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| Background removal | Not tested in topic | 64/100 480 × 480 · PNG | Compare in task topic → |
| Image upscaling | 92/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 86/100 JPEG · Output attached | Active task |
| Object removal | Not tested in topic | 66/100 JPEG · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
| Image generation | Not tested in topic | 83/100 JPEG · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Images-Upscale.com Image upscaling 92/100 Seven-aspect task score Grants 2 free daily guest credits without login—enough to directly export a true 4x (2048×2048) watermark-free native PNG in 7.49s server time with sharp edge and text restoration (16.23 dB plate PSNR). Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-26 | LightX AI Image Upscaler Image upscaling 86/100 Seven-aspect task score A signed-in free account uses 2 daily credits to upscale 4X in ~6.4s and export a 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG with strong pixel and edge fidelity, though sign-in is required and output is lossy JPEG. Tested export JPEG · Output attached Historical test · 2026-10-23 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | Images Upscale daily free credits and one-time non-expiring credit packs (USD) · 2026-10-26 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Daily Free Allowance2026-10-26 ↗ Free Free Free 2 free credits daily (no login required): covers two 2× upscales or one 4× upscale per day, up to 25 MB per image, watermark-free export. Starter Pack2026-10-26 ↗ USD 9.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 110 credits (100 + 10 bonus, ~9.1¢/credit), good for 110 2× or 55 4× upscales; credits never expire. Pro Pack2026-10-26 ↗ USD 19.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 360 credits (300 + 60 bonus, ~5.6¢/credit), good for 360 2× or 180 4× upscales; credits never expire. Studio Pack2026-10-26 ↗ USD 49.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 1,300 credits (1,000 + 300 bonus, ~3.8¢/credit), good for 1,300 2× or 650 4× upscales; credits never expire. 4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Guests and signed-in users receive 2 free credits daily (1 credit per 2x upscale, 2 credits per 4x upscale); paid packs are one-time purchases with no subscription auto-renewal and credits never expire. Cancellation, sources & verification recordOne-time credit packs only with no recurring subscriptions; support available via support@images-upscale.com. Images Upscale official pricing page and free credit allowance ↗ · 2026-10-26 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ | USD web monthly/annual subscriptions and 800-credit pack; excludes API · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Starter2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Card states 6 AI credits/day; comparison table instead says up to 5 credits Background removal outputs low-resolution JPG; export table lists 512px Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 9.99/month USD 59.99/year Annual 1,000 AI credits/month; unlimited background removal/replacement PNG and high resolution; export table lists 4096px Monthly 1,000 AI credits/month; unlimited background removal/replacement PNG and high resolution; export table lists 4096px 800 AI credit pack2026-10-20 ↗ USD 9.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 800 general AI credits Advertised lifetime validity 4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Monthly $9.99 verified; promotional annual total $59.99 and non-expiring 800-credit pack $9.99. The free card still says 6 daily credits while the table says up to 5. Free removal is low-resolution JPG; Pro provides unlimited high-resolution PNG removal. Earlier INR and current USD observations do not imply identical regional pricing. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies. Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ Monthly pricing and feature comparison ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Guests receive 2 free daily credits without login (enough for one free 4x upscale or two 2x upscales); registering a free account grants 5 additional first-month credits | Free accounts receive 6 daily credits; upscaling the 512×512 canonical anchor at 4X consumes 2 credits and exports a 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG via Apply -> Download even if a dismissible cloud-storage-full prompt appears |
