Recraft AI (Recraft Crisp Image Upscaler) · Image upscaling
One free-allowance credit delivers 4× watermark-free output with flexible canvas comparison and export; login is required and tiny text still has merged strokes.
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
All web Basic/Pro/Teams volumes; Teams per seat; API excluded · 2026-10-20
18 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
All 2k/4k/8k/16k Pro/Teams monthly and annual tiers are listed. Top-ups require Basic/Pro/Teams, but the public page does not quote pack prices or quantify free removal counts/per-removal cost. Subscription credits do not roll over; purchased top-ups never expire. Free-plan generated images are public and not licensed for commercial use; this statement is not generalized to rights in uploaded material.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime, effective at period end. Discretionary refunds may be requested within 30 days with no use since payment or under 30 lifetime credits used.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
All credit volumes and usage rules ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Free tier includes 50 daily credits (1 credit/run); Basic ~$12/mo
Freemium + subscription
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048 (4.0x upscale, 300 DPI unwatermarked PNG)
- Attached file dimensions
- 2048 × 2048 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No watermark
- Free allowance
- Free accounts receive 50 Credits daily; Recraft Crisp 4x upscale costs 1 Credit per run (50 free 2048px upscales/day)
- Account requirements
- Free login via Google, Discord, Apple, or email
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (4.0x free 300DPI unwatermarked PNG export; supports secondary upscale to 4096×4096)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Place multiple assets on the infinite canvas
- Manual refinement
- Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow
Tested result & sample
Achieves 27.49 dB full-image PSNR, 0.8913 SSIM, and 16.04 dB calibration plate PSNR; carved wood on "REALTEST 2026" and brass knuckles are crisp and natural (edge_corr=0.6673, hf_ratio=0.5159).
- Fixture
- anchor_upscale_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 3.8 s
- End-to-end reference
- 4.4 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
- Displays "×1 Credit" and output dimensions before upscaling
- Interaction
- Places the 2048×2048 upscaled layer directly beside the 512×512 original on the infinite canvas (02_result.png) so the 4x scale jump is visually obvious; visible AI label toggle is off by default (03_download.png).
- Entity record
- Recraft Inc.
- Origin
- London, UK
- Domain history record
- 2022–2026
- Third-party tracking record
- Sentry · First-party Telemetry (t.recraft.ai)
- External information
- Recraft Crisp is widely used by designers to prepare print-ready 300 DPI assets directly on the canvas.
- Processing
- Cloud GPU super-resolution pipeline (Recraft Crisp)
- Retention statement
- Saved in cloud projects until deleted by user
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 ↗) · All credit volumes and usage rules (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 91.7/100
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 · 93/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 32 / 35 | Free Recraft login provides 50 daily credits; clicking "Crisp Upscale" clearly shows a 1 Credit cost (01_landing.png), generating a 2048×2048 (4x) layer and exporting a 300DPI unwatermarked PNG for free. | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Places the 2048×2048 upscaled layer directly beside the 512×512 original on the infinite canvas (02_result.png) so the 4x scale jump is visually obvious; visible AI label toggle is off by default (03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Proprietary Recraft Crisp super-resolution engine built by Recraft Inc. (London). | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | Cloud GPU completes 512px -> 2048px (4.0x) super-resolution in ~3.8s with PNG/JPG and custom DPI export. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 91.1/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 57.6 / 65 | PSNR vs 2048px GT: 27.49 dB · SSIM: 0.8913 · Edge Gradient Correlation: 0.6673 · High-Freq Sharpness Ratio: 0.5159 · Calibration Plate PSNR: 16.04 dB | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Free scale factor: 4x (2048×2048 (4.0x free 300DPI unwatermarked PNG export; supports secondary upscale to 4096×4096)) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 13.5 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 3.8s (API mode: cloud_gpu_recraft_crisp; end-to-end 4.4s shown for reference only, never penalized) | 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 real-machine benchmark using anchor_upscale_v1 (512px -> 2048px GT).