SnapEdit · Photo restoration
Grants 5 free guest coins to heal all 5 creases and sharpen faces in 4.11s (23.16 dB PSNR), exporting a 1024px JPEG with a small corner watermark.
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 personal free, monthly/annual and per-seat Business; excludes API · 2026-10-21
No watermark; up to 5600px; batch processing；Requires sign-in before checkout; includes a 3-day free trial, then bills USD 72/year ($6/month equivalent) via Paddle
Rules [1]No watermark, up to 5600px, batch processing
No watermark; up to 5600px; batch processing；Requires sign-in before checkout; includes a 3-day free trial, then bills USD 144/year ($12/month equivalent) via Paddle
Rules [1]No watermark, up to 5600px, batch processing
7 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Personal annual checkout opens a Paddle modal after login: Standard annual includes a 3-day free trial followed by USD 72/year ($6/month equivalent), and PRO annual includes a 3-day free trial followed by USD 144/year ($12/month equivalent). Business explicitly lists $120/seat/year. The free card claims no ads but conflicts with its comparison table; ad-free use is not promised.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime; refund eligibility unverified.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗
Login gate on personal annual purchase entry ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Personal annual Paddle checkout summary (verified after sign-in) ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-26
Personal annual checkout opens a Paddle modal after login: Standard annual includes a 3-day free trial followed by USD 72/year ($6/month equivalent), and PRO annual includes a 3-day free trial followed by USD 144/year ($12/month equivalent). Business explicitly lists $120/seat/year. The free card claims no ads but conflicts with its comparison table; ad-free use is not promised.
Freemium (5 Free Guest Coins + PRO Watermark-Free Plan)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1024×1024 (1.0× native JPEG · subtle bottom-right SnapEdit watermark; PRO removes watermark)
- Watermark
- Subtle semi-transparent "SnapEdit" corner watermark on free exports (PRO removes watermark)
- Free allowance
- 5 free guest coins granted automatically; each restoration costs 2 coins (2 free restorations without login)
- Account requirements
- Login-free with 5 free guest coins (optional Google / Apple / email sign-in)
- Maximum specification record
- 1024×1024 (1.0× native JPEG · subtle bottom-right SnapEdit watermark; PRO removes watermark)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Single-image web workspace plus mobile apps and commercial API
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
SnapEdit erases all 5 white creases across the forehead, cheek, hair, and collar plus dust specks in 4.11s (scratch_psnr = 18.03 dB) with crisp facial features (face_psnr = 23.84 dB, global PSNR = 23.16 dB, SSIM = 0.8509), adding only a small corner watermark (result.png, download.png).
- Fixture
- anchor_restore_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 4.11 s
- End-to-end reference
- 5.26 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 remaining coin balance (5 -> 3) in the top bar and labels free vs. PRO download sizes clearly
- Interaction
- Completes scratch removal and face restoration automatically in 4.11s with an interactive before/after slider, triggering browser download on the free tier without mandatory signup popups.
- Entity record
- SilverAI (SnapEdit Team)
- Origin
- Vietnam / Singapore (SilverAI)
- Domain history record
- snapedit.app (2022–Present, tens of millions of web & mobile users)
- Third-party tracking record
- No third-party services listed in this record; this is not proof that none exist.
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- SilverAI synchronous restoration pipeline (`be-prod-web.snapedit.app/api/restore/v1`)
- Retention statement
- Ephemeral web editing session without public gallery sharing
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 ↗) · Login gate on personal annual purchase entry (snapshot ↗) · Personal annual Paddle checkout summary (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 84.6/100
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 · 80.5/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 25 / 35 | Grants 5 free guest coins upon visiting `/restore` (routing to `/ai-editor/upscale?aiType=restore`), deducting 2 coins per restoration; the Download menu clearly separates the free "Small 1280 × 1280" tier (delivering a 1024×1024 native JPEG with a subtle corner watermark) from PRO tiers (landing.png, result.png, download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 25 / 30 | Completes scratch removal and face restoration automatically in 4.11s with an interactive before/after slider, triggering browser download on the free tier without mandatory signup popups. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 17 / 20 | Built by SilverAI Technology Pte. Ltd. (Singapore / Hanoi), serving millions of web and mobile users globally. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 13.5 / 15 | Processes restorations synchronously via `be-prod-web.snapedit.app/api/restore/v1` in 4.11s without exposing user portraits publicly. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 86.4/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 58.4 / 65 | Deterministic inspection on our 1024×1024 degraded portrait anchor (anchor_restore_v1): exports 1024×1024 (1×), scratch-mask PSNR = 18.03 dB (vs. 6.02 dB degraded baseline), portrait face ROI PSNR = 23.84 dB, global PSNR = 23.16 dB, SSIM = 0.8509, edge gradient correlation = 0.6277, high-frequency ratio = 0.5822 (58.4/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 14 / 20 | Exports a full 1024×1024 JPEG (132,761 bytes) without login, preserving 100% native resolution with a small semi-transparent SnapEdit watermark in the bottom-right corner (14.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14 / 15 | Cloud `api/restore/v1` endpoint completes scratch healing and portrait enhancement in 4.11s (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).