Picsart · Photo restoration
Deblurs and 2× upscales portraits to 2048px in 4.84s via DiffBIR (22.01 dB PSNR) with login-free watermark-free export, without crease removal.
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
Web Pro and all public Ultra credit volumes; per Ultra seat · 2026-10-20
13 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Six annual charges verified in single-seat checkout. The current public pricing page lists Pro/Ultra without a free removal count. It says add-on credits never expire but does not quote their purchase prices, which remain unconfirmed. Annual prices are per seat; tax depends on billing address.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime in account subscription settings
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 ↗ · Capture 12 ↗ · Capture 13 ↗
Annual payment summaries for each volume ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗
Official plans and add-on credit rules ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-26
Six annual charges verified in single-seat checkout. The current public pricing page lists Pro/Ultra without a free removal count. It says add-on credits never expire but does not quote their purchase prices, which remain unconfirmed. Annual prices are per seat; tax depends on billing address.
Freemium (Guest 2048px Watermark-Free Export + Pro for 4096px)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048 (2.0× free watermark-free standard JPEG · 497.5 KB; 4096×4096 requires Pro)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- Guests can preview and export 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEGs via "Continue with standard quality"; 4096×4096 upscaling requires Pro
- Account requirements
- Login-free direct upload and 2048×2048 watermark-free export (optional Google / Apple / email sign-in)
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (2.0× free watermark-free standard JPEG · 497.5 KB; 4096×4096 requires Pro)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports interactive web editing, Batch Editor, and Picsart for Developers commercial APIs
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Picsart's DiffBIR model upscales the 1024×1024 degraded portrait 2× to 2048×2048 in 4.84s with visibly sharper facial features and hair (global PSNR = 22.01 dB, face_psnr = 22.27 dB, edge_corr = 0.4468), but leaves the 5 synthetic creases unhealed (scratch_psnr = 5.11 dB) (result.png, download.png).
- Fixture
- anchor_restore_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 4.84 s
- End-to-end reference
- 6.34 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
- Presents the "Continue with standard quality" free download option alongside the Pro HD upsell modal
- Interaction
- Runs DiffBIR blind restoration automatically upon upload with a before/after slider and preserves a login-free 2048×2048 watermark-free export path.
- Entity record
- Picsart Inc. (Miami / San Francisco, USA)
- Origin
- Miami & San Francisco, USA (Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund & Sequoia Capital)
- Domain history record
- Founded 2011 (15-year track record)
- Third-party tracking record
- Google Analytics · Google reCAPTCHA · OneTrust
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Picsart cloud DiffBIR blind image restoration workflow (`workflows/ai-enhance/diffbir`)
- Retention statement
- Guest uploads remain scoped to the active browser session
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_restore_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Annual payment summaries for each volume (snapshot ↗) · Official plans and add-on credit rules (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 69.4/100
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_restore_v1
Honesty & reputation · 84/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 27 / 35 | Selecting "Restore old photos" on `/ai-image-enhancer/` processes our degraded portrait in 4.84s without login; clicking "Export -> Download" offers a "Continue with standard quality" link that downloads a 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG for free (while 4096×4096 Ultra HD requires Pro) (landing.png, result.png, download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 25 / 30 | Runs DiffBIR blind restoration automatically upon upload with a before/after slider and preserves a login-free 2048×2048 watermark-free export path. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18.5 / 20 | Operated by Picsart Inc. (San Francisco / Yerevan), a leading global creative platform with over 100M monthly users. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 13.5 / 15 | Executes restoration via the `workflows/ai-enhance/diffbir` cloud pipeline in 4.84s. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 63.2/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 31.2 / 65 | Deterministic inspection on our 1024×1024 degraded portrait anchor (anchor_restore_v1): exports 2048×2048 (2×), scratch-mask PSNR = 5.11 dB (vs. 6.02 dB degraded baseline), portrait face ROI PSNR = 22.27 dB, global PSNR = 22.01 dB, SSIM = 0.8181, edge gradient correlation = 0.4468, high-frequency ratio = 0.4817 (31.2/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 18 / 20 | Exports a 2048×2048 (2.0× upscaled) watermark-free JPEG (497,462 bytes) without login via "Continue with standard quality" (18.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14 / 15 | Cloud DiffBIR blind restoration workflow (`workflows/ai-enhance/diffbir`) completes in 4.84s (14.0/15) | 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
Initial live benchmark on Mode A synthetic degraded portrait & scratch anchor (anchor_restore_v1).