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| Background removal | Not tested in topic | 75/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Compare in task topic → |
| Image upscaling | 92/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 92/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Active task |
| Object removal | Not tested in topic | 89/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Compare in task topic → |
| Image generation | Not tested in topic | 94/100 1024×1024 (1.62MB unwatermarked PNG, 100% pixel retention) · Historical description; output not 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 | Recraft AI (Recraft Crisp Image Upscaler) Image upscaling 92/100 Seven-aspect task score 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. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 |
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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 ↗ | All web Basic/Pro/Teams volumes; Teams per seat; API excluded · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Basic2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12/month USD 120/year Monthly 1,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 1,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Pro 2k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 20/month USD 192/year Monthly 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Teams 2k / seat2026-10-20 ↗ USD 22/month USD 211/year Monthly 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Pro 4k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 40/month USD 384/year Monthly 4,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 4,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 4k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 44/month USD 422/year Monthly 4,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 4,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Pro 8k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 80/month USD 768/year Monthly 8,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 8,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 8k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 88/month USD 844/year Monthly 8,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 8,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Pro 16k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 160/month USD 1,536/year Monthly 16,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 16,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 16k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 176/month USD 1,688/year Monthly 16,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 16,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] 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 recordCancel 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 ↗ |
| 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 50 Credits daily; Recraft Crisp 4x upscale costs 1 Credit per run (50 free 2048px upscales/day) |
| Cancellation & refunds | One-time credit packs only with no recurring subscriptions; support available via support@images-upscale.com. | 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. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Upload panel upfront displays remaining free credits (2 free credits remaining today) and credit cost per scale factor | Displays "×1 Credit" and output dimensions before upscaling |
| 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. | Text and materials looked natural in the tested upscale; findings cover this fixed image only. |
| 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). | 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). |
| 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 | Designers needing fast 3.8s 4x crisp super-resolution with high structural and color fidelity |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (4x watermark-free native PNG, 3.35 MB) | 2048×2048 (4.0x free 300DPI unwatermarked PNG export; supports secondary upscale to 4096×4096) |
| Watermark observation | Completely watermark-free (native 2048×2048 PNG export) | No watermark |
| Batch & API | Supports up to 10x upscaling, portrait restoration, and background removal modes; Pro plan supports up to 20-image batch processing | Place multiple assets on the infinite canvas |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 2048 × 2048 | 2048 × 2048 |
| Attached file dimensions | 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 2048 × 2048 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 7.49s · End-to-end reference: 9.61s | Network-observed server wait: 3.8s · End-to-end reference: 4.4s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-26 · anchor_upscale_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-16 · 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 | Free login via Google, Discord, Apple, or email |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow |
| 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. | 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). |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Images-Upscale.com (Independent AI Upscaling Team) | Recraft Inc. |
| Recorded origin | Undisclosed jurisdiction (Cloudflare edge + cloud GPU inference) | London, UK |
| Domain history record | 2026–Present | 2022–2026 |
| 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. | Proprietary Recraft Crisp super-resolution engine built by Recraft Inc. (London). |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Recraft Crisp is widely used by designers to prepare print-ready 300 DPI assets directly on the canvas. |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Google Analytics (G-0DP889885P) | Sentry · First-party Telemetry (t.recraft.ai) |
| 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. | Cloud GPU completes 512px -> 2048px (4.0x) super-resolution in ~3.8s with PNG/JPG and custom DPI export. |
| 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). | 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. |
| 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. | 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). |
| 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. | 19 / 20 Proprietary Recraft Crisp super-resolution engine built by Recraft Inc. (London). |
| 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. | 14 / 15 Cloud GPU completes 512px -> 2048px (4.0x) super-resolution in ~3.8s with PNG/JPG and custom DPI export. |
| 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) | 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 |
| 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) | 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)) |
| 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) | 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) |
