Present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- gRPC-Web cloud SR endpoint (api2.pixelcut.app/image_service.v1.ImageService/Upscale, 2.64s pure server time)
- Retention statement
- Temporary uploads are served via signed 24h-expiring GCS URLs (assets.pixelcut.app/temp_uploads/)
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.
Page screenshot evidence only
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Annual USD checkout summaries for each volume (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 89.2/100
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 · 92/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 31 / 35 | Delivers no-login 512×512 -> 1024×1024 (2x) upscaling and unwatermarked PNG download; the Download menu (03_download.png) clearly states '3 downloads left today', while selecting 4x opens the 'Get Unlimited 4x Upscales' Pro modal ($8/mo yearly). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Spotless modern AI Image Editor workspace with zero third-party ads, zero forced login walls for 2x, and a built-in Compare toggle. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 | Operated by YC-backed Pixelcut Inc. (San Francisco, USA), trusted by 200,000+ brands. | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 15 / 15 | Fast gRPC architecture: 2.55s upload and 2.64s pure server Upscale inference, exporting a 1.87MB lossless PNG. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 88/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 56 / 65 | PSNR vs 2048px GT: 27.08 dB · SSIM: 0.8862 · Edge Gradient Correlation: 0.608 · High-Freq Sharpness Ratio: 0.4716 · Calibration Plate PSNR: 15.54 dB | Evidence B → |
| Deliverable specifications | 17 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Free scale factor: 2x (1024×1024 (PNG · 2.0x Fast Upscale)) | Evidence B → |
| Processing speed | 15 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 2.64s (API mode: sync_post; end-to-end 5.19s shown for reference only, never penalized) | Evidence B → |
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 real-browser evaluation using Mode A synthetic degradation ground-truth anchor (anchor_upscale_v1: 512px -> 2048px GT).