Alternatives to Topaz Gigapixel

A desktop AI image upscaler that enlarges photos up to 16x while recovering detail and faces. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Topaz Gigapixel.

  • ON1 Resize AI

    Photo enlargement software that upscales images up to 10x using AI and fractal-based algorithms.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    ON1 Resize AI enlarges up to 10x rather than 16x, combining AI and fractal methods with face recovery, and runs standalone or as a Lightroom and Photoshop plugin.

  • Upscayl

    Enlarges low-resolution images with AI models running on your own GPU, in a plain drag-and-drop window.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Upscayl is free AGPL-3.0 software that upscales locally on Windows, macOS and Linux, but needs a Vulkan-compatible GPU and offers no face recovery.

  • Topaz Photo

    Desktop image enhancement software that uses AI models to sharpen, denoise, unblur and upscale photos.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Topaz Photo adds denoise, sharpen, unblur, face enhancement and lighting adjustment to upscaling, with local or cloud models, though commercial use is limited for larger organisations.

  • Aiarty Image Enhancer

    A desktop AI image enhancer that denoises, deblurs, sharpens and upscales photos with local processing.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Aiarty Image Enhancer upscales to very large sizes locally on GPU or CPU and adds denoise, deblur and sharpening, without a cloud rendering option.

  • Real-ESRGAN

    Open source AI model for upscaling and restoring images and video.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Real-ESRGAN is a free BSD-licensed upscaling model that also runs on Linux, but it is a command-line library rather than a polished GUI app.

  • Let's Enhance

    Online AI tool that upscales, sharpens and restores photos up to 512 megapixels.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Let's Enhance moves upscaling online with outputs up to 512 megapixels, batches of 20 and restoration of old photos, with images uploaded to its service.

  • Clarity AI

    A web-based AI upscaler for images and video, with precise and creative enhancement models.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Clarity AI is a web upscaler for images and video with faithful or creative models and an API, requiring an account and uploading files.

  • VanceAI

    A suite of AI image and video tools for upscaling, sharpening, denoising, restoring and background removal.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    VanceAI offers upscaling and restoration on the web with a local desktop app, API and ComfyUI node, on a freemium model where most processing uses credits.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Topaz Gigapixel as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Bigjpg

    An AI image enlarger that upscales artwork and photos up to 16 times with neural networks.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel is paid desktop software for Windows and macOS that upscales up to 16x with face recovery and optional local rendering.

  • Icons8 Smart Upscaler

    An AI image upscaler from Icons8 that enlarges photos up to 8x in the browser or on a Mac.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel is paid Windows and macOS software upscaling up to 16x with face recovery and local or cloud rendering.

  • Imglarger

    An online AI image enlarger that upscales, sharpens and extends photos in the browser.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel is paid Windows and macOS software upscaling up to 16x with face recovery and local or cloud rendering.

  • MyHeritage Photo Enhancer

    A web tool from MyHeritage that uses deep learning to sharpen and upscale faces in photos.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel is paid Windows and macOS software with face recovery for old photos and upscaling up to 16x, with local or cloud rendering.

  • Remini

    An AI photo enhancer for sharpening faces and restoring old or low-quality photos.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel is paid Windows and Mac software with face recovery for portraits and old photos, up to 16x upscaling, and local or cloud rendering.

  • Upscale.media

    An online AI upscaler that enlarges images up to 8x and also upscales short videos.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Topaz Gigapixel moves upscaling to a paid Windows and macOS desktop app with up to 16x enlargement and face recovery, replacing the free browser workflow.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.