| Cancellation & refunds | One-time credit packs only with no recurring subscriptions; support available via support@images-upscale.com. | Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Upload panel upfront displays remaining free credits (2 free credits remaining today) and credit cost per scale factor | Requires sign-in upon clicking upload on the landing page; workspace clearly displays remaining credits and 2X/4X credit cost (2 credits) |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Tested scale: 4× | Tested scale: 4× |
| Fixture findings | 4x upscaling of the 512×512 anchor to a native 2048×2048 PNG achieved 27.42 dB PSNR, 0.8876 SSIM, 0.6652 edge_corr, and 16.23 dB calibration plate PSNR with crisp lettering and line pairs. | Upscaled 4X from 512px to 2048×2048 with 28.05 dB PSNR and 0.8979 SSIM, preserving sharp brass robot edges, wooden sign lettering, and micro calibration plate lines. |
| Original historical observation | Uploading the 512×512 degraded anchor without login and selecting 4x produced a native 2048×2048 watermark-free PNG in 7.49s server time (PSNR = 27.42 dB, SSIM = 0.8876, edge_corr = 0.6652, plate_psnr_db = 16.23 dB) with sharp wooden sign text and micro calibration lines (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | Upscaling the 512×512 canonical anchor at 4X (consuming 2 free credits) produces a native 2048×2048 JPEG (PSNR = 28.05 dB, SSIM = 0.8979, edge_corr = 0.7118, plate_psnr_db = 16.85 dB, server wait 6.42s) with sharp brass robot details, wooden sign lettering, and calibration plate lines. |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Everyday users seeking login-free, true 4x (2048×2048) watermark-free native PNG exports with strong edge sharpness and text restoration | Users willing to sign in to a free account and use daily free credits to export true 4X (2048×2048) high-fidelity watermark-free upscaled images |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test | JPEG · Output attached · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (4x watermark-free native PNG, 3.35 MB) | 2048×2048 (4X watermark-free native JPEG, 2.78 MB) |
| Watermark observation | Completely watermark-free (native 2048×2048 PNG export) | Completely watermark-free (native 2048×2048 JPEG export) |
| Batch & API | Supports up to 10x upscaling, portrait restoration, and background removal modes; Pro plan supports up to 20-image batch processing | Offers commercial API and full online editor handoff |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 2048 × 2048 | 2048 × 2048 |
| Attached file dimensions | 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Not verified |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 7.49s · End-to-end reference: 9.61s | Network-observed server wait: 6.42s · End-to-end reference: 6.84s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-26 · anchor_upscale_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-23 · anchor_upscale_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) |
| Repeated tests & reliability | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. |
| Interaction experience | ||
| Account requirements | No login in this test | Account required in this test |
| Sign-in methods | No login required for 2x and 4x upscaling; also supports Google / Email sign-in | Supports free Google / Facebook / Apple / Email sign-in (6 daily free AI credits granted) |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Not verified |
| Interaction observations | Zero popup ads or forced sign-in walls; once upscaling finishes, an interactive Before/After comparison slider and direct download button appear immediately on the same page. | The workspace provides 2X/4X scale toggles and a Before/After comparison slider (02_result.png). Although a "Your Cloud storage is full" upgrade modal may appear when entering the editor, dismissing it and clicking Apply -> Download exports the native 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG without payment gating (03_download.png). |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Images-Upscale.com (Independent AI Upscaling Team) | AndOr Communications Pvt. Ltd. (LightX) |
| Recorded origin | Undisclosed jurisdiction (Cloudflare edge + cloud GPU inference) | New Delhi, India |
| Domain history record | 2026–Present | 2017–Present |
| Background & reputation assessment | Independent AI image upscaling service launched in 2026 with clear terms, privacy documentation, and support email, though without a disclosed corporate entity name. | Operated by AndOr Communications Pvt. Ltd. (New Delhi, India), creator of the LightX mobile and web visual AI suite with tens of millions of users. |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Google Analytics (G-0DP889885P) | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Submits jobs via POST /api/tasks/upscale backed by Cloudflare R2 and cloud Real-ESRGAN GPU inference (7.49s server time, 2.94s upload time); the privacy policy states guest images are retained only temporarily and purged automatically after ~1 hour. | Uses AWS S3 presigned uploads paired with POST https://www.instagraphe.mobi/andor-media-1.0/aiartweb/generateImage async inference and CDN delivery; after vendor S3 credential recovery on 2026-10-23, single-sample server wait measured 6.42s (6.84s end-to-end). |
| Retention statement | Claims deletion within 1 hours; deletion not independently verified | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 32.5 / 35 The landing page (01_landing.png) and pricing page clearly disclose free quotas (2 daily free guest credits without login, plus 5 bonus credits for new registered accounts) and credit costs (1 credit for 2x, 2 credits for 4x); in our no-login test, selecting 4x on the 512×512 anchor consumed 2 guest credits and exported a 2048×2048 watermark-free native PNG directly (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | 25 / 35 The landing page (01_landing.png) requires sign-in before entering the workspace; once signed in, the workspace clearly displays the daily free credit balance (6 credits) and "2X / 4X" scale options. Upscaling the 512×512 canonical anchor at 4X consumes 2 credits (1 generation = 2 credits) and exports a 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG after clicking Apply (02_result.png, 03_download.png). |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 Zero popup ads or forced sign-in walls; once upscaling finishes, an interactive Before/After comparison slider and direct download button appear immediately on the same page. | 23 / 30 The workspace provides 2X/4X scale toggles and a Before/After comparison slider (02_result.png). Although a "Your Cloud storage is full" upgrade modal may appear when entering the editor, dismissing it and clicking Apply -> Download exports the native 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG without payment gating (03_download.png). |
| Background & reputation | 14.5 / 20 Independent AI image upscaling service launched in 2026 with clear terms, privacy documentation, and support email, though without a disclosed corporate entity name. | 18 / 20 Operated by AndOr Communications Pvt. Ltd. (New Delhi, India), creator of the LightX mobile and web visual AI suite with tens of millions of users. |
| Engineering & privacy | 13 / 15 Submits jobs via POST /api/tasks/upscale backed by Cloudflare R2 and cloud Real-ESRGAN GPU inference (7.49s server time, 2.94s upload time); the privacy policy states guest images are retained only temporarily and purged automatically after ~1 hour. | 12 / 15 Uses AWS S3 presigned uploads paired with POST https://www.instagraphe.mobi/andor-media-1.0/aiartweb/generateImage async inference and CDN delivery; after vendor S3 credential recovery on 2026-10-23, single-sample server wait measured 6.42s (6.84s end-to-end). |
| Task quality | 62 / 65 Pixel fidelity (23.5/25: 512×512 anchor upscaled 4x to 2048×2048 with PSNR = 27.42 dB and SSIM = 0.8876) · Edge & high-frequency recovery (24.5/25: edge_corr = 0.6652, hf_ratio = 0.5259, crisp high-frequency edge reconstruction) · Calibration plate & micro-text (14.0/15: plate_psnr_db = 16.23 dB, sharp wooden sign and calibration plate lettering) (62.0/65) | 60 / 65 Pixel fidelity (24.5/25: 512×512 anchor upscaled 4X to 2048×2048 with PSNR = 28.05 dB and SSIM = 0.8979) · Edge & high-frequency recovery (22.5/25: edge_corr = 0.7118, hf_ratio = 0.5313, rich 4X full-resolution detail) · Calibration plate & micro-text (13.0/15: plate_psnr_db = 16.85 dB, clean wooden sign lettering and calibration lines) (60.0/65) |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 2 daily free guest credits allow direct 4x selection and export of a native 2048×2048 watermark-free PNG (3,517,417 bytes) without login (20.0/20) | 18 / 20 Daily free credits (2 credits used) directly export a native 4X 2048×2048 watermark-free JPEG (2,782,593 bytes); full 4X resolution achieved, with 2 points deducted for lossy JPEG format (18.0/20) |
| Processing speed | 12 / 15 Verified via task API timestamps: 7.49s server 4x upscaling inference from createdAt (10:25:37.315Z) to completedAt (10:25:44.805Z), with 2.94s upload and 9.61s end-to-end (12.0/15) | 12 / 15 2026-10-23 same-run single-sample network timing: 6.42s server wait (6.84s end-to-end) from POST https://www.instagraphe.mobi/andor-media-1.0/aiartweb/generateImage (r8) to result image GET completion (r19) (12.0/15) |